Luganda News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:21 CST 60 The Mengo establishment has supported a recent petition lodged with The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), seeking the indictment of President Museveni over the September 2009 riot killings in Kampala and parts of Buganda. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ih79m4t/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110797.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:19 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ih79m4t/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110797.html Kampala - THE executive directeor of the newly established Uganda Road Fund (URF), Michael Odongo, has cautioned people not the judge the state of Uganda's roads in terms of those in Kampala city. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11imp7qsr/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110281.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11imp7qsr/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110281.html The Miss Uganda 2010 Final in Kampala will be in July 2010 well as Miss Uganda UK 2010 Final will be held in London in November 2010. This has been disclosed by the organisers of Miss Uganda and Miss Uganda UK, Performance Productions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11i2tbbm0/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110185.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:18:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11i2tbbm0/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110185.html Kampala - KENYA Safari Rally officials will grace the launch of the KCB Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally launch at Lubiri today. The Kenyans who were expected to arrive last night will share experiences with their Ugandan counterparts ahead of the Pearl rally slated for April 30- May 1. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11i7emnns/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110176.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:19:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11i7emnns/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110176.html Kampala - I was in Uganda just a week ago and I was saddened to hear of the tragic loss of life in Bududa, following a series of serious landslides. On behalf of the British Government, I would like to offer my sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of those dead, injured and missing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11i6emlfv/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110206.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11i6emlfv/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110206.html Kampala - Entebbe Grade II Magistrate Godfrey Bindeba, charged with receiving a bribe of sh200,000 from a suspect, has been granted bail. Bindeba was granted bail of sh500,000 on Tuesday after he presented two substantial sureties to court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11iolpnfo/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110204.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11iolpnfo/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110204.html Kampala - Priests have very tight schedules ranging from performing masses, hearing confessions, advising the believers, participating in baptisms to praying for themselves and others. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11iqhf757/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110336.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:38 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11iqhf757/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110336.html Kampala - The nurses' boss has blamed politicians for interfering in their operations. "We need independence in our operations and political peddling brings down our quality," said Marcella Terimuk, the chairperson of Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examinations Board. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ib8rlk0/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110200.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:15:34 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ib8rlk0/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110200.html Kampala - The term "land reform" is unpopular in Uganda because it connotes to many people the idea of land-grabbing. Unless we get rid of this xenophobia against change we shall permanently left behind in this age of globalisation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ikihot9/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110339.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ikihot9/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003110339.html Source: IRIN Inadequate healthcare is just one of many challenges facing the 16,200 refugees in this sprawling camp in western Uganda, which is served by a single doctor. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12mdoqg6h/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/5e2d678fe81a4643b6d71da6d8d72033.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:19 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12mdoqg6h/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/5e2d678fe81a4643b6d71da6d8d72033.htm What is the link between this law and evangelical preacher Scott Lively? Scott Lively - Capital punishment - Uganda - Homosexuality - Crime and Justice http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12gj3d4ou/%2Ahttp%253A//abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/uganda-considers-death-penalty-gays-10067803 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:28 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12gj3d4ou/%2Ahttp%253A//abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/uganda-considers-death-penalty-gays-10067803 China has taken a step closer to securing valuable new oil reserves in Africa with one of its state oil companies finalised a deal for assets in Uganda. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12a29biv5/%2Ahttp%253A//www.theage.com.au/business/china-eyes-uganda-20100311-q1rv.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:17:19 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12a29biv5/%2Ahttp%253A//www.theage.com.au/business/china-eyes-uganda-20100311-q1rv.html A Ugandan parliamentary panel called Wednesday for a travel ban on cabinet members implicated in a massive corruption scandal during the 2007 Kampala Commonwealth summit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=13a3mgvas/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wlafricaafp/ugandapoliticscorruptioncommonwealth20100310142428 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:02 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=13a3mgvas/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wlafricaafp/ugandapoliticscorruptioncommonwealth20100310142428 Kampala - Rachael Nalubega, 10, sits on her mother's lap near the entrance into one of the children's wards at Uganda's top medical facility, Mulago National Referral Hospital. Nalubega's eyes are motionless and unblinking. