General condemns Uganda 'monarchy'
Source: BBC
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-18 13:56:54 -0700 | political-news
Oppose Museveni's monarchy' David Sejusa fears being arrested if he returns to Uganda Renegade Ugandan army general David Sejusa has accused President Yoweri Museveni of creating a "political monarchy" to hang on to power. In his first interview since he...
Tanzanian high-risk groups denied HIV services
Source: IRIN
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-18 10:33:03 -0700 | health-news
Abuses include denial of health services, violations of confidentiality and denial of freedom of association, as well as verbal harassment, arbitrary arrest, extortion, assault, torture, rape and murder. "These human rights violations contribute to an environment in which men who...
MPs want Kimaiyo given more power to fight crime
Source: Daily Nation
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-18 13:43:05 -0700 | political-news
Rating In Summary We should not be the laughing stock of the country. We ought to discard these archaic practices and build our county. Baringo should be the envy of other counties in terms of development, said the former East...
Uganda: Domestic Violence Cases Soar
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-18 07:38:29 -0700 | political-news
The president of the association, Stella Arach Amoko said their recent study revealed that although judges and magistrates knew about the existence of the law against domestic violence that was passed in 2010; they did not possess copies of the...
Ugandan army says kills 55 rebels near Sudan border
Source: Sudan Tribune
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-18 17:53:37 -0700 | travel-news
The Ugandan army said on Sunday it had killed 55 Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in several hours of intense battle with a group of fighters who were planning to attack civilian near the border with Sudan. "One hundred or...
Uganda: Ugandan Clerics Want Condoms Restricted
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-17 12:29:52 -0700 | technology-news
Uganda Aids Commission to scale down the increasing infections which are now a threat to the nation...Dr. Jesse Kagimba who is also a Uganda Aids Commission Board Member lashed at leaders especially the politicians, cultural and religious leaders who have...
The cutting edge
Source: Daily Nation
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-17 10:07:18 -0700 | allnews
The Sh2.6 billion British Government compensation to Mau Mau veterans for the atrocities they suffered may be peanuts, but the money could be used to perpetuate their legacy, says Justus Macharia. If each of the victims, who is expected to receive Sh367,780,...
The cutting edge
Source: Daily Nation
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-17 10:07:18 -0700 | allnews
The Sh2.6 billion British Government compensation to Mau Mau veterans for the atrocities they suffered may be peanuts, but the money could be used to perpetuate their legacy, says Justus Macharia. If each of the victims, who is expected to receive Sh367,780,...
Plan for Kenya-Uganda oil pipeline picks speed
Source: Daily Nation
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-17 10:07:17 -0700 | business-news
Plans to build an oil pipeline between Kenya and Uganda have entered a crucial stage following a commitment by Uganda government to speed up the project. Uganda's Finance minister Maria Kiwanuka said in her budget speech last week that construction...
16 students fled the country owing to exam malpractice
Source: News of Rwanda
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-17 07:09:56 -0700 | political-news
Nyarugunga, Kabuga High School, Nyamata High School and Solidarity Academy- fled the country following exam malpractices. These students are reported to have sought refuge' in Uganda and have continued to claim that their cases were unfairly' treated.
Ugandan mHealth initiative increases 'promiscuity'
Source: IRIN
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-17 06:53:39 -0700 | health-news
A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the findings of a Yale University study published in May. The programme, designed...
16 Rwandan students seek asylum in Uganda over M23
Source: The Boston Globe
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-17 04:55:29 -0700 | travel-news
Uganda (AP) Sixteen Rwandan students are seeking asylum in Uganda, saying they are the victims of harassment by security officials back home for refusing to join the Congolese rebel group M23. The students' allegations link Rwanda's government to a rebel...
Uganda: 420 Convicts On Death Row
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-16 22:47:11 -0700 | allnews
There are 420 currently convicts on death row in Uganda's prisons, the Uganda Prisons Service has said. The Spokesperson of Uganda Prisons Service, Frank Baine told New Vision online over the weekend that the convicts on death row were sentenced...
Uganda: 420 Convicts On Death Row
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-16 22:47:11 -0700 | allnews
There are 420 currently convicts on death row in Uganda's prisons, the Uganda Prisons Service has said. The Spokesperson of Uganda Prisons Service, Frank Baine told New Vision online over the weekend that the convicts on death row were sentenced...
Uganda: Budget - Ministers Split On New Taxes
Source: Africa Headlines
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-06-16 22:47:33 -0700 | political-news
Although Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka last Thursday introduced a raft of new taxes in the 2013/14 budget, Cabinet was far from united on the matter, The Observer has learnt. Sources have told us that on Wednesday, Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi...
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