Why people start businesses

You’re flipping through a magazine and come across a test that assesses whether you have the right personality to start a business. You take the test and learn that you’re best suited for a traditional career. Your heart sinks, because you’ve been giving business ownership some thought. But you figure that the people who designed the test know what they’re doing. Right? Wrong!
There’s no scientific evidence that shows that people with certain personalities are more likely to start a business or will be a more successful business owner than anyone else. In fact, the somewhat surprising collection of research results illustrate that there are no meaningful differences between business owners and non business owners on the most basic human characteristics, behaviors, and desires.1 Most people, for example, want to make more money and crave independence, not just business owners. People who start their own businesses are just as diverse as people in regular jobs. You don’t have to have a certain personality, behave in a particular way, or have a certain set of desires to be a successful business owner.


What, then, motivates people to start their own business? In most instances, it’s riskier and harder to start and run a business than it is to traverse a traditional career. Although there are many reasons that motivate people to start their own business, two reasons are paramount: the presence of aspiration gaps in people’s lives, and passion for a business idea.

Aspiration gaps
All of us have aspirations, which are made up of our most important goals, objectives, ambitions, and longings. Our aspirations vary because they’re influenced by our values, abilities, experiences, families, and individual circumstances. When one or more of our aspirations are unmet, we have aspiration gaps in our lives. Collectively, our aspirations form what researchers call our aspiration 1 vectors. Sometimes our aspirations vectors get complex, like when we’re simultaneously trying to build a career, raise kids, love
our spouse, save money, and so on.
For people who have strong aspirations and are insistent that certain aspirations are met, their aspirations become the driving force in their lives. For example, a young mother might have the following three aspirations: a job that pays at least $35,000 per year, the ability to be home by 3:00 p.m. on weekdays to meet the school bus, and Sundays free to participate in church and volunteer-related activities. Similarly, the assistant manager for a large retail chain, like Home Depot or Target, might be driven by the single aspiration to have his own store by the time he is 30.
People can become discouraged or distressed when they look at their job or alternative jobs in the traditional labor market and conclude that none of the choices will allow their most important aspirations to be met. In these instances, an alternative is to start a business. Although starting a business isn’t easier than a traditional job, business owners usually have more discretion and control over their schedule and career trajectory. This discretion and control helps people better juggle both professional and family-related goals and aspirations and accomplish the things they want the most.

Passion for a business idea
A second factor that motivates people to start their own businesses is passion for a business idea. What frequently happens is that a person gets an idea for a new product or service, and there is no practical way
to bring the idea to market other than starting a new business. In these instances, a person’s passion for the idea is determined by how desirable and feasible the idea seems to be.
 Many prospective business owners become very passionate about their ideas, particularly if they believe that the resulting business will improve their own circumstances and positively influence other people’s lives. An important result of passion is that it often elicits extraordinary effort on the part of business owners to get their businesses off the ground and to run them successfully. Small business owners often work long hours and make sacrifices to make their businesses work, but they say it’s worth it because they’re passionate about the businesses they’re running.

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What are Relevant Backlinks ?

Relevant Backlinks
I‟ll start off with relevant backlinks first. Let‟s say you have a website in the health and fitness niche. The most relevant backlinks you can get would come from other websites in the health and fitness niche as well. When you have other websites in your niche linking back to your website via anchored text for the keywords you want to rank for, the search engines will see that your website is important for those keywords and rank it well. Look at it as a type of voting system. The more websites that vote for your website, the better it will rank and it‟s even better when those website are in the same category as yours.

Getting these types of backlinks can be very hard. Truth is, majority of the websites that you would want to get these links from would be your competition and unless you are going to give them a good incentive to link to your website then they are not going to do it.

(Point to note: It’s not wise to buy links from other websites. The search engines frown upon this as they see it as a way to game their system. Therefore, if you do buy link on other websites and get caught, you not only will your website drop in rankings but you risk being taken out of the entire search index. Be Warned!)

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Nofollow VS Dofollow : What is better

Nofollow VS Dofollow
A Backlink can be categorized in two main forms:

• Dofollow backlinks and
• Nofollow backlink

A „dofollow backlink‟ is a type of link that tells the search engines to pass on credibility or influence to an outbound link. In internet marketing we refer to this as „Link Juice‟.

A „nofollow backlink‟ on the other hand is a type of link that tells the search engines not to pass on the link juice.

When conducting your backlinking campaigns, it is very important to get a mixture of both types of links. Search engine optimization should be a natural process which means that all types of websites should naturally link to your website overtime. Thus if you aim to get only dofollow backlinks, it will seem unnatural to the search engines and can do more harm than good to your search rankings.

In order to rank well, you need to get lots of HIGH QUALITY backlinks. The more high quality backlinks you get, the easier it will be to outrank your competition. It is also important to get lots of relevant backlinks as well. The more relevant backlinks you get, the less amount of backlinks you‟ll need overall to rank well. For example, another website can have thousand of irrelevant backlinks while you only have a few relevant backlinks and you‟ll still outrank them!

Now What Do I Mean By High Quality Backlinks?

And What Do I Mean By Relevant Backlinks?

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What is Off Page Search Engine Optimization

Off page seo as the name suggest refers to factors outside of your website that contributes to your rankings. How this works is that when other websites link to your website via text links for specific keywords, your website will rank higher for those keywords. The term BACKLINK is used to describe the process by which another website link to yours.

Note: An anchored text is a visible clickable link. Normally these links are blue and most times underlined. So a keyword anchored text would be keyword in the form of a link.
Example: if you have a careers website and your keyword is hot jobs then the anchored text link would be: Hot Jobs.
There are several ways in which another website can link back to yours.
1. They can link to your website via anchored text links (eg. Your keywords) or
2. They can simply link to your website via your URL link. (eg. http://theugandajobs.com

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What are the Important Factors for Proper on Page SEO

1. Adding descriptive titles (including your keywords) to each page of your website.
Each page on your website should have a title that accurately describes what the page is about. The search engine normally shows the first 60 characters (including spaces) of your title in their search results which users will see when they type specific search terms. What‟s also very important is that the search engines will BOLD the keyword in your title when users search for those specific terms.

Thus it is vital that you have your keywords in your title and it is also very important to have a very captivating title so that searchers will click through to see your website. The main objective of your title is to have searchers clicking through to see the content on your website. That‟s it! The image below is a sweet example.



2. Adding a unique description (including your keywords) to each page on your website.
The description is a short summary of what your webpage is about. You have a 160 character limit and you should also include your keywords in the description. Just as with your title, the search engines will show your description in the search results and they will also bold the keywords in your description.

The aim of the description is to support your title to have searchers clicking through to see your website.










3. Adding Meta keywords to each page on your website.
Meta tags do not carry a lot of weight towards your search engine rankings. However, high search engine rankings come from a cumulative effort so it‟s important to include Meta tags with your keywords on each page. It will help to tell the search engines exactly what each page on your website is about.


