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Mulindwa Pardons 'Half Naked Obua'.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya Fufa have condemned David Obua's action on Saturday when he angrily stormed off the pitch after being substituted. The 27-year-old later publically apologised to the nation but Fufa president Lawrence Mulindwa...

Sacked And Shamed in the Media.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Martin Ssebuyira One morning, Mr Kalungi received a phone call informing him that his photo and names had appeared in a daily newspaper notifying the public that he was no longer an employee of a company he worked for. The advert...

If Mandela Returned Today, He'd Get Bigger Crowds Than 20 Years Ago.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Charles Onyango-Obbo Uganda hosted the armed wing of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) Umkhonto we Sizwe in Luweero, in the last years of the struggle against apartheid. On the other hand, we did nothing for...

Cholera Breaks Out in Hoima District.
June 8, 2011... Byline: David Ayebale Four cases of cholera have been confirmed in Nkondo Parish, Kabwoya Sub-county in Hoima District. The district health officer, Dr Joseph Ruyonga, said on Monday that the patients were still undergoing treatment at...

Sudan Returns Suspected LRA Abductees.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Peter Aligo & Felix Warom The authorities in Southern Sudan have handed back two female Ugandans suspected to have been abducted by the Lords Resistance Army rebels. The two women, who have lived in the bush since 1996, are from...

Uganda Welcomes Cut in Vaccine Prices.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Evelyn Lirri Uganda has welcomed an announcement by the world's major drug companies to reduce the price of vaccines sold to poor countries. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi-Aventis have agreed to...

Scarcity Pushes Groundnuts Prices Up.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Sharon M. Omurungi Like other food crops, groundnut prices have increased because of the commodity's scarcity, Peter Kasangaki, a trader in Owino market, says. For a month now, the legume has been scarce on the market. He attributes...

Landslides Kill 500 On Mt. Elgon - Report.
June 8, 2011... Byline: David Mafabi At least 516 people have been killed by landslides in the Mt. Elgon area since 1993, the Minister for Water and Environment, Ms Maria Mutagamba, has said. Two people were this year killed by landslides which resulted...

Maximising Work Output By Making Workplace Liveable.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Monitor Reporter In a world where the cost of running business is soaring daily and workers are becoming more conscious of their rights, employers find themselves boxed into a corner when it comes to increasing productivity and...

Minister Karooro to Meet Journalists Over Harassment.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Nelson Wesonga The Minister for Information, Ms Mary Karooro Okurut, is set to meet media practitioners for dialogue on the challenges they face while performing their duties. Ms Karooro said she has taken up the new post at a...

Making a Case for Goat's Milk.
June 8, 2011... Byline: James Ssematimba In some societies, seeing someone milking a goat is regarded as a taboo. Whoever does so is regarded poor, if not a reject in the society. Some people do not believe that it is normal to drink goat milk. Goat's...

Rise in Vanilla Prices Too Small to Improve Farmers' Fortunes.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Fred Muzaale Vanilla farmers in Mukono, Buikwe and Kayunga districts are complaining of poor yields and low prices. The farmers say that during this year's first harvesting season, which began late last month, they have recorded...

Kanyeihamba Halts Wildlife Probe.
June 8, 2011... Byline: John Njoroge Retired Supreme Court judge Justice George Kanyeihamba has called-off the workings of the PAMSU Commission of Inquiry after Tourism Ministry officials broke into the offices it occupied on the third floor of the Farmers...

Yielding Profits And the Benefits From Beekeeping.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Lominda Afedraru Consuming honey in whatever form is an exciting thing but the process of obtaining it right from acquiring the bee-hives and setting them up to finally obtaining the product is not an easy task. This is the daily...

World Leaders to Review Progress On HIV/Aids.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Evelyn Lirri World leaders meet today in New York to review progress made in the fight against HIV/Aids, 30 years after the pandemic first struck. The joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) says the meeting will also...

Hope As Female Baby Rhino is Born.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Evelyn Lirri The birth last week of a female baby rhino at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola District has brought the total number of rhinos in the country to 13. This is the first female rhino born in the country in 30 years at...

Speech Fell Short in Providing Solutions to Country's Problems, Says Opposition.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Mercy Nalugo, Yasiin Mugerwa & Isaac Imaka President Museveni's State of the Nation address fell short in proposing solutions to the problems facing the country, members of the opposition said, but ruling party MPs felt it was a...

