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Bukenya summoned over youth group1 hour ago

Former Vice President Gilbert Bukenya has been summoned by police in Kakiri Wakiso district over a group of youth that had visited him at his Kakiri country home.....

Court exonerates MP Kiyingi6 hours ago

The Constitutional Court has ruled that Independent MP for Mawokota South Kenneth Kiyingi-Bbosa should maintain his seat in Parliament as he never abandoned his independent status to join NRM party.....

Global Trust Bank closed5 hours ago

Bank of Uganda has taken over the management of Global Trust bank.....

National

Student wins Daaku competitions1 hour ago

Fatuma Namwanje 16, a senior five student at Bilal Islamic, Bwaise has taken home a land title of 0. 0450 hectares after winning the Daaku competition that begun at the beginning of month of Ramadan....

Human trafficking suspect sent back to Luzira3 hours ago

A woman accused of human trafficking has been sent back to Luzira Prisons after Court declined to rule on her bail application immediately....

Business

Global Trust Bank closed 5 hours ago

Bank of Uganda has taken over the management of Global Trust bank.....

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Uganda’s S&P credit rating up 5 hours ago

INTERNATIONAL credit rating agency, Standard & Poors (S&P) this week affirmed Uganda’s credit rating at B/B with a stable outlook from B negative based on high GDP... ..

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Police cautions importers on impounding vehicles

Sport

Uganda makes slow start in Glasgow22 hours ago

SAVE for badminton where Uganda beat Kenya to keep alive its chances of advancing, the country’s swimmers, squash and table tennis players struggled at the opening stage....

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Nile Special boosts Uganda Cup rugby with sh150m 13 hours ago

Uganda Rugby Union was on the morning of Thursday July 24,2014 relieved when Nile breweries Under their Brand Nile Special committed sh150m to the Uganda Cup tournament.....

Blick’s Subaru N10 arrives for Pearl of Africa Rally 13 hours ago

As the Shell V-Power pearl of Africa draws closer on August 15-16, the driver have started fine tuning their Machines, with the latest being Arthur Blick Jnr, who on Wednesday unveiled a Subaru N10 p....

Mo Farah out of Commonwealth Games 22 hours ago

GLASGOW Commonwealth Games were handed a heavy body blow early on Thursday's opening day with the news that athletics legend Mo Farah had pulled out due to injury....

Uganda Cubs to return to camp Saturday 22 hours ago

The Uganda Cubs will not resume training for the return leg of the Africa U-17 Youth Championships qualifiers until Saturday because the players are not available.....

Entertainment And Lifestyle

In pictures: Juliana's son funeral service6 hours ago

It is nearly a week since the untimely passing of the little angel that has moved hearts, Keron Raphael Kabugo, singer Juliana Kanyomozi's only son. Condolences from family, friends and well wishers....

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Juliana's son Keron wrote his last words 1 day ago

In an emotional speech, the father of Juliana's son said their son died in his arms, and had scribbled his last words.....

MP Akena in a war of two women 2 days ago

Betty Amongi, the MP for Oyam County South has a pending case at Kira Road Police Station of threatening violence (G.E.F 029/2014) against another woman....

‘I cannot fall for my female clients’ 5 hours ago

Eryck Mutebi, aka Erycom, is a Ugandan DJ that has spent eight years in the Ugandan music industry. We caught up with him for a chat.....

Opinion / Columnists

Vision 2040 is a reality for Uganda's strategic plans

Vision 2040 is a reality for Uganda's strategic plans By John Vianney Ahumuza Uganda has adopted a series of national development programmes aimed at transforming the economy. Previous plans have

The Origins of War

The 59 skeletons were found in 1964, lying together in a gravesite beside the Nile near what is now the Egyptian-Sudanese border. They died between 13,000 and 14,000 years ago, and some of them seeme

Make voting compulsory

Uganda is going to the presidential and parliamentary polls in 2016 to exercise their democratic duty in choosing their leaders.

Delay of Capitation grant release very risky

Due to the problems Universal Primary Education (UPE) is facing, some critics would suggest scrapping it since its implementation has become more tedious and expensive than planned. Under the UPE pr

World

West Africa Ebola death toll 'reaches 660' 4 hours ago

The death toll in West Africa's Ebola outbreak has risen to 660, with the number of cases surpassing 1,000, says WHO.

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Science & technology

Facebook and Uber talk integration 6 hours ago

MARK Zuckerberg has held preliminary talks with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick about potentially embedding the service into the Facebook Messenger app, according to sources....

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OS X Yosemite public beta arrives 22 hours ago

ON Thursday, fall came early for hundreds of thousands of Mac users as Apple released its first public beta of OS X Yosemite... ..

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