By Fredrick Mugira – You wake up a few minutes passed midnight because three green insects disabled in one way or the other are walking on the floor. Because they are fluttering around in the living room. They probably passed through a ventilator. And you hear a swam of similar insects fluttering on the corrugated metal sheets of your roof. And you wonder what is happening. So you switch on the lights. Open the window a little bit to see what is happening outside. Only to attract four more similar insects inside attracted by the lights. And you discover they... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, December 21st 2010 |
By BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI – Creative industry players — entertainment and art — in almost all African countries single out lack of funds as the major hurdle in their quest to promote and sustain the industry. They say both governments and the private sector do not have policies on theindustry and neither do they consider it a priority. Yet this industry is a multi-billion dollar spinner on other continents. The 7th Congress on East African Cinema held during the 2010 Amakula Kampala International Film Festival recently, brought industry players from the region together to deliberate on how to attract financing from... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, December 8th 2010 |
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 30th 2010 |
By Nangayi Guyson (KAMPALA UGANDA) – Kampala – The government of Uganda on Monday launched a programme to circumcise over a million men every year in a bid to stem the increase in HIV/Aids infections. “Uganda still has a big epidemic of HIV and last year, we had 123 000 new infections,” Dr Christopher Oleke, an official with the project under the health ministry told reporters. “We are launching this programme to target over one million males aged 14-55 years.” Mobile health units will be used to reach outlying areas of the country under the voluntary exercise, which aims to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 30th 2010 |
By Katongole Kiwanuka – Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – The Uganda Cranes is the most respected team in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania where the 34th edition of the Council for the Eastern and Central Africa (CECAFA) Tusker cup is being hosted. Former Birmingham youth academy director Stewart Hall who is handling the Zanzibar team in an interview with Pepper Sport claimed that the Cranes’ superiority is unmatched at the moment. “I have just come in Africa but when I read about Uganda in regional competitions, no one can beat them at the moment,” said Hall. The Welsh who has a massive experience with grass... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 29th 2010 |
