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Makerere University Graduate Admissions 2011 and application forms

Click here to download the Application Form The Academic Registrar of Makerere University invites applications for admission to Graduate Programmes (Postgraduate Diplomas, Masters and Doctoral degree Programmes) for the 2011/2012 Academic Year. Applicants should have obtained at least a first degree or its equivalent from a recognized and chartered university/institution. Sponsorship: All Graduate Programmes are PRIVATELY-SPONSORED. Therefore applicants seeking sponsorship […]

STATEMENT ON THE 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NORBERT MAO

STATEMENT ON THE 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NORBERT MAO A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raising in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like […]

Detailed Uganda Constitutional Court Ruling on Members of Parliament who changed political party

The political careers of over 70 current MPs continue to hang in balance following a landmark constitutional Court ruling that said MPs who changed political party allegiance automatically lost their current seats in Parliament, and that their nomination by the electoral commission for Parliamentary seats is null and void. Here is the full judgment by […]

The Judicial Studies Institute of Uganda contacts

The Chief Justice of Uganda, Hon Mr. Benjamin Odoki announced the establishment of Uganda Judicial Studies Institute during the opening of the Judges Annual conference on 5th January 2004. The institute operates as a department of the Judiciary on a semi- autonomous basis, separate from the day-to-day operations of the Judiciary but still within the […]

Bunyoro Kingdom’s compensation demands from Britain

“Great Britain has an international legal obligation to pay compensation to the Omukama and the royal household of Bunyoro-Kitara as it is provided for in the Protocol 1 under Article 91 for the following goods and assets requisitioned, pillaged and destroyed by British troops. The computation covers the period since effective hostilities ended in 1899,” […]

The 1900 Buganda Agreement with Britain Colonialists

The Buganda Agreement of 1900 We, the undersigned, to wit, Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston, K.C.B., Her Majesty’s Special Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief and Consul-General for the Uganda Protectorate and the adjoining Territories, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, on the one part; and the under-mentioned Regents and chiefs […]

Study reveals immense importance of ‘invisible’ water to urban poor

News Release A key water resource that will grow in importance as climate change takes hold is currently going largely unmeasured — with big implications for poor communities in developing nations, says research published today (15 November 2010). The International Institute for Environment and Development’s study shows that hundreds of millions of urban people in […]

Rich nations failing to keep Copenhagen promise to help poor nations adapt to climate-change

Research published today shows that developed nations are failing to keep the promise they made last year to provide adequate finance to help the world’s poorest countries adapt to the impacts of climate change. The paper — published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) — includes a five-point plan to enable developed […]

Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act (Ch 210): Birth, death Company Registration in Uganda

Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act (Ch 210) CHAPTER 210 THE UGANDA REGISTRATION SERVICES BUREAU ACT. Arrangement of Sections. Section PART I—PRELIMINARY. Commencement. Interpretation. PART II—ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU. Establishment of the bureau. Objects and functions of the bureau. PART III—THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Board of directors. Tenure of office of members of […]

Netherlands, India China top leading investors in Uganda-Investment Authority Report

The Uganda Investment Authority has released the July-September quarterly investment report showing the Netherlands, India and China are the leading countries to bring in foreign direct investment in Uganda. Ugandans however continue to be the leading investors with 40 planned projects worth 178.1 million dollars and creating 11,338 jobs. UIA Chairman, Patrick Bitature said  the […]