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11igsb8c9/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003091158.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:03:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11igsb8c9/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003091158.html KAMPALA (AFP) - Uganda will next month decide which international oil firm will carry out production and development of its nascent petroleum industry, an energy ministry official said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=12pinu88r/%2Ahttp%253A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100310/canada/ugandaoilfrancechinabritaincanada1 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=12pinu88r/%2Ahttp%253A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100310/canada/ugandaoilfrancechinabritaincanada1 Kampala - A total of 842 displaced persons at Bala stock farm in Lira district have appealed to the Government to provide them with iron sheets and farm implements for resettlement. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ihuqei3/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100145.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:15:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ihuqei3/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100145.html Kampala - The Works and Transport minister, John Nasasira, has ordered heavy truck drivers to use the northern by-pass to reduce congestion in Kampala city. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11itaar75/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100402.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:15:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11itaar75/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100402.html Kampala - A girl befriends boys. What could be more normal and ordinary? Yet for doing just that, a Turkish teenager was reportedly buried alive by her father and grandfather. This recent piece of news has been met with shock and outrage worldwide. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11im0k0ls/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100167.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:15:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11im0k0ls/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100167.html Kampala - Three senior health ministry officials were yesterday arrested for allegedly causing loss of drugs worth sh2b. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ikl9q8q/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100405.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:15:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ikl9q8q/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003100405.html A proposed bill in Uganda would punish gays and lesbians for marrying with a life sentence in prison Prison - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual - History - Crime and Justice - Uganda http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12re8lb6e/%2Ahttp%253A//abcnews.go.com/WN/anti-homosexuality-bill-uganda-global-uproar/story?id=10045436 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:50:26 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12re8lb6e/%2Ahttp%253A//abcnews.go.com/WN/anti-homosexuality-bill-uganda-global-uproar/story?id=10045436 Many students spend spring break at the beach, but not a group from York College. The nursing students traveled to Uganda to lend a helping hand at the CURE Children's Hospital. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12mc219g9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-ugandanurses-march10-2010%2C0%2C4630045.story?track=rss Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:17:36 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12mc219g9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-ugandanurses-march10-2010%2C0%2C4630045.story?track=rss For more than a week, members of "Invisible Children" and "Resolve Uganda" have been holding a vigil outside the Oklahoma City office of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, who reportedly has blocked the bill from http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=13326s908/%2Ahttp%253A//www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100309110WASHIN291339%26rsslnk=11 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=13326s908/%2Ahttp%253A//www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100309110WASHIN291339%26rsslnk=11 China's Cnooc Ltd. and French oil major Total SA are each expected to acquire a third of Tullow Oil PLC's oil assets in Uganda, Tullow said in a statement Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11tvjkb3q/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?aid=89070%26hmpn=1 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:34:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11tvjkb3q/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?aid=89070%26hmpn=1 Source: World Health Organisation 10 March 2010 -- Health Action in Crises (HAC) has provided US$50,000 to WHO Uganda to help procure urgently needed medical supplies to respond to the health needs of several landslides caused by heavy rains that started 25 February. Additional support will be needed to treat the wounded, prevent disease and coordinate the health response. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12mk6hugq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WHOh/2d75a4735cc8230701e972ffc5233086.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:15:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12mk6hugq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WHOh/2d75a4735cc8230701e972ffc5233086.htm Source: IRIN Rose Nakhayetse is lucky to be alive, but her ordeal is far from over. Having narrowly escaped last week's deadly landslides in eastern Uganda, she and thousands of others are facing fresh dangers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12mar5n25/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/e8880f0658d0f7fe24e8325be3327752.