Raila on fence mending mission
Prime Minister-designate Mr Raila Odinga agreed the Government’s planned sale of 25 per cent stake in Safaricom should proceed on a day he separately met with Finance Minister, Mr Amos Kimunya and President Kibaki's son, Mr Jimmy Kibaki. full story | | |
|
300 SLDF suspects arrested in Mt Elgon operation
Three hundred Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF) suspects have been arrested in the security operation in Mt Elgon. Also recovered in the ongoing “Okoa Maisha” operation were 14 guns, 93 assorted military and police uniforms and 284 machetes. full story
Safaricom shares to cost Sh5
With as little as Sh10,000, Kenyans would acquire a stake in the region’s most profitable company, Safaricom Ltd. full story Review committees gazetted
President Kibaki has gazetted the Independent Review Committee to investigate all aspects of the December 27 General Election and directed the commissioners to start work immediately. full story
| | |
| 
Prime minister-designate Mr Raila Odinga with Mr Jimmy Kibaki at the Pentagon House, Nairobi, on Friday.
|
TOKA UGANDA
| Crime rate up with cheap telephony |  A vendor selling sim packs on the roadside near the Old Taxi Park | IN Kampala it is easier to buy a mobile phone sim card than to buy chocolate. Sim cards are sold everywhere, even on streets and in taxi parks, and they cost as little as sh1,500, the price of a pineapple. On Thursday, a Saturday Vision reporter was able to buy sim cards from street vendors, alongside other vendors of items such socks, hankies, underwear and roasted coffee beans. More... |
|
 |
Buying sim card as easy as buying sweets SATURDAY Vision in a mini-survey combed the streets to prove the un-tampered free-flowing dangerous trade of these SIM cards from all the telecommunication companies. Unlike the companies’ claims that they register all their customers, none of the numbers that were bought in the survey got registered. More... |
|
|
National
‘Tribalism is backward’ - Museveni
TRIBALISM, regionalism and other forms of sectarianism portray a backward pre-industrial society, the President has said. According to a State House statement, Museveni said if tribalism or regionalism was a basis for unity, Somalis, who profess the same religion and speak the same language, would not have had the decade-long political crisis. More...
Gadaffi to hold prayers at Nakivubo
LIBYAN president Col. Muammar Gadaffi arrives in Uganda this weekend for the official opening of the new mosque at Old Kampala, scheduled for March 19. More...
Business
Brain-drain is sign of things gone wrong
BRAIN-drain has been on our minds in the last few weeks. Brain-drain, describes the movement of specialised professionals away from their home countries in search for greener pastures, to practice their trade in countries where they will often be better remunerated. More...
URA battles cargo pile-up at Malaba post
AN all-time high cargo backlog has hit the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) officials at the Malaba border in Kenya. The officials now work up to mid-night to clear transit goods since normalcy returned to Kenya following the post-election violence.
Posts
