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Blogging is taking over the globe. I am about to create my first personal page and I will wait to read my own work through someone else’s eyes.

I still find it interesting that to date, African leaders still believe inn suppressive rule. Take Uganda for instance; A “no-walking” decree has been imposed on all citizens heading into town.  This follows an earlier declaration of a walk-to-work demonstration by the opposition political parties in the country in preotest of the creeping inflation and consequent shortage of essential commodities.

Above: Dr. Kiiza Besigye, leader of the opposition in Uganda is bungled onto a police patrol truck following the walk-to-work demonstration.

For more details check out www.monitor.co.ug

In other news, the Ugandan dairy farmer is making great strides towards comeercial dairy farming. The East Africa Dairy Development Project in Uganda has signed an MOU with  Uganda Microfinance Support Centre Ltd. The MOU provides for credit financing of the EADD supported Dairy Farmer Business Associations to the tune of 200 million each. Details of this event can be found on www.eadairy.org