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Uganda: More Journalists Arrested in Alleged Extortion

Uganda: More Journalists Arrested in Alleged Extortion

10 November 2010

The parliamentary police are holding two Ugandan journalists, including a Daily Monitor scribe, over allegations that they tried to extort Shs40 million from Dr William T. Muhairwe, the managing director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). “They used our committee name and said we would treat the MD ( Dr Muhairwe) very well when [...]

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Wife of terrorism convict pleads guilty; will have to leave U.S.

Wife of terrorism convict pleads guilty; will have to leave U.S.

10 November 2010

The Ugandan wife of an American-born man who pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists entered her own guilty plea on Monday. Proscovia Kampire Nzabanita, dressed head-to-toe in conservative Muslim dress with her face covered, pleaded guilty to making a false statement when questioned by a federal investigator about her husband, Zachary Chesser. Chesser, [...]

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Bukedea District boss accuses NRM of abandoning ideologies

Bukedea District boss accuses NRM of abandoning ideologies

07 November 2010

The Bukedea District chairperson, the Rev. Sam Ebukalin, has criticised the NRM for allegedly abandoning the leadership ideals it has been promoting. He said the NRM party, which fought Obote II government for alleged vote rigging, has failed to emulate what its leadership stood for when it protested the outcome of the elections in 1981. [...]

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Uganda: Corruption Body Advises Against Bribery

Uganda: Corruption Body Advises Against Bribery

07 November 2010

ByRaymond Baguma    |  Kampala — THE international corruption watchdog, Transparency International, wants Ugandan voters to desist from receiving bribes from politicians seeking for votes in the ongoing election period. Martin Okumu, the board chairman of Transparency International Uganda chapter, told journalists on Tuesday that it was good that all presidential candidates have promised to address [...]

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Ugandan Parliamentary Candidate Wanted by UK Police.

Ugandan Parliamentary Candidate Wanted by UK Police.

07 November 2010

A UK resident who recently returned to his native Uganda, and was elected as the ruling (NRM) party’s parliamentary candidate of Moroto District in Northern Uganda is wanted by the police over alleged fraud. PRLog (Press Release) ? Oct 24, 2010 ? LONDON – A UK resident who recently returned to his native Uganda, and [...]

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Parliament grills minister over Chogm

Parliament grills minister over Chogm

05 November 2010

By Joyce Namutebi and Catherine Bekunda AGRICULTURE minister Hope Mwesigye yesterday had a tough time defending herself in Parliament against reports of mismanaging CHOGM funds and abuse of office. At the start of the debate on the report of the public accounts committee (PAC), Mwesigye was directed to explain her role in the mess. She [...]

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Chaos mars city mayoral contest

Chaos mars city mayoral contest

05 November 2010

It is perhaps not surprising that the battle to take over a city as messy as Kampala would be marred in chaos, conflict and controversy. The nominations for mayoral candidates yesterday began with their fair share of drama—with the opposition coalition disowning MP Erias Lukwago while court blocked NRM’s Peter Sematimba. ‘Defiant’ Lukwago Mr Lukwago, [...]

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Uganda: Nation to Train 1,000 Somali Soldiers

Uganda: Nation to Train 1,000 Somali Soldiers

03 November 2010

By Risdel Kasasira  |  Kampala — At least 1,000 Somalis will arrive in Uganda for a nine-month basic military training before they can be deployed as soldiers by the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia. The recruits will be trained jointly by the European Union and the UPDF at Bihanga Military Training School, in Ibanda District [...]

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Kampala boundaries to be retained

Kampala boundaries to be retained

03 November 2010

By Catherine Bekunda   | THE Government has agreed to retain the boundaries of Kampala City and have a directly elected mayor. The Government had under the Kampala City Bill, proposed that a metropolitan area including, the Entebbe-Kampala corridor, Makindye-Ssebagabo sub-county, Kira town council in Wakiso district and part of Mukono be added to the current [...]

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Uganda: Tullow Silent Over Ura’s $283 M Agency Notice

Uganda: Tullow Silent Over Ura’s $283 M Agency Notice

03 November 2010

By Micheal Wakabi   |  Nairobi — The news came like a bolt of lightning out of the blue but more than a week later, Irish oil explorer Tullow is yet to make any comment on reports that it has agreed to pay Uganda $283 million in settlement of a tax dispute that has put at [...]

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Top UPC party bosses cross to NRM

Top UPC party bosses cross to NRM

02 November 2010

By Milton Olopot   |  TOP UPC stalwarts Hajji Badru Wegulo, Osinde Wangor and Henry Peter Mayega defected to the ruling party yesterday. The UPC historicals crossed at the launch of the NRM 2011 manifesto at Kampala Serena Hotel. Welcoming them, President Yoweri Museveni, the NRM head, said: “I introduce Hajji Badru Wegulo to you. This [...]

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Japan gives Sh230b for new Jinja bridge

Japan gives Sh230b for new Jinja bridge

02 November 2010

By Tadeo Bwambale   |   JAPAN has granted Uganda sh230b to build a new bridge on River Nile in Jinja. It is expected to serve as a major trade route connecting Uganda to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, Rwanda, Burundi, the DR Congo as well as Central Africa. It will replace the bridge at the Nalubaale [...]