4. Formatting your URLs correctly to include your keywords.
Having your keywords in your URL is a very important factor when it comes to ranking highly in the serps (search engine results page). When you have your keywords in your domain, it will be much easier to get the top search engine positions for your targeted. Even if your main domain doesn‟t have your keywords, the specific page should have the keywords in the URL that is representative of the content on that page.


5. Adding proper sitemaps on your website (one for search engines and one for humans).
A sitemap for search engines allows the search engines bots to spider your website and discover all the content on your website and know what each page is about. A sitemap for humans on the other hand, allows readers to easily navigate your website and find what they are looking for. You‟ll use an XML sitemap for search engines and .html or .htm sitemap for humans.


6. Offer quality content on your website. (Content MUST be unique to your website).
When it comes to SEO, quality content is one of the most important factors to ranking in top positions. You need to add great articles that your readers will love and appreciate. It‟s important to note that even though you are focusing on specific keywords, you should make sure that your content is optimized for your readers.
I also found that the longer your articles, the better results you‟ll get. You should aim to have your articles at minimum 700 words and longer. Another point to note is that you should vary the length of your articles on the different pages of your website. Some can be 700 words, some 800 words, 1,000 words etc.


7. The content on each page must target a specific keyword. (Keep the keyword density to about 1-3%. Don NOT keyword stuff)
Let‟s say you have a website that is focused on dog training. The best thing to do would be to have several pages that target the specific breed of dogs. (Just an example) Therefore, each page should target a specific keyword. For example, one page could target German shepherd and another could target a Great Dane etc.
The keyword density that I find to work the best is anywhere between 1-3%.
You don‟t want to go over that because you may do more harm to your rankings as a result of keyword stuffing. Having too much of a high keyword density can raise red flags in the search engines and may result on your website being penalized to lower rankings. The best thing to do is to ensure that you have the keyword in your first sentence and last sentence and then randomly distributed throughout the body of the article. This should flow naturally and if you can‟t get it in the first and last sentences, at least try to get them in the first and last paragraph.

8. Include videos and images in the content on your pages when possible and use Alt tags on your images to include your keywords.
Bounce rate is a very important factor when it comes to search rankings especially after the „Panda Update‟. Bounce rate simple means how long your visitors are staying on your website before they leave. So if you have a bounce rate of 100% that is very bad for you because it means that people are not finding what they are looking for and click the back button the moment they land on your website.
Adding videos and images helps to keep people focused on your website for longer periods of time which eventually decrease your bounce rate. You see, the aim of the search engines is to offer relevant content to their users. So if someone searched for a specific keyword and then clicked to your website from the search results and then back the moment they get on your site that is telling the search engines that your website isn‟t relevant to the search query. As a result, they will lower your rankings for that specific keyword.


9. Interlink your pages on your website via keyword anchor text.
Interlinking is very important to boost your rankings. You should always interlink pages with the appropriate keyword anchored text. Interlinking also help your readers to easily navigate your website, keeps them longer on your website and as a result boost your overall seo strategy.

10. Each page should have H1, H2 and H3 tags that include your keywords. You can also add more H tags all the way down to H6.
The H1 tag is the main heading for your webpage. When the search engines crawl your webpages, they read the H1 tags first and it tells them exactly what your page is a bout. Each page should have its own H1 tag. If you are using Wordpress, the title is normally in H1 tag by default and all you would need to do is to add the H2 and H3 tags in the body of the content on the page. You can use the H2 and H3 tags as subheadings in the body of your content.


11. Use LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing) keywords in the content on your pages.
Another important factor that the search engines take into consideration is the use of other related keywords to your main keywords. That means you should also use other related keyword to your main keywords in the content but it MUST appear naturally. A great way to get ideas is to use Google. Simply search for your main keywords and then scroll to the bottom of the results and Google will suggest some other keywords. Use can use some of these as your LSI keywords. Using the term „how to train a dog‟ Google returned the following results:

All off the above keywords could be LSI keywords if I had a page targeting the term „how to train a dog‟.


12. Adding Social Buttons to your websites
There‟s no direct evidence as to how this works but I have found that by adding social buttons like twitter, facebook and Google+ and other buttons helps in my rankings. My hypothesis is that the search engines like to see when people are interacting on your websites. To them, it means that you have good content that people love to share and thus they will rank your website highly as a result.

13. Using the Bold, Italic and Underline functions on your keywords.
When you add content on your websites, you should also ensure that you use a mixture of the bold, italics and underline functions to place emphasis on your keywords at least once throughout the body of the content.
14. Limit the amount of outgoing links on each page.
When you have too much outgoing links on a page on your website, it reduces the amount of authority that page has since most of its link juice would have been passed on to the other sites that it links to. I‟d say keep your OBL (out bound links) to a maximum of 30 and no more for each page.
15. Be careful of the websites you link to.
Don‟t link to spammy websites, or other sites that offers no value to users. Also, do NOT link to adult websites or any gambling related websites as doing so can devalue your website and result in loss of rankings.
16. Avoid Having Duplicate Content On Your Website
The search engines are very strict these days when it comes to duplicate content. No two pages on your website should have the same content. This is especially very important since Google‟s latest Panda updates. If you have two pages on your website with similar content then you should add a „no index‟ tag on one of those pages so that the search engines doesn‟t crawl it. Your website also should have content that can be found elsewhere on the net word for word.Even if your website is the original source, it can still have a negative effect on your rankings. Unfortunately there‟s not much we can do at times about this because there are a lot of unscrupulous people out there that will just rip content from your sites. However, when you can do something about it, do it to protect yourself!
17. Add The „Nofollow‟ attribute to your affiliate links or when linking out to other websites.
The „nofollow‟ attribute tells the search engines not that you don‟t want to pass on any link juice to the website you are linking to.

The 17 points above covers EVERYTHING you NEED to know about on page SEO. By applying everything above, you are one step above your competitors because only a minority percentage of them will ever apply all the steps above. Now we are going to move onto off page SEO which accounts for more than 80% of your rankings.

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What is On Page Search Engine Optimization

On page seo refers to anything that you control and can do on your website to make it search engine friendly. These days, on page seo is not as effective as it use to be a few years ago. Nevertheless, it should NOT be ignored. Lots of webmasters are ignoring this aspect of seo and thus you should take advantage of this when it comes to beating out your competition.

The main concept of on page SEO revolves around building a website that contains pages that focuses on specific topics. This means that your websites should target specific keywords. In the next article I am going to give you everything you need to know about on page seo. You can start implementing these strategies to boost your rankings in the search engines.

