[Ugnet] ICT in Uganda Forget it Is it UCC?!

2006-05-02 Thread d b
ICT? Forget It! The Information Communication Technology has finally been murdered and buried. Hail Uganda Communications Commission and Ministry of Works, Housing and COMMUNICATION. I’ve not come across any single home in Uganda that has an Internet connection for domestic other than

[Ugnet] Mosquito Isn't a Happy Host for Malaria, Tests Indicate

2006-05-02 Thread musamize
NEW YORK TIME, April 28, 2006Mosquito Isn't a Happy Host for Malaria, Tests Indicate By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.Many mosquitoes seem to kill naturally the malaria parasites they ingest, and it may be possible to exploit that genetic trait to fight malaria, according to a

[Ugnet] Ministers and MPs abandon Museveni at Kololo

2006-05-02 Thread musamize
Njuba wins poll petition New Vision, Monday, 1st May, 2006 By Hillary Nsambu NAKAWA Circuit High Court Registrar Erias Kisawuzi has lifted an interim order in which he had temporarily stopped the Electoral Commission (EC) from gazetting Sam Kalega Njuba as the winner of the Kyaddondo

[Ugnet] Donors have no choice

2006-05-02 Thread musamize
Donors have no choice ARTHUR GEORGE KAMYA Monitor, April 28, 2006In his New Vision article of April 19, 2006, Prof Semakula Kiwanuka asks why donors are in love with the opposition. But surely donors' motivations in putting a light thumb on the scale in favour of the permanent

[Ugnet] BRAIN GAIN

2006-05-02 Thread Lugemwa FN
Brain gain: combating selective immigrationhttp://www.scidev.net/Opinions/index.cfm?fuseaction=readOpinionsitemid=493language=1Eulian Roberts says the success of Qatar’s science park shows what can happen when a country makes the creation of knowledge-based jobs a national priority. FN Lugemwa

[Ugnet] Uganda: Army Starts Pader LRA Mop-Up

2006-05-02 Thread Matek Opoko
Like Dada use to say...we have capture the "rebels" ..we are now fighting face to face. In fact we are grabbing their Musurubu's...Did amin last?..the next think we heard Dada was in Soroti broadcasting from over there!!!...making empty threats.Museveni, as members of the International

[Ugnet] Uganda: US Lawmaker, Officials Pledge More Aid for Ugandan Children

2006-05-02 Thread Matek Opoko
Fellow Citizens and members of the International Community: I just wanted to point out that the issue at hand in Northern and Eastern Uganda cannot and will not be solved by pouring in more US Dollars..NO...The Muzungu thinks and this is a typical way in which the US tries to solve world crises

[Ugnet] $145K for a roll of toilet paper: hyper-inflation or just reality?

2006-05-02 Thread musamize
New York Times, May 2, 2006How Bad Is Inflation in Zimbabwe? By MICHAEL WINESHARARE, Zimbabwe, April 25 — How bad is inflation in Zimbabwe? Well, consider this: at a supermarket near the center of this tatterdemalion capital, toilet paper costs $417.No, not per roll.

[Ugnet] Re: [FedsNet] Mengo establishment at loggerheads with central government over regional tier

2006-05-02 Thread musamize
Ms. Nansalo,I am at a loss as to why any negotiations which are part and parcel of democratic governance that enganders the govenrment to carry out the will of the majority,are needed here, in a dictatorial situation.#1. The Odoki Commission has established that themajority of Uganda

[Ugnet] Uganda Adopts Zimbabwe's policies or is something else afoot??

2006-05-02 Thread musamize
Houses razed in Kayunga Publication date: Sunday, 30th April, 2006 OVER 100 dilapidated homes in Kayunga town council were on Thursday destroyed by district officials in a swoop to clean the town, reports Kibuuka Lumu. The resident district commissioner, Margaret Balyehuki, said

[Ugnet] The Wild Man of Africa

2006-05-02 Thread musamize
Idi Amin / TIME Cover: March 07, 1977, Art Poster by TIME Magazine Idi of course, is one of the very few African presidents -- and the only Ugandan, allbeit for infamy-- who ever made it on the cover of Tme or Newsweek Mag. Get amazing travel prices for air