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Kizza Besigye campaigns in Masaka

Kizza Besigye campaigns in Masaka

02 November 2010

FORUM for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Dr Kizza Besigye launched his campaign for the presidency in Masaka district with a bold message of hope. Besigye urging residents not to despair that change towards better governance was imminent. “Be strong and determined to choose a better destiny. If you take a firm decision to vote out [...]

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Letter from the Editor | Ronnie Mayanja | November 2010

Letter from the Editor | Ronnie Mayanja | November 2010

31 October 2010

Dear Readers, welcome to November the second last month in the Calendar year 2010. It’s midterm elections here in the US. The republicans, democrats and the newly formed tea party movement are all pushing their agendas at the polls this November. One thing that is most certain to happen will be Speaker Nancy Pelosi losing [...]

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Trip to Uganda: A Sunday Accident, A mother’s Love, Safety without Car seats for Babies?

Trip to Uganda: A Sunday Accident, A mother’s Love, Safety without Car seats for Babies?

31 October 2010

By Solomon W. Jagwe | Trip to Uganda | Today I witnessed the power of a mother’s love for her baby. The experience left me with a knot in my throat and emotions churning up inside; anger, frustration and amazement. What do you do when placed in a situation where your car is side swiped [...]

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African Americans and US Foreign Policy Conference – Africa in Focus

African Americans and US Foreign Policy Conference – Africa in Focus

30 October 2010

By Ronnie Mayanja | UNAA Times Online | Leaders within the African American academia converged in Boston at the Boston University Photonics center to participate in the African Americans and US Foreign policy conference, hosted by the Boston University African American studies program and the African Presidential Archives and Research Center. Among the keynote speakers [...]

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Candidates fight for Buganda vote

Candidates fight for Buganda vote

30 October 2010

By  John Semakula  |  THE Buganda vote is hotter than ever before. All political parties have decided to launch and end their presidential election campaigns in the central region. It is the region with the biggest number of voters, and home to half the presidential candidates; Beti Olive Kamya of the Uganda Federal Alliance (UFA), [...]

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Polio vaccination campaign targeting 72M children in 15 African countries announced; Ugandan health authorities declare polio outbreak

Polio vaccination campaign targeting 72M children in 15 African countries announced; Ugandan health authorities declare polio outbreak

30 October 2010

The WHO on Tuesday announced a mass polio immunization campaign in 15 African countries targeting a total of 72 million children, Agence France-Presse reports. “Polio has spread again in recent years with cases imported from some of the four endemic nations in Asia and Africa, mainly Nigeria, in a setback to global attempts to eradicate the crippling and [...]

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LRA’s Kony now in Darfur-Ugandan army

LRA’s Kony now in Darfur-Ugandan army

30 October 2010

* Uganda says Sudan aware of Kony’s presence in Darfur * Kony is wanted by the ICC By Elias Biryabarema    |   KAMPALA, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Joseph Kony, leader of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, is hiding in Sudan’s Darfur region after fleeing a pursuit by the Uganda army in Central African Republic (CAR), [...]

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American Football: Giants place Kiwanuka on injured reserve with neck injury

American Football: Giants place Kiwanuka on injured reserve with neck injury

29 October 2010

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka’s season is over, and there is a chance his career with the New York Giants could be at an end. The Giants have placed the five-year veteran on injured reserve on Thursday with a herniated cervical disk after waiting more than a month to see if rest [...]

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Congolese women raped on Congo-Angola border, U.N. officials say

Congolese women raped on Congo-Angola border, U.N. officials say

27 October 2010

United Nations (CNN) — Thirty Congolese women on the border of Angola and Congo were held in a dungeonlike prison and systematically raped by uniformed men, according to U.N. officials. The Congolese women were part of a group of 150 people who had recently been expelled from Angola. The United Nations said the women reported [...]

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2011 Presidential nominations close

2011 Presidential nominations close

27 October 2010

  UPC Presidential flag bearer Olara Otunnu sought and received clearance to run for the Presidency, from the Electoral Commission, an institution he has bitterly been opposed to since his return to active politics last year.

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Uganda’s Political Pulse | 8 Candidates to battle for Uganda’s Presidency

Uganda’s Political Pulse | 8 Candidates to battle for Uganda’s Presidency

27 October 2010

  From fifty six aspirants, the battle for Uganda’s top job will now be a race of seven men and one woman. Incumbent Yoweri Museveni is in the race for the fourth term and if he wins he will extend his stay at the helm to thirty years.

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Blood Sucking Jiggers Hit Uganda

Blood Sucking Jiggers Hit Uganda

27 October 2010

By Ruth Manuel-Logan | Jiggers can devastate a population of people, despite their tiny size. An infestation of jiggers, once considered a thing of the past, has emerged again and this time it is wreaking havoc on the nation of Uganda, killing 20 thus far and making 20,000 people sick. Formally known as the chigoe, [...]

