NTUNGAMO Woman MP Beatrice Rwakimari has condemned teachers who defile their pupils in schools. Rwakimari, speaking at Maato Primary School, called upon the administration to punish culprits rather than transferring them to other schools.

The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Friday announced the addition of Lamu Old Town, eastern Kenya, and the Tombs of the Buganda Kings at Kasubi, southeastern Uganda, among 31 new sites inscribed on the World Heritage List.

The US on Wednesday included the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on its "Terrorist Exclusion List" designed to protect the safety of the country and its citizens under the new US Patriot Act.

Karamojong pastoralists in northeastern Uganda have voluntarily handed in some 7,000 illegal weapons since the beginning of a government-sponsored disarmament programme on 2 December, according to the Ugandan authorities.

The poor people of Butamira had for a moment thought that they could secure their future through exploiting the forest reserve but are now losing all hope. Government is determined to move them so Kakira Sugar Works could use the reserve to cultivate more sugarcane.