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Hello once again from beautiful fertile Uganda (04/06/2009)
In the last newsletter, I hinted about a project which just seemed to arrive suddenly with little pre-planning– a gift from God through connections from opposite sides of the globe. Matt McLain, a high school English teacher in Chewelah, WA, had graciously allowed me to present a program about Hands Across Nations work in N. [...]
Hello again from not so sunny and wonderfully cooler Northern Uganda! (04/02/2009)
It seems that the dry season officially ended this week with a downpour during the time that 2 Ugandan Rotary Club members and I were traveling to some of the new or never viewed Spring Protection projects in the area. For those who have no idea what a Spring Protection Project is, I’ll give you [...]
Uganda’s foreign debt grows to Shs 3 trillion
Yasiin Mugerwa
A nearly 30 per cent increase in Uganda’s external debt in one year has forced Parliament to demand that the government stops what it has described as reckless borrowing.
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Verified figures from the latest Bank of Uganda’s annual report for 2008 to Parliament show that the total foreign debt stock has increased from $1.47 [...]
Why oil revenues could spell doom for Uganda
By Frank Tumusiime
Commercial reserves of oil have been discovered in Uganda and early production is slated to start around June 2009. Oil revenues may lead to employment, infrastructural development and improve people’s standards of living, as is the case with countries such as Norway and Indonesia.
On the other hand, experiences from country to country demonstrate [...]
Uganda misses another Global Fund share
By Vision Reporter
UGANDA has missed having a share of the $2.75b (about sh5.1trillion) Global Fund that has been approved under Round 8.
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday announced that it had approved 94 new grants of $2.75b, over two years. “Uganda did not apply for Round 8, because of the [...]
Uganda loses HIV funding over fears of misuse
Annie Kelly
guardian.co.uk,
Thursday October 30 2008 11.50 GMT
Uganda has lost 25bn Ugandan shillings ($12m) of Global Fund money due to concerns over poor accountability, according to reports this week.
The Global Fund has refused to release a second $10m instalment from the $36m pot it allocated for HIV/Aids activities in Uganda in 2003 because it was not [...]
Zain Uganda introduces unlimited calls at peak hours
By Edris Kisambira , IDG News Service , 10/29/2008
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Just as mobile users thought that their providers had outdone each other in terms of pricing, Zain Uganda has come to the market with something totally new.
Zain’s Unlimited Calls offers customers free in-network calling every day between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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Situation In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring the escalating situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo near Goma, where violence in recent months has displaced an estimated 200 000 people.
Hundreds of people have been fleeing insecurity in recent days, including into neighbouring Uganda and Sudan.
Beyond conflict-linked health concerns, other risks include confirmed cases [...]
Ugandan orphan choir robbed while touring in Chicago
A group of Ugandan children, while touring the United States to raise money to build an orphanage back home, had their van broken into while in Chicago. Even with most of their personal belongings stolen, including pictures of their family members they lost to AIDS, the young children are not angry. One young orphan has this to [...]