The Bush Presidency

 

A journalist hurled two shoes at the US President, George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq on Sunday

Did the bribe belong to Uganda in the first place?

 

The British government has returned a bribe to the Uganda government, recovered from a presidential advisor who was convicted in London

Is Mugabe quaking in his boots?

 

The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, says power sharing in Zimbabwe has failed and Robert Mugabe should be removed from power

Kampala's roads in 2020

Mubajje joins the Suruma- Mbabazi club

 

Mufti Sheik Ramadhan Mubajje was acquitted of charges of disposing of Muslim properties fraudulently and some Muslims opposed the ruling

Are you part of Uganda's endangered species?

The State of Uganda’s Population Report, 2008, has revealed that 30% of Uganda’s tribes could be extinct by 2015

PLE exams and local politics

 

The onset of Primary Leaving Examinations was marred by partially blank question papers in Bugiri District

Garmin Car navigation System for Ugandan roads!

When I saw a car navigation system for sale in the gane stores, I thought Ugandans have finally lost it. How is one supposed to use a car navigation system in a country where there are no names for the roads and every citizen has the right to name their own road. Well it looks like I was not alone the Ugandan Insomniac agrees with me

And in Busoga Kingdom

 

Prince Edward Columbus Muloki was on Friday chosen the new Kyabazinga( king) of Busoga

Uganda's escapes from the titanic

Ezra Suruma wants me to believe that Uganda will walk away from the financial crisis and global recession unscathered. New Vision's cartoon says it all

Muhwezi on his way from CID HQ

How can we use Solar power effectively

I read this interesting letter in the Daily Monitor today. Dr. Da Silva shows some very interesting comparisons on energy usage by Ugandans and other nationalities.

I think I shall look out for the UGX 30, 000 solar lamp and may be next year Ministry of Energy shall talk about it more as well. It may help reduce the number of incidences we read about in the newspapers of babies and children burning to death when left in the house alone with a candle.

UGX500M for 3 huts?

In my head, I figure UGX 500M can fetch me a very good house in a good suburb of Kampala, but it looks like I am wrong, It can only fetch me 3 huts under the CHOGM umbrella

Barking Dogs

Three main telecommunications companies have built 743 masts without the approval of the National Environment Management Authority

If you feel the need for a pair of shoes, visit Ministry of Ministry of Water and Environment

Today's New Vision newspaper carries another lovely description of Uganda.



A total of sh5.1m was spent on buying shoes for the Ministry of Water and Environment staff during last year’s Commonwealth summit

Civil servants to get personal laptops all the way from China

Today's Daily Monitor run this article:

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KAMPALA
"THE Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has teamed up with Stanbic Bank, Hi tech Telecom and Tropix Technology to provide personal computers to civil servants in Uganda.

According to the agreement, civil servants will access loans from Stanbic Bank to purchase personal laptops.

The minister of State for Information and Communication Technology, Alintuma Nsambu said he is soon to travel to China to sign an agreement with Toshiba, the manufacturers of the laptops.
The first batch of 3,000 Tropix laptops is expected to be delivered in Uganda by end of the month.

The laptops are expected to ease computer based work for civil servants as well as enable them to personally handle their personal computer needs."

I do wonder if these personal computers shall be used for personal personal things or for personal government things and of course Alintuma needs to explain the difference. Other than that, what does that mean for the secretaries?

Looks like MoICT is more business minded than policy minded, or are they setting up "enabling environment"

Everything in Uganda is for sale

We will soon be on top of the world, we are exporting everything from Coffee to Monkeys, everything in Uganda is for sale! Today's New Vision rastoon made by morning when he caricatured on the article "The Uganda Wildlife Authority has licensed a wildlife dealer to export 300 Vervet monkeys to Russia"