$4.3 Billion Debt Hurdle in Face of 2011/12 Budget.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Yasin Mugerwa In the face of the rising cost of living, Uganda's economy is persistently falling into the debt trap. The debts that consist of both domestic and foreign loans have caused financial hardship, joblessness, and a decline...

Prioritise Blue-Collar Skills.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Maalik Fahd Kayondo According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2010 report, Uganda's population is estimated at 31.7million whereas the per capita income is at a paltry $500. With Uganda's labour force growth at 6.5 per cent per...

UTL Given 30 Days to Clear MTN.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Mike Ssegawa The Uganda Communications Commission has given Uganda Telecoms Limited a 30-day ultimatum to pay its obligations to MTN as directed by court. Speaking at the handover of the ICT ministry to Dr Ruhakana Rugunda in...

Farmer's Diary - Child Labour is Increasing in Farming.
June 8, 2011... Byline: Michael J. Ssali The sight of children selling fruits, vegetables, cooked maize cobs, and other food items is increasingly getting common on our streets. The children, more than half of them girls, often walk into shopping malls and...

Can You Bounce Back After Quitting?
June 8, 2011... Byline: Joseph Ajal I am sure we all know somebody or people who have had to step back or have been asked to step back from full time or formal employment during restructuring or layoffs, when they are terminated, or when they resign. While...

State of Uganda.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa & Mercy Nalugo Opposition lawmakers yesterday abandoned President Museveni in Parliament as he delivered his first post-election State-of-the-Nation address, protesting what they said was his tolerance of graft and...

Over-Capacity Crowd Leaves Fufa Naked.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya And Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo Local football governing body Fufa finds itself on the spot following inadequate organisation at the gates at Namboole stadium on Saturday when Uganda Cranes beat Guinea Bissau 2-0 to edge...

Museveni to Address Nation Today.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Isaac Imaka President Museveni will today afternoon address the country, the first time since he was sworn in for a fourth elective term. In his address at Serena Hotel conference centre, the NRM leader will give an account of what...

Kadaga Should Drive Critical Gender Issues.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Carol Namagembe Recently, Uganda made history when the 9th Parliament overwhelmingly supported Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga's bid for Speaker and elected her to become the first Ugandan woman to occupy the position of Speaker of...

30 Years of HIV - How Nation Lost It Along the Way.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Kakaire Ayub Kirunda The first week of June 2011 comes with two milestones in the history of HIV/Aids. It was exactly 30 years on June 5 since the first cases of HIV/Aids were identified, and 10 years since the UN General Assembly...

Statistics Bureau Starts Process of New Inflation Measures.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Martin Luther Oketch As inflation continues to pose policy challenges for the government, Uganda Bureau of Statistics has started the process of rebasing Uganda's inflation using the 2009/10 measures, which provides new actions of...

USPA Gong Motivates Negesa.
June 7, 2011... Byline: James Ssekandi National runner Annet Negesa has extra motivation to excel at the forthcoming World Athletics Championships and All-Africa Games after she was named utl-Uspa sports personality for the month of May. The 19-year-old beat...

Profiling Nation's First Commercial Oil Producers.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Walter Wafula In a month's time, the government and three major oil companies should have signed a new agreement spelling out how revenues from Uganda's oil deposits will be shared. The government, Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil,...

Let the Mahogany Carry Its Leaves And Branches.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Nicholas Sengoba For Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, the immediate former Vice President of Uganda, a court battle is in the offing. Bukenya is blamed for some monies which allegedly went missing or were misused when Uganda hosted Chogm in...

Teary Obua Sorry for 'Moment of Madness'.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya He put up a brave face, even managed a smile, when he entered a media-swarmed Oasis Restaurant, Lugogo, yesterday. But by the time he finished atoning for his Saturday tantrums, David Obua had been overwhelmed by...

Civil Societies Not Aware of Registration Status, Report.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa A good number of people working with civil society organizations (CSOs) are not aware of their registration status, a new survey has showed. According to a study done in 10 districts, some directors claimed...

