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AllAfrica News: Uganda
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All Africa, All the Time.
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Displaced Want Better Services
Some internally displaced people interviewed by Saturday Monitor say they will not go back to their originalhomes, but not because of the fear of brutal rebel attacks, but because of the lack of roads, schools and hospitals.
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Tackling Crime in Kampala City
Kampala is not one of those places that spring to mind when one talks of crime in African cities.
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Activists Want All Guns Removed
DISARM all former LRA rebels and people holding illegal guns in the north to achieve total peace in the war-torn region, activists have said. The recommendation is contained in a 24-page report by the Civil Society Organisations for Peace in Northern Uganda.
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Rose Lwakataka
She is popularly called Flying Chick because of her car-racing techniques. The Uspa Sports Personality for the month of April is a mother, actress and musician. She revealed to Veronica Kagona how she has been able to penetrate a 'man's' sport.
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Coach Nsimbe Instant Entrant in Hall of Fame
If sports philanthropist Michael Ezra ever fulfills his dream to create a Hall of Fame, the person I would most enthusiastically nominate would be George 'Best' Nsimbe. The Kampala City Council FC coach is an affable chap and born winner.
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NRM Party Ideology is a Mixed Grill
By describing NRM as a mass and cadre party in his article "So Which Political Party Would You Join" (Daily Monitor, May 9), Mr Kalinge Nnyago was only being polite. I would neither describe NRM as a mass nor a cadre party.
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Museveni And UPDF, Sir Alex And Man U
In 1986, two seemingly unrelated events took place in two parts of the world. In January that year, in Uganda, a small ragtag army marched from the bushes of Luweero and other parts of Uganda's periphery onto the capital, beat up a much better equipped, much larger and far better-trained army and took power.
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When Pastor Sempa Halted the Amakula Film Festival
Film buffs at the just-concluded Fifth Amakula Kampala International Film Festival must have wondered why the film showcase did not start on time last Thursday.
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World Culture Day
Culture enthusiasts are in for a treat next Wednesday May 21 when the National Theatre plays host to the World Culture Day. The event is part of Unesco's Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity initiative and is celebrated annually.
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Carnival of the Animals Given Local Twist
Most of the young performers had to look up to their older counterparts for guidance in executing their dance routines. Their enthusiasm, however, made up for their absentmindedness.
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Why Ugandans Kill for Love
For Christine Apolot, an otherwise beautiful thing called marriage turned truly ugly on April 20. Mr James Aurien, then the Mukono District police commander and Apolot's husband of five years, shot her dead using his pistol.
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Proline Academy Trip Leaves Indelible Mark
The cold in Portsmouth was unbearable. The players were freezing, their hands feeling paralysed. Midfielder Mohammed Ali Feni left the pitch early, dizzy and short of power to brave the conditions. Striker Patrick Edema departed almost simultaeneoulsy, having aggravated a troublesome ankle.
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Robbers Arrested With MP's Pistol
Police have arrested a robber who is among the suspected racket of thugs that has been terrorizing Kampala, with a pistol belonging to a member of parliament.
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How to Secure Funding for University Abroad
Eight years ago, I was not admitted to join the London School of Economics despite what I thought was a good application having been helped by a friend, who had just returned from Harvard University.
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Imran Azad's Illusions
Alliance Francaise de Kampala (AFK) and the Uganda German Cultural Society (UGCS) will give another unknown but talented Ugandan fine artist a platform to showcase his work this Friday starting 6p.m.
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Deox Helps Zulu Corp to Another Win
With seven contestants remaining, the race for the $200,000 job and the perks that coat it has tightened at The Apprentice Africa.
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Religion Retained As Optional Subject in School Curriculum
A huge debate over a government proposal to scrap religious education from the school curriculum may now come to an end following passage in Parliament of a law which recommends the teaching of religious education.
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Six African Countries to Operationalise Agricultural Innovation Initiatives
Ghana is among six African countries meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Practicing Agricultural Innovation in Africa to address the key policies that can create an enabling environment for increased investments in agricultural innovation that would spur greater productivity in the agriculture sector.
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Acholi Elders Unhappy With Kony
Hon. Okello Okello (Chua County) has said Acholi elders are disappointed with the failure of Joseph Kony, to sign the final text of a peace agreement with the government of Uganda.
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Foot And Mouth Disease Hits Kibaale
Foot and Mouth cattle disease has broken out in Kibaale District.
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