You should by now know that parts of Kenya are on the brink of full-blown violence following the announcement that Mwai Kibaki has won the hotly disputed Kenyan elections. The Economist has posted an analysis of Kenya's unsound election.
Much thanks to DEMOSH who posted images of the Kenyan elections on Flickr.
This past summer I was in Toronto for a couple of days, and saw an artist working on a chalk drawing on the sidewalk. His work was impressive, so i guess it was a matter of time before someone approached him for a marketing gig.
If you have not already done so, read The Observer article by Moses Talemwa on unregulated Savings and Credit Co-operative Organisations (SACCOs). The article highlights the story of a woman who has been defrauded by a microfinance institution in Uganda. The fraud was made possible primarily because SACCOs operate without any state oversight.
Safaricom's decision to float its IPO on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) has sent ripples through the financial market in Kampala. Seen largely as a vote of confidence for the young exchange, the move may prove to be anything but.
Over the past five years Uganda's music scene has been witness to an incredible revival. During that time, Jose Chameleone, Ngoni, Mesach Semakula and Juliana Kanyomozi have become household names. Their success is not for maught: their songs have compelling lyrics and captivating melodies, but their popularity has obscured other great talents whose sounds may not be quite as lucrative for clubs and radio stations. It is for this reason that most Ugandans have not heard of Samite Mulondo.
In the news this week: a new Ebola virus has hit western Uganda; Kony has been given one month to leave the DRC; The falling U.S. dollar may harm Uganda's economy; Rising food prices have implications for the government's industrialization policies; and World Cup qualifiers.
I am a big fan of great design, and I wanted to do something to promote the efforts some Ugandans are making to bring great looking sites to the web. So every month, if I see something great, I will applaud it here. And if I see something horrible, I will call that out too. I wont see everything though, so you are welcome to recommend a site you know and love, or hate.
Best Site: Node Six
On the subject of homosexuality in Uganda, opinions abound. Back in 1999, President Museveni made his position clear by asking the police to arrest gays. His authority notwithstanding, the Sexual Minorities Groups in Uganda held a press conference in August to demand for their rights.
For our regular visitors, the store front has been quite here this week, but we have been working feverishly in the back to bring you some new content and a better user experience along with it.
One of the things that many readers have requested in the past week is a way of finding out who writes for citizenuganda.com, and where else they can be found on the web. Well, we are now exposed for everyone to see and feeling quite vulnerable about it too, so be gentle.
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