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Introduction To Search Engine Optimization

Search engine optimization is the process by which you‟ll make your websites search engine friendly. This simply means building your websites in such a way that the search engines will love them and rank them highly for your targeted keywords. There are two main aspects to search engine optimization.
On page optimization and
Off page optimization
Both are important when it comes to ranking a website but the latter contributes more weight than the former. Based on my testing, I‟d say that on page optimization contributes about 10% while off page optimization contributes 85% and the other 5% comes from social interactions on your website.

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Why Is A First Page Ranking Important?

If you have been into internet marketing for some time or even if you are just getting started then you already know that in order to MAKE REAL MONEY ONLINE, you need lots of targeted traffic. It doesn‟t matter if you have the best looking and best converting website in the world, if you have no traffic it simply means no one is seeing your website and thus you‟ll make no money.
There are many ways to get targeted traffic but one of the best ways is to rank your websites high in the search engines for buying keywords. As a result people will find your website when they are searching for solutions to their problems. However, ranking high in the search engines is not a walk in the park. Well not yet at least! But after you are through with this report, it will be a whole new playing field.
In this report, I am going to reveal my secrets and techniques that I use to rank my websites high in the search engines.

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Tips And Tricks on how to write the best articles in journalism

So what do you do when you’re pressed for time, swamped under works and you still need to get some stuff written, and written well? Your nerves are tightened up so well that you can’t sleep, but you can’t squeeze even a sentence out of your mind. I know the feeling so well, but what I did then was, just start writing fast without even thinking, then a professional article was born with the time shorter than usual. Heck, it might be even more professional than my previous articles!


The phenomena has nothing to do with the God I worship, or any supernatural phenomenon, it’s just how brain works: we write fast and professionally if we can just limit something, abandon certain habits, and put up some beneficial habits. That’s all, it’s really easy, and I’m going to explain them clearly in this article, so master them all and write like a ninja from today!

1. Freestyle Writing

To be honest, I hate this method. I’m one of those annoying writers who edits as I write. It just works better for me. I’m able to form better sentences, find my flow and generally write better if I take my time with it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t make for fast writing, and just because I hate free style writing, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t work.If you’re pressed for time and really want get some writing done, open up a fresh Microsoft Word document, and start typing. Don’t worry about how it will sound, whether your sentences are grammatically correct or even if they make any sense. Don’t look at the clock. Get it all written.

Editing and cleaning up copy in 10 minutes is more than enough for you to produce a quality article. So you see, there’s really no magic here, you just let your brain has more freedom, and it rewards you a completed work. Fast and practical.

2. Set A Timer

I know a lot of people who don’t like setting a timer and writing till it goes off. However, I don’t know anyone for whom this hasn’t worked. So go ahead and try it. Set a timer for 10, 20 or 30 minutes, then sit in front of your computer and start writing. It’s okay if you can’t think of anything to write and you might be just staring at a blank screen. It’s totally fine.Chances are that as your timer starts to run out, your brain will jump-start and your fingers will start flying on their own. Like what I wrote earlier, it doesn’t have to be pretty and it doesn’t have to make sense. It just needs to be written! You can pretty it up later.

Once you timer is off, step away from your computer – even if you’re on a roll. Leave your brain wanting for more. If the timer proved ineffective in jump-starting your writing then take a break and come back to it later.

Your timer doesn’t have to be a clock. You can write after you’ve put a few cookies to bake in the oven and use that as your timer. Stop when the oven dings and treat yourself a cookie. After all, you deserve it! My personal favorite timer is the train. I write every time I use the metro and have no choice but to stop and take a break when the train arrived at the station. And let me tell you, my fingers fly as the train is about to reach the station. Suddenly I have so much to say!

3. Turning Off Spell Checker

One thing that really bugs me is seeing a red-underlined error while writing in Microsoft Word. I mean can’t it tell that this is my first draft? That it doesn’t need to be perfect right now? That right now, at this very moment, it just needs to be written?Well, apparently it can’t. So if you’re one of those writers who get bugged by the spell checker, you need to turn it off. For Microsoft Word 2010, you can simply click on the dark blue tab on the top left side of the software, then click on the Option > Proofing, and uncheck “Check spelling as you type“.

You can also uncheck any other option that will interrupt your writing process, such as “Mark grammar errors as you type”. You can check all these errors later by click on the Review > Spelling & Grammar Check, which the options are existed on the top bar of the software. By doing this, you will find that your idea will flow more naturally and writing will be more comfortable.

4. Turning Off Backspace

Ever had one of those sentences which you typed, then you feel it’s bad, then you pressed Backspace about a hundred times, just to delete it? Yeah, I had the similar experience. What’s worse is that after I’ve pressed theBackspace key a hundred times, I realize that my original sentence was fine.To avoid pressing the Backspace key for unnecessary changes, you need to make a determination to not touch the backspace key and stick to it. If you make a mistake, whether it’s a spelling mistake or a grammatical mistake, just move on.

If you manage to not hit the Backspace key while writing, chances are you’re going to end up with someword combinations which have the potential to be composed into epic phrases that you might use after all.

5. Do Research Before Writing

One of the fastest ways to write is to stop the urge to check on your facts or refer to information for accuracy. Before you sit down to write, make sure you’ve done all your research and are well versed in it. This way all you have to do is write without stopping. 

Everything is already there in your head – you just need to put it down in writing to make sense of it all.Research before writing will also stop unnecessary actions like reading off-topic articles while you are writing. You might be even tempted to see certain Youtube video for “research” purpose and boom… another day well spent with nothing but procrastination completed. Surely we need inspiration from different kind of sources, but not for the time when you need to write fast.

6. Write Outline

This is absolutely my favorite tip for writing fast. Think about what you want to write, then outline it. If it’s an article, jot down the subheadings. If it’s a web copy, write down the points you want to cover. The process is pretty much the same for any writing you need to get done.

If you prefer, you can also write more detailed outline for easier writing later. Give some keywords to every topic or even paragraph in the article. Surprisingly this action will possibly spawn more ideas for you in the writing stage later. Most importantly, once you have the outline, writing will be a breeze and doesn’t take much time. Before you know it, the work is done!

7. Get A Writing Buddy

If nothing seems to be working, then teaming up with a writing buddy/partner is your best bet. A writing buddy holds you accountable, watches the clock for you and even writes with you. If you have a lot of writing to do or have a big project that needs to get done, partnering up with a writing buddy is going to keep you motivated and on track with your deadline.

Your writing buddy doesn’t necessarily need to be your friend. They just need to check in with you to see if you’re doing what you have decided to do. Set a few ground rules before starting. What time will you check in with each other? How will you compare notes? Will you exchange each other’s work and provide feedback?

For me, the best writing buddy is one who has to do some writing of his/her own. This way, it’s a two-way thing and I’m not just getting help but I’m helping someone too.

What About Writing Professionally?

