The U.S. government says it is barring 10 Kenyan leaders suspected of involvement in the post-election violence that has killed nearly 1,000 people.  Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi.

U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Rannenberger told the Kenya Television Network that 10 prominent Kenyans would be refused entry to the United States because of alleged association with the violence.

ODM leader Raila Odinga said Thursday that his party was willing to climb down on its demand that President Kibaki resigns.

Mr Odinga said after meeting EU commissioner for development and humanitarian aid Louis Michel, that his party would give as much as it took in the quest for a lasting solution.

THE Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee yesterday halted plans by Gulu University to give away about 34.5 hectares of its land to potential investors.

At a meeting with the university’s  officials, the MPs heard that the planned giveaway was meant to kickstart the establishment of an industrial park.
The land was to be given out to investors by the Uganda Investment Authority. The university has 742 hectares of land.   

THE port of Dar es Salaam is to handle half of Uganda’s cargo, Uganda’s transport minister has said.

Eng. John Nasasira, who is heading a government delegation to Tanzania, said this while meeting Tanzania Port Authority officials on Tuesday.

“The Government intends to have between 30% to 50% of its exports and imports pass through Tanzania. Uganda is committed to developing this Central Corridor route not only in the short-run but also in the long-run,” Nasasira said before the team visited the facilities at the port.

A PERSON who will present the best business idea will receive $50,000 (sh86m) in the ‘Start Your Business Competition,’ a World Bank-funded project, writes Peter Kaujju.

The project is aimed at stimulating entrepreneurship.

While the bank will provide grants, the Private Sector Foundation (PSFU) will implement the programme.

“The competition will also offer a platform for experimental learning and provide participants an opportunity to solidify their business concepts based on practical feedback and expert advice. They will learn how to develop saleable business plans and gain skills to present and market their plans,” Juliet Byaruhanga, the project coordinator, said.

Lecturers of Makerere University went on a sit-down strike yesterday, citing lack of teaching materials and protesting the diversion of pension funds to pay salaries, reports F. Asimbisibwe.

A spokesman for the lecturers, Kiggundu Musoke, said members who had retired had not been paid because sh6b in pension contributions had been diverted.

For the first time ever Ugandans will make calls for as low sh124 a minute as WARID comes on line today in a near countrywide launch, the company has said.

The Abu Dhabi-based company will switch on their network today in most of central, eastern and western Uganda, making it the fourth mobile phone company in Uganda.

The Government and ODM Wednesday appeared to be far apart in the quest to resolve the dispute over presidential election results.

Mr Kofi Annan. Photo/ FILE

While the Government insisted that the matter should be sorted out using legal means and through constitutional changes, ODM argued for an arrangement where the two sides would share power briefly to prepare for a fresh presidential race.

The management of thecampuser.com today ran a raffle and lucky visitors who were registered on the website won themselves airtime worh 10,20 and 50 thousand shillings