Museveni Explains Cabinet Choices.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Mercy Nalugo President Museveni yesterday swore in what he described as a "cross-generational" Cabinet of "balance, unity and expertise" at State House Entebbe and immediately highlighted the challenges facing his new government. "The...

City Authority Director Rejects Councillors' Plea for Pay Raise.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Ephraim Kasozi Allowances for Kampala City councillors will not be increased after the executive director noted that low revenue collections cannot support a raise in payments. The councillors had proposed that each of them walks...

UPDF Conduct Drills.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Felix Okello Warom Hundreds of soldiers are undergoing training at Rhino Camp along River Nile in Arua District. The training that started on Sunday, according to military officers, will take one week. Speaking to Daily Monitor on...

Seya Refuses to Vacate Council House.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Robert Mwanje Outgoing Kampala Mayor Nasser Sebaggala yesterday rejected calls that he relinquishes ownership of the town clerk's residence, arguing that the previous council offered him the property. Talking to journalists after...

Busoga Clan Heads Petition Museveni On King Selection.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Andrew Gulumaire The search for the Busoga king (Kyabazinga) has taken another twist with Busoga clan leaders now writing to President Museveni, saying they want to elect the cultural leader. The clan leaders argue that a...

Bodies of Fallen Soldiers Brought Home.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Risdel Kasasira The army yesterday released the identities of the UPDF soldiers killed by al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia over the weekend. They are Lt. Colonel Patrick Tibihwa, the commander of 23rd Battalion and the deputy...

Hillary Onek Denies Ghost Oil Company.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Gerald Bareebe Former Energy minister Hilary Onek yesterday denied any knowledge of Black Gold Ltd, the shadowy company exposed in this newspaper yesterday as controlling oil imports and prices in the country. Eng. Onek, who has...

Kampala Chokes On Pollution.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Flavia Lanyero The number of respiratory tract infections in Kampala has soared in the last five years - a warning that air pollution is rapidly becoming a serious environmental threat. Several studies have linked mounting...

Parliament to Vet Government Appointees in the Open.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Isaac Imaka The process of vetting government appointees will now be conducted in the open, the leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mr Nandala Mafabi, has said. Addressing journalists at his office at the Parliament Buildings, Mr...

Enterprise Viability Hurting Agricultural Financing.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Nathan Were There has been a lot out-cry from small-holder farmers in Uganda regarding the low out-flow of financing in the different value chains of agricultural enterprises. Financing institutions have argued that the sector is...

Court Summons Bukenya, Electoral Commission.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Anthony Wesaka The High Court in Kampala yesterday summoned Prof Gilbert Bukenya and the Chairman Electoral Commission (EC), Eng Badru Kiggundu to appear in court over their role in the Busiro County North constituency during February...

Falcons Stunned By Eagles.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Ismail Kigongo Guard Colin Mukiza made a lay-up with four seconds left to give Miracle a comeback 68-67 victory over Falcons in an MT-Fuba League Division One encounter at YMCA on Sunday night. Mukiza had only five points in the...

Resolve Border Disputes for Wealth, Job Creation.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Sam Makinda The recent clashes between the Northern and Southern Sudanese forces in the Abyei region may be an indication of bad blood between Khartoum and Juba, but it also illustrates the precarious nature of African state borders....

Makerere Tests Drought-Tolerant Cowpea.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Nelson Wesonga Makerere University has embarked on a four-year $300,000 (USh690 million) project to develop drought-resistant and high yielding varieties of cowpea. The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and the...

World Bank Advises Nation On Middle Income Status Aspirations.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Martin Luther Oketch Uganda must achieve economic growth of 10 per cent per annum for the next15-20 years if it is to realise its aspiration of transforming the country into middle income status, the World Bank has advised. ...

Selfless Onyango Salutes Team for Clean Sheets.
June 7, 2011... Dennis Onyango believes his record 360 minutes without conceding in the Uganda Cranes goal would have been a fantasy had it not been for team work. The 26-year-old shot-stopper kept a fourth clean sheet in a row as the Cranes beat Guinea...

Scientists And Farmers Team Up for Food Quality.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Lominda Afedraru Consumers in Uganda have been assured of purchasing quality food items whether in processed form or raw materials now that science experts at the National Agricultural Research Laboratories Institute in Kawanda,...

