[Ugnet] The Bank of Mom and Dad

The Bank of Mom and DadTyler Hicks/The New York Times Alanna Lopez, left, with her baby, Abigail, is back in school, courtesy of her mother, Suzanne McGrattan.  By ANNA BAHNEY New York Times, Published: April 20, 2006  AT 23, Jason McGuinness lives a postcolle

[Ugnet] Workers, managers arrested in immigration case

Workers, managers arrested in immigration case By James ViciniThu Apr 20, 12:58 PM ET Almost 1,200 illegal immigrants and seven current or former managers at a Netherlands-based firm that hired them were arrested as part of a national crackdown, U.S. authorities said on Thursday.

[Ugnet] Global Fund staff agreed to hide evidence

Ssemakula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:20th April 2006Global Fund staff agreed to hide evidence By Halima AbdallahWEEKLY OBSERVER   “My Lord I can’t hand over my computer. It’s my life. It’s like giving you my underwear,” Project Management Unit (PMU) boss, Dr

[Ugnet] Will/Should Uganda be discussed or used as an example of unbriddled corruption at this conference?

:Commonwealth Secretariat and Chatham House Anti-Corruption Conference Chatham House 24-25 April 2006 Released: 20 Apr 2006 The UN Convention Against Corruption Implementation and Enforcement: Meeting the Challenges Media Advisory Note The Commonwealth Secretariat and Chatham House

[Ugnet] RE: Museveni Woos Kategaya, Amanya, Besigye!?

Is this a joke of some sort of joke, or a trial balloon? Or is Yoweri being forced to form a unity government as a pre-condition for continued donor support?   Would KB seriously entertain such an offer given how unreliable Museveni has proven to be over the past 20-some years?   If K

[Ugnet] Wierd things continue to hit us

Comrade Komakech, I hear your anguish on homosexuals setting up church in Uganda. You state that: "The Church of Uganda and it's archbishop, Rt. Rev Luke Orombi and other Ugandans putting up a fight on the evil act" But Mr Komakech, isn't it this same Archbishop Orombi that has been covering-up

[Ugnet] The political economy of our Easter Sunday mass

Dear Mr Onyango-Obbo, It is strange that it takes French priests to pray for peace in Rwanda, Burundi and DRC. Africa's clergy, apparently, have better things to do; like dining and making merry. Rev Father John Mary Waliggo would rather be advising the regime in Kampala on the best  sly metho

[Ugnet] Gulu Night Commuters Down to 6,369

Gulu Night Commuters Down to 6,369 New Vision (Kampala) NEWSApril 19, 2006 Posted to the web April 19, 2006 By Chris OcowunKampala THE number of children who every evening commute to the 19 night centres in Gulu town has reduced to 6,367 due to the relative prevailing peace. In a report, the UN a