Either Express' Abbey Dhaira or Bunamwaya's Hamza Muwonge will likely be in goal when the Cranes take on Taifa Stars next week. Dhaira was called to boost the national soccer side that must overturn a 2-0 loss to advance in
On Monday I read a letter by Andrew Sakwa entitled, "The officer is a disgrace to the Police". I cannot imagine how an officer in the uniform of the Uganda Police can be so stupid as to unleash obscene insults
A Woman suspected to have faked a pregnancy has been arrested over child theft. Annet Kafuko, 21, a resident of Nakosi in Nakisunga sub-county, Mukono district, allegedly stole a two-month-old baby on February 8.
Five-month-old Esther Amutusiimire needs $14,900 (about sh25m) for open heart surgery in India, writes Chris Kiwawulo. Amutusiimire has a congenital heart disease (Truncus Arteriosus type II), said the Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago.
A Mother and her two children were burnt to death in Nyabubare, Bushenyi district when unknown attackers beat them up and set their hut ablaze on Tuesday. Their father, Kasim Katagira, escaped from the burning grass-thatched hut with several cuts
A Chinese company, CCC-XPTTEC-CCC (Nig), has protested against the award of the Bujagali Electricity interconnection project to Jyoti Structures Limited, an Indian company, which it claims did not meet the tender requirements and has never handled a 220kv project in
The Kamuli district local government has given 1,400 iron sheets to over 20 primary schools for roofing buildings damaged by storms in the past two years, reports Doreen Musingo.
LRA envoys on Tuesday met elders and leaders of the war-affected northern region and government officials to discuss the stalled peace talks. The major issues on the table were the traditional justice system (mato oput) and the special division of
ARUU county MP Odonga Otto was yesterday challenged to prove that MPs took bribes to pass the supplementary budget for CHOGM. The MP last month told the committee on rules, discipline and privileges that Ibrahim Kaddunabbi (Butambala) received sh170m from
National Basketball Association (NBA) stars Steve Nash and Shaquille O'Neal recently participated in a fundraising event that raised $125,000 (sh200m) to support disadvantaged children in northern Uganda.
The East African Community has called for proposals for the study of the establishment of an early warning system to monitor food security in the region.
On may 2, The New Vision published a story entitled, "MUK dons clash over tribalism". The story was a total distortion of my presentation at the workshop. The discussion was about the recent Kenyan experience and the lessons Uganda could
Ten television and radio stations will be set up countrywide, Parliament heard yesterday.The stations will be in Arua, Gulu, Soroti, Mbale, Kampala, Jinja, Mbarara, Fort Portal, Kabale and Hoima districts, said Kirunda Kivejinja, the third deputy Prime Minister and minister
The case against former health ministers Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi, Mike Mukula and Dr. Alex Kamugisha has been adjourned to the 10th of June pending a high court ruling on an application filed against the case.
The Kids League U-16 teams from Gulu and Kumi qualified for the finals of the TKL European Union tournament in a competition held at Lango Sports Club in Lira on Monday.
The political crises in Kenya and Zimbabwe should help us reflect on the importance of an impartial electoral commission under a multi-party system of government. In Uganda, the debate about the impartiality of the Electoral Commission dates back to the
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) is working with veterans at Banda and Kireka to acquire land outside the Kinawataka swamp for a car washing bay.
International R&B singer, Akon, will perform tomorrow in Kampala. His advance team that arrived on Wednesday to make final preparations, assured Ugandans of a big show at the Lugogo Cricket Oval.
