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Uganda records an estimated 100,000 malaria related deaths per year with children being the majority, the minister of health, Dr. Christine Ondoa, has said. Ondoa says in terms of the burden to our health system, clinically diagnosed malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, accounting for approximately 30-50% of outpatient visits at health facilities, 15-20 of all hospital
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"We are not to blame." That is the chorus from the internal affairs ministry as the repeated abuse of Ugandan diplomatic passport continues to soil the country's image abroad. The latest developments indicate that Thailand and UK have backlisted VIP passports from Uganda. The foreign affairs ministry has, however, denied the reports. Two weeks ago, former regional affairs minister Isaac
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Kampala - More women are initiating divorces in Uganda, a conservative East African country where women are becoming empowered to leave a bad marriage in a way their mothers could not, rights activists and legal experts say. Has your marriage broken down beyond repair? That's the question Ugandan magistrate David Batema asks women in divorce proceedings against men who often
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International and local civil society organisations operating in areas affected by LRA rebel activities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have appealed to Uganda and the US to remain committed to efforts aimed at ending threats by Africa's longest armed rebellion. This comes after Uganda and the US troops in CAR suspended the four-year hunt operation against LRA leader Joseph
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Kampala - Uganda has suspended the hunt for fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army fighters, blaming hostility towards foreign troops by Central African Republic rebels who seized power last month. Kony is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes. He and his commanders are accused of abducting thousands of children to use as fighters in
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UGANDA'S chess fraternity is on the edge of a historic milestone with the impending chess game between Phiona Mutesi and American billionaire Bill Gates. The yet unscheduled game was secured on a recent visit by Mutesi and her guardian Robert Katende to the US to promote a book about her life by American writer Tim Crothers. The book, titled "The
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The Opposition shadow cabinet will sit in two weeks-time to discuss reforms in the electoral process. Shadow Attorney General Abdu Katuntu said after the proposed amendments were approved by the shadow cabinet, he would table the Bill before Parliament. He said the proposed reforms include the constitution of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the appointment of its chairperson and commissioners.
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When it comes to Ebola hemorrhagic fever, you can't be too careful. It remains one of the most lethal viruses known to man and there is no known cure. Its highly infectious and contagious nature means that an outbreak of the fever must be immediately identified and isolated. This was the situation in late 2012 in the Luweero district in
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Uganda has earned $2m in bonus from the recent oil discoveries in block-I in Northern Uganda. The oil was discovered by TOTAL, a French oil firm licenced to operate in the exploration area. "The discovery bonus is in relation to the discovery of Lyec field on December 31, December 2012," Fred Kabagambe-Kaliisa, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy
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Uganda will soon launch the first space observer called Cadimella, Capt. Chris Nsamba, the chief executive officer and founder of the African Space Research Program (ASRP), has revealed. Nsamba was briefing the Vice-President, Edward Ssekandi, who inspected the launch pad of the space observer at Kimaka Airfield in Jinja on Monday. "This has demonstrated that Ugandans can also participate in
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Police on Sunday evening at around eight o'clock moved swiftly and arrested the Vice President for Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Proscovia Salaamu Musumba on allegation that they were distributing basic commodities to voters. Musumba who was in the company of five other FDC district officials including Hamba John Patrick Kayondo Mutwalib, Mumbiyo Alli, Ramazan Wegulo were arrested at Busolwe
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Uganda has returned three million euros in aid to Norway after it was misappropriated, the Norwegian minister for development aid said on Wednesday. "Corruption is [the same as] stealing from poor people, and for that we have zero tolerance," Heikki Holmaas said on Twitter. "Uganda has repaid us €3.1m," he added. An investigation by the auditor general of Uganda last
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The five suspected terrorists who sneaked across the eastern border into Uganda last month (Jan), are still missing, police say. Deputy police spokesperson Vincent Sekate told The Observer that the suspects were on the international wanted list and the international Police (Interpol) has been following them. "Interpol are doing everything possible with the assistance of other countries to make sure
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Kampala - Ugandan police said Saturday they arrested leading opposition politician Kizza Besigye over plans to restart anti-government demonstrations in Kampala. "Following attempts to unlawfully assemble and carry out riotous demonstrations... Kizza Besigye has been arrested this morning," a statement said. The police said Besigye was charged with "refusal to obey lawful orders" and was being held at a Kampala
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After years of being an aid daring despite widespread corruption, a number of donors recently suspended aid to Uganda following high-level scandals. Although his swift response to the AIDS crisis and efforts to economically liberalise and politically stabilise his country have often seen Yoweri Museveni regarded as an aid darling by donor countries, the reputation of Uganda's president might now
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Gulu — One of the only two remaining reception centres in northern Uganda helping reintegrate former members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is threatened with closure. This would greatly reduce psychosocial support available to those directly involved - often as a result of abduction - in one of Africa's longest-running conflicts. "We are considering closing our reception centre by
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World football governing body, FIFA has warned Uganda of imminent sanctions if they don’t reach an agreement on organising one league for the country. Uganda currently have two parallel Leagues with the FUFA Super League recognized by the FA and Uganda Super League (USL), backed by sponsors to a tune of US$5 million. Ugandan Sports minister Jessica Alupo, is reported
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The Ugandan Government has commended Victoria University management for rejecting orders from UK-based University of Buckingham (UB) to embrace homosexuality. The two universities have been collaborating for over a year, with majority of Victoria University students offering University of Buckingham courses. They, however, parted ways early this week after UB asked Victoria to include a clause in its statue stating
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Kampala - A Ugandan court on Wednesday dismissed charges against a British theatre producer accused of staging a play about gay people in the country without proper authorisation, his lawyer said, citing lack of evidence. David Cecil, 34, had faced up to two years in prison on charges of "disobeying lawful orders". He was arrested in September and briefly jailed
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The UN chief says that African warlord Joseph Kony's militia group, the Lord's Resistance Army, killed 39 civilians this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. A report to the Security Council from Ban Ki-moon says "more than 180 presumed LRA attacks were reported by humanitarian" groups in 2012, in which 193 people were abducted
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Kampala - Ugandan officials say they have reopened a strategic border-post with Congo that had been closed during recent fighting between rebels and the Congolese army. Ugandan Col Felix Kulayigye said the Bunagana post was reopened on Monday. It was closed last month after the Congolese government protested that M23 rebels were using it to illegally collect revenue. The opening
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Kampala — Parliament Friday evening passed the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill 2012 after voting on clause 9 of the Bill, which gives the minister of energy full powers in granting and revoking oil licenses. The Friday voting followed failed attempts, the latest being Thursday, when MPs opposed granting the minister full powers. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob
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Goma - Negotiations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group will open soon in the Ugandan capital, a Congolese minister said on Tuesday. The peace talks will start "in the next few days in Kampala", Interior Minister Richard Muyej Mangez said during a visit to Goma, the key eastern mining hub that was seized by the
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Gulu — Extreme poverty among young mothers in northern Uganda is driving some to dose their children with medication when they go out at night to earn a living as prostitutes. Others simply abandon their children in the evenings, leaving them at risk of accidents in the home. Three women are currently in custody in the town of Gulu alone
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Kampala - A lawmaker in Uganda says an anti-gay bill that will be voted on soon will not contain the death penalty. Krispus Ayena, a member of the committee that has been revising the bill, said on Friday that some members "argued very forcefully" against the death penalty. Parliamentarian David Bahati, who wrote the bill, predicted last year that the
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