Your writing can’t be professional if it’s not written at first. Concentrate on getting it written first, then spend a few minutes revising, editing and generally prettying it up. You’ll notice that there are really not much differences between the speed writing and the common writing, as you’ve done the research, wrote the outline, and edited the article to make it professional. You just took another approach which costs you less time.

So get it written first, then make it professional. Use these tips and tricks regularly and you’ll find yourself doing lesser editing with time, while enjoying more on writing great articles! Also do let us know your personal favorite tricks for writing fast and professionally!

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Why 60% Of Girls In Kampala Will Not Get Married

Good day villagers. Today i will play the role of the devils advocate. It is every girls dream to meet her prince charming who will sweep her off her feet to live happily ever after. Walking down the isle makes one of the greatest passage of life.

Unfortunately that dream is slowly fading away to oblivion. To many girls in Kampala and other urban areas it will forever remain a dream that never came true.

The reasons why desperados divas are increasing by the day are very simple. A lady with any of the following characteristics is not the marriageable types. Avoid her like the plague.

1. ALCOHOLISM AND DRUNKNDESS
2. LACK OF SUBMISSIVENESS
3. LACK OF RESPECT
4. PROSTITUTION
5. BEING MATERIALISTIC
6. THE INDEPEDENT WOMAN SYNDROME - this scares men away
7. CONFUSED DESPERADOS -many girls dont know what they want
8. UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
9. BRAGGING
10. POOR DRESSING HABITS
11. POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
12. BIOLOGICAL CLOCK SKWENESS
13.PERSISTANT NAGGERS.
14.BEGGING LADIES ALL THE TIME.
15.NEGATIVE NELLIES-EMPTY GOSSIP& STORIES VILIFYING PEOPLE
16.SELFISH,SELF CENTRED FEMALES.
17.MANIPULATIVE AT ALL COSTS
18.PATHOLOGICAL LIARS.

This question is for the gentlemen in the village. What is turning you away from the Kampala girls? Please add to the list where applicable.

Always yours the mind manger

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Museveni and how the rap game has influneced him.

He rapped like a gangster and people wined to his track during the election time even the so called bars that i visit played the song and people danced to it. To me i was wondering whether the stories we used to hear when we were young of the man turning into a cat and getting lost in the bush while fighting for the so called liberation were true. At his age this dude was rapping better than some wanna be 17 year old cousin of mine.

Me its the rap scared me, because having gone to christian schools i knew that anything to do with rap is gangster and anything gangster is bad, i started seeing Savo in the leagues of 50 Cent , then T.I the man who was recently in jail. I analyzed all the rapping moguls that i know and well they are damn crazy or they end up in controversial situations. Let me look at the RAP game and give you the reasons as to why the country is in this state of jeopardy.

Rap is so  ignorant and trendy and takes no intelligence to follow just listen to the lyrics en bounce around. So here the man knew that very few Ugandans are intelligent (sorry if this hurts you but you know its a fact) so bringing the rap game to you would mean you would follow. So we all have to follow what he says whether good or bad.

Let me be positive : rap is to entertain, so i can entertain you. Yes you can really entertain Ugandans with poverty and tear gas.

Rap is money , hoes and drugs : at least 3 out of five rap songs have these things, how will you manage to bring them to the Ugandans, well  for money we have to reserve it for the jets (lol. look at this swagger nigger wanna buy fighter jets) , en the hoes may be you dont know why Nsaba Buturo resigned (ok , now i know why the HIV demographics in Uganda are rising again.) . Dude lets talk about the drugs cause i feel like sniffing rite now. The drugs get no worry you may sniff tear gas daily if want.

Rap is really easy to stereotype something you don't fully understand.so i dont know whether its easy to understand why we may spend 3 billion on the inauguration or swear in ceremony.

 Any rapper would like to live or copy cat a past leggendso for u we dont know who exactly you wanna copy cut but style up your game your losing site , game is tite on the street new kids on the block may take you off the billboard.

So fellow villagers stop asking your selves why everything is in this state in Uganda, i think its the Rap influence. So want another Rap?

Yours truly The Mind Manger

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Bishop wants term limits reinstated

KIBOGA - The retired Bishop of Mityana Diocese Wilson Mutebi, has castigated the parliamentarians who voted to scrap the presidential term limits in 2005. Bishop Mutebi warned that if the term limits are not reinstated by parliament, the country could implode in future. “Uganda may not survive what’s happening now in the Middle Eastern countries like Libya, Yemen, Tunisia and Egypt,” the retired prelate said.

Bishop emeritus Mutebi was speaking at a conference organised by Right Rev

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UPDF to be dragged to court over land

Kyankwanzi - The district leadership is ready to battle with the army in court if the latter attempts to evict over 400 families allegedly settled on land belonging to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). The terse resolve comes in the wake of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee chaired by Nandala Mafabi, grilling officers of the UPDF, as to why they had failed to evict the families from the said land in Kyankwanzi sub-county, Kyankwanzi district.

The 35 square miles of land in

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Rights groups appeal to US Congress over Kony

A group of human rights organizations has asked the US Congress to put aside funds in the fiscal year 2012 to sufficiently implement President Barack Obama’s strategy to eliminate the threat posed by Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Great Lakes Region.

In November last year, President Obama released a strategy to guide US support for stopping the violence perpetrated by the LRA, which terrorizes remote communities in central Africa. This strategy was

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Cash-strapped EC to hold LC1 elections

A seemingly cash-strapped Electoral Commission has said that elections for the LC 1, II and LCIV councillors will take place after June, after the budget for next year is read. “Elections for administrative units (LC I, II and IV) across the country will not be conducted in this financial year; the Commission shall conduct these elections in the next financial year,” EC Secretary Sam Rwakoojo, (pictured) said at a press briefing last Friday.

To justify the delay, Rwakoojo said that

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KCC, Lands Registry is rotten - Investor

A Pakistan car dealer said to have grabbed a portion off UMA Show Grounds has defended his move and vowed to get more land. Imran Yunus, owner of Yuasa Investment car bond in Nakawa told The Razor on Friday that his land title was not fake as alleged by the Kampala District Land Board and the Land Registry department in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.

“Those crooks at the Land Board and Kampala City Council are trying to deny me the chance to own my land. They have

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Museveni blasts Basajjabalaba over polls

BUSHENYI - President Museveni has castigated Hassan Bassajjabalaba, the NRM district party chairman, for meddling in the district elections, thereby causing dissent among party members. According to a source, the president reportedly expressed his displeasure on Wednesday last week, during a meeting with all political leaders from Sheema, Bushenyi, Nsiika, Mitooma and Rubirizi districts at his country home in Rwakitura, Kiruhura district.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source

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Woman dies in night fire

Mukono - Residents of Kizuri fishing site in Ntenjeru Sub County on April 2, woke up to a tragic scene. They found 78-year old Aspakazia Nnalongo’s body in a hut gutted by fire at night.

