The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma is scheduled to visit Uganda from 23 to 26 July 2010 to attend the 15th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union that is taking place at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo. A statement from the Commonwealth says that Sharma will be in Kampala to seek new avenues […]
The Uganda police have searched the rooms of one of the storied buildings in Namasuba on Kampala –Entebbe road today after a reported bomb scare. The area police and LCI executive says no bomb was found in the building. The occupants of the building ran away for safety after reports that a powerful bomb had […]
The office of the Secretary General of National Resistance Movement has postponed the election of party chairperson that was scheduled today to Friday this week. The party’s Secretary General, Amama Mbabazi says the elections have been postponed because the election materials for some districts in Buganda and Eastern Region had not arrived by Tuesday. He […]
Like many people in rural areas in Uganda, Norbert Nyanda was using a kerosene lamp as the source of energy for lighting in his home in Ssumbwe, Wakiso district. His family was using candles at night, which was associated with a lot of smoke and risk in the house and to its inhabits. This was […]
The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has said terrorism is preventable when Ugandans and organizers of events take basic security arrangements and precautionary measures at their places. He was addressing journalists at the Central Police Station in Kampala today. On Sunday July 11th, 2010, twin bomb blasts hit the Ethiopian Village Kabalagala […]
Bank of Uganda has called upon Ugandans that it is in need of fumigation and rodent control services for the bank buildings in Kampala, Mbarara, Kabale, Fort-Portal, Jinja, Mbale, Gulu and Arua. The press release from Bank of Uganda today indicates that the scope of services the fumigators must offer to the bank are in […]
Climate change will reverse years of work reducing poverty in the developing world without strong, urgent action, according to a report released today. The Future Climate for Development calls on governments and NGOs to build climate change into their economic development programmes to help low-income countries manage its impacts and seize new opportunities as […]
The IPCC Scholarship Programme has been established with the funds received on the occasion of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize award to the IPCC. The first funding partner of the Programme is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Norwegian Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change. The goal of this programme is to help […]
‘Fresh thinking key to Commonwealth’s future’ The Commonwealth’s new Eminent Persons Group has met for the first time to develop options for renewing the organisation. “The goal is to sharpen the impact, strengthen the networks, and raise the profile of the Commonwealth,” said the Group’s chair, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia. “A very […]