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2 hrs ago | UGPulse.com

Uganda Government News: Acholi MPs to challenge court rulling on Amuru land

Members of Parliament from the Acholi sub region have vowed to challenge a court ruling to give land in Amuru district to a sugar investor.

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6 hrs ago | Dayton Daily News

Uganda: LRA hostages go hungry as militants flee

KAMPALA, Uganda - Women and children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army guerrilla group are suffering from hunger because the wanted band of fighters has stopped stealing food from villages to avoid being detected by a military manhunt, Ugandan military officials said Monday.

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10 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

Uganda: Lawyers Want Kadaga to Restrain MPs From Oil Bribery Comments

A law firm representing a city lawyer in a court case seeking to nullify resolutions and investigations of Parliament in connection with oil bribery allegations, has asked Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to restrain MPs from commenting on the issue, saying it was sub judice.

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12 hrs ago | Ghanamma.com

East Africa: Regional Delegates Meet Over Load Control Bill

EAC ministers and experts from a various sectors today commenced a four-day discussion on a crucial bill in Nairobi, Kenya, which, if enacted, will reduce incidences of overloading on the region's road network.

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Sun Feb 12, 2012

Global Press Institute

Defilement Cases in Uganda Spike During Holidays, Police Seek to Raise Awareness

Ayot, who earns a living selling fish and other goods at a market in Gulu, a district in northern Uganda, says she was waiting for Evelyn to pick her up after work, but her daughter never showed up.

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Daily Monitor

Global Fund cuts Aids cash to Uganda

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.

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Iom Online

Building peace around the world

To date, TransConflict's activities have primarily focused on Serbia and Kosovo, including efforts to improve minority rights protection for the Bosniak and Albanian communities, and to strengthen the policy-making capacity of political parties.

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UGPulse.com

Uganda Health News: Cancer cases high in Ngora district

The people of Ngora district have appealed to the government to extend a hospital to the area to provide specialist health services to the people there.

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Daily Monitor

Jinja election was violent - civil society

The Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda , has described the just- concluded Jinja East constituency by-election as marred by violence and undemocratic events that need serious investigations.

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Denver Post

Sudanese refugees, Denverites unite for long-distance fight against genocide

The Rev. Oja Gafour, Bishop Andudu A. Elnail and George Tato have been working together, with Denver as their recent base to work against the silent killings in the south part of Sudan since June 2011.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

Daily Monitor

President should lead fight against graft

In its final pronouncement over the financial scandal involving dubious payments of Shs150 billion to two businessmen, the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has recommended the sacking of ministers Kiddu Makubuya and Syda Bbumba from their posts.

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AllAfrica.com

Uganda: Oil Agreements - How Museveni Tricked MPs

As President Museveni addresses Members of Parliament today, details have emerged as to how he sidestepped the legislators to ensure that the oil agreements were signed without their knowledge.

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Daily Monitor

Our MPs are out to enrich themselves instead of helping Uganda's poor

This week I attended a regional seminar on competition law in South Africa. Organised by Bowman Gilfillan, a leading South African law firm, the seminar attracted competition law regulators and legal practitioners from across Africa all eager to exchange ideas about how their countries are making progress and dealing with the challenges of this ... (more)

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UGPulse.com

Uganda Government News: MPs criticise Museveni on oil address

Some Members of Parliament have criticized the president's National Address on Oil saying this is uncalled for since the government already acted in contempt of Parliament by signing new oil agreements.

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Daily Monitor

Increased charcoal burning biggest threat to climate change in Uganda

UPDF soldiers help Karimojong fire victims carry timber for rebuilding their homes in Moroto last year.

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New Vision

21% of Ugandan students have ever aborted - study

The study, conducted by the Makerere University School of Public Health, under its Crane Survey series, was done on students from S.3 to S.6 in Kampala schools between June and October 2010.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Booker Rising

Uganda: Susan Nampijja's Ex-Boyfriend Found Dead, After Attempting To Kill Her And Others

As regular readers know, Ugandan former parliamentarian Susan Nampijja's ex-boyfriend Geoffrey Mukisa recently attacked her, her niece, and her maid with a machete.

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Ghanamma.com

Uganda: Dutch Funds for Phd Students Gone Missing

"We have a problem in Uganda": the Dutch government may have been the victim of an extensive fraud case in Kampala.

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UGPulse.com

Uganda Government News: Monitors condemn violence in Jinja election

The Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda today raised concern over what it termed as the massive spill of violence which they say denied many citizens especially women, persons with disabilities and the elderly a chance to express their right to vote.

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UGPulse.com

Uganda Health News: MPs happy about funds to fight nodding disease

The government has been hailed for its efforts to set aside funds to curb the nodding disease that has been ravaging northern Uganda.

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