ODM, PNU share places in key House team

MPs’ turn to legislate deal The earliest hint of how power will be shared has emerged, The Standard can report. But the controversy stoked by Mr Francis Muthaura, the Head of the Civil Service, could still spill over into the House today. full story

Probe on polls fiasco begins this week Kenyans may finally know what happened at the hotly disputed and discredited December 27 presidential election. full story Panel to report to AU on progress of talks The mediation panel leaves for Addis Ababa today to table a report to the African Union (AU) on the progress of the reconciliation talks. full story ODM, PNU share places in key House team Key ODM and PNU members are among those picked for the powerful House Business Committee of Parliament. full story

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We can save Kony - President Museveni Museveni and British premier Gordon Brown outside 10 Downing Street yesterday THE Government can save LRA leader Joseph Kony and his co-accused from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Yoweri Museveni said yesterday. More...

40 NSSF employees lack qualifications OVER 40 employees of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) hold forged academic papers, the National Council for Higher Education has said. A council source added that some employees used forged degrees from mainly Makerere University, and from the United Kingdom and the USA to secure employment. More...

‘Mengo demand nonsense’ - Army MP BUGANDA'S demand for the 9,000 square miles of land is “rubbish” and “nonsense”, Lt. Gen. David Tinyefuza, told Parliament yesterday. The remarks infuriated Buganda MPs, some of whom charged that the language was un-parliamentary and others heckled and protested. More...

National

Asian car dealer murdered by robbers

MEHMOOD Shahid, who celebrated the birth of his first child 45 days ago, was on Monday evening murdered by suspected car robbers. Saim will never see his father again whom the murderers strangled and later dumped in a swamp in Komamboga on Gayaza Road, Kampala, by two men pretending to be clients. More...

New Vision offers University guide

NEW Vision readers will tomorrow get a free University Guide magazine, on information about higher institutions of learning in Uganda. Deputy features editor John Eremu yesterday said the annual publication was “comprehensive” and would “enable parents and students make informed decisions about where to go for particular university programmes”. More...

Business

Environmentalists back Hima mine project

ENVIRONMENTALISTS who used to oppose the proposed limestone mining project at Dura quarry in Queen Elizabeth National Park are now supporting it. More...

Air travellers increase to 720,000

AN increase in the frequency of flights out of Entebbe boosted international passenger traffic to 720,000 last year, the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA), managing director, Ambrose Akandonda, has said. More...

Sports

Police drop 2 pointts as KCC falls

A dramatic day of Super League and Kakungulu Cup action yesterday ended with Police dropping two crucial points, KCC and URA humiliated, and Riot Police in action— this time against soccer fans. More...

Mum Inzukuru gets USPA award

PRESENTATION of monthly awards to Arua Gazelle Dorcus Inzikuru and Moses Kipsiro will be one of the highlights of the uganda telecom-USPA sports gala at Game, Lugogo on Saturduy. More...

Today's Column

Hitting Obama below the belt is fine for the Clintons

I crossed into the United States of America yesterday afternoon at Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, on my way to see my family in Canton, Ohio.
There was a long line of cars more than three kilometres snaking at snail’s pace toward US customs. Since the events of September 11, 2001, US border services have been tightened so much so that getting into America by land, sea or air is not a breeze. More...