By Katongole Kiwanuka – Competition in Uganda’s communication industry is set for the highest imaginable point as service providers now fight for the lowest denomination airtime scratch cards. Just days ago, Zain Uganda soon to become Airtel, introduced a Shs200 recharge card. But on Monday Warid introduced a scratch card half that price – worth Shs100. Zain MD Yesse Oenga said at the launch of the product that research had shown that affordability was a key factor in increasing access and usage of mobile telecommunications in Uganda. The new strategic airtime scratch cards allow one to make a phone call... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, November 22nd 2010 |
By Katongole Kiwanuka – The heat of presidential elections is up in Uganda after several of them even failed to pick updated draft national voters’ registers from the National Electoral Commission. On Wednesday the electoral body, contested by mainly the opposition handed over the registers to members of political parties taking part in the presidential campaign. Of the seven presidential candidates, only three representatives from the ruling National Resistance Movement, Democratic Party and the People’s Progressive Party turned up. The electronic register which is stored on a DVD format, contains all the personal details of 13, 924,619 voters in all... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, November 18th 2010 |
MBALE, 3 November 2010 (IRIN) – A three-year project to increase forest cover and help local communities in eastern Uganda adapt to climate change has been launched. “The planting of one million trees has started to sustain an area of tropical forest in Africa the size of Wales,” said John Griffiths, counsel-general of the Welsh Assembly, which is supporting the project. “These trees will not only absorb carbon but provide shade for crops.” The US$1 million Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC) project, launched in the eastern town of Mbale on 28 October, is also supported by the UN Development... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – Kampala – Uganda’s high court has ordered a controversial Rolling Stone newspaper to stop publishing the names and photographs of people the paper says are gay. High Court judge Vincent Musoke-Kibuuka said the publication was “an infringement or invasion of the right to privacy” of those identified, AFP reports. A gay rights group, Sexual Minorities Uganda, sought the injunction after the paper on Monday published its second straight edition with names and photos. But Giles Muhame, editor of the two-month-old Rolling Stone paper, told the AFP news agency that he would defy the ban. “We will... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 |
Uganda’s Electoral Commission has cleared six presidential candidates for nomination which starts today at the Mandela National Stadium in Namboole and end tomorrow for presidential aspirants. According to the EC spokesperson, Willy Ochola, the six had fulfilled the required conditions after submitting 100 signatures of supporters from at least 75 of the 112 districts. The signatures were approved after verification. President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Col. Kizza Besigye, Uganda Federal Alliance presidential candidate, Olive Beti Kamya, Nobert Mao of the Democratic Party, Dr. Abed Bwanika of the People’s Development Party... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, October 25th 2010 |
