| LRA abducts 55 children in South Sudan | Published: 17/04/08 |
| The chief mediator in the peace talks between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
rebels and the Government has accused the rebels of recently kidnapping 55
children in South Sudan.
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| Kabaka calls for inquiry | Published: 17/04/08 |
| Kabaka Ronald Mutebi has called for an inquiry into the deadly fire that burnt a
dormitory at Budo Junior School on Monday night, killing 18 children.
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| Budo head faces murder | Published: 17/04/08 |
| THE Police are investigating Budo Junior Boarding School authorities for murder,
corruption and mischief, Parliament heard yesterday (16th April 2008).
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| Now source of Nile falls to an investor | Published: 08/04/08 |
| Jinja District Land Board has taken the land bonanza to a higher level-giving away the source of River Nile to an investor.
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| Museveni off for Afro-Indian summit | Published: 08/04/08 |
| PRESIDENT
Yoweri Museveni is in India for the first ever Afro-India summit that
opens today in New Delhi. After the summit, the President, accompanied
by his wife Janet, will extend his stay by two days.
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| Indian Girl born with two faces | Published: 08/04/08 |
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THE
parents of an Indian infant girl born with two faces say that she is
eating and breathing normally despite having two pairs of eyes and lips
and two noses.
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| NRM legislators approve phone tapping | Published: 08/04/08 |
| THE NRM caucus yesterday supported a Bill which seeks to legalise the
monitoring of private communication also known as “phone tapping or
bugging”. The Regulation of Interception of Communication Bill is being
considered by the committee on information and communication technology.
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| I used ‘ghost cash’ to save Kayihura | Published: 07/04/08 |
| JAILED former army commander James Kazini told investigators that he
used the Shs 61 million he is accused of having stolen, to fly troops
to the eastern DR Congo town of Bunia in Ituri province to rescue Maj.
Gen. Kale Kayihura who had been held hostage by rebels there.
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| Government to fund family farms | Published: 07/04/08 |
| SIX households from every parish will be given funds under a government
programme to transform agriculture from subsistence to commercial.
President Yoweri Museveni announced yesterday that the model farming
families will be helped to increase their productivity. ...Read more |
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| Kenya coalition govt cabinet delayed | Published: 07/04/08 |
| KENYA'S president and future prime minister said on Sunday they had
made “substantial progress” at talks to end an impasse over a
power-sharing cabinet and expected to clinch a deal the next day.
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