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Presidential banana project suspended2 hours ago

Parliament has suspended funding for the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) over accountability queries.....

Man jailed for defrauding Toro Queen mother1 hour ago

A court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to five-years in jail for defrauding the Toro queen mother, Best Kemigisha of USD 60,000 (approximately sh150m).....

Striking Kenyan truckers block road to Mombasa1 hour ago

Kenyan truckers blocked the only highway from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, threatening to choke the main trade artery to east Africa unless.....

Business

Uganda Tourism Board told to be creative1 hour ago

Tourism minister Maria Mutagamba has urged the new Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to find alternative funding methods to promote Uganda as an attractive tourism destination....

URA blames agents for truck pile up at Malaba2 hours ago

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has accused the clearing agents at Malaba border for the continuous truck pile up that has caused a daily traffic jam on the Malaba-Tororo highway during morning an...

Sport

Uganda Super League goes to court 1 hour ago

Uganda Super League (USL) Limited has in its stand-off with Education and Sports Ministry turned to the constitutional court for guidance.....

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Express handed tricky Kagame Cup draw 17 hours ago

UGANDA Super League champions 2012, Express FC will open their 2013 CECAFA-Kagame Cup Club Championship ambitions against defending... ..

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Entertainment

Kampala life pictures 10 hours ago

Kampala is a city with its many faces and tales. Our cameraman brings you some behind the scenes of the everyday life.....

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Africa better recognise DJ Aludah 2 days ago

Thank God I had not paid my tuition fees so I used the money to fly to Nairobi and join HomeBoyz Music Technology Academy where I enrolled in their Deejaying, Music Production and Sound Engineering c... ..

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Health

Water shortage hits 3000 Mbarara homes 8 hours ago

Residents of Mbarara town and Kaberebere in Isingiro district have had no water for four days now due to a faulty water pump.

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Education

Madhvani giving hope to thousands of students 48 minutes ago

He is now a minister in charge of higher education and is one of the best head teachers the country has ever had. This is Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo, whose education career was coming to a halt sinc

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Lifestyle

Haunted by the past: How much personal data should you disclose to your spouse?18 hours ago

I come from Kabwohe, Sheema district (formerly Bushenyi district) in western Uganda. I had a baby at the age of 17 in my Senior Four vacation. My parents took over the baby to give me another chance ....

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Who is killing mobile money agents? 16 hours ago

Mobile money agents have become victims of organised attacks from thugs who are now targeting the booming business....

Dads too deserve a pat on the back 16 hours ago

DAD’S gal. You cannot even write it formally as ‘girl’. It is juicier that way, ‘Gal’ because nothing elicits a better feeling in a father than having this adorable daughter – pretty, brilliant, alwa....

Ibanda sold vegetables to build his house 1 day ago

Wilson Ibanda, a resident of Buwagi village approximately 21kms from Jinja town built a four bedroom house with a spacious sitting room, dining room and three bedroom boy’s quarters from selling vege....

Opinion / Columnists

Liberalization of the pension sector is the way to go

French Philosopher Jean Jacque Rousseau has been widely quoted as having often said that “man is born free and everywhere he is in chains

Sh32b Graduate Fund will transform Uganda forever!

Facts and figures speak louder than words and arguments! This is how I cooled down tempers among pessimist peers at my workplace, as hot arguments criss-crossed offices over the latest version of th

The government’s stand on four children per household is a step in the right direction

Sometime back, the media was awash with news of the current stand of the Government on family planning.

Promotion of small power plants over big power plants better for Uganda

On May 21, 2013, the new vision news paper carried a story entitled “focus shifts to small power plants as fate of Karuma remains uncertain”.

Special Features

Nandyose follows up her students up to university 23 hours ago

It is rare to find primary school teachers who follow their pupils’ academic performance until they join university and other institutions of higher learning.

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World

Zuma implicated in S.Africa wedding plane scandal 2 hours ago

A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permi

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Sites and Sounds of Uganda

Can we save Nakasero fort? 2 days ago

In the backyard of the imposing Hilton Hotel currently being constructed on Naka-o historical accounts, this fort was created in 1900 when Captain Frederick Lugard, who headed the Imperial British Ea

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