President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Uganda National Road Authority to relocate the Kayunga-Kamuli ferry on River Nile three kilometers upstream to Kasana were the water levels are deeper and free of rocks to ensure that transport services across the Nile start immediately.

Officials from the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) revealed this week that Uganda is set to host yet another major conference between May 28-29, 2012, aimed at strengthening business linkages and investment connections between Africa and the Arab countries.

Tom Buringuriza, the acting UIA Executive Director, said the Uganda-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Investment Forum has been co-organised by the government of Uganda through UIA and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) with co-funding from Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).

Officials from Njeru town council, in Buikwe district were nearly roasted by residents who quizzed them about the poor service delivery especially in NAADS and roads infrastructure in their area.

The officers were appearing before the residents during the government organized Baraza - public foras organized to respond to concerns from the communities about service delivery.

The United States government is backing plans to establish standards that can help boost the adoption and distribution of healthy and environmentally friendly cookstoves in millions of poor people's homes in the developing world.

Kris Balderston, the Special Representative for the Global Partnerships, a programme of the US State Department told journalists in a teleconference that his country is working with the United Nations through its initiative - the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC) to develop standards that can help consumers make informed choices about which stoves and fuels to buy.