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Buganda Post [In English]
Bukedde
East African Business Week (Tanzania, Rwanda) [In English]
The Equatorian News Online [In English]
Lango Web [In English]
London Cranes Media [In English]
The Monitor [In English]
The New Vision [In English]
The Nile Times [In English]
The Redpepper (Kampala) [In English]
Sub-Saharan Informer [In English]
Uganda Record [In English]
Ugee-Uganda Online [In English]
The Weekly Observer
The Westniler (West Nile) [In English]

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New Vision Headlines

New HIV virus type hits Uganda
A new type of HIV has hit Ugandan fishing communities in Wakiso and Masaka districts on the shores of Lake Victoria, according to an ongoing research by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI).

New steel factory to employ 2,000
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has inaugurated the second multi-billion steel factory belonging to Roofing Rolling Mills in the new Kampala Industrial Park at Namanve, Mukono district.

Police bursts Kampala forgery gang
THE Police have burst a racket forging seals, stamps and documents of government ministries, foreign missions, security organisations and academic institutions.

Al-Shabaab lose bases to AU forces
THE African Union force in Somalia (AMISOM) has pushed the al-Shabaab militants out of several bases and created 10 new positions in Mogadishu.

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Uganda -Ugee Headlines

Nigerian President Yaradua Dead. - Thu, 06 May 2010
President Yaradua of Nigeria has died. A presidential aide has confirmed to the BBC. According to the BBC, A spokesman, who did not want to be named, said Mr Yar'Adua died on Wednesday.

Museveni Says Uganda Ready To Cooperate With Iran - Mon, 26 Apr 2010
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran has said it is treason and betray of mankind to deny nations who need access to nuclear energy that right. “We think it is the right of all nations to use nuclear energy. No one has a right to deny any nation this right,” he said.

Ahmadinejad to visit Uganda for nuclear talks - Sat, 24 Apr 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit UN Security Council member Uganda this week for talks over its nuclear programme and Kampala's oil industry, the foreign ministry here said Tuesday. He's coming for a two-day visit where will be discussing bilateral relations, said James Mugume, the permanent secretary of Uganda's foreign ministry.

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Bukedde

Kannamuwangi wa FDC aziikwa leero - Sun, 05 Sep 2010

ABA FDC basinzidde mu kusabira munnaabwe George Kamala Kannamu-wangi eyafudde ne bategeeza nti wadde batandise okufa bajja kusigala nga balwanirira ebigendererwa byabwe ebyabaggya mu NRM ne beekolera ekibiina.

Bobby amatidde - Sun, 05 Sep 2010

OLUVANNYUMA lwa Uganda okuwuttula Angola 3-0, Bobby Williamson, atendeka Cranes yategeezezza ng’essanyu lye yabugaanye bw’abadde aludde okulifuna.

Abatema ebikajjo beegugunze - Sun, 05 Sep 2010

POLIISI ekkakkanya obujagalalo eyiiriddwa mu masamba g'ebikajjo bya Mehta e Lugazi okutangira bakasanvu ababadde beekalakaasa nga balanga bakama baabwe obutabongeza musaala.

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Buganda News

James Kabonge Presents His Side On The Nnabagereka Emails - Sat, 28 Aug 2010
On August 26. 2010, Mr James Kabonge sent us a statement  giving  his side of the story about the abusive emails that were written about the Nnabagereka of Buganda. Mr. Kabonge was responding to claims by Michael Kimbugwe-Musoke of Washington DC that he (Kimbugwe) was helped by United States intelligence people to prove that Kabonge [...]

Kimbugwe Investigations Get Support From Boston - Mon, 16 Aug 2010
Through an email dated April 10, 2010, the Chairman of Ggwanga Mujje Boston thanked Omulangira Mr. Kimbugwe-Kalema for the high-tech investigation he described in an August 7, 2010 email (see “Son of Kabaka’s Representative Says He Used USA Intelligence To Spy On Baganda”).  Omulangira Michael Kimbugwe-Kalema described how he worked with friends in the USA [...]

Son of Kabaka’s Representative Says He Used USA Intelligence To Spy On Baganda - Wed, 11 Aug 2010
Last Saturday Omulangira Michael Kimbugwe-Kalema posted a strong email on the web where he presents what he claims to be proof that two Washington DC Baganda, Mr. Kabonge and Mr. Kambugu wrote the two emails which viciously attacked the Nnabagereka about one month ago (see “We Know Those Abusing Nnabagereka, Ekiba Kibe Program”). Mr. Kimbugwe is a UNAA official [...]

