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| How
Govt plans to fix Makerere |
| Hard-line elements in the
NRM are proposing drastic measures to fix the problem
at Makerere University once and for all. |
| 6,000
Sudanese to leave by 2007 |
| The United Nations refugee
agency, UNHCR, expects to repatriate another 900 Sudanese
refugees by December 31, bringing to 6,000 the number
that will have voluntarily returned home from Uganda. |
| UPDF
rejects UN order to withdraw |
| The government team at the
Juba peace talks has rejected a proposal by UN envoy
Jan Egeland to withdraw UPDF troops from places close
to where LRA rebels are supposed to assemble. |
|
Mubajje faces top Muslim leaders |
| The Uganda Muslim Supreme
Council (UMSC) top organ sits this weekend to consider
a report of a probe committee which recommends among
other things the removal of Mufti Sheik Shaban Ramadhan
Mubajje. |
| More
funding for Africa peer reviews |
| The African Peer Review Mechanism
(APRM) has secured a $2.8m (approximately Shs 5.3 billion)
fund for the implementation and management of the APRM
process. |
| UN
report hails Uganda on clean water access |
| Uganda has made commendable
progress towards ensuring that her population gains
access to free and safe water, the 2006 Human Development
Report, released by the UNDP last week has noted, |
| US
NGO celebrates leadership training |
| What started 10 years ago
as Centre for Organisational Excellence at Eastern College
in the United States is now Development Associates International
(DAI). |
| SHOPTALK |
NRM, FDC in UK asylum
war
On November 1, The Weekly Observer published
an article titled ‘NRM spies failing us, say UK
kyeyo seekers’ in which FDC leaders accused one
Guma, a Ugandan employee of the UK Home Office who is
also Secretary General of the NRM Chapter in Britain,
of frustrating asylum seekers who are pro-FDC and letting
in NRM government spies. |
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