February 2009

The new parliamentary score card is out, and it's not exactly pass-fail. Can't wait to present this information in map form. But the pdf is not yet available for download from the AFLI website.

Sept 1-2: Google developer event at Speke Resort and Conference Centre. Get registered now.

"A common market is not an event. It is a process." BBC Africa Today on the first day of the EAC common market 2.0

Missionaries of Hate: Mariana van Zeller talks to Hulu.com about her report on Uganda's proposed anti-gay legislation. The video content is not accessible to anyone outside the U.S.

The BOSCO water source mapping project. Jokondino Okema of Pagak, working with students from Lacor, has begun to implement the water source mapping project.

Roadside bomb kills a Ugandan soldier in Somalia.

Bank of Uganda to issue 60 billion shillings worth of bonds. Auction date is May 26. Minimum bid is 100,000 shillings.

Broadcasting genius in a jerrycan. These kids made a radio out of an old circuit board, a jerrycan, an old speaker and some wires. Seriously. 

First-time voter registration. This short well-written piece makes it clear that dominant sentiments are confusion and apathy. 

A 40km crack develops on the slopes of Mt. Elgon.

Putting the horse before the cart: the speaker of parliament and deputy get new benefits.