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All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Someone who returned to this city a couple of years ago after a stint in Europe admits he was amazed at how much transformation there was in the fashion industry. The girls' dress sense was very much in step with what he had seen in some of the fashion capitals of the world.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday
Local press in Kampala has reported that three Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) soldiers died on Thursday morning in a motor accident in Djibouti, hours after they arrived in capital of Djibouti for the East African Brigade training exercise. The daily papers said one of the dead soldiers has been identified as Maj. Kahangye, the army [...]
turenchi (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The Buganda kingdom has rejected a new land law passed after heated debate in Uganda‘s parliament. Buganda Prime Minister John Baptist Walusimbi said the kingdom would continue to campaign against the law, saying it would remain ”idle”. The kingdom feels the new law encroaches on the king‘s territory. Buganda is the largest of Uganda‘s four ancient kingdoms. It has long...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The decision by the government to give all districts, municipalities and town councils road construction equipment is laudable. Kampala City, where majority of taxpayers live, has for a long time now become synonymous with potholes, dust and mud.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
THE education sector stands to benefit from the ongoing economic growth and oil discovery, the new director of Kampala International School (KISU) has predicted.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Teso Rural Development Trust (Terudet), a microfinance institution owned by Teso districts, is up for grabs after the Commercial Division of the High Court in Kampala issued a warrant of attachment and sale of its immovable property.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
KCC FC failed to march the pressure of the VTB Cup on their tour in Vietnam. The Kampala club won their opening encounter but lost their preceding two games in Group B.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Why are the English archbishops silent over Uganda's grotesque anti-homosexuality bill? A bill currently before the Ugandan parliament (pdf) proposes seven year prison sentences for discussing homosexuality; life imprisonment for homosexual acts; and death for a second offence. Sober observers believe it will be passed. The Anglican church in Uganda appears to support it, and the Church of England...
Mr. Ernest Bazanye (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Jamaican ragamuffin-dancehall star Beenie Man is scheduled to perform in Kampala this weekend. The man who brought you such hits as Who Am I, King of The Dancehall and Feel It Boy is here at the behest of a local beverage company and is going to provide entertainment as they crown (excuse me) an ongoing [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
To bring peace to eastern Congo would require about half a million troops – failing that, at least the UN could do its job In 1995, after the Rwandan genocide, western leaders discussed plans for an armed force for Africa's Great Lakes region to suppress the remnant of the extremist Hutu movement that had fled across the border into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I asked a British military...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
THE Luweero district records officer who forged signatures to help top district officials get a loan of sh945,000 is being detained at Central Police Station in Kampala.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Kampala City Council (KCC) Lions have once again appealed to National Council of Sports (NCS) in a bid to stave off relegation from the MTN-Fuba League men's topflight.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Supporters of rival factions within the Democratic Party yesterday clashed at the Kampala High Court as the fight to control Uganda's oldest party entered vicious territory.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
MPs investigating how Chogm funds were used yesterday resolved to summon Agriculture Minister Hope Mwesigye to explain how Shs6.3 billion meant for Kampala's beautification ahead of the summit was used.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Kampala - The president of Southern Sudan on Wednesday narrowly avoided becoming the second successive leader of the autonomous region to die in an air crash when a tyre burst on his plane just before take-off at an northern Ugandan airfield. Salva K...
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