In The Magazine

By Ronald Musoke The US Ambassador, Scott DeLisi will officially launch the Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) programme at Makerere University Hospital on Dec.11. The service has been made possible by the Makerere University Joint AIDS Programme (MJAP) with technical assistance from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …

By Julius Businge Denis Mashanyu, the forex trader at Standard Chartered Bank says the Uganda shilling weakened against the US dollar during the week that ended Dec. 7 closing 2690/00 from the previous close of 2675/85. Mashanyu said the move came after the central bank cut the central bank rate …

By Sarah Namulondo Four HIV/AIDS patients have died in Amuru district after taking expired ARV’s for eight months. The drugs which were clarified as expired by medical doctors were Nevarapine, Devodine and Namovadine tablets. The relatives of the deceased said that over the period of eight months the deceased started …

By Mugumya Amooti The opposition party’s spirit, character and practices have set an extemporary precedent in Ugandan politics Following the Nov. 22 successful and peaceful Delegates Conference, during which they elected a new party president, Uganda’s leading opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) deserves a warm hug. Other …

Many states in this world have corrupt officials. In Uganda, the corrupt have a state Over the last year Uganda has latched from one major corruption scandal to another. The paradox of our nation’s corruption is that although it goes on with impunity, it does not go on with impunity. …

By Julius Businge Uganda will tomorrow-Dec. 7 host the 6th National Competitiveness Forum at the Kampala Serena Hotel starting at 8:00am, under the theme: Youth in Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Economic Transformation. The Keynote speaker for the Forum is Professor Ricardo Hausmann from the center of International development at Harvard …

By Julius Businge The ministry of trade, Industry and cooperatives has started registration of all foreign traders in the Greater Kampala (Kampala Capital City Authority, Mukono and Wakiso districts), the ministry announced in a local news paper on Dec. 5. “The ministry has received persistent complaints from the business community …

By Julius Businge The Uganda Manufacturers Association has issued a statement opposing the Electricity Regulatory Authority’s (ERA) planned move to review and implement the automatic power tariff scheme for the next seven years, the body said in a press statement published in a daily newspaper on Dec. 5. “UMA is …

By Ronald Musoke Scott DeLisi, the US Ambassador to Uganda has rallied Ugandan youths to come forward and be leaders in transforming Uganda and in changing the current face of HIV/AIDS. DeLisi was in the company of Ugandan youths and the US Peace Corps volunteers who converged at Kisubi Seminary …

By Sarah Namulondo The Uganda communications commission (UCC) has announced its contribution to the first ever Nile Diaspora International Film Festival (NDIFF) to be held in Kampala this weekend. Unveiling a Sh10m sponsorship package for the event at UCC House, the Executive Director of UCC, Mr Godfrey Mutabazi, said the …