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

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.....

Mao recuperating, says DP boss9 hours ago

Democratic Party president general Nobert Mao is receiving treatment for pneumonia in Nairobi.....

National

Crane Bank hosts 500 Muslims to Iftaar meal58 minutes ago

With the month of Ramadhan being one where Allah closes the gates of hell and rewards good deeds in abundance, individuals and business people the world over take advantage of this month to enable Mu...

Al Shabaab commanders killed in AU offensive3 hours ago

AFRICAN Union troops in Somalia said they had killed two "senior" commanders of the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents, in the latest push...

Business

Global Trust Bank closed 1 hour ago

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

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Uganda’s S&P credit rating up 1 hour 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 Glasgow18 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 9 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 10 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 18 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 18 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 service2 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 ask sex workers to quit’ 2 days ago

A woman who describes herself as the "ssenga (counselor) of sex workers" says she cannot ask prostitutes to quit the trade.....

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

Tourist shot dead in Kenya was German 3 hours ago

KENYAN police said Friday a female tourist shot dead in the coastal city of Mombasa was from Germany, the second such killing of a foreign visitor by gunmen there this month

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Science & technology

Facebook and Uber talk integration 2 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 18 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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