Nnalongo, a casual labourer at the fishing site was a resident of Lalagwe in Ntenjeru Sub County. The Mukono Officer in Charge Martin Mbabazi, said police visited the scene and described the incident on Friday night, April 1 as an accident that could have resulted from a paraffin candle. Nnalongo’s body

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Pro-Gaddafi demo blocked

Jinja - Police blocked a pro-Gaddafi demonstration organised by sugar cane out growers, protesting the seizure of Tropical Bank. The bank was seized following the UN Resolution 1973 that put a freeze on all Muammar Gaddafi’s assets and those owned by the Libyan government elsewhere.

In an interview with The Razor in Jinja town, the south eastern police spokesperson Samson Lubega said on Saturday, April 2, the protestors had not provided adequate information to police in line with the

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LCs to be punished over school dropouts

KARAMOJA - Kaabong Resident District Commissioner Thomas Okoth Nyalulu, has warned the LC1 chairpersons in the district that they will be held personally responsible for the low school enrolment in their villages. “In addition to punishing parents who deny their children the right to education, we will also hold the LC1 chairpersons accountable for not doing their part to support government to effect the law on compulsory education,” Nyalulu said.

The RDC was speaking at the launch of

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Artiste remanded for raping Briton

Fort Portal - James Katwire, a local musician in Tooro who allegedly raped a British lady was on Friday April 1, remanded to Katojo government prison. Katwire aka Kats appeared before the Fort Portal Grade II Magistrate Joy Namboze on Friday afternoon, charged with having carnal knowledge of 18-year old Ashley Sreenan Katwire, 32, a resident of Harukoto in South Division Fort Portal Municipality was represented by his lawyers Johnson Musana, Victor Businge and Augustine Kayonga.

The lawyers

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Corrupt govt officials anger teachers

Mitooma - The government is responsible for the recalcitrant behaviour of Ugandans towards their country, teachers in western Uganda have said. The observation was made on Saturday, April 2 during a ‘patriotism workshop’ at Bubangizi Secondary School in Mitooma District.

Citing rampant corruption, Fredrick Mugisha, the head teacher of Kanyabwanga Secondary School castigated those advocating for patriotism without addressing the causes of the problem. “Government’s failure to handle

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Muslim scholars discuss wars

At a time when most of the Arab world is engaged in wars that have also affected its neighbouring countries, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) recently organised a two-day seminar on Islam and International Humanitarian Law.

The seminar focused on International Humanitarian Law and Islam with an effort to reconcile the two. “Given the fact that the world is entangled in humanitarian crises caused mostly by wars, the majority of

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What happened to zebra crossings on city roads?

What has gone wrong with our government? They have totally lost concern over the lives of our school going children. In the past we used to have Zebra crossings on almost all high ways and major roads in the city. The zebra-crossings are no were to be seen,it has now been left to good Samaritans to help these kids to the other side of the road.

I appeal to telecom companies to take the lead on this, they should use the resourcesavailable to them for a good cause, They have a number of

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Reasons for food price increment

One would wonder why many Ugandans can have only one meal per day because of food price increments yet our country Uganda is considered to be with some of the best natural soils to nature agricultural produce to
feed the domestic as well as the foreign market.

The answer to this is simply that today’s generation, considered to be energetic enough to till the soil are not interested in farming anymore considering it to be a dirty job and leaving it to old people who have no energy to

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Uganda can survive with 22 Ministers

Mr Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s President Elect (re-elect actually) will be sworn in on Tuesday May 12, thirty eight days from today. The Ugandan media, betraying their dwindling penchant for speculation, have not been on President Museveni’s case this time. I will assume the mantle for speculation; if I were Mr Museveni, I would re-organise the cabinet to suit the exacting administrative and managerial demands of the time. I would have only twenty one (well, 22 including the President)

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DNA test should be made accessible

The tale of Shamila Nakintu might seem surreal but the events that occurred can happen to any one of us. She was arrested and spent a week in jail over the kidnap of her own son, Ronald Katende Junior after an imposter; Harriet Nakafeero claimed to be the rightful mother of the child.

After a DNA test carried out by government medics, her innocence has finally been proven. I can’t even begin to envision the pain that a mother feels after 9months of carrying a baby in her womb, labour

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Gaddafi can as well be a Mufti in Uganda

There has been talk on where embattled revolutionary and leader of the Libyan Jamahiriya Col. Gaddafi, would flee to, but such a man as he is, should not be worried of where to seek asylum because the supportive hand and unending philanthropy that he has shown to Uganda, indeed renders him welcome at home.

While at Munyonyo early last year at the African Union summit, Gaddafi showed he was at home here in Uganda, with good grace he is reported to have lit a charcoal stove, fetched water at

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What are the new Government’s priorities?

NRM members of parliament have been ordered by the president to approve a transaction worth Shs1.7 trillion to buy fighte jets and other military hardware. It is not known even to the MPs who needs these jets, why and when government will use them.

But it is understood that government needs the sophisticated Russian-made jet fighters to strengthen the country’s national air defense capability. This figure is about 23 percent of the country’s Shs 7 trillion budget for 2010/2011 which is

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East African currency not coming soon

The East African Community’s dream of establishing a single currency by 2012 might not be realised after financial consultants warned that the bloc risks serious consequences if it rushed into a monetary union. Consultants have warned that should the monetary union be hurried, “it could cost the EAC partner states dearly”.

Local, regional and international financial experts are concurring with the European Union advisers that the EAC is not ready yet for a monetary union. According

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New school to train oil experts

Ugandans with dreams of taking part in oil drilling will not have to worry about qualifications because a private oil training school has been opened in the country. Petroskills Training Consulting (PETRAC) Limited will equip Ugandans with soft skills required for the oil and gas industry.

While launching the training school on Friday, the chief executive officer, Allan Foster, disclosed that all petroleum and gas courses will be administered by The School of Petroleum Studies, a training

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EC stuck with 190 vacant posts

The Electoral Commission (EC) has failed to get candidates to fi ll about 191 vacant political positions in the local councils country- wide. EC deputy spokesperson, Paul Bukenya, said that the Commission had planned to conduct residual elections in 65 districts which were either postponed or cancelled, but there are no candidates.

“Our offi cials went to conduct nominations but nobody turned up to be nominated. When we asked our offi cials why, they told us some aspirants lacked

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60 women battered

MOROTO - Police says that about 60 cases related to domestic violence against women had been reported at the station since January. Agnes Amma, the second in-charge of the Family Protection Unit in Moroto, said that men in areas like Katanga, Acholi Inn and Katamukono villages lead in wife-battering.

Amma added that the police had embarked on sensitising men against beating their wives. She was reacting to a case in which a wife accused her husband of torture. And Francis Oketcho, the

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Why are mothers murdering their children?