Inspector General Arrests Jinja State Attorney Over Bribery.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Dalton Wanyera The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has arrested the Jinja State Attorney on allegations of bribery. Ms Lillian Nandaula, who has occupied the office for less than a month, was arrested yesterday while allegedly...

Parliament Swears in 11 Ex-Officios.
June 7, 2011... Byline: Sheila Naturinda Eleven nominated Members of Parliament have on Tuesday at 9am taken oath, presided over by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy Jacob Oulanyah in the Parliament chambers, ahead of this afternoon's state of Nation...

Government Launches Influenza Fight.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Stephen Otage The World Bank and government have finally implemented a $4million avian and human influenza preparedness and response project, three years after it was launched. The project became effective in May 2008 following the...

10 Graduate From Kampala International School.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Ephraim Kasozi Educationists, parents and teachers should move away from emphasising memorisation of events and scenarios and instead,lay emphasis on the understanding of the facts behind those events, Ian Williams, an education...

Looking At the Team in Charge of Education Ministry.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Isaac Imaka President Yoweri Museveni made a major shake-up in the ministry of Education in the reshuffle he announced on Friday April 27. The woman and men to drive the ministry in Mr Museveni's fourth elective term are a retired...

Man Held Over Alleged Possession of Bullets.
June 6, 2011... Byline: David Kazungu A resident of Wabukhasa Village in Mbale District has been arrested over alleged possession of 33 live bullets, army uniform, T-shirts, a poncho and bayonet. The arrest follows an operation by the UPDF in the Mt....

Nation Signs Memorandum to Support Integration Process.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Justus Lyatuu Uganda and TradeMark East Africa have signed a memorandum of understanding that seeks to support the East Africa community integration process. Under the agreement, TradeMark East Africa will offer financial, technical...

Stop Spending On Parties, MPs Told.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Fred Ayine The electorate in Kashari County, Mbarara District, have asked political leaders to provide material and economic aid in support of community development programmes instead of spending on victory parties. They advised that...

U.S.$4.3 Billion Debt Hurdle in Face of 2011/12 Budget.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Yasin Mugerwa In the face of the rising cost of living, Uganda's economy is persistently falling into the debt trap. The debts that consist of both domestic and foreign loans have caused financial hardship, joblessness, and a decline...

300 Households Face Eviction in Nwoya.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Cissy Makumbi Over 300 households in Lakalac and Kalaga villages in Kochgoma sub-county, Nwoya District are facing eviction for allegedly settling on land that is being claimed by two families. The families of Mr Luka Abe and Mr...

Judge Sebaggala On His Record, Not His English.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Muniini K. Mulera Dear Tingasiga: Former Kampala Mayor Ntege Sebaggala's limited fluency in the English language and his anaemic academic papers have little relevance to his leadership abilities. Some of the most revered and most...

Obua Said Sorry to Me - Bobby.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya Uganda Cranes coach Bobby Williamson insists he will hold nothing against Hearts forward David Obua. Obua was the target of fans' fury on social network sites Facebook and Twitter, and on the streets, after his...

Mob Attacks Family Over Amuru Land Giveaway.
June 6, 2011... Byline: James Eriku and Cissy Makumbi A family of 10 has taken refuge at Amuru Central Police Station to escape the wrath of residents who accuse them of allegedly spearheading the giveaway of land to the Madhvani Group of companies for...

Media And Civil Society Organisations Under Threat - Report.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo The media and civil society organisations are increasingly becoming endangered in Uganda, a 2010 state of governance report to be released today indicates. Titled: "Four Steps Forward, Six Back", the report says...

Tea Factory Workers Strike Over Pay.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Joseph Mugisa Hundreds of workers of Hima Tea Factory in Kyenjojo District went on strike on Friday, protesting against what they called poor pay and maltreatment. A source at the factory, who preferred anonymity, said the workers,...

NGOs Face Closure in Amudat.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Steven Ariong The RDC Amudat, Mr Stephen Nsubuga, has subjected NGOs to scrutiny after an investigation revealed that only four of 12 agencies that claim to be operating in the district, had offices. Mr Nsubuga last week summoned...

Headteacher Defies Inspector General Orders.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Abubaker Kirunda The head teacher of St Steven Senior Secondary School in Jinja, Mr Wyclif Bavekuno, has defied a directive by the Inspector General of Government [IGG] demoting him to a classroom teacher over alleged misuse of...

