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  • General Discusses Exercise in Africa 9 Dec 2009 21:36 GMT
    ... together troops from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and the United States -- during a “DoDLive” ... a very large international contingent and U.S. government and interagency representatives,” Garrett said. The training ... secure the vaccines, distribute the vaccines [and] administer the vaccines,” Garrett said. Aside from medical ...

  • Link to Addis a boon 9 Dec 2009 21:36 GMT
    ... today, countries like Kenya recognise neighbours like Uganda and Ethiopia to be of great strategic importance. ... sea and air transport. On Tuesday, Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta signed a Sh12.5 billion funding ... two Comesa partner states. We applaud the government and its development partners for this noble ...

  • Lwemiyaga residents demand district 9 Dec 2009 21:35 GMT
    ... leadership in Ssembabule. He accuses Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa of influencing the distribution of ... contested and lost to Ms Kawooya, says political and tribal divisions in the district are frustrating ... implying that by the end of 2010, Uganda will have 101 districts, up from 33 ...

  • Devt taking shape in Karamoja 9 Dec 2009 21:32 GMT
    ... transformation, a facet attributed to the State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Mr Janet Museveni’s focused ... in the livelihoods of their people. Today’s Uganda requires participatory, visionary and committed leaders if meaningful ... The current NSSF Board of Directors represents government, workers and employers and 50 per cent ...

  • Donors want bigger purse for local governments 9 Dec 2009 21:19 GMT
    ... fiscal reforms in districts has partly affected Uganda’s progress in meeting the UN Millennium Development ... this field.” Ambassador Gedopt also noted that government grants to districts had also dropped in ... officers from various districts. However, Local Government Minister Adolf Mwesige, who officially opened the conference, ...

  • Church leaders back govt on anti-gay Bill 9 Dec 2009 21:19 GMT
    ... At least 200 senior religious leaders in Uganda have thrown their weight behind the government backing it not to “yield to pressure” ... the withdrawal of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill before Parliament. Under their umbrella organisation of the Inter-religious ...

  • Welcome to economy class, Mr President 9 Dec 2009 21:19 GMT
    ... the President’s spokesman gushed, was to show government officials that the era of wasting taxpayers’ ... use the proceeds to revive the defunct Uganda Airlines. – Cut down the size of the ... Road Fund. – Reduce the size of Parliament and invest in more judges to clear ...

  • African IDP convention fills a void in humanitarian law 9 Dec 2009 20:15 GMT
    ... would require member states to demonstrate greater political will to implement the convention and address ... on board more states. Present were Banda, Ugandan President and host, Yoweri Museveni, Zimbabwe's Robert ... AU adopted the African Charter on democracy, elections and governanc e, but it has so ...

  • Talking about forced displacement 9 Dec 2009 20:15 GMT
    ... October 2009 (IRIN) - Civil society and government officials are gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to discuss the Convention ... needed to quickly implement the convention because political developments there could raise tensions, leading to ...

  • Corruption Threatens Development Goals 9 Dec 2009 20:15 GMT
    ... if not tackled directly by each national government. The way to do this, according to ... allegations against former President Frederick Chiluba and Uganda's ongoing battle for democracy amidst claims of election rigging and dictatorship, UNCAC was committed to ...

  • An inconvenient truth 9 Dec 2009 19:53 GMT
    ... on New Year’s Eve 1948 the British Government actually issued an ultimatum to Israel threatening ... the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Uganda the time before last, where they hadn’t ... national struggle, she cannot. The problem crosses political parties today, just as it always has. ...

  • Traders Threaten to Blockade South Sudan 9 Dec 2009 19:30 GMT
    ... Shamila Contractors, was the chairman of the Uganda business community in south Sudan from 2005 to ... are plans for a demonstration at the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) liaison office in ... his case against Maywen to the GoSS minister for Legal and Constitutional Development and the ...

  • The Death Penalty for Being Gay and HIV Positive? Uganda Mulls It 9 Dec 2009 19:02 GMT
    ... Wow. Some lawmakers in Uganda really really don't like gay people. We're ... get seven years and anyone with “religious, political, economic or social authority” who fails to ... in New York and Washington. Uganda's ethics minister, James Nsaba Buturo, said the death sentence ...

  • Uganda Debates Death Penalty For Homosexuals and Prison for Family Members 9 Dec 2009 16:27 GMT
    ... Uganda Debates Death Penalty For Homosexuals and Prison ... get seven years and anyone with “religious, political, economic or social authority’’ who fails to ... recruit youth into gay activities.’’ Uganda’s ethics minister, James Nsaba Buturo, said the death sentence ...

  • Critics lambaste bill in Uganda to execute gays 9 Dec 2009 15:36 GMT
    ... KAMPALA, Uganda — Proposed legislation would impose the death ... receive seven years, and anyone with "religious, political, economic or social authority" who fails to ... In Kenya, homosexuality is illegal but the government has acknowledged its existence by launching sexual ...


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