Last week, I read a story in one of the dailies that a mother in Karamoja had murdered her child. Irukunnyang Lowakori smashed her five-month-old baby against a rock and killed it. She took her own life after. Lowakori was fed-up of her husband’s abuses and torturous humiliations as the latter would argue that he bought her with cows and thus had the prerogative to treat her savagely!

The woman could only avenge her husband’s humiliations and torture by killing her child! Not so long

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Museveni swearing in extravaganza is apalling

I read with dismay that a whole UShs30 billion is being budgeted for the swearing in ceremony of the President elect, Yoweri Museveni. As I read this, I think of our economy and all that the families are going through trying to keep jobs, put food on the table and wonder if all of the families in Uganda have basic needs such as housing, clothes and clean drinking water. Can these families afford to be fed in abundance without needing the help of government and relief organisations?

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It’s right to appreciate interns

I strongly support Didimos Okidi’s letter that was published in The Razor newspaper entitled” Govt can use PAYE to pay interns” dated April 1, 2011 because I might have been one of the victims during university times.

The writer recommended the payment of interns in the different organisations that have given them space to carry out their practice. It is right for the interns to be given a little salary as suggested by Okidi for the work they are offering the company during their

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Mulago hospital guards were unethical and unprofessional

There is a common saying in almost all local languages that “a chief has forty days, once they are out, you get nabbed”.
The 40 days of the three guards of Mulago Hospital, identified as Gabriel Ssempala, Stephen Okurut and Noah Okiror, expired when State House detectives detained them over allegations of asking for and receiving a sh6, 000 bribe on the morning of March 31st, 2011.

This unit saved the public of the struggle and pain people go through to enter the hospital to see their

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Poverty should not be an excuse to commit a crime

When I read the story about one Nteziyaranye, I almost shed tears. "Poverty is not a crime nor a sin" People should not at any cost use the current situation of this severe biting poverty, immeasurable high commodity prices and or any other excuse as an advantage to destroy their future, name and families.

Imagine, how a 32 year old man at the same time a father can forget about his self dignity and decide to steal property worth Shs 2 million just to sell it at only Shs8,000. This is very

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Corruption will make or break NRM

Government's renunciation of corruption and its professed bold fight against the monster were roundly brought into question on Thursday when Parliament chose to shamelessly forgive all ministers implicated in the Chogm related impropriety. Who is Government and president fooling by the much touted zero tolerance to corruption policy? In the Chogm case, the tolerance or intolerance to corruption, whichever way one looks at it, was planned at the highest echelon of the party, the NRM caucus in

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MP pins minister over forest giveaway

Beatrice Atim Anywar, the fiery shadow minister for environment has urged Maria Mutagamba, the Minister of Water and Environment, to resign. Anywar, who accused Mutagamba and Michael Werikhe, the State Minister for Housing, of giving away part of Namanve Forest Reserve, said the two ministers aided the destruction of the environment under the guise of developing low cost housing units.

Speaking in Parliament on March 30, Anywar tabled what she described as ‘evidence of correspondences’

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Uganda to repatriate Kenyan refugees

A total of 1,654 Kenyans living in Uganda as refugees after they fled their country during the post 2007 election violence will be repatriated next month. This was agreed upon in a two-day Tripartite Commission meeting between the Kenya government, the government of Uganda and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) held at Hotel Africana on Thursday.

The meeting, which attracted officials from the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness Relief and refugees from both Uganda and

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Three detained for conning MUK student

Police at Old Kampala are holding three people who allegedly duped 21-year-old Scovia Anyango, a student of Makerere University. Joseph Kalema, 20, a resident of Namugoona, Lawrence Ngobi, 46, and Fred Galiwango, 30, both residents of Rubaga, were on Wednesday arrested for duping Anyango, promising to ‘connect’ her to a job.

Eye witnesses said the suspects grabbed a phone from Anyango. She was later rescued by area residents who undressed one of the suspects. Kampala Metropolitan

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Soldiers face death over plot to topple Museveni

Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officers have been charged with treason and concealment of treason before the Buganda Road Court. They face death if found guilty. The accused include Lt. (rtd) Frank Opoka, a resident of Mbuya Army Barracks, Staff Sergeant Stephen Omongo R/A No. 099734 attached to Garrison Battalion Mbuya, Sergeant John Owori R/A No. II347I attached to Mbuya Military Barracks, Sergeant Vincent Oyulu R/A No. I005I6 attached to the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Mbuya

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Collapsed wall survivor discharged

ENTEBBE - Pascal Muyingo, the man who was retrieved from the rubble of a collapsed perimeter wall that killed his two children and seriously injured his wife, has been discharged from hospital. His 10-year-old daughter Joan Asiimwe and her sister, Owen Nanfuka, 7, died on March 30 . Muyingo and his wife Gorette Nanyanzi were rushed to Nsambya Hospital. “I heard falling debris and after that I became unconscious,” Muyingo said upon being discharged from hospital on March 31.

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Tycoons, General in land grabbing scam

Police are investigating a case in which soldiers and some city business tycoons are using conmen to grab land worth US$2million (Shs4.8 billion) belonging to a Coca-Cola boss. The two-acre piece of land in contention is in Naguru’s affluent area on Naguru Hill Drive plot 9, Kampala, and belongs to Coca-Cola director in charge of the Horn of Africa region, Ndema Emanzi Rukandema.

Police sources have identified one of the soldiers behind the saga as Brig Sam Wasswa Balikalege linked with a

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High prices dampen Easter mood

Solomon Manano is one of the many jobless youth who throng the central business district of Kampala, every morning, in search any odd job that can earn him some money to buy food.

But as the year strolls on, it is becoming harder for this 27-year-old to meet even the most basic needs of his young family of three. “Life is becoming really hard for me. I can come to town as early as 7.00 am but at the end of the day, I have just two or three coins in my pocket. Which kind of food can

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Oil raises Kilembe Mine’s stakes

Four years after government mooted a plan to sell off the Kilembe Mines Limited (KML) the deal still hangs in balance. It is emerging that the discoveries of oil in the rift valley region and new technology that can extract cobalt from copper tailings have perfectly pushed up the value of Kilembe mines.

Sources familiar with this stalled transaction say Kilembe mines falls in the oil belt and also the recent government mineral aerial survey revealed new findings forcing government back on

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European Union tipped to invest in East Africa

The head of the European Union Delegation to Tanzania, Tim Clarke, has called upon European business community to tap the increasing trade and investment opportunities resulting from the East African regional integration.

Speaking at a Business networking meeting in Dar es Salaam, Clarke urged European businesses to see to it that they fully utilise the opportunity for their benefit and that of the country and the EA region as a whole. “Implementation of the EAC Common Market, as it

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Uganda to get new cargo plane

Uganda Air Cargo Corporation, a firm owned by the ministry of Defence is adding a second C-130 plane to boost its airfreight business. The move positions the cargo carrier to be more competitive in transporting goods overseas—a business currently dominated by foreign operators.