Ghost Firm Gets Key Fuel Contract.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Tabu Butagira A hitherto-unknown company that was awarded the second highest quota to import oil from Kenya, controls at least in part, fuel prices in Uganda, our investigations reveal. Black Gold Limited, which has no known depot or...

Queries As Former LC3 is Shot Dead.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Steven Ariong and Emmanuel Mulondoa The Kotido District Council has called for a rigorous investigation into the killing of former chairperson of Panyangara Sub-county, Francis Tete. Tete was allegedly shot dead by unknown gunmen...

Anglican Church to Redevelop Shrines.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Ephraim Kasozi IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been remanded into custody at New York's Rikers Island jail on charges of sexual assault. The judge said Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, was a flight risk. He was arrested on Saturday...

Lira UPE Schools Levy Extra Fees.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Bill Oketch Police in Lira are investigating three schools in Lira Municipality over allegations that they have been levying extra fees on the beneficiaries of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme, contrary to government...

Student Teachers Fail Exams At Moroto Primary Teachers College.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Steven Ariong At least 85 student teachers who sat for the final examinations in Moroto Primary Teachers College have failed the examinations, sources at the college have revealed. Daily Monitor learnt that the total number of the...

Opposition Vows to Defy Police Over Procession.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Mercy Nalugo The Police have written to the Opposition, halting their planned launch of "Free Uganda Now" defiance activities at Nsambya Railway Grounds, and directed that the venue be shifted to Kololo, which is less populated. ...

Promote Hard Work, Says President.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Geoffrey Mutegeki and Joseph Mugisa Religious leaders should encourage hard work in order to stop the "begging syndrome", President Museveni has said. The President said hard work would help Uganda cut down its heavy reliance on...

Omar Brothers Vow to End Blick's Domination.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Fredrick Musisi Kiyingi Just when you think the rivalry is only at the top in MX1 category, you have to hold you breath as brothers Wazir (7 years) , Ali (8 years) and Waleed (4 1/2 years) are all out to stop Paddy and Alistair Blick...

New Attorney General Promises Losses Reverse.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Nelson Wesonga Individuals or entities who have sued or plan to sue the government should prepare for tougher legal battles, the newly-appointed Attorney General, Mr Peter Nyombi, has said. Speaking in Nakasongola on Saturday, Mr...

Tobacco Firm Operations Stopped.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Rajab Mukombozi A new tobacco company that has been registering farmers to establish its operations in Kanungu, has been ordered to halt its operations. Kanungu District officials and tobacco regulators last week declared...

Ethics Office Queried Over Sh371 Million.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa Officials at the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity are facing questions over missing payment vouchers relating to expenditure of more than Shs371.3 million on undisclosed activities. An additional Shs42 million...

Has Law Development Centre Got a Cure At Last?
June 6, 2011... Byline: Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa For the first time in many years, the Law Development Centre has registered few failures from the 2010/2011 academic year students who sat their first set of examinations in December- March -bringing hope that the...

Four Ministers to Miss Swearing in Today.
June 6, 2011... Byline: John Njoroge At least 71 ministers will today be sworn in at State House Entebbe, having successfully passed last week's vetting conducted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament. However, four ministers, whose nominations were...

Newspapers Forging Critical Path to Independent Reading.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Steven Tendo The new term is two weeks old in some schools. That is enough time to get into the school mood and start serious study. While many students have school materials to use, there are many who live in communities where the...

Experts Warn of Water Scarcity As Wetland Encroachment Escalates.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Flavia Lanyero For the last 15 years, Uganda has lost about 4,000 square kilometres of wetlands to degradation, posing a risk of water shortage, experts from Water and Environment Ministry have said. From 13 per cent coverage of...

Church Asks Museveni to Toughen On Corrupt Officials.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Robert Muhereza and Frankfurt Kuheisa The church yesterday asked President Museveni to take serious disciplinary action against government officials who swindle public funds. Corruption has severely hampered service delivery to the...

Cranes Share Sh80 Million.
June 6, 2011... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya Uganda Cranes stars left Namboole Stadium a satisfied lot after a good day at work, having bagged all three points on Saturday. They left their Sky Hotel even better, pocket wise. The victorious team had just...