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  • CARTOON OF THE WEEK

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 17:56 Author: Jimspire
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  • Mega fallout in NRM

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 17:05 Author: OUR STAFF
    Some losers vow to run as Independents.. A major political fallout within the ruling party is feared, following the countrywide chaos, vote rigging and confusion that dogged this week’s primary elections. ...

  • INTERVIEW: People will get rid of Museveni – Kutesa

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 17:03 Author: Shifa Mwesigye
    Minister happy to make peace with Ssekikubo With elections in Sembabule increasingly being marred by violence, Foreign Affairs minister SAM KUTESA who has had a long running bitter rivalry with Lwemiyaga County MP, Theodore Ssekikubo gave his stron...

  • How Besigye won IPC flag

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 17:00 Author: MICHAEL MUBANGIZI & MOSES MUGALU
    NRM hand cited in IPC meeting Kyanjo to become Besigye VP ...

  • Parties respond to UPC withdrawal

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:56 Author: MICHAEL MUBANGIZI & MOSES MUGALU
    Ofwono Opondo, deputy NRM spokesperson “We’re happy they have separated; we’re going to beat them convincingly. In fact, Museveni is going to score so high this time. I said from the onset that UPC, and particularly FDC, which is full of former NRM ...

  • Kayihura clashes with Sembabule LC-V chief

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:55 Author: SADAB KITATTA KAAYA
    Police chief Kale Kayihura and Herman Ssentongo, the Sembabule chairman, were last Friday involved in a fiery press conference exchange that underlines the district’s volatile character. ...

  • Getting Karamoja youth to abandon cattle theft

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:53 Author: Diana Nabiruma
    When the rains came down in Karamoja between March and July this year, the Jie (a Karimojong ethnic group), were thankful. Finally, they would be able to reclaim their cattle that had been stolen by the Matheniko (another group) in 2009. They would take a...

  • Love of the crane got him global accolade

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:52 Author: WILBER MUHWEZI
    A Ugandan born conservationist, Jimmy Muhoozi Muheebwa, recently won the prestigious Whitley Award worth 30,000 pounds, for protecting the small population of cranes in Uganda. ...

  • Nampijja moves to eject Kikungwe

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:51 Author: our Reporter
    Rubaga South MP Suzan Nampijja Lukyamuzi has announced she will stand in Kyadondo South in next year’s general elections. ...

  • Women plan 2011 Agenda

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:49 Author: PATIENCE AKUMU & SULAIMAN KAKAIRE
    ‘Enough is enough’ has been the anguished cry of women in the country who feel that the government has for long paid lip service to their interests. From the high infant and maternal mortality rate to unfair employment policies, and the shelved Domest...

  • EDITORIAL: Without order, fires and floods will continue

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:47 Author: THE OBSERVER
    Part of Kisekka market, downtown Kampala, burnt to ashes on Monday morning, causing untold loss to the affected traders.Investigations into other major fire incidents in Kampala in the recent past have failed to provide adequate answers, and we don’t ex...

  • DISMAS NKUNDA: I foresee bullets, ballots in 2011

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:46 Author: Dimas Nkunda
    We moved away from chaotic Sembabule and exported the flawed elections all over the country. Something that closely resembles primary elections for the ruling party was happening. Fear of losing elections became the norm. Ministers who, when you met them ...

  • HIV mothers need education on new breastfeeding tips

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:44 Author: irene nabusoba
    At the recently concluded International AIDS conference in Vienna, Austria, there was an emotional call to eradicate Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV. ...

  • YOUR LETTERS: UN should discipline Kenya, Chad over Bashir

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:42 Author: OUR READERS
    Having submitted a formal complaint against Kenya to the UN Security Council for allowing Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir to attend the August 27 inauguration of the second republic without arresting him, the International Criminal Court has done its part as the...

  • DEBATE: Do you think IPC will manage without UPC?

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:37 Author: OUR READERS
    To contribute to the debate, E-mail: letters@observer.ugOR SMS TO 0752772681...

  • SSEMUJJU NGANDA: FDC not to blame for UPC isolation

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:35 Author: Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda
    I had thought my column today would be about the selection of the joint presidential candidate by the opposition for which I speak, especially after Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) withdrew from the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC).Letters from the UPC leader,...

  • Kenya need not dwell on 2008 crimes

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:33 Author: James Magode Ikuya
    Last Friday, I arrived too late in Nairobi to witness the momentous promulgation of the new Kenya constitution.But I did not miss sensing the euphoria unleashed in the hearts of the Kenyan people by the event. Vast numbers of Kenyans flocked to Nairobi’...

  • Church puts money ahead of everything

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:31 Author: edward SSENDIKADIWA
    For some time now, there’s been a lot of wrongdoing in our churches, yet one wouldn’t dare point them out. But I believe the situation has deteriorated so much that we need to place the churches under tight scrutiny. ...

  • In Bengo we trust

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:27 Author: John Vianney Nsimbe
    Midfielder’s dead-ball expertise could be a tonic for Uganda ...

  • Uganda’s key men?

    Created: Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:24 Author: John Vianney Nsimbe
    Unlike his predecessor, who made it clear that his untouchables were the foreign-based players, Cranes coach Bobby Williamson will never let you in on who he considers his kingpins. He doesn’t have favourites; all make his team. However, the success of ...
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