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The Chinese Dragon Unleashes Its Financial Might On African Countries.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Muhereza Kyamutetera ONE by one, African presidents peeled off their single file to greet the Chinese President. Occasionally Mr Hu Jintao would go beyond the occasional handshake, to...

Acholi MPs Threaten Land War.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo & Agness Nandutu Acholi MPs yesterday threatened war if the government dares allocate Acholi land to investors. Addressing a press conference at Parliament yesterday,...

Kikwete, Bukenya Discuss Africa Gulf Cooperation.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete has urged African leaders to exploit the Africa-Asia and the Gulf economies for investment and development saying China and some Gulf states have surplus capital,...

Police Dismiss Child Trafficking Report.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa THE Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has dismissed reports that Karimojong children are being exported to Kenya. He said police together with...

Ministry Accuses Kasese of Forgery.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Boaz Tumusiime The National Assessment Team in the Ministry of Local Government led by Mr Kasigwa, has blamed Kasese district for forging plans, budgets, and other documents that were...

Mengo Beefs Up Security At Makindye Palace.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Robert Mwanje The Buganda Government has beefed up security at the Kabaka's palace in Makindye, currently occupied by the kingdom's state lodge. The recently regained 10-acre piece of...

NUSAF Funds North Chiefs.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel O. Egadu THE Acholi and Lango Paramount chiefs have received Shs120 million from the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund for community reconciliation and conflict management...

K'jong MPs Vow to Walk Out of House.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Gyezaho MEMBERS of Parliament from the Karamoja sub-region have vowed to walkout of the House in protest, if the demands they presented yesterday before Parliament's Defence and...

Yumbe Officials to Meet Over Executive Council, CAO Row.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kefa Atibuni Yumbe District Council has passed a motion for a council meeting to harmonise the escalating misunderstanding between the district executive committee and the office of the...

Shs50b Namanve Project Takes Off.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Dorothy Nakaweesi THE long awaited development of the Kampala Industrial Business Park at Namanve, is set to start in March 2007 next year. A top official said the multi billion shilling...

Oyet Mobilisig Poverty Fight.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Agness Nandutu NWOYA County MP Simon Oyet's mission is to initiate projects that will improve the lives of people who have lived in IDP Camps for the last 20 years. Oyet believes that...

Bodaboda Tax for December.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Robert Mwanje & Jane Nafula Kampala City Council has resolved to reinstate a Shs9,000 monthly fee from cyclists operating in the city beginning December. The resolution was reached at a...

Tri-Star Guards Fight Bailiffs Over Property.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Elias Biryabarema GUARDS at the troubled Agoa firm, Tri-Star Apparels, yesterday fought off bailiffs who had gone to the premises in Bugolobi to seize movable property. Sources at the...

Csaba Bans Players From Bika Soccer.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas D. Bugingo HEAD coach Laszlo Csaba has banned Cranes players from playing for their clans at the on going Bika by'Abaganda football tournament. The furious Hungarian sounded the...

MPs Query Butabika Land Sale.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Mutaizibwa MPs yesterday questioned the sale of more than half of Butabika Hospital land to 'private investors' alleged to be highly placed government officials. Butabika Hospital...

Scoul Loses EU Cash Over Mabira.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kelvin Nsangi SUGAR Corporation of Uganda Limited has been dropped from the European Union-funded Sawlog Production Grant Scheme (SPGS) project for reasons linked to its quest for a chunk of...

Army Unveils Inzikuru's House in Arua.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Tabu Butagira THE Shs92m mansion that government has been constructing for World 3, 000m Steeplechase Champion Dorcus Inzikuru in her Arua home town since May this year is ready for...

Strikes Good Warning for Health Scheme.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) There are rumblings of a possible sit-down strike by graduate doctors at National Referral Hospital, Mulago, as another of the many consequences of the unfortunate closure of Makerere University. ...

Champs Crowned.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sande Bashaija NKUMBA University Marines and Lady Bucks on Sunday received Shs1.5m and fully connected Motorola C113 mobile phones for emerging champions of the 2006 MTN-FUBA basketball...

Both Ugandans On Probation in TPF.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Serugo Ugandan television viewers will have to send enough SMS votes to save our two contestants Melton Cephas and Paul Lwanga from possible elimination from the Tusker Project Fame...

Hope for HIV Positive Children.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Anne M. Mpaulo No amount of strength will prepare you for the mixed emotions that you feel when you walk into Jajas' Home and meet the children who are brought there everyday. Jajjas'...