The new plane, expected shortly after this year’s budget, is an addition to the one that has been used in transporting Ugandan troops and army logistics in the region. “I am happy to report that UACC is in the

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European Union tipped to invest in East Africa

The head of the European Union Delegation to Tanzania, Tim Clarke, has called upon European business community to tap the increasing trade and investment opportunities resulting from the East African regional integration.

Speaking at a Business networking meeting in Dar es Salaam, Clarke urged European businesses to see to it that they fully utilise the opportunity for their benefit and that of the country and the EA region as a whole. “Implementation of the EAC Common Market, as it

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Serving the poor, Centenary makes money

When Centenary Rural Development Trust began operating as a rural credit institution at Nsambya Catholic Secretariat, not even its promoters anticipated its rapid transformation into a commercial bank that would own a 13-storey ultra-modern headquarters in the heart of Kampala City.

It is now official. Mapeera House, the home of the new rebranded Centenary Bank, will be officially opened around October and will house most of the bank’s major departments and new branch. But the evolution

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Farmers want to hold pro-Gaddafi demonstration

JINJA - About 10,000 sugar cane growers in Busoga have sought police clearance to stage a peaceful demonstration in support of embattled Libyan leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi. The farmers say they reject the central bank’s recent seizure of Tropical Bank— one of the Libyan investments in the country.

The bank was last week taken over by Bank of Uganda in accordance with the UN resolution, 1973 that froze Gaddafi’s assets world-wide. In the letter to the Inspector General of Police dated

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Policeman held for extortion

MUKONO - Police in Seeta have arrested a police constable from Bweyogerere police station, who allegedly extorted Shs500, 000 from a scrap dealer.

According to Gaston Twinamatsiko, the Officer in charge of Seeta Police station, Ismael Tomusange was arrested on Wednesday night at Bbuto village in Kira Town Council.

Twinamatsiko said Tomusange was arrested together with Eric Ssewava, a property dealer at Bweyogerere town.
He further said that the two, traveling in a Toyota Ipsum Reg No

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Government should use PAYE tax to pay interns

Before students graduate at university, they are required to go to the field and practice what they have learnt in class. Perhaps this is one of the most relevant requirements before graduation that needs collective support, from academic institutions, lecturers, teachers, and organizations that offer placements.

Unfortunately searching for an internship placement puts a student in a more or less desperate situation just like looking for a permanent job. It’s plain knowledge that

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Citizens hold the key to safety in the country

The heat created by elections is way out of our system and fortunately so are all planned demonstrations. Our lives have normalised and it feels great to once again go back to the things we love like football, music, comedy, dance and fashion shows.

However, what seems to be a problem in our culture is that we tend to get so excited about everything else at the expense of our safety. If more Ugandans were mindful of their security especially when we go to crowded places such as mentioned

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MUK must dismiss students who take long to complete their degrees

Makerere University’s new policy to expel students who have taken too long to complete their degrees will see about 2,000 students face dismissal. These students failed the senate requiremet that students stay for a maximum of two years after the expiration of the stipulated period for their courses.

In reality, most Bachelor’s degree courses take between 3-5 years, meaning that the designers of these courses knew the right time to complete such courses.Sadly, there are students who have

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New UK visa application policy is unrealistic

I was disappointed when I read the Daily Monitor article “Application for UK visas now online” dated 29 march 2011.
The article elaborated that starting May 30, 2011 people will apply for UK visas on online.
This, in my opinion is unrealistic for many Ugandans.

Visa applications on line may be of advantage for the elite from distant places trying to beat time spent in the application process and queues as put by the UK High Commission in Kampala but it does not favour the computer

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How can Traffic Lights not be Intelligent?

I was happy to learn that Traffic Police will no longer be controlling city traffic and will leave this responsibility to Kampala City Council. This was reported in the New Vision on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 in the article, ‘police officers ordered off traffic lights.’ Surprisingly, the justification given for the intervention of traffic police, in the past, was because traffic lights are ‘not intelligent.’

How can traffic lights not be intelligent? Remote-controlled-traffic-lights

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Police need to get a hold on lynch mobs

Almost everyone loves to hate thieves and murderers to say the least. There are a menace to society and would be better off caged someplace. But the burning to death of a suspected thief in Ntinda by a lynch mob of boda boda cyclists marked a significant miscarriage of justice and suggested that mob justice if left unchecked could become the order of the day.

An investigation into repeated killings of suspected thieves by lynch mobs, Police say, reveals that boda boda cyclists are taking

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Giants in tricky away fixtures

The Ecobank Super League resumes today with six fixtures on card at different stadia. The league was suspended for two weeks to pave way for the national teams – The Cranes and Kobs’ preparations for international competitions.

Table leaders URA visit Kampala Utoda at Wankulukuku in a game that the revenue collectors must win to retain their top position. The team’s coaching staff was tight-lipped about the availability of star midfielder Steven Bengo, who was allegedly suspended

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Romanian club fans welcome Sseppuuya

Uganda’s most travelled striker Eugene Sseppuuya has received overwhelming support from fans at his new Romanian second division side Petrolul Ploieşti. A fan wrote on his fan page on facebook, “Welcome and Good Luck! Don’t forget to update your website information with new position at FC Petrolul Ploiesti.”
Another wrote, “I hope you will score a lot of goals at Petrolul”.

The Ugandan international joined Petrolul after his previous club North Queensland Fury, in Australia

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Arsenal in contact with Onyango

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ordered his chief scout Steve Rowley to contact Cranes goalkeeping sensation Denis Onyango. The Gunners boss is tired of his bungling custodians, and is ready to take a gamble on the 27-year-old Ugandan goalie.

Wenger believes Arsenal would have been odds on favourites to win the English Premiership this season if he had the correct man between the sticks. Rowley used the international soccer break to travel to Bissau and saw first hand as Onyango stopped

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Rugby worn-out players’ day out at Kampala club

Kampala rugby club ground will be the centre of attraction this evening as veterans showcase their talents in an encounter that promises to fire-up fans. The Wazees match attracts participation from former players, above 35 years.
Kampala veterans beat their Kyadondo counterparts 35-30 in a friendly game where star Edmond Owor lipped off the pitch with fractured right leg.

The veterans play this game with the mind of selecting a team that will represent Uganda for this year’s Kenya

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Kawempe girls shine

Kawempe Muslim SS is closer to qualifying for the quarter finals of this year’s Kampala girls’ football league.
The Bombo road-based school picked up two identical 2-0 wins over Old Kampala SSS and Saved to Serve, thanks to Shadia Nandaula and Sandra Nabweteme’s goals.