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TRIP TO UGANDA | Ugandan Political Campaigns: Caught in the Middle

TRIP TO UGANDA | Ugandan Political Campaigns: Caught in the Middle

27 October 2010

By Solomon W. Jagwe  |  The political campaigns are in full swing in Uganda and Kampala city is experiencing its fair share of the ramped up get out the vote push. I headed into Kampala a few days ago to meet with a client only to be inundated with a sea of yellow and green [...]

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Governor Deval Patrick’s Town Hall Meet and his re-election bid

Governor Deval Patrick’s Town Hall Meet and his re-election bid

26 October 2010

By Ronnie Mayanja | www.unaatimes.com | This year the US will hold its mid term elections that many have described as a litmus text for The Obama’s Presidency. Some states will also elect new Governors while others will send new legislators to Washington. In Massachusetts these elections are particularly important given the role the state plays in [...]

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Ezra’s passport blacklisted worldwide

Ezra’s passport blacklisted worldwide

24 October 2010

By Raymond  Baguma |MICHAEL Ezra’s diplomatic passport has been cancelled. This renders the embattled businessman unable to travel out of the country. According to sources, this action was initiated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs which wrote to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding that Erza’s travel documents be revoked. “Ezra’s diplomatic passport has been [...]

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NRM, DP, FDC kick off 2011 campaigns

NRM, DP, FDC kick off 2011 campaigns

24 October 2010

By  Moses Mulonde| THREE major political parties, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), the Democratic Party (DP), and the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) will tomorrow compete for attention in Kampala as each mobilises supporters to attend their inaugural rallies for the 2011 elections. Their presidential candidates, President Yoweri Museveni, Norbert Mao and Dr. Kizza Besigye [...]

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How far can the telecom price war go?

How far can the telecom price war go?

24 October 2010

By David Mugabe|  EXPERTS predict that the airtime price war will go on until some of the phone companies are sold off, collapse or merge with others. “The telecoms will have to merge, some will even collapse if they don’t take a long term strategy,” said Edgar Isingoma, KPMG partner for advisory services. Warid Telecom [...]

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EC rejects Besigye nomination papers

EC rejects Besigye nomination papers

22 October 2010

By  milton Olopot |THE Electoral Commission has rejected nomination signatures from 62 districts presented by Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). A presidential aspirant must submit 100 signatures of supporters from each of at least 75 of the 112 districts. If Besigye fails to get the required signatures, he will not be [...]

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INSPIRATION: Uganda Bomb Blast Survivor | Ben Ojara | A Living Miracle

INSPIRATION: Uganda Bomb Blast Survivor | Ben Ojara | A Living Miracle

19 October 2010

By Solomon W. Jagwe | Meet Ben Ojara, Part 1 | It is not often that one stands face to face with a living miracle; I believe I did just that when I met Ben Ojara, a young Ugandan who survived the horrible tragedy that struck Uganda on July 11th, 2010. A terrorist plot that [...]

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Photos | Global Life Initiative | A New Ugandan Self Help Project

Photos | Global Life Initiative | A New Ugandan Self Help Project

19 October 2010

By Ronnie Mayanja | UNAA Times Online | Global Life Initiative, a new community self help project  championed by Pastors Samuel Mutyaba and John Baker Katende of New Life Church and Global Evangelical Church respectively, was officially launched in Boston on Sunday October 17th 2010 by the former Ugandan Ambassador to the USA and now Director of [...]

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Global Life Initiative | A New Ugandan Self Help Program is Launched by Boston Churches!

Global Life Initiative | A New Ugandan Self Help Program is Launched by Boston Churches!

18 October 2010

By Ronnie Mayanja | UNAA Times Online | Global Life Initiative, a new self help project championed by Pastors Samuel Mutyaba and John Baker Katende of New Life Church and Global Evangelical Church respectively, was officially launched in Boston on Sunday October 17th 2010 by the former Ugandan Ambassador to the USA and now Director of International [...]

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NRM party issues final candidates list

NRM party issues final candidates list

18 October 2010

By Cyprian Musoke| THE NRM electoral commission has released a list of the official flag-bearers for the elective positions of MPs, district Woman MPs and LC5 chairpersons in the general elections due next year Announcing the list at the NRM offices on Kyaddondo Road yesterday, NRM electoral commission chairperson Felistus Magomu said elections will be [...]

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Angry Muslims block Nakasero project

Angry Muslims block Nakasero project

18 October 2010

By Herbert Ssempog0H| ANGRY Muslims yesterday besieged Nakasero Mosque, confining its leader, Sheik Sulaiman Kakeeto, accusing him of attempting to demolish the mosque on Saturday night. Hundreds converged at Snay Bin Amir Street at dawn after reports that Kakeeto had deployed workmen to pull down the dilapidated structure. Wielding sticks, they surrounded the 70-year-old structure [...]

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Uganda World Cup blasts: 36 suspects, 7 countries

Uganda World Cup blasts: 36 suspects, 7 countries

17 October 2010

By  Godfrey Olukya|  If Ugandan police investigators are right, the size of the conspiracy behind the twin bombings during July’s World Cup finals could hardly have been bigger. Ugandan police — with help from the FBI and Kenyan police — have arrested 36 people from seven countries in the wake of blasts that rocked Uganda’s [...]

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