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Nigerian President Yaradua Dead.
Written by Leo Mutono   
Wednesday, 05 May 2010
yaradua_1.jpgPresident 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.
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Museveni Says Uganda Ready To Cooperate With Iran
Written by Leo Mutono   
Monday, 26 April 2010
iranPresident 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.
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Ahmadinejad to visit Uganda for nuclear talks
Written by Leo Mutono   
Saturday, 24 April 2010
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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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Ugandan opposition chiefs probed over Museveni claims
Written by John Muyodi   
Saturday, 24 April 2010
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Uganda's police are investigating two top opposition leaders, including a former UN special envoy, over criticisms of President Yoweri Museveni, officials said Monday.
 
Olara Otunnu, a former UN special envoy for child soldiers who heads the Uganda People's Congress, has been summoned to explain his claims that Museveni deliberately prolonged a two-decade war against Ugandan rebels for his own benefit.
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BAT UGANDA - PROFITS DOUBLE
Written by Leo Mutono   
Friday, 23 April 2010
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The British American Tobacco  (BAT) Uganda has seen its profits more than double this year after the country enjoyed a bumper crop this year.

Net income for the year through December rose to 8.01 billion Ugandan shillings ($3.86 million) from 3.24 billion shillings a year earlier, the Kampala-based company said in an advertisement published in New Vision newspaper. 

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120 judges Deployed in Uganda to clear backlog.
Written by Leo Mutono   
Friday, 23 April 2010
uganda_court.jpgOne hundred and twenty judges most of whom are magistrates are to be deployed to help to clear the cronic backlog of cases both civil and criminal that have plagued the judiciary for years.
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Floods destroyed scholastic materials in Butaleja
Written by John Muyodi   
Thursday, 22 April 2010
floods.jpgAbout four schools of Doho, Namalere, Lubembe and Bugombe primary schools where closed because there essential materials like classrooms and toilets had been flooded with water and most of the roads hae become impassable so pupils cannot attend to classes
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RAINS DEVASTATE UGANDA TO RWANDA HIGHWAY
Written by John Muyodi   
Thursday, 22 April 2010

uganda-rwanda_bder.jpgKAMPALA (Reuters) - Heavy rains have collapsed sections of a highway in southwestern Uganda linking it to Rwanda, slowing goods transport between the two landlocked countries, a roads official said on Thursday.

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UGANDA NIC SHARES OVERSUBSCRIBED
Written by Stephen Jones   
Thursday, 22 April 2010
nic.gifUganda’s National Insurance Corporation was oversubscribed after Uganda Shilling (UGX) 9.5 billion (US$4.6 million came in applications when Government offered its remaining 40% stake in the company in an 161,552,000 shares totalling UGX 7.2 bln.
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Soccer World Cup in Uganda
Written by Leo Mutono   
Sunday, 15 November 2009

museveni17.jpgThere was excitement in Uganda on the arrival of the world cup trophy.  President Museveni lifted the fotbal world cup at State house Entebbe on the cups tour of Uganda, on its way to South Africa. The President , while unveiling the cup, emphasized what the trophy symbolised especially to the Kids in Uganda. He was addressing several football diginataries including FIFA’s representative Hedi Hemal, FUFA head Lawrence Mulindwa, Coca Cola’s managing director Basil Gadzios

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Uganda Internet prices to tumble downwards.
Written by Leo Mutono   
Wednesday, 30 September 2009

mobile_internert_surfing.jpgThe cost of browsing the internet for most last-mile consumers of Uganda Telecom’s data services will fall with an increase in the number of customers not only with the arrival of the Seacom submarine cable, Daily Monitor has established.

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New Sleeping Sickness Drug unveiled in Kampala
Written by Patrick Kigere   
Friday, 25 September 2009
typhoid_petiant.jpgA new sleeping sickness drug has been introduced, a research group announced in Kampala on Tuesday. Nifurtimox-Eflornithine Combination Therapy is the first new medicine in 25 years against a disease that affects 60 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) group said in a statement.
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Kampala City Council (KCC) warns on possible Floods to come.
Written by Patrick Kigere   
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
kampala1.jpgKampala City residents have been warned over possible floods as the rains begin to intensfy, The town Clerk, Ruth Kijjambu has warned. Ruth confirmed that heavy rains have been predicted to last till
december.
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Uganda attracting the highest foreign investment in Eastr Africa
Written by David Baaga   
Monday, 21 September 2009
kigozi_maggie_dr2.jpgUganda has received the highest forein investment in East Africa and is currently the fastest growing country in the region, the United Nations survey has shown. The report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) showed that Uganda’s FDI grew from $733million to $787 million  between 2006 and 2008.
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Michael Jackson's death Suspicious
Written by Leo Mutono   
Monday, 24 August 2009
micheal_jackson.jpegIt has been reported that the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Jackson's death a homicide. Captain John Kades, of the coroner's department, said he was not in a position to confirm or deny the report.
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Bolt smashes 100m world record in Berlin
Written by Leo Mutono   
Sunday, 16 August 2009
usain_bolt.jpgJamaica's Usain Bolt shattered his own 100 metres world record to win the World Championship final in Berlin in a breathtaking 9.58 seconds. Bolt took a staggering 0.11 seconds off the 9.69 mark he set winning gold at the Beijing Olympics a year ago . In contrast to the Olympic final when he was able to coast over the line, Bolt was pushed hard on the blue track at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.
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MUK to admit more students after low initial take up
Written by Christine Mugwampeke   
Saturday, 15 August 2009
makerere_university2.jpgMAKERERE University has re-advertised 15 courses after it failed to admit the required number of private students. The courses are believed to be in the faculties of computing and information technology (ICT), forestry and nature conservation, veterinary medicine, science, arts and adult and continuing education.
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