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Rwanda knocks poverty down but the next round could prove more challenging Before 2007 Daphrose Nyi...

Museveni’s promises and Kasese scabies

Poor farmers at Shs 2.5bn Tarehe Sita event complain that medals without money were not enough given...

NBL sinks Shs 190 billion in new plant

It’s time for beer drinkers to celebrate Nile Breweries Ltd has broken ground on a new brewery in M...

Trouble at National Water

Corporation is sinking as former star manager faces probe The news out of Plot 39 Jinja Road, the N...

Victimising KCCA, police

After charging Agaba and Komakech with murder, will KCCA be able to bite again? The near unanimous ...

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UGANDA TALKS

Uganda shilling expected to hold

By Julius Businge

This week the Uganda shilling is expected to remain strong as Bank of Uganda expects to sell Shs 95 billion worth of Treasury bills.

Analysts say with heavy offshore participation expected there could be further support for the local unit.

Last week the shilling remained strong with litt

Uganda shilling expected to hold

EABL to support Uganda farmers

Musisi announces KCCA plan

COVER STORY

Trouble at National Water Corporation is sinking as former star manager faces probe The news out of Plot 39 Jinja Road, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) head office in Kampala, is not good. In several inter...

THE LAST WORD

Can MPs improve oil contracts? We should be suspicious of parliamentary interventions in lucrative government contracts because they often make a bad situation worse Recently, President Yoweri Museveni ordered government of Uganda...

INTELLIGENCE FILE

CMI tracks Besigye, Mande, Kyakabale (Part II) To establish UPDF commanders from northern region who are deployed along Uganda - Rwanda border. To find out the strength and locations of all UPDF deployments along Uganda-Rwanda border. To look for recruits to send and get the price quotations of a Nissan Sahara Pick-Up so that it can be bought for him for purposes of ferr...

NEWS ANALYSIS

George Agaba (in suit) and his bodyguard Santos Komakech.

Victimising KCCA, police After charging Agaba and Komakech with murder, will KCCA be able to bite again? The near unanimous public condemnation of former KCCA director of planning, George Agaba and his bodyguard, Santos Komakech has caused them to be charged with murder before investigation. Their crime was video recorded ...

ELECTION WATCH

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The Nigerian crucible To Nigerians, the fuel subsidy is the only advantage that they derived from the petrodollars that pour into the treasury Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, who was elected only eight months ago, is already swimming in a sea of troubles. On January 1, New Year celebrations were abruptly cut s...

Business News

Big wigs at groundbreaking: UIA’s Tom Buringuriza (2nd rear left), NBL’s Nick Jenkinson (rear left), NBL Chairman James Mulwana (rear 3rd left), Onapito-Ekomoloit (rear 3rd right) and others.

NBL sinks Shs 190 billion in new plant It’s time for beer drinkers to celebrate Nile Breweries Ltd has broken ground on a new brewery in Mbarara, targeting the fast-growing affluence of Western Uganda and the underserved but growing Rwa...

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Regional News

Massai warriors in a battle field as they clash with bows and arrows with members of the Kalenjin tribe in the Kapune hill overlooking the Olmelil valley located in the Transmara District in Western Kenya. The Massai, the Kalenjin and the Kisii tribe clashed over ongoing land disputes that erupted after botched local elections during the general elections held in Kenya in December of 2007. AFP PHOTO/Yasuyoshi CHIBA

Kenya victims waiting for ICC justice How can you try to right a wrong, when you have not spoken to those who were wronged? Elizabeth Kemunto stares blankly at the mud walls of her tiny house at a crowded Kenyan camp, where scores of fam... READ MORE

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mtfashley Says:

2012-02-22 14:16:07

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Afedra Robert Iga Says:

2012-02-19 10:34:50

If only unhealthy political propaganda can be left out of such benefiting projects like stepping up the face of the city, then all will be good for Ugandans in a very short time. My full support for K