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The Inspector General of Government Rapheal Baku is blaming his failure to catch the big fish in the fight against corruption on inadequate resources. The IGG has often been accused of targeting the lower level officials in government while the higher ranking officials, who take even more of the tax payers’ money in corrupt practices […]
Ultimate Media The Inspector General of Government Rapheal Baku is blaming his failure to catch the big fish in the fight against corruption on inadequate resources. The IGG has often been accused of targeting the lower level officials in government while the higher ranking officials, who take even more of the tax payers’ money go […]
Civil society organizations are complaining that security matters over-shadowed issues of maternal health at the African Union Summit. The theme of the summit was improving maternal and child health but the insecurity in Somalia and the recent terrorist attacks on Kampala dominated debate at the summit. The regional coordinator of the International Community of Women […]
By Josette Sheeran Many leaders at the African Union summit in Uganda are leading the way in bringing new energy and commitment to tackling hunger and malnutrition. And the African Union has declared its intent to build an Africa that ends hunger and empowers the continent to both feed itself, and ultimately to help feed […]
The South African Music legend Yvonne Chaka had hundreds Ugandans grooving along with her when she put up a spirited performance during the Hakuna Wakati Abuja 15% Sasa concert. The Concert which was themed “Africa wins every time you keep your promise” was aimed at creating awareness and reminding African leaders of their promise that […]
The President of Libya, Col. Muammar Gaddaffi has pledged to support Uganda to drill her oil, develop infrastructure, provide good health care and improve education. Gaddaffi is among over 40 African heads of state attending an African Union Summit in Kampala. The conference is running mainly on combating terrorism, corruption, dictatorship, promoting gender equality, creating […]
One of Africa’s most celebrated singers Yvonne Chaka Chaka will be in Uganda to join the rest of Africa in calling out to the African Leaders to commit to the pledges they made under the Abuja declaration in which African countries committed to have at least 15% of their national budgets committed to the health […]
The number of children that die before attaining the age of five years in developing countries like Uganda has fallen from 99 per 1000 live births to about in 1998 to 72 per 1000 births in 2008. Though this may be so, the Global to Action has expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of developing countries […]
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 […]
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 […]