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By Ronald Musoke The Commonwealth has adopted an historic charter as part of a wide-ranging package of reforms for the 54-member association that brings together mostly nations and territories of former British colonies and protectorates. While publicizing the new charter on Dec. 19, the Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma and the …

By Ronald Musoke President Yoweri Museveni has said the government will soon find a way of supporting churches in the country to supplement their roles of attending to both spiritual and human needs. He noted that as the national budget improves, the government will find a better way of assisting …

By Ronald Musoke The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has come out with a roadmap that will see the gradual elimination of counterfeit mobile phones off the Ugandan market with effect from January. According to a statement from Uganda’s regulator of communications, this task will be implemented in four phases with …

By Ronald Musoke Uganda’s national football team, the Cranes have moved up two places from 86th in November to 84th in the year-closing FIFA/Coca-Cola soccer rankings. Despite winning the CECAFA Challenge Cup for the record 13th time, the Cranes did not accumulate any additional points and as such remained with …

By Ronald Musoke The Police has come out to explain the circumstances under which the private pathologist who was tasked to do further tests on the late MP Cerinah Nebanda’s body to ascertain her exact cause of death was arrested at Entebbe Airport and detained. Cerinah Nebanda was until her …

By Ronald Musoke In a deliberate effort to promote democracy, the US Embassy in Uganda is introducing a monthly debate programme to encourage critical thinking, personal expression, and tolerance for the opinions of others. The first debate will take place at the U.S. Mission’s Information Resource Center, U.S. Embassy in …

By Ronald Musoke President Museveni may have talked tough accusing some MPs and civil society organizations of selling out to  ‘foreign interests’ but the latter have come out to respond, saying they are determined to fight on, to ensure that all Ugandans benefit from the oil resources. While appearing before …

By Ronald Musoke The stage is set at Alliance Française this Sunday, Dec. 16, where more than 20 of Uganda’s finest musicians will come together to present Uganda’s finest World Music, a new genre that is slowly catching up among Ugandans. The list of artists expected to perform reads like …

By Ronald Musoke The Civil Society Coalition on Oil (CSCO), a group of Ugandan NGOs following the oil and gas sector have labeled President Museveni’s accusations that the NGOs and some MPs were representing ‘foreign interests’ during the just concluded debate on the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill, 2012 …

By Ronald Musoke Experts have urged the government to come out and design bold and deliberate plans if Uganda is to tap into her ever-rising youthful population. With more than half of Uganda’s population below 18 years, the latest state of Uganda’s population report released on Dec.13 in Kampala has …