Govt to Compensate Kibaale Residents.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Mugerwa The government will compensate people who lost property during the rehabilitation of Kakumiro-Kagadi Road in 1997-1998. This was disclosed by Kibaale Acting Chief...

E. Africa Ladies Circuit Tees Off.
November 14, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Ndawula & Samuel Wossita BIG tournament chokers is the tag national ladies coach Deo Akope will be hoping to shrug off his charges when the re-launched 2-day East Africa Golf...

Makerere University Closed.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Evelyn Lirri and Steven Kibuuka Lecturers demand written commitment from govt and students to sue university administration, AG OVER 30,000 students yesterday began returning home after...

President, Parliament Keep Your Itchy Hands Off Kabale.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vukoni Lupa Lasaga Some members of parliament want President Yoweri Museveni to take over the administration of Kabale district in the hope that this would help iron out a procedural wrinkle...

Mubajje - Prosecution in the Name of the State.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Sserwanga The embattled Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Ramadhan Mubajje last week petitioned the Director of Public Prosecution to invoke his constitutional powers and take over the criminal...

Vote for Ouma, Omondi, Musisi.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Ssali If we could do it for Gaetano, then it is a MUST that we do it for Polly Ouma, Phillip Omondi and Magid Musisi. The three Ugandan football legends are part of a poll for...

Ouma is a Dangerous Fighter, Says Taylor.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas Bugingo &eden Kironde THOUGH he is the overwhelming favourite ahead of the December 9 bout with Uganda's Kassim 'The Dream' Ouma, Jermain Taylor has described his lesser-fancied...

MAK - Keep Avenues for More Talks Open.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) A government committee has been set up to look into the grievances of lecturers at the country's oldest and largest public university (Makerere), which by the weekend had culminated in a stiff-necked...

H.H. the Aga Khan is a Blessing to Uganda.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Byaruhanga I had written about the Serena Hotel before but I have to return to it on a different note. This is one of the success stories of privatisation in Uganda. It's good it has...

Balangira to Test Mmamba.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Felix Basiime EXPREINCED striker Hassan Mubiru has warned his Mmamba Gabunga colleagues that they will face a fired up Balangira clan searching for revenge when the sides clash in the bika...

'Woman' Suspect Turns Out to Be a Man in Tororo.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: John A. Emojong Prison authorities at Morukatipe Government Prison in Tororo district were on November 9 shocked to discover that a suspect who had been sent on remand as a woman was...

URA, KCC, Villa Games Off.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Yasser Kalyango FUFA Competitions Committee secretary Moses Magogo has assured clubs that the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup will not affect the national Super League that kicks off on November...

World Bank Warns on Environmental Governance.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Godwin Muhwezi-Bonge THE World Bank has put $30 billion (about Shs54 trillions) as the price for weak environmental governance in developing countries in 2005. In a report titled:...

Interest Rates to Fall.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Martin Luther Oketch THE high interest rates charged by commercial banks on credits to the private sector is predicted to fall to a level, which a senior banker has termed as friendly. ...

Cholera Infects 183 in Arua.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Tabu Butagira THE soaring cholera prevalence in Arua has claimed lives of seven residents and left 176 others hospitalised, health officials and political leaders have said. Ms Norah...

Mad Cow Ban Affecting Local Dairy Imports.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Jane Nafula THE Chief Executive of FARM Africa, Dr Christie Peacock, has urged the government to lift a ban on livestock imports from Britain to enable farmers secure breeding stocks and...

Rwanda Based Pros Fail to Impress Csaba.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas Bugingo CRANES coach Laszlo Csaba is not convinced with the input of newly summoned Rwanda based players. The national team is preparing for the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup. A...

Include Women On Peace Team - Mao.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Edgar R. Batte Gulu District Chairman Nobert Mao has asked the government and the Lords Resistance Army rebels to provide platform to women to vividly participate in the on-going Juba peace...

Mbale Teenagers Embrace Open Sexual Health Talk.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kakaire A. Kirunda If the adage 'seeing is believing' is anything to go by then it better describes the apparent new thinking among teenagers in Mbale. The introduction of a Youth...

Mindra Gets Tough On Promoters.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Ndawula & Douglas Bugingo Uganda Professional Boxing Commission (UPBC) President Celestine Mindra has sternly warned all the boxing promoters who give their fighters unrealistic and...

Walusimbi, Meya Named.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Ndawula In a bid to strengthen the national cricket team, highly rated veteran ace cricketer Sam Walusimbi and Sam Meya have been drafted into the coaching panel. Walusimbi -...

