By Nangayi Guyson in Kampala Uganda – Uganda’s Electoral Commission chairman Badru Kiggundu announced Yoweri Museveni as the elected President of Uganda after winning with 68.38 percent of voters followed by his main rival, Kizza Besigye, the flag bearer of four-party coalition Inter-Party Cooperation with 26.01 percent, told reporters today in Kampala. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda Badru Kiggundu made announcement at 40:30pm from Mandela National stadium which has been used as the tallying center. When news reached the opposition, they rejected the result saying any government President Yoweri Museveni formed would be “illegitimate” and added in a statement that before... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Correspondent from Accra, Ghana – Accroding to reliable source closed to shout-africa.com , drama unfolded at a Cape Coast Circuit Court on Tuesday when relatives of 47 refugees from the Budumburam Refugee Camp who were arrested on Sunday started weeping in the courtroom immediately the presiding judge, Madam Florence Otoo, remanded them into prison custody to re-appear on March 1, 2011. The 47 refugees pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing riot and conspiracy. Prosecution said the police were informed about the situation and quickly moved in to ensure peace and order. Prosecution further said although there... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Kampala – Millions of Ugandans turned up to vote on Friday in the east African nation’s presidential ballot pitting the country’s long-serving president against his former ally and personal physician, officials said. President Yoweri Museveni, who is vague about his age and says he is 66 or 67, faces seven challengers but his stiffest competition is from a former ally DR Kizza Besigye 54 years old. Opposition threats of street protests and the looming start of oil production have raised the stakes in the vote – just the second multiparty election to be held in Uganda... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – At least 20 people have now been confirmed dead and more than 300 injured following the ammunition explosions in the Gongo la Mboto base Tanzania Peoples’ Defense Force (TPDF) camp. The Chief of Staff of the army, Lieutenant President consoles a child in Amana Hospital General, Abdulrahman Shimbo, told reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the Muhimbili National Hospital alone recorded more than 83 injuries and 18 deaths. He still maintained that the cause of the explosion remains unknown. Meanwhile President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday visited the scene of explosions and told journalists that he was... Continue Reading
BY: Akpoke, Chiegele C. Ebonyi State ADP, NIGERIA – Nigerians are in the habit of over-flooding some areas of Agriculture thereby competing for the available inputs and increasing the price of labour needed in such areas while other areas that require only initial capital investment and labour are being ignored or kept dormant. Apiculture indeed is one of the fields of Agriculture that has not been given due recognition in Nigeria whereas developed countries like USA and China which control the world food production do so by practicng Apiculture. Oh! Yes the practice of Apiculture is not far from the... Continue Reading
