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Day before yesterday (05.02.2012)

Activists contest legality of new oil agreements

Activists have challenged government on the legality of the newly-signed oil agreements in connection with oil production and sharing until all affected parties are compensated. #23:00 05.02.2012 from channel Monitor Online

Museveni will seek 5th term - Col Fred Mwesigye

The Observer - Museveni will seek 5th term - Col Fred Mwesigye. #22:26 05.02.2012 from channel The Observer

Wolokoso: When President jumped chicken

The Observer - Wolokoso: When President jumped chicken. #22:10 05.02.2012 from channel The Observer

The story of NRA’s 1st Kadogo soldier

The Observer - The story of NRA’s 1st Kadogo soldier. #22:03 05.02.2012 from channel The Observer

Civil society bodies want court to block new oil deal

The Observer - Civil society bodies want court to block new oil deal. #21:54 05.02.2012 from channel The Observer

29.01.2012

Councillors threaten to censure Mbale boss

The Mbale District executive is facing mounting pressure from councillors and civil society activists who are demanding that they resign over allegations of corruption and abuse of office. #23:00 29.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

26.01.2012

Environmentalists push for climate policy

In Summary Activists say the existing policies are not suitable in areas where they are implemented. Environmentalists have asked government to fast track formulation of a climate change policy to guide in implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures. #23:00 26.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

Stabilisation clauses in oil agreements simply untenable

It has been reported that Uganda’s oil and gas sector has hit a stalemate after Tullow oil - Uganda’s most successful prospecting company, is insisting on a stabilisation clause in the revised Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). #23:00 26.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

Kenyan ICC suspects to stay in office, Attorney General says

In Summary Appeal. The AG says the suspects were charged in their individual capacities and that government will wait for outcome of appeals by any of the suspects. #23:00 26.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

Oil exploration destroying environment

Ministry of Environment has no knowledge at all about the petroleum activities, says consultant’s report It is 2:30 in the afternoon on a Saturday and Henry Irumba, the chairman of the Local Council of  Kaiso Tonya landing site village on Lake Albert is repairing his fishing nets under the shade of his house to avoid the sweltering sun. “It ha #11:08 26.01.2012 from channel The Independent

25.01.2012

UN reopens office in Somalia

In Summary The United Nations office, which was relocated in 1995 to Nairobi, Kenya, has been reopened in a bid to improve the world body’s working relations with the Horn of Africa nation. #23:58 25.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

Senegalese government bans public demonstrations

In Summary The move is aimed at ensuring that government does its work peacefully ahead of next month’s elections. Senegal’s interior ministry has decided to ban all public demonstrations countrywide until the end of the month, an official source said on Tuesday. #23:58 25.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

Uganda drops in press freedom ranking

Police block Activists for Change members from accessing a road in Kasubi on Wednesday. Daily Monitor photojournalist Isaac Kasamani was shot at by security personnel while covering the event. #23:00 25.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

Walk-to-work remains a far cry from Arab Spring

The Observer - Walk-to-work remains a far cry from Arab Spring. #22:18 25.01.2012 from channel The Observer

24.01.2012

Civil society scoff at ICC for letting Ali ‘walk free’

Police surround a civilian during the post-election violence in Kenya in 2008.   In Summary Local tribunal needed. Activists want those let go by the ICC tried in tribunal set up in the country. #23:00 24.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

23.01.2012

Kampala City, let us go Moi’s way

Kenya’s former President Daniel Arap Moi used his ‘dictatorship’ to solve the Nairobi mess, which Uganda can learn from to fix Kampala. Faced with a fracas worse than what we see in Kampala, he set up The Nairobi City Council Commission, akin to KCCA here. #23:00 23.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

20.01.2012

Control it; don’t eradicate it

Fighting malaria the wrong way kills 20 people every minute in Uganda On December 19, 2011, a speeding lorry at Namanve, near Kampala city, hit a taxi and killed 6 of the 16 people on the taxi. Several others were injured. The story was headline news. There was national outrage. #16:54 20.01.2012 from channel The Independent

18.01.2012

There is good information about Uganda’s oil sector already!

I read Mr Deus Mukalazi’s opinion, “Misplaced excitement about oil due to lack of information”, Daily Monitor, January 16) with astonishment. #23:00 18.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

Kintu Musoke speaks of an NRM that never really was, never will be

Former Prime Minister Kintu Musoke threw a spanner in the works during the NRM retreat in Kyankwanzi when he urged President Museveni to disband his corrupt and inefficient Cabinet and only keep the few good men and women. #23:00 18.01.2012 from channel Monitor Online

16.01.2012

Electricity cost going up 40%

But who benefits most from subsidies to UMEME? A cabinet sitting on Wednesday Jan. 11 discussed increasing electricity tariffs by 40 percent. Cabinet should remove these subsidies altogether because they are not economically sustainable and benefit the rich at the expense of poor citizens. #10:47 16.01.2012 from channel The Independent

 

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