Rural women’s bank ease tough times in Uganda
WAKISO, Uganda, (IPS) – For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the required collateral of land title deeds and many cannot afford the interest rates charged by commercial banks. But six women-led rural banks have begun changing the lives of women in rural [...]
Use of fertilizer and better farming methods can double Uganda’s coffee output, says study
Dar es Salaam, The use of inorganic fertilizers and improved farming practices by small-holder farmers can significantly increase, and even double, coffee production in Uganda -the world’s eleventh largest producer of the crop. This in turn would translate into more income and better lives for the estimated one-quarter of the population economically dependent on the [...]
Uganda – from child soldiers to livestock farmers
ROME, Italy, November 7, 2011 – African Press Organization (APO) — Technical workers and livestock farmers from Uganda have just completed a training course in Italy to teach former child soldiers the job of livestock farming. On their return from the fighting, the young people are in search of a role in the country’s southern [...]
Uganda: In the land of human sacrifice
In and out of Kampala, Uganda’s capital, the City, supposed to radiate enlightenment to some of Uganda’s dark ancient cultural practices, has failed to do so. The City is entrapped in obscurity. “The villages and farming communities that surround Uganda’s capital, Kampala, are gripped by fear.” Human sacrifices, the BBC World TV reports, are on [...]
President Yoweri Museveni is accused of blatant human rights abuses in Uganda
Kizza Besigye, the Ugandan opposition leader who was temporarily blinded during a brutal arrest by security forces said Saturday that the political demonstrations sweeping Uganda are only the beginning and that demands for better government are growing. Besigye spent his first full day out of the hospital on Saturday since security operatives in Uganda sprayed him [...]
Army and police fire live bullets at rioting protesters in Uganda as two people are gunned down
Uganda is in turmoil. Army troops and police fired live bullets at rioting demonstrators in downtown Kampala on Friday, the first time the Uganda’s growing protest movement had reached the country’s capital. Red Cross officials said at least two people were killed and 120 wounded. Rioters burned tires in downtown streets as security forces fired tear [...]
Kizza Besigye comes under attack as Ugandan police fire tear gas into his vehicle
Uganda’s top opposition leader came under attack from police as tear gas was fired into his vehicle during a fifth protest march over rising costs. Kizza Besigye’s arrest came one day after his release from prison for leading a similar “walk to work” protest march last week. Besigye says the demonstrations are to protest corruption in [...]
Opposition leader Kizza Besigye arrested by police in Uganda
KAMPALA, April 11, 2011 (AFP) – Ugandan police on Monday arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye as he tried to stage a protest against rising prices amid a ban on demonstrations. ”He was arrested after blocking a road leading into Kampala,” police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said. “Police tried to move him on but he resisted.” ”Teargas was used [...]
Human Rights Watch warns of torture, extortion, and extra-judicial killings by Police in Uganda
KAMPALA, March 23, 2011 (AFP) – A special unit of the Ugandan police has tortured, extorted and carried out extra-judicial killings of suspects and largely operates “outside the law,” the Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The unit, tasked to deal with violent crimes, was established in 2002 and operated under different names before being renamed Rapid [...]
Uganda’s Museveni says “Western countries always use double standards” and pay no attention to Africa’s plight
KAMPALA, March 22, 2011 (AFP) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday denounced the West’s military action against the regime of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, terming it hypocritical and urged negotiations to end the turmoil. Museveni accused the West of double standards over imposing a no-fly zone on the north African country while other Arab [...]
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