The world has mourned an American man who reportedly died of cocaine overdose in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. Jeff Rice died over the weekend and a postmortem report issued today indicated that he died of suspected cocaine overdose. America is one of the countries in the world that fights against the use of cocaine […]
IAMO is seeking candidates for four doctoral student positions within the multidisciplinary project “Economic and natural potentials of agricultural production and carbon trade-offs in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Russia [EPIKUR]“. EPIKUR aims to estimate agricultural production potentials by combing spatially explicit crop growth models, land use allocation models, and farm-level efficiency analyses. EPIKUR is strongly connected […]
HIV & Drug Use Fellowships: The International AIDS Society (IAS)has established a research fellowship programme focusing on HIVand drug use, with the goal of contributing to advances in the scientific understanding of drug use and HIV, while fosteringinternational collaborative research on HIV and drug use. The fellowship programme is awarded as a stipend of US$75,000 […]
International Foundation for Science (IFS) Grants: Applications for International Foundation for Science (IFS) Research Grants are welcome from young scientists in developing countries to do research on the sustainable management, use or conservation of biological or water resources. Grant amount: 12 000 USD An eligible candidate for an IFS Research grant is; A citizen of […]
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has assured Ugandans and the world at large that proceeds from the sale of oil would not be misused as some people have been expecting. The President while addressing MPs in Kampala today said that his government will make laws to prevent misuse of oil resources. Museveni told […]
Members of the East Africa legislative Assembly have passed the EAC Polythene Materials Control Bill, 2011 aimed at regulating the use of polythene materials. The bill now awaits EAC Heads of State assent to it before it becomes law in the five East Africa Community member states of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The Bill moved […]
Ultimate Media The Ugandan representative to the East African Legislative Assembly Dan kidega has demanded the East African governments through the East African council of ministers to agree on the method of dealing with the problem of water hyacinth reported on lake Victoria again. This followed the EALA committee on Accounts on the East African community […]
Ultimate Media We are told that a group of about 17 US commandos from the CIA and FBI have been sent to Uganda to boost UPDF’s ability in using satellite imaging to track down the movements of the reminants of LRA rebels who are led by Joseph Kony. The first contingent of US commandos was sent to Uganda to do the […]
The Vision Group CEO Robert Kabushenga has apologised for the using the picture of another woman they claimed was Rose Nansinkombi, the mother of Kabaka Mutebei’s new Prince Richard Ssemakookiro. This is after Barbara Patience Kirabo the woman whose photo was run addressed a rpess conference demaning for an apology and compensation of 500 million shillings for […]
Uganda’s leading and renowned scholar professor Mohmood Mamdani has said Ugandan opposition is too weak and it cannot takeover poor from the ruling government. The scholar says that for any meaningful change of government to take place inUgandathe people need to be willing to go on the streets in large numbers on a daily basis […]