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Tourism cannot aid economy unless some things are done right Kampala,Uganda | SUSANNE BECKEN | Would it not be great if something as simple and pleasurable as international travel could help end something as grinding and enduring as poverty? After all, the industry is booming, globally growing at least 4% …

VIDEO: Muntu asks FDC party members to work together Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Mugisha Muntu has refuted claims that he is working as President Museveni’s mole. He has urged FDC party members to put aside their individual differences and work together to oust the government. Muntu …

o Can bosses snoop on employees? European court to rule Strasbourg, France | AFP |  Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Tuesday whether bosses have the right to spy on employees who use company messaging systems, in a landmark decision for privacy in the work place. In …

VIDEO: Ugandan legislators were left in shock as Ugandan girls narrated how they were made to sleep with an entire household while working in the Middle East. The girls who were appearing before the Foreign Affairs committee of parliament, confessed how they were sexually harassed while at work in the Middle …

Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Once the world’s top producer of asbestos, Canada said Thursday it will ban the heat-resistant fibrous mineral that is woven into building and other materials but which has been found to cause cancer. In a statement, government ministers of health, science and the environment said …

By Julius Businge Lawrence Bategeka, the acting principle at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) at Makerere University has urged government to force Ugandans to participate in productive ventures, if poverty levels are to reduce. Bategeka says the move will also see economic growth in a positive direction. Uganda’s economy …

By Julius Odeke President Yoweri Museveni has described the late minister for Disaster Preparedness Steven Mallinga as a hardworking man. The President was speaking on Thursday as the chief mourner during the funeral ceremony of the Late Minister Mallinga in Butebo where thousands of people from the country and beyond …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Why President Museveni’s promises on youth jobs must mature soon Since childhood, James Sekitooleko’s mother implored him to study hard, get a good job and be successful. After 17 years in school, Sekitooleko graduated with a bachelor of Tourism degree and thought he was prepared for …

By Sue Shellenbarger It is good for you and the business Like many workers, Ivelisse Rivera, a physician at Community Health Center, Middletown, Conn., feels stressed-out by mounting workloads. And she didn’t expect to get much help during her employer’s annual staff meeting last November””just the usual speeches on medical …