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:15:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12mar5n25/%2Ahttp%253A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/e8880f0658d0f7fe24e8325be3327752.htm By: Yue Wang The Anti-Homosexuality Bill introduced in Uganda last fall is deeply disturbing: it called for the death penalty for "any form of sexual relationship between persons of the same sex," which was later lightened to life imprisonment. However, ca http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12gddlgr2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.browndailyherald.com/yue-wang-12-what-to-do-with-uganda-1.2186617 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:11:56 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12gddlgr2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.browndailyherald.com/yue-wang-12-what-to-do-with-uganda-1.2186617 KAMPALA. Uganda plans to resettle at least 500 000 people living in mountainous areas over fears that last week's deadly landslide could happen again, a minister said yesterday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11q1a0d9q/%2Ahttp%253A//www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=16303%26cat=2 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:44:15 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11q1a0d9q/%2Ahttp%253A//www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=16303%26cat=2 Kampala - MTN Uganda has given food relief to 150 displaced landslide victims of Rubaya, Butanda and Kamuganguzi sub-counties in Kabale district. The residents were last Thursday left homeless after landslides covered their homes and gardens following torrential rains in the district. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ikmdf0g/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090653.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:14:52 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ikmdf0g/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090653.html Kampala - Investment in people is the best and wisest investment for the future. This is a universal axiom particularly in developing nations such as Uganda. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ioh091f/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090438.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:29:01 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ioh091f/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003090438.html New York, Mar 9 : United Nations aid agencies are continuing emergency relief efforts for thousands of victims of last week's devastating mudslides in eastern Uganda, which has left at least 83 dead and authorities still unable to account for more than 300 others. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11l2rnd2f/%2Ahttp%253A//www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-67087.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:17:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11l2rnd2f/%2Ahttp%253A//www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-67087.html (5:46PM) PINAG-AARALAN na ng pamahalaan ng Uganda ang paglipat sa mahigit 500 000 katao na nanganganib sa landslide. Ito'y kasunod na rin ng nangyaring landslide sa nasabing bansa noong nakaraang http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12drmrrfi/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rmn.ph/world/500-000-katao-nanganganib-sa-landslides-sa-uganda Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:54:49 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12drmrrfi/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rmn.ph/world/500-000-katao-nanganganib-sa-landslides-sa-uganda Pop star Jamelia is providing a voice for women in Uganda who have been denied one travelling there with ActionAid. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12p2n00dk/%2Ahttp%253A//uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100309/ten-jamelia-s-charity-trip-to-uganda-ea4616c.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:10:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12p2n00dk/%2Ahttp%253A//uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100309/ten-jamelia-s-charity-trip-to-uganda-ea4616c.html Kampala - JOHN Wakhube, 49, stares impassively as a nurse passes a dump cloth over his chest to wipe-clean his body. He rolls his eyes and struggles to turn his neck, his face showing flinching in agony, whenever sound drifts across the causality ward at Bududa Hospital. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11i63hikt/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080973.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11i63hikt/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080973.html Kampala - Tullow Oil which bought Heritage Oil's shares to explore Uganda's oil has offered tenders for service providers. The Albertine region is coming alive with hopes of employment, education and better and health services. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11icn5tu6/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080260.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:23:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11icn5tu6/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080260.html Kampala - Maverick politician Prof. Matiya Mulumba Semakula Kiwanuka, currently Uganda's envoy to Dubai, is said to be plotting a political comeback. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11im7ebao/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080163.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:34:46 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11im7ebao/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080163.html Kampala - President Yoweri Museveni has warned market authorities against levying taxes on farm produce. The President said those who levy charges on farmers who sell their produce should be arrested as the practice is illegal. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522luganda%2522/SIG=11i89fon3/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080134.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:35:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522luganda%2522/SIG=11i89fon3/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080134.html Kampala - The landslides that hit Bududa district last week could have been avoided if the locals had not destroyed the vegetation cover, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) executive director, Moses Mapesa, has said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ib0tsn2/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081024.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ib0tsn2/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081024.html Kampala - In Uganda cervical cancer is the leading killer of women outside the child-bearing age bracket. The country has one of the highest cervical cancer death rates in the world. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11iuj1ik2/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081030.