In other games, All Stars Academy thrashed Maroons 6-0 as Spenca Nakachwa scored four times while Swabra Namutebi and Betty Nansubuga added one each. The league continues today when Kawempe host Maroons at Old Kampala

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City Tyres U-14 team goes north

The City Tyres U-14 select team will this weekend tour Northern Uganda, playing games against select sides of Lira and Gulu.
Davis Katabira, the administrator of organising body –Friends of Football said in a press statement that the youngsters will play at Lira Primary School play grounds on Saturday before travelling to Gulu’s Pece Stadium on Sunday.
The City Tyres’ select team lost 0-2 to their counterparts of Kampala before playing to a 2-2 draw against Masaka in their last

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Lubega, Lumala for fundraising sprint event at Mengo

The upcoming clock fundraising sprint on April 17 at Lubiri, Mengo could leave rally fans with in excitement if former champions Charlie Lubega and Moses Lumala agree to support local motorsport governing body, FMU by driving.

FMU has already sent out separate invitations to Lubega and Lumala, urging them to turn up and spice up the event.
FMU’s vice-president technical Kisitu Mayanja revealed that they had finalised plans to meet the duo with a sole agenda of requesting for support in

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Inter-cities on today

The inter-cities boxing championship starts today at Resort Beach Hotel, Munyonyo, after weigh-in in the morning.
The event is the first to be hosted by the Godfrey Nyakana administration since he took over from the Rogers Ddung administration two years ago.

Kenya was the first team to jet into the country on Wednesday night, arriving with a team of 10 boxers. Bujumbura and Dar-es-Salaam arrived yesterday.

Mwanza city team of 10 boxers is expected today, according to UABF organising

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Edgars boosts St Julian High

Edgars Youth Programme has continued to support football by donating equipment. The youth donated four footballs to St Julian High School, Gayaza, to enable them to take part in the Wakiso District Copa Coca-Cola qualifiers. One of Edgars’ coaches, Saidi Segirinya, handed over the balls to the school’s coach, Peter Sebuliba.
“This is a timely donation because we are competing in the Coca-Cola post primary qualifiers,” said Ssebuliba.

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Bunamwaya face URA in Bell Cup

Ecobank league giants Bunamwaya and URA will face off in the Bell Lager Uganda Cup quarterfinals. Defending champions Bunamwaya, who ejected Jogoo Young in the last round, will host the tax collectors at Nakivubo stadium, according to the draws conducted yesterday at the Fufa House – Mengo.

The draws, conducted by Competitions’ Committee secretary Eng Moses Magogo gave holders Victors FC the winner between Proline and Baza Holdings, who rock horns next week to determine the winner.

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‘Farmers need free inputs for food prices to reduce’

Farmers should be given free farm inputs during the rainy season as one of the ways to arrest rising food prices, an economist has advised. Chris Mukiza, a macro-economist statistician at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) gave the advice following the announcement yesterday that food prices in Uganda rose by 15 per cent in March.
The rise in food prices pushed up headline inflation rate for a fifth consecutive month.

“The annual food inflation rate increased to 23.7 per cent for

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Striking hair makers given more Shs2,000, resume work

Striking workers of Darling Industries, the company that makes artificial women’s hair, have got a 33 per cent pay rise.
The workers laid down their tools on Monday protesting the low pay and poor working conditions. Some female workers claimed they were being harassed sexually, an allegation denied by the managers.

However, when The Razor visited the factory in Bweyogerere yesterday, the 1,100 workers had resumed work and according to management production was at full capacity. At the

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Top wetland grabbers named

A lack of respect for the law has triggered an out-of-control onslaught on Kampala’s wetlands and paints a grim picture of national environmental body’s desperate push to preserve the country’s ecosystem balance.

A new report titled; The Wetland Status Report 2009-2011, authored by National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) Wetlands Management Department, says 16 developers in Kampala are degrading preserved ecosystems in total disregard of court orders.

The department’s

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Top wetland grabbers named

A lack of respect for the law has triggered an out-of-control onslaught on Kampala’s wetlands and paints a grim picture of national environmental body’s desperate push to preserve the country’s ecosystem balance.

A new report titled; The Wetland Status Report 2009-2011, authored by National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) Wetlands Management Department, says 16 developers in Kampala are degrading preserved ecosystems in total disregard of court orders.

The department’s

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Mbabazi murder plot hitman jailed

The self-proclaimed hitman who startled the country on Monday after he accused the all powerful Minister of Security Amama Mbabazi of hiring him to bump off a political opponent in Kanungu District has been handed over to police.

Serestino Muhanguzi, 34, was yesterday evening still being held at Central Police Station, Kampala, where he has been since Tuesday. The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) deputy chief Moses Musana confirmed the development in an interview with The Razor

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Jinja highway blocked

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Kyankwanzi squatters are army bosses - MP

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday took the defence ministry to task to explain why it has not evicted 400 squatters settled on its land in the newly created district of Kyankwanzi. This followed the ministry’s permanent secretary Rosette Byengoma’s assertion that the army had failed to evict the squatters since 2005, when Kiboga District Land Board allocated the 35 square miles to the ministry. “Mr Chairman, the issue of Kyankwanzi land is too sensitive and big

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Two arrested for attempted robbery

Police in Zirobwe are holding two people who allegedly gave a lorry ton boy a laced drink with intent to steal his tipper truck. According to central region spokesperson Lameck Kigozi, the suspects approached the truck driver Meddie Nsubuga, claiming they wanted to transport their property from Zirobwe to Wakiso. Kigozi told The Razor when the ton boy drunk the adulterated juice, he collapsed, prompting the driver to make alarm. They were saved from the mob by police.

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Students strike over power cuts

Makerere University students on Monday night turned rowdy following another bout of load shedding at campus. The guild Spokes person, Peter Mwesigye, told The Razor yesterday that the students are about to do exams and are also busy with tests and course works so frequent power cuts are a disruption to their preparation. It took the intervention of the riot police to quell a simmering riot at Mitchell Hall. The police sprayed tear gas to disperse the students who had barricaded major roads at

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Man sells Shs2m scrap for 8,000/-

Poverty is driving people to do all sorts of crazy things, including stealing goods worth Shs2 million in exchange for Shs8,000! In a statement to police on Tuesday, John Bosco Nteziyaramye, 32, said he stole scrap worth Shs2 million from Jag, a company dealing in scrap and sold it at a paltry Shs8,000 because he was broke. He asked for forgiveness and said he is a responsible man. However, Jag gave him Shs8,000 and demanded he returns the scrap. When he failed, he was relieved of his job.

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Maid held over child theft

Police arrested but later released a housemaid alleged to have stolen a 11-months old baby girl from its parents in Nsambya, a Kampala suburb. The suspect, Stella Chacho, 21, stole Cynthia Nalubega, a daughter of Eric Sonko and Cecilia Kobusingye, last week. It is the second case of child theft reported at the police station within a week.

According to Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Ibn Senkumbi, Chacho could have stolen the baby with the intention of getting cash from her

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