Indian return to Uganda

BY MRINALINI REDDY, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE A family friend Goswami Debarata, from Calcutta, has been a resident for about ten years and plans to go back in a few years. Debolina Choudhary had been married only a few...

Music Icon Miriam Makeba Retires

KAMPALA is getting a reputation of the place where international artistes do their final gig. Remember the reggae band Third World? After 20 years of producing wonderful music together they decided to call it a...

Uganda seeking miniskirt ban

Long live the miniskirt.... "  Uganda's ethics and integrity minister says miniskirts should be banned - because women wearing them distract drivers and cause traffic accidents.  Nsaba Buturo told...

Fugitive Thief Flees Uganda Cops for Canada Cops

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorScamming Rat Bastard, David Reiner 61 who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Toronto Daycare centres as a trusted accountant, fled to Uganda to escape...

Fire at Ugandan school found to be deliberate

The fire that killed at least 19 children and two adults at a school dormitory in Uganda, is now thought to have been started deliberately.""Preliminary investigations indicate that it was homicide," Kale Kaihura, the police inspector general, told reporters at the school...

Canada: Prime Minister "Kyoto a Mistake"

Prime Minister Harper, pretty much stated what most dare not say at the Commonwealth Summit.   Either everyone get on board or Kyoto will not work period.  All of one, but not quite one for all. ...

Making the Grade: Timothy Bukumunhe of Sunday Vision

"Have you ever played the game of imagining that you were in someone else's shoes? That being said, this post puts me in the mind of an investigative journalist, who by the way just so happens to be writing for...

Ugandan Judiciary on Strike

The United Nations has condemned the Ugandan executive's invasion of a court in which one of the judges set bail for persons accused of treason. Judges went on s trike to protest, and will be joined by the country's lawyers next week:"The United Nations human rights office in...

Economic development in third world riding on mobile phones

The mobile phone is rapidly becoming a vital tool in developing nations, from improving heath care to allowing people to access news via WAP enabled sites such as the BBC offers.This story from ATMA shows how economic development can be improved by the introduction of mobile...

A book I will have to read to get a second side of the story

"Dad's image cannot be changed," Amin sighed. "If I bring an understanding, it will be very little because he's in a compartment and getting him out of there will take a thousand years. But I believe my father would take it on the chin whatever they say about him." Amin has...

Ugandan children to get free schooling

Hopefully this will set a precedent for other African nations currently struggling to keep their young people educated. The lack of a "rush" to take up the offer most likely speaks more to adherence to the old...

Royal Ascot Goat Races

Royalists, fashionistas and followers of the world's most unusual sporting events will enjoy reading an account of the Royal Ascot Goat Races, held in Kampala, Uganda (one of the world's poorest countries) on August 26. Read Elizabeth Kameo's literary cameo by clicking on her...

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