- Kampala-18/05/2010 The opposition political parties in Uganda under the inter party co-operation (IPC), have continued mounting more pressure on the country’s current Electoral Commission (E.C) led by engineer Badru Kigunda and demands that a new impartial and independent commission be put in place as soon as before 2011 for a free and fair general elections. While issuing a statement in the country’s capital City Kampala, the chairman IPC and president of JEMA which falls under the coalition Muhamed Kibirige Mayanja, revealed that they have made a clear cut decision to disown the commission given it’s record of incompetence in the country’s previous general el…

- KAMPALA -20th May 2010 In 2009, President Obama pledged to invest at least $3.5 billion over the next three years in agricultural development and food security worldwide. The resulting Feed the Future initiative will be part of a multi-donor effort to curb food insecurity, working with recipients and within country-owned investment plans that reflect their needs, priorities and development strategies. Uganda has been selected as one of 20 “focus countries” around the world that will receive the bulk of Feed The Future funds. Uganda – because of its potential for agriculture-led growth and strong country commitment – is scheduled to receive over $35 million through…