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Today (09.09.2010)

Promote literacy for the disabled

As we mark the International Literacy Day, there is need to reflect on our successes and challenges as a country. Although progress has been made in the area of adult literacy provision, Persons With Disabilities (PWD) are still marginalised. #00:00 09.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

Students resist as Makerere bans motorists at campus

A decision by Makerere University administration to bar access of public commuter taxis and boda bodas to the institution, has rubbed students the wrong way, raising tension on campus. #00:00 09.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

Take girls to school, says MP

Gulu District Woman Member of Parliament, Ms Betty Aol Ochan, has called on people to support girls education to promote development. The legislator made the remarks while speaking during celebrations to mark the girls education week at Gulu University on Tuesday. #00:00 09.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

Yesterday (08.09.2010)

CBS staff down but not out

The clock stands still at 1:43, after it stopped ticking sometime after September 10, 2009 –the day CBS radio was taken off air. Those responsible for royal timekeeping have since moved out, leaving the clock’s minute and hour hand baking in dust. #23:25 08.09.2010 from channel The Observer

Unlike Katunzi’s Unoka, NIC has met its obligations

This in response to Makerere -NIC Tug of War Leaves Foul Taste in Mouth by Pius Muteekani Katunzi published by The Observer on August, 30 2010. The article was quite interesting and it would truly have been funny were the issues at stake not so serious. #22:59 08.09.2010 from channel The Observer

ART: Me and my totem

For all that the Uganda Museum stands for in terms of being monumental and a centre of historical preservation, Taga Nuwagaba’s art exhibition dubbed, Me and My Totem was in many people’s view, a landmark exhibition, which deserves a lifetime privilege to hang on the walls at the museum. #20:19 08.09.2010 from channel The Observer

Community health workers save lives

Health experts are calling on government to pay attention to community health workers (CHWs) who if linked with basic improvement in facility care can lead to better health indicators in rural settings. #20:17 08.09.2010 from channel The Observer

Saleh ton fails to inspire ACC

Kyambogo Sunday results - Division INile 84 Wanderers 85/4Africa 182 Tornado 186/5Division IISKLPS 319/4 Castle XI 151T. #00:00 08.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

Ministers lose in Kamuli

Kamuli/ EntebbeAll the incumbent MPs in Kamuli District have been defeated in the NRM primary elections. #00:00 08.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

Declare wealth, politicians told

MukonoPeople who want to join politics should first declare their wealth and that of close relatives as a means of fighting corruption and commercialisation of politics, Makerere University academic, Dr Yasin Olum, has proposed. #00:00 08.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

Agriculture helps a family to pick up the pieces after the war

Because of the war, the once flourishing home of Mr John Obalo in Keyo Lelem Village, Amuru district, (north – east of Gulu town) was reduced to a bush and in 2001 was herded into the internally displaced people’s camp of Awere. #00:00 08.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

Saleh ton fails to inspire ACC

Kyambogo Sunday results - Division INile 84 Wanderers 85/4Africa 182 Tornado 186/5Division IISKLPS 319/4 Castle XI 151T. #00:00 08.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

Day before yesterday (07.09.2010)

Kagame speaks about his election victory, claims on political repression

On Tuesday August 10th, The Independent Managing Editor, Andrew M. Mwenda, hosted President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on a radio show on Contact FM in Kigali, a day after the voting in that country’s presidential election. #23:44 07.09.2010 from channel The Independent

Back to class—for now

President’s intervention buys three months for a solution to contested NIC payments Emanuel Elamoit, an international relations masters student at Makerere University, is a sad man. #23:32 07.09.2010 from channel The Independent

History made

Century old law scrapped symbolising new day for press and civil freedom. On the morning of Aug 25, 2010 a dozen or so journalists clamoured into the registrar’s dingy basement office at the Court of Appeals on Parliament Avenue in the hope of witnessing history. #23:18 07.09.2010 from channel The Independent

Bujagali outs 50MW in 2011

delayed: Men at work at the main Bujagali power plant in Jinja By ibrahim Kasita - The timing was affected by poor rocks - Project is for 250MW About 50MW from the over $800m Bujagali hydro-power project will be connected onto the national grid by the end of next year, the project sponsors have said. This will incre #10:17 07.09.2010 from channel New Vision Business News

Have we put all our eggs in one basket?

USEAn increasing number of Ugandans hold shares in at least one listed company on the Uganda Securities Exchange. A survey of the composition of our investments is likely to show that significant proportions have holdings in only one company. #00:00 07.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

How to survive and thrive during a downturn

I’m old enough not to take a major recession lightly; on the other hand, I’ve seen them before, and I’m getting a feel for the market’s cyclical upturns and downturns. #00:00 07.09.2010 from channel Monitor Online

06.09.2010

POLITICAL FEVER: CP ‘delegates’ fight over IPC cash

The Conservative Party (CP) might not be as widely known as its flamboyant president, Ken Lukyamuzi ‘the man’, but it proved otherwise during last week’s Inter-Party Cooperation Conference at Namboole. #00:16 06.09.2010 from channel The Observer

Govt moves to build vocational schools

Obtaining university education is every one’s dream for a better future. But with the increasing demand for employment, vocational education is becoming a serious option. #00:10 06.09.2010 from channel The Observer