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The Equiatorian

2 arrested for killing MONUC peacekeepers - Thu, 19 Aug 2010

KINSHASA – Congolese soldiers have arrested two suspects in the killing of three Indian UN peacekeepers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesman announced Thursday.

Major Vianney Kazarama told AFP the two men had been arrested earlier Thursday, a day after the attack by around 70 militia members on the Indian contingent's base.

He said one of the men, named as Tembea Mumbere, had confessed to the killings. "He admitted to everything. He said that they had been sent to track down and kill people with MONUSCO," the acronym for the UN stabilisation mission in the country.

He said a second suspect, named as Justin Kambare, was "currently being interrogated".

He said the suspect was part of the tribal Mai-Mai Pareco militia.

"The motive being put forward is that MONUSCO was blocking their integration into the FARDC forces," the army spokesman said.

A disarmament and integration deal for militia groups is part of a wider peace deal in the mineral rich but restive eastern DR Congo.

Around 60 suspected rebels hacked to death three Indian UN peacekeepers during an attack on their camp early Wednesday in the town of Kirumba.

A further seven Indian troops were wounded in the attack.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemned the killings and urged Kinshasa to launch an immediate inquiry to "ensure that the perpetrators are swiftly identified and brought to justice."

The attack was "condemned in the strongest terms" in a statement by the 15-member UN Security Council.

 

Olara Otunnu pulls plug on Inter-party coalition - Thu, 19 Aug 2010

UPC’s last minute withdrawal from the nominations for a joint opposition presidential candidate injects a dose of unpredictability into the Inter-Party Cooperation.

 

Olara Otunnu’s failure to show up at Kololo Airstrip on Tuesday raises questions as to whether his party still believes in the viability of an opposition coalition against President Museveni during next year’s presidential elections.

The IPC last Tuesday nominated potential candidates, one of whom will become its presidential candidate in the elections. The IPC which brings together five opposition parties, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), Justice Forum (JEEMA), Conservative Party (CP), and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), received nominations from four parties.

CP’s little known lecturer of philosophy at Makerere University, Prof James Kikongo was the first IPC presidential candidate to be nominated. FDC presented Dr Kizza Besigye, followed by JEEMA’s Hussein Kyanjo and later the youthful Michael Mabikke of the SDP.

Sources close to UPC say a disagreement on whether the opposition should boycott the 2011 general elections prompted the party to restrict its involvement in IPC, The Observer has learnt. A highly placed source within UPC told The Observer that earlier this month, Dr Olara Otuunu, the UPC president, urged the IPC to boycott the forthcoming elections, a proposal that was flatly rejected.

“Otunnu reasoned that the boycott would create a new political situation in the country. However, all the party presidents were opposed to his proposal. They said it was foolhardy to let President Museveni run against himself,” an insider in UPC said.

Although IPC tried to play down Otunnu’s no show at Kololo for the nominations, arguing that it will not derail the cooperation’s plans, the development will stoke fires from its critics, like the Democratic Party, who predicted a stillbirth.

DP leader, Norbert Mao, has been a lead critic of the cooperation, saying it is a political platform only designed to promote and widen FDC’s base at the expense of the other political parties.

“Our plans are still on track. We shall meet next Monday (August 23) to build consensus on who should be our flag bearer. UPC must not nominate a candidate, they can back any of those already nominated,” Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the IPC spokesman, told The Observer on Tuesday.

Beginning on Monday, the four IPC nominees will meet and try to agree on a joint candidate among themselves. If they agree, then the candidate will be recommended to the IPC National Conference. In the event that no consensus is reached, the matter shall be put to a vote in the IPC National Conference.

A candidate shall win by more than 50%. In the event that no candidate gains more than 50%, then the voting will proceed to a second round on the two candidates who will have gotten the highest number of votes. Each party will send 50 delegates to the conference.

Otunnu vs Kiggundu

Right from the time he set foot in Uganda from exile, Otunnu, a former United Nations Under-Secretary and Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict, was opposed to Eng. Badru Kiggundu organising the elections. While touring Arua in June, Otunnu said Kiggundu must be removed if the elections are to be free and fair.

It however appears that Otunnu and the entire opposition have failed to dislodge Kiggundu. Although officially, UPC stated that Otuunu didn’t show up for nomination because he was attending a court hearing, it has emerged that there are simmering differences within UPC that are curtailing its continued participation in the IPC. Indeed that was confirmed by the varying reasons advanced for Otunnu’s absence.

