By Gerald Businge on July 22, 2010
African Union summit, Presidents attending Kampala AU summit, Sudan President Omar Bashir
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Uganda is still expecting the President of Sudan, Omar El Bashir to attend an African Union summit in Kampala this month. The minister of Uganda for Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa says the Sudanese embassy in Kampala recently confirmed that it received Bashir’s invitation letter and sent it to Khartoum. The African Union summit is taking […]
By Gerald Businge on July 22, 2010
Buganda Katikiro JB Walusimbi, Buganda Kingdom links Uganda opposition, former Katikiro Dan Mulika, former Katikiro Mulwanyamuli Semwogerere
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The Katikkiro of Buganda, Eng. JB Walusimbi has denied allegations that the kingdom is working to unseat the ruling government. The Katikkiro says Buganda is out to promote culture and kiganda norms. He says the decision by the former ministers and Katikkiros in Buganda kingdom to join opposition is not a move by Buganda kingdom […]
By Gerald Businge on July 22, 2010
Attorney General Uganda, Prof. Kiddu Makubuya, Uganda judiciary corruption
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The Attorney General of Uganda, Prof. Kidhu Makubuya has warned all members of the judiciary to avoid corruption tendencies that undermine the country’s judicial system. Makubuya urges members of the judiciary to advance justice for privileged and non privileged persons. He says the work of people in the judiciary is not to make financial gains […]
By Gerald Businge on July 22, 2010
banning female circumcision, female circumcision in Uganda, Female Genital Mutilation banning, Minister Rukia Nakadama
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The Minister of Uganda for Gender and Culture, Rukia Nakadama has urged UN member states to ban female genital mutilation at the forth coming gender assembly in September this year. In Uganda female genital mutilation is widely practiced by the Sebei and some Karimojongs. She also urges African Union member states sitting in Kampala this […]
By Gerald Businge on July 21, 2010
African Union Summit Kampala, Commonwealth African union, Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General of the Commonwealth
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The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma is scheduled to visit Uganda from 23 to 26 July 2010 to attend the 15th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union that is taking place at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo. A statement from the Commonwealth says that Sharma will be in Kampala to seek new avenues […]
By Gerald Businge on July 21, 2010
bomb in Uganda, Bomb scare grips Entebbe, effects of bombs on Uganda
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The Uganda police have searched the rooms of one of the storied buildings in Namasuba on Kampala –Entebbe road today after a reported bomb scare. The area police and LCI executive says no bomb was found in the building. The occupants of the building ran away for safety after reports that a powerful bomb had […]
By Gerald Businge on July 21, 2010
National Resistance Movement, NRM election of chairpersons, Uganda 2010 general elections, Uganda rulling party
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The office of the Secretary General of National Resistance Movement has postponed the election of party chairperson that was scheduled today to Friday this week. The party’s Secretary General, Amama Mbabazi says the elections have been postponed because the election materials for some districts in Buganda and Eastern Region had not arrived by Tuesday. He […]
By Gerald Businge on July 20, 2010
Hussein Kyanjo, Internal Affairs Minister Uganda, Makindye East MP, Matia Kasaoja, targeting Muslims in arresting suspected terrorists, Uganda kampala bomb lasts
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The government of Uganda has denied it is targeting Muslims in arresting suspects in the current investigations into the July 11 bomb blasts in Kampala that killed 76 people. The Member of Parliament for Maikindye East, Hussein Kyanjo complained on the floor of parliament that the government was arresting many Muslims in connection with the […]
By Gerald Businge on July 20, 2010
Government Uganda loan from AfDB, treatment of Trypanosomiasis, tse tse fly infection in Uganda
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The Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Industry and Fisheries has secured a loan of about 19 billion Uganda shillings from the African Development Bank for the project entilted “creation Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis free areas” The project will aim at creating sustainable Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis free areas to support the eradication of Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis in Uganda. […]
By Gerald Businge on July 20, 2010
AMREF survey on maternal health, district health budgets maternal health, maternal health in East Africa, maternal health in Uganda Kenya Tanzania, studies on maternbal health in Africa
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According to a survey of AMREF, low district health budgets have been identified to be the biggest constraints to improving maternal health services in East Africa. The survey that involved the reviewing of status of health of 18 districts and county health systems districts from three East African countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to assess […]