http://www.UGPulse.com Uganda News - Government, People, Heritage, Entertainment, Sports, Elections, Travel, Tourism, Health and Safety News from Uganda. UGPulse.com, UgaTechUSA, Inc., 8045 Newell Street, #506, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) By John Isingoma, The tamarcking of Kyenjojo-masindi road in Midwestern Uganda is now the most pressing public need in the Midwestern sub-region of Uganda. This development was ... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/government-asked-to-tamac-kyenjojo-masindi-road/23871.aspx 2012-02-03T14:58:07.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) By John Isingoma, Kibaale district local government is set to recieve four ambulances from the Infectious Diseases Institute, IDI under the saving mothers, giving life pilot project... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/health/kibaale-district-to-receive-4-ambulances/23870.aspx 2012-02-03T14:52:46.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The Buganda Road Court has dismissed charges of forgery against FUFA President Lawrence Mulindwa and Chief Executive Officer Edgar Watson. The case was filed by pressure group Save... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/sports/court-dismisses-forgery-case-against-fufa-officials/23869.aspx 2012-02-03T14:26:15.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Consumers might be able to experience farer terms from businesses if plans by a member of parliament to enact a law to protect consumers from exploitation by service producers co... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/tuwebaze-plots-law-to-protect-consumers/23868.aspx 2012-02-03T14:23:57.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Kampala Capital City Authority has been challenged to advertise the tender for management of the city parks. The challenge has been made by the shadow minister for Local government... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/nambooze-asks-kcca-to-advertise-city-parks-tender/23867.aspx 2012-02-03T14:19:23.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Works minister, Eng. Abraham Byandala says his ministry badly needs the money. The Ministry of Works and Transport has requested a supplementary budget of 100 billion shillings to th... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/ministry-of-works-needs-100-billion-supplementary-budget/23866.aspx 2012-02-03T14:12:13.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The Anti Homosexuality bill 2009 and the Marriage and Divorce bill are due for debate when parliament resumes business next week. The two controversial bills that raised public de... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/anti-homosexuality-bill-to-be-debated-in-parliament-next-week/23865.aspx 2012-02-03T14:07:12.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Members of Parliament pushing for more transprancy in the oil sector have scoffed at the government for signing new production sharing agreements with Tullow oil. Some of the MPs a... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/mps-question-tullow-oil-agreements/23864.aspx 2012-02-03T14:04:21.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) John Odit, one of UPC members set for grassroots mobilisation. Some members of the Uganda People's Congress are meeting to forge ways of revamping the party currently torn by intern... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/upc-members-plot-to-revive-the-party/23863.aspx 2012-02-03T13:22:05.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Irene Muloni has defended government's decision to award Tullow oil a production license despite Parliament making a resolution to ha... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/muloni-defends-government-tullow-agreement/23862.aspx 2012-02-03T10:26:49.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The EAC Polythene Materials Control Bill, 2011 has been passed by the East Africa Legislative Assembly meeting sitting in Kampala. The Bill moved by Patricia Hajabakiga, Member fro... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/eac-countries-move-to-solve-polythene-use-mess/23861.aspx 2012-02-03T10:07:33.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The people of west Nile have expressed hope that they will be connected to the national hydro electricity grid when Bujagali dam is finalised. The member of parliament for Ayivu ... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/people/west-nile-hopes-to-get-electricity-from-bujagali/23860.aspx 2012-02-03T08:18:34.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) After a long wait, Tullow Oil has finally got the oil production license to continue its oil activities in Uganda. Tullow Oil and the government of Uganda on Friday signed an oil p... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/tullow-secures-uganda-oil-production-licence/23859.aspx 2012-02-03T07:29:38.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Salin construction company workers at Bujagali power project who were injured have dismissed claims that they are looking for compensation. The workers told Members of the parlia... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/people/kakooba-wants-bujagali-workers-compensated/23858.aspx 2012-02-03T06:23:36.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Kampala Capital City Authority has asked for 1 Trillion shillings for modernizing the city over the next five years. This is one of the requests that KCCA has made to the Parliamen... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/kcca-wants-one-trillion-for-city-improvement/23857.aspx 2012-02-03T05:48:36.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Police in Makindye is holding three males suspected to have killed one of their colleagues on 4th Jan this year. According to security officials in the are led by the area RCC, ... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/people/robbers-arrested-after-killing-their-colleague/23856.aspx 2012-02-03T04:40:29.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The Ministry of Internal Affairs which in charge of national Identity Card project has apologized to Ugandans for the delay to issue National Identity cards. Uganda is the only cou... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/government-apologizes-over-national-identity-cards/23855.aspx 2012-02-03T04:20:23.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) East African business people are still awaiting the time when free movement of labour and goods across the EAC member states will become a reality. Ugandan businessmen have decried... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/east-africa-common-market-not-yet-a-reality/23854.aspx 2012-02-03T03:58:36.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The selection exercise for senior one students has kicked off, with high cut off points that are likely to see many students miss out on being admitted in the schools of their choic... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/education/top-schools-increase-senior-one-cut-off-points/23853.aspx 2012-02-02T17:34:41.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The new chairperson of the judicial service commission Justice James Ogola has pledged commitment to handle the pending work backlog, in the first 100 days of office. Justice James... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/oggola-sworn-in-to-head-judicial-service-commission/23852.aspx 2012-02-02T17:33:06.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) The Uganda Super League has expelled Proline and Bunamwaya football clubs for abandoning and disregarding their activities The super league has even expunged the two clubs and with... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/sports/proline-bunamwaya-suspended-from-super-league/23851.aspx 2012-02-02T17:31:27.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Uganda Revenue Authority has set up a 24 hour one stop center at Entebbe air port, to expedite the process of clearing exports and imports. The new system is implemented together w... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/business/ura-eases-customs-clearance/23850.aspx 2012-02-02T17:28:24.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Women rights activists are calling for stern punishments including life imprisonment for perpetrators of domestic violence. This is being proposed as a means of checking the vice, ... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/people/women-call-for-heavier-punishment-to-curtain-domestic-violence/23849.aspx 2012-02-02T17:26:22.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Former Rubaga South MP Susan Nampijja is steadily improving and has started talking today since the gruesome attack she suffered on Sunday. Nampijja was attacked and hacked at her ... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/people/former-mp-nampijja-improving/23848.aspx 2012-02-02T17:24:29.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com) Minister of state for Internal Affairs, James Baba speakings to Journalists. The parliamentary committee of defence and internal affairs has demanded for a comprehensive report on th... http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/government/minister-baba-tasked-to-explain-ids-project/23847.aspx 2012-02-02T17:20:11.00-04:00 UGPulse.com News Team (mailto:letters@ugpulse.com)