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President Museveni has, in an about-face, told Kenyans that it is beneficial for one person to rule a country for a lengthier period, citing his own 26-year tenure that he said has helped him morph into an "expert on governance". A State House statement issued yesterday quoted Mr Museveni, who was chief guest at the inauguration of Great Lakes Universities'
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At least 600 Ugandan girls have been forced into Malaysia's sex trade in what has become a human trafficking epidemic, a foreign diplomat has said. Hajah Noraihan, the Malaysian consul to Uganda, said despite an early warning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008 when the number of trafficked girls stood at 30, the constant flow of victims has
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A Ugandan minister Tuesday raided and shut down a workshop run by homosexual rights activists in Entebbe, the minister and Amnesty International said, days after a draconian anti-gay bill was reintroduced. The London-based rights watchdog said in a statement that Minister for Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo, who is also a priest, raided the workshop flanked by police and expelled
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Kampala - Officials in Uganda say they have seized nearly 162kg of ivory and other animal parts and products that were being smuggled in and out of the country. Sarah Banage, a spokesperson for the Uganda Revenue Authority, said on Tuesday that the products could be worth up to $700 000. The seized goods include ivory, bones, teeth and animal
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Kampala — The Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and Malaria has given Uganda the least amount of funding compare to other East African member states because of corruption and earlier mismanagement of the fund. According to Prof. Vinand Nantulya, the chairman Uganda Aids Commission, Ethiopia got $1.2 billion, of the fund to fight HIV, TB and malaria, Tanzania received
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Kampala – A Ugandan lawmaker behind a proposed draconian anti-gay bill that sparked an international outcry said on Friday that the bill was now focused on criminalising public discussion of homosexuality with a heavy prison sentence. David Bahati said the bill was now focused on stopping the promotion of gay rights, saying he wanted to drop clauses that would see
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The controversial Anti-homosexuality Bill, 2009, is among the 10 Bills that were re-tabled in Parliament yesterday. The mover of the private members Bill, also Ndorwa West legislator, Mr David Bahati, re-tabled the Bill for its first reading. "Our Bill, our kids," the legislators shouted in unison as others gave Bahati a standing ovation. The Speaker, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, who presided
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Amnesty International warned on Tuesday that Uganda could soon pass an anti-homosexuality bill that would introduce draconian provisions and constitute "a grave assault" on human rights. A controversial bill that calls for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts was recently re-introduced in the Ugandan parliament after lawmakers failed to debate it during the last session of the legislative body.
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Isaac Kasamani, a photographer for the Daily Monitor newspaper, was shot at by plain clothes security personnel travelling in a police van, as he covered a rally of opposition parties. The opposition rally was held under the banner of the "Opposition for Change" grouping on 24 January this year. Allegations of brutality by security forces against journalists, as well as
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Kampala - Ugandan gay rights activists braved hostility and stigma Thursday as they gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of the murder of their fellow campaigner David Kato. "We are here to celebrate and thank God for our beloved friend and human rights activist David Kato," former Anglican bishop and gay rights campaigner Christopher Senyonjo told a crowd of around
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Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has hit out at Ndorwa West MP David Bahati's anti-gay Bill, telling a public audience in Kampala that what two consenting adults do in private "is really not the matter of law." The visiting former head of state's comments will come as a boost to the crusaders of gay rights in Uganda. Mr Mbeki,
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Kampala - Traders and shopkeepers in the Ugandan capital Kampala closed on Wednesday for a three-day strike to try to press commercial banks to stop raising interest rates, a demand dismissed by the bankers' association as impossible. Business owners in east Africa's third largest economy have been griping for months about hikes in interest rates on their bank loans, which
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Warid telecom, one of the telecom companies in Uganda has marked two weeks in the mobile money business registering success, a top official at the company has said. Shailendra Naidu, Warid's commercial officer told The Independent in an interview that the facility (Warid Pesa) which was launched in December last year has so far seen many customers use without any
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Kinshasa - At least 26 people have been killed and 13 wounded so far this year in two attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an army official said on Wednesday. The attacks - blamed on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - took place on the nights of January 01 and
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Ugandan boxers are in danger of missing the Olympic Games because of the unending chaos in the sport. Uganda missed out on the last edition of the world's biggest sporting event held in China in 2008. The last Africa qualifier for the London show is due in March 2012 but there is nothing in terms of preparations for boxing on
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Standing in the glare of a 250 watt light bulb in the yard of his uncle's house, Hilary Turyamugumya peers hopefully into the night sky in search of grasshoppers. "Every evening I first pray for there to be power -- and then I pray that the grasshoppers will come," Turyamugumya told AFP. Stripped of their wings and fried with onions,
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Members of the Public accounts committee have left Parliament to meet President Yoweri Museveni over billions of shillings spent to compensate seven companies whose contracts were terminated under unclear circumstances. Among the companies include Haba group of companies which was paid sh142b, Rhino investments sh14b, Dura cement limited $16m and Burundi government $13m. The President is expected to explain to
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Members of Parliament have blown the whistle on what they called a "dubious deal" to give away Nsambya Police Barracks land in Kampala under the guise of providing decent accommodation for the police force. The prime land, in the heart of the city, measures about 45 hectares. Mr Nandala Mafabi, the leader of opposition in Parliament, who led a group
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THE National Drug Authority (DNA) has described the influx of counterfeit and unregistered medicines in the country as "very worrying". The counterfeits currently circulating in the market are mainly from Kenyan manufacturers. The NDA Chief executive Gordon Sematiko Katende said that the fake medicines intercepted include Quinine Bisulphate 300mg tablets claimed to be manufactured by Laboratory and Allied Limited of
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President Museveni has called on African countries to convene a special session to discuss the relevance of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mr Museveni said the ICC seems to be targeting only African leaders despite overwhelming evidence that other leaders in the world are committing crimes. He said Africa supported and participated in the formation of the court but it
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KAMPALA, Dec 16, 2011 (AFP) -Leaders from Africa's Great Lakes region on Friday welcomed the re-election of President Joseph Kabila in disputed polls in the Democratic Republic of Congo and urged opponents to accept the result. "The summit... congratulated the president of DRC on his re-election and urged those not satisfied with the election results to accept them and work
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Kampala - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday urged international donors not to let concerns for gay rights affect development aid, saying homosexuals also needed roads, power and trains. "Before anyone gives me a lecture about homosexuals and their rights, first talk about railways," Museveni told delegates at the end of a regional meeting in Kampala attended by five other
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Moyo — A four-year-old boy in Moyo District has been confirmed as having measles and his one-year old sister, also showing signs of the disease. Moyo was among 14 districts cited with prevalence of the disease. However, health workers in Gimara Sub-county where the case was confirmed, say the family of the boy has moved to Jinja District. The district
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Vandalism of electricity pylons is threatening to further cripple electricity supply across the country, a top official warned. Eriasi Kiyemba, the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) boss, observed that the theft of angle bars had weakened transmission towers, which could collapse under strong winds. "The rate of theft has increased. We are worried that a power blackout may occur
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The emergence of rebel MPs in the ruling NRM party should be blamed on President Yoweri Museveni's culture of forgetting his former allies, the former Kampala mayor has said. In an exclusive interview with Saturday Vision, Nasser Sebagala said the MPs in NRM who rebel against the party are a product of Museveni's policy of using and dumping his allies.
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