New Vision - Uganda news

Mao recuperating, says DP boss6 hours ago

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

Male circumcision lowers HIV risk for women5 hours ago

A campaign to promote male circumcision to prevent AIDS infection also indirectly benefits women, a study shows.....

No survivors on Algeria flight, black box found1 hour ago

No one survived the crash of an Air Algerie flight over Mali, says French President Francois Hollande.....

National

Al Shabaab commanders killed in AU offensive1 hour ago

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

Urban planning inevitable in development - Migereko1 hour ago

THE minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Daudi Migereko has advised Ugandans to support urban planning because it is inevitable if development is to take place...

Business

MPs warn government on coffee, banana diseases 17 hours ago

Uganda’s coffee and banana shambas are under attack by diseases and this might cause huge losses to the country and to the farmers if the problem is not urgently checked, Members of Parliament have w....

full story

Involve us in Namanve land allocation, UMA asks govt 17 hours ago

Officials from Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) have asked government to involve them in the allocation of land in Namanve Industrial Park to avoid being hoodwinked by fake investors who cannot... ..

full story

Sport

Uganda makes slow start in Glasgow16 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....

full story

Mo Farah out of Commonwealth Games 16 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 16 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.....

Chesang sets new junior record 1 day ago

Uganda’s Stella Chesang finished fourth at the IAAF World Junior championships with a new national junior record at the IAAF World Junior championships taking place in Eugene.....

Uganda begins quest for Commonwealth glory 1 day ago

UGANDA’S quest for medals at the 20th Commonwealth Games starts off with a badminton encounter against Kenya. The two nations clash in one of the opening fixtures of the mixed group encounters....

Entertainment And Lifestyle

In pictures: Angel Keron's funeral service29 minutes 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....

full story

Juliana Kanyomozi son’s body flown back 2 days ago

The casket bearing the body of local musician Juliana Kanyomozi’s son was flown back home on Tuesday evening.....

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’ 1 day 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 1 hour 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

full story

Today’s Newspaper

Science & technology

Facebook and Uber talk integration 28 minutes 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....

full story

OS X Yosemite public beta arrives 16 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... ..

full story