Minister Survives Beating in Hoima.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ausi Balyesiima A man and two Congolese women on Tuesday appeared before the Hoima district grade one magistrate George Ombong on charges of threatening violence. The three reportedly...

Kamuli Fails to Recruit 161 Teachers.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Isaac Mufumba & Isaiah Kitimbo Authorities in Kamuli have failed to implement a government directive to recruit 161 teachers to meet the revised teacher's ceiling. The directive to...

NGOs to Join Northern Uganda Reconstruction.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Olanyo THE European Union has called for proposals from Non Government Organisations to assist in the voluntary return of Internally Displaced Persons in northern Uganda. The...

Poverty Still High in Eastern, North.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Richard Otim For long, the region covering Teso, Karamoja, Acholi and Lango has lagged behind others in terms of development due to the effects of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel...

The Youth Must Start Thinking Big, Says MP Kibedi.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kakaire A. Kirunda For Kibedi Zaake Wanume, representing the youth begun at village level in Jinja town. He rose through the ranks from district level until he headed the Busoga Youth Forum...

Religion Divides NRM in Bushenyi.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sam Amanyire POLITICAL intrigue and religious divisions have seriously affected NRM supporters in Bushenyi district to the extent that some want a separate district to cater for their...

Ndejje Vows to Keep Title.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Ndawula East Africa University Games track and field champions Ndejje have vowed to defend the regional title when the games get underway in Kigali, Rwanda next month. Ndejje...

Climate Change Must Be Considered in Devt - Report.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Salome Alweny A new report on climate changes warns that lives will be jeopardised and billions of dollars wasted if governments of developed nations fail to commit more money to helping...

Uganda-Kenya in Talks On Cattle Rustling.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joshua Khatiya The leaders from Sebei sub-region in Uganda and West Pokot in Kenya have started a cross-border peace dialogue aimed at ending cattle rustling in the two regions. ...

Uganda Flower Industry Loses $20 Million Over Power.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Andrew Bagala & Elias Biryabarema Uganda's flower industry has lost over $20 million in export revenues due to power shortage in the country, according to a report on the impact of the...

Pastor On the Run Over Fraud.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Mugerwa Police in Kibaale district are searching for a Pastor who collected money from the public on the pretext that he would secure them subsidised agricultural inputs and loans....

Fake S.6 Exam Papers On Sale -UNEB.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Wossita & Solomon Muyita FAKE S.6 examination papers have reportedly hit the market hours before A' Level exams start today, the Uganda National Examinations Board has announced. ...

FUFA Builds Data Base.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Yasser Kalyango FUFA will is to start gathering information about all licenced players, referees and administrators. This was disclosed by the local football governing body's media committee...

Inzikuru Wins in Portugal.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sande Bashaija WORLD 3000m steeplechase champion Dorcus Inzikuru has shown signs of a great comeback to form after winning the first race of the IAAF cross country permit meeting series...

UABF May Be Disbanded for Second Time.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Eden Kironde Local amateur boxing is to stay in the doldrums if the officials from the disbanded executive are re-elected into office. This anticipated gloom was relayed to Daily Monitor...

Shilling Gains.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Yasser Kalyango THE Shilling regained value against the Dollar in the mid week to close business on Friday stronger than it had opened the previous week. The local currency that had...

MPs Summon Kyambogo Bosses As Dons Warn of Strike.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Obore THE Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises has summoned the management of Kyambogo University to answer claims of financial...

Hoima Teachers Face Arrest Over Absenteeism.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Mugerwa Hoima district local government will arrest any teacher who absconds from duty, the district Inspector of Schools Deogratuis Byabagambi has said. "The education...

Child Sexual Abuse On the Rise.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Patricia Nanteza Two days before 15-year-old Hanifa (not real name) got married to a 50-year-old Muslim man with three wives, a community volunteer from Mpigi tipped off officials at African...

South Sudan Recalls Refugees for Referendum Census.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Tabu Butagira & Kefa Atibuni THE government of South Sudan has dispatched a delegation to persuade thousands of its reluctant refugees in Uganda to return home. Daily Monitor has learnt...

UN Chief and Kony Disagree.
November 13, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Grace Matsiko, Frank Nyakairu, and Agencies We don't have any children. We only have combatants, insists Kony. UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland met the reclusive commander of a Ugandan...