Insiders said UPC asked for more time to hold grassroots elections. But the UPC spokesperson, Robert Kanusu told the IPC officials that they were unaware of the Kololo function until Monday night. The contradictory remarks go a long way to highlight the divide between UPC and IPC. The Observer has also learnt that the IPC roadmap was adjusted at the urging of UPC, but to the chagrin of the donors who have been bankrolling much of the cooperation’s activities.

UPC tears IPC

The Observer has learnt that some UPC officials are having second thoughts about the party’s continued partnership with some of the opposition parties. In a meeting early this week, some members encouraged the party to pull out. Their reasoning is that the IPC is dominated by FDC functionaries. UPC members, sources say, were unhappy that most of the leadership roles in the IPC activities ahead of the election of the flag bearer are dominated by FDC officials.

“Many of them thought that Otunnu would easily takeover the IPC leadership but that hasn’t been the case,” a source said. It is this faction, according to the source, that wants Otunnu to instead stand on a UPC ticket.

According to the road map, a copy of which The Observer has, with the exception of Wokuri Margaret, Coordinator of the newly formed pressure group, the National Alliance for Free and Fair Elections (NAFFE), the rest of the people coordinating IPC activities are FDC officials.

They include Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda (IPC Spokesperson, FDC), Ogenga Latigo (Leader of opposition, FDC), Francis Mwijukye (FDC), Frank Nabwiso (IPC Coordinator, FDC), Kassiano Wadri (Opposition Chief Whip, FDC), Alice Alaso (FDC Secretary General), Abdu Katuntu, (MP, FDC) and Anang Odur (FDC Vice Chairperson and chairman disciplinary committee.)

Patrick Mwondha, the source said, insisted in the UPC cabinet meeting that the party cannot pullout because it has been at the centre of the cooperation. As a matter of fact, only Mwondha turned up at Kololo.

And some officials said during the meeting that Otunnu couldn’t be nominated in absentia. Otunnu is said to be out of the country. The Observer has also learnt that some UPC members are uncomfortable with some FDC officials like Wafula Oguttu whom they allege is using his influence to have better coverage in a daily newspaper, and stifling the publication of stories favourable to UPC and Otunnu.

Wafula however said on Tuesday that publicity is created by activities the FDC has been engaged in. “If we have been moving around the country, and the media reports about our rallies, is that created by me?,” he asked.

However, there are also UPC officials who are aspiring to contest for various leadership positions and are already seeing that FDC officials stand better chances of being elected IPC flag bearers. These, sources say, would rather have IPC fail. These aspirants believe they stand a better chance of election as solo UPC candidates.

Related to this, some UPC members want a compromise candidate like former Buganda Kingdom Katikkiro Joseph Mulwanyammuli Ssemowogerere elected IPC flag bearer as a way of reconciling UPC with Buganda Kingdom with which they have had longstanding hostilities since the 1966 attack on the Lubiri.

It was because of those varying voices that the UPC executive tasked the UPC Secretary General, Joseph Bbosa to formally write to the IPC leadership communicating their stand.

On receiving the letter, Besigye, The Observer has been told, frantically tried to reach Otunnu on phone to urge him to accept the nomination in absentia but was unsuccessful. As a compromise, it was agreed that UPC be given more time to put its house in order.

Kagame has the opportunity to set the right legacy - Thu, 12 Aug 2010

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Uganda Tourisim

Chobe Safari Lodge Uganda - Tue, 31 Aug 2010
Chobe Safari Lodge the most luxurious Safari lodge ever constructed in Uganda, has opened its doors to the public and is encouraging  Uganda safari visitors to come savour the magnificence of the new “Gem on the Nile” by taking advantage of a special pre- opening offer. “This is by far the biggest investment ever made [...]

Gambia Holidays 2010, Birdwatching - Mon, 14 Jun 2010
BIRDING IN GAMBIA Gambia as always been recognized as the best area of bird watching in the whole of West Africa and even Africa at large. Early this century, many ornithologists have observed through there binoculars over 560 types of vividly plumed birds. Seasonal Bird Movements: Despite of Gambia’s small territory, it has got significant [...]

Mauritius Tours 2010 - Mon, 14 Jun 2010
This country is situated in East of Madagascar from the Indian Ocean. It is actually among the best tourist destinations around the world. That is so because it has got beautiful beaches and hotels plus very beautiful scenery. The people of this country are so welcoming and they are hospitable. Mauritius holidays English is the [...]