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11iuj1ik2/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081030.html Aren't Women's Lives Worth Saving? Kampala - An African adage goes; every pregnant woman has one foot in the grave. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11iq8g732/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081029.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11iq8g732/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081029.html During a sanitation conference being held in Kampala, Uganda, this week, "experts have urged regional countries to prioritize programs aimed at increasing access to safe water and sanitation" to move them closer to reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target in 2015, New Times/allAfrica.com reports. "According to Water Aid, an international NGO, one billion people still lack access http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=10o0a16e8/%2Ahttp%253A//mnt.to/f/3yBF Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=10o0a16e8/%2Ahttp%253A//mnt.to/f/3yBF Kampala - God knew what He was doing when He said this is a mountain, a swamp or a flood plain. So practices that go against nature are dangerous as demonstrated by this tragedy," said President Yoweri Museveni last week, while touring the landslide hit Bududa, a border district in eastern Ugandan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ii5c8ji/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080900.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:02:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ii5c8ji/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080900.html Kampala - The woman is the most sacred human being in every society, although she faces more degrading treatment from fellow human beings. Despite technological advancement and wide-spread belief in God women are still trampled upon. In Africa, women and children were not killed during conflicts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11isfnqkj/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081016.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11isfnqkj/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081016.html Kampala - Three fire fighters have been admitted in Mulago Hospital with severe burns sustained yesterday as they battled fire from a burning fuel tanker near Seeta trading centre in Mukono District. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ipd6ego/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080128.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:36:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11ipd6ego/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003080128.html Kampala - The First Lady, Janet Museveni, has called for the speedy passing of the marriage Bill. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11isfms95/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081013.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522kampala%2522/SIG=11isfms95/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081013.html Over 500,000 people in mountainous areas and their surroundings in eastern and western Uganda are facing high risks of landslides and floods, an official warned here on Monday. Musa Ecweru, Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees told a pressing briefing that the most risky areas are those neighboring Mt. Rwenzori and mountainous areas in Kigezi in western Uganda and http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11vn2p47l/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/6912684.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11vn2p47l/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/6912684.html BUDADA DISTRICT, UGANDA, 8 MARCH 2010 - A swift, deadly landslide buried three villages in Budada District, in eastern Uganga, on 1 March, killing 77 people and leaving some 2,000 others displaced. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12ajjki04/%2Ahttp%253A//www.unicef.org/rsstracker/news/infobycountry/uganda52930.rhtml Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:17:19 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12ajjki04/%2Ahttp%253A//www.unicef.org/rsstracker/news/infobycountry/uganda52930.rhtml Uganda plans to resettle at least 500,000 people living in mountainous areas over fears that last week's deadly landslide could happen again, a minister said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12snlb971/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/wlafricaafp/ugandalandslideclimate20100308111713 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12snlb971/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/wlafricaafp/ugandalandslideclimate20100308111713 The town of Malaba, in the Tororo District of Uganda, may be more than 8,000 miles away from Ames, but some Ames High School students haven't allowed the distance or the magnitude of its challenges to stand in the way of their help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12vd4mdhe/%2Ahttp%253A//www.amestrib.com/articles/2010/03/08/amestribune/news/doc4b91dbdbab88f793356841.txt Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12vd4mdhe/%2Ahttp%253A//www.amestrib.com/articles/2010/03/08/amestribune/news/doc4b91dbdbab88f793356841.txt [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/8855375[/vimeo] In 2003, a small team of Southern California filmmakers made a gritty documentary exposing the chilling reality of the child soldier epidemic in Northern Uganda, where for the past quarter-century rebel leader Joseph Kony has been terrorizing the community in a war older than the soldiers who fight it. The film, Invisible http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=1305bfl9h/%2Ahttp%253A//www.good.is/post/help-support-invisible-children-bring-the-polyphonic-spree-to-uganda Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:17:19 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=1305bfl9h/%2Ahttp%253A//www.good.is/post/help-support-invisible-children-bring-the-polyphonic-spree-to-uganda A lesbian couple in Uganda talks with Time magazine about their hopes, dreams and fears. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12nlh60fn/%2Ahttp%253A//www.advocate.com/News/DailyNews/2010/03/08/UgandaLesbianCoupleSpeakOut/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=12nlh60fn/%2Ahttp%253A//www.advocate.com/News/DailyNews/2010/03/08/UgandaLesbianCoupleSpeakOut/ Nairobi - Uganda is reconsidering its ban on the importation of used electronics following complaints from traders and other stakeholders over the indiscriminate nature of the policy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11ig427ch/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081338.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522uganda%2522/SIG=11ig427ch/%2Ahttp%253A//allafrica.com/stories/201003081338.html