We Can't Assemble in Owiny-Ki-Bul , Says Otti.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Harera Sebikali The LRA's Deputy Commander, Vincent Otti has said that the rebels will not assemble in Owinyi-Ki-Bul as the renewed peace pact requires, unless the UPDF pulls out of the...

Uganda to Host ICC Meeting.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Ndawula A 12-man International Cricket Council (ICC) contingent will be in town on December 4 when Uganda hosts the annual ICC Development Committee meeting at Sheraton Hotel,...

Makerere Dons to Stay On Strike.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Evelyn Lirri and Steven Kibuuka Makerere University lecturers yesterday rejected the order to resume teaching as their strike entered a second week. The University Council, the...

Policemen to Be Punished Over Nkozi Students' Strike.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Zurah Nakabugo Police officers who clobbered striking students at Nkozi University will be disciplined, Police spokesman Edward Ochom has said. Ochom was speaking to journalists in Kampala...

UN Report Shows Decline.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa THE newly launched United Nations development report 2006 taints a worrying image of Uganda; that it is one step away from being categorised among countries with the least...

Drink Driving is Good for the Economy.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Harry Sagara The other day a friend and I were coming from ministers village in Ntinda and suddenly we were flagged down by a cop off a patrol car, he crossed to the drivers side and in a...

Lawyer to Account for Cash.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ephraim Kasozi & Solomon Muyita A CITY lawyer, Sam Mayanja, was on Friday put to task to file accountability for money, which he handled on behalf of his client, at the Law Council...

Panic Grips Local TV.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Serugo A wave of panic is sweeping through the television industry now that NTV is joining the fray. How else would you explain the midstream alterations to UBC TV and WBS TV's...

Selfish Interests Threaten Boxing.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Geoffrey Kasule THE normalisation committee that was established after the dissolution of the ineffective Uganda Amateur Boxing Federation winds up its work on November 25. For the last 6...

Hilton K'la Hotel On Course.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Kasyate PanAfric commodities, the maker of AYA wheat flour and confectionary, have described as malicious, media reports that their properties stand to be seized by banks over unpaid...

Tornado B Face Acc in Cup Finale.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Ndawula AN intriguing battle is on card today at Lugogo Cricket Ground when the 2006 Castle Lager League Champions - Africa Cricket Club (ACC) take on Tornado B in the Luswata Cup...

Akope Wins.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Wossita UGANDA"S top player Deo Akope played brillinat golf to win the Stanbic Corporate tournament on Friday. Akope posted 65 gross and fired 10 birdies to emerge overall winner...

Of Celebrities And Adopting Africans.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Dorene Namanya There has been so much hype in the media about celebrities adopting African children. Most recent is the case of Madonna, a pop queen adopting a one-year-old boy from Malawi....

How Muwanga, Obote Conflict Led to Gen. Oyite Ojok's Death.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Nkonge Kibalama Was former Vice President and defence minister Paulo Muwanga privy to a plot to kill the UNLA chief of staff, Maj. Gen. David Oyite Ojok? In a recent interview with...

Dawn of the Pearl.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Title: Dawn of the Pearl; A new sun rising over Uganda. Author: Acaye Elizabeth Pamela Publisher: KEBU Advocacy Thru Art Initiative, Kampala Available at: National theatre Reviewer:...

Govt Can Avert These Chronic Strikes.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Over the past week a strike unfolded at Makerere University, with the institution's academic staff demanding a pay rise which is in tandem with the cost of living. The university students rioted,...

Kampala International University Sends Out 1,300 Graduates.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Miti & Abou Kisige OVER 1,300 Kampala International University students graduated on Friday with degrees and diplomas in different disciplines. It was the institution's third...

League Kicks Off Nov 25.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas D. Bugingo THE 2007 National Super League season has been pushed foward by a week to the November 25. Fufa Competitions Committee Chairman Colonel Jackson Bell Tushabe said the...

Uganda's Historical But Forgotten Monuments.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Patience Atuhaire We look at them as lifeless works of art. And some of us have never bothered to know if they merit anything. Yet they took brains to put them together and for long they...

Police Officers to Stand for LC Polls.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Obore THE Uganda Police Force has issued election guidelines to all police officers interested in contesting for LC posts in police barracks. A confidential circular issued on November...

Falcons, a-1 in Tricky Tests for Third Place.
November 12, 2006... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sande Bashaija NKUMBA University Marines and Lady Bucks will be officially crowned champions of the 2006 MTN-FUBA Basketball League. The awards ceremony begins 7pm at Lugogo Indoor Stadium....