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Auditor General needs sh19b to clear backlog1 hour ago

The Office of the Auditor General requires additional funding of sh19.19b to clear audit backlog for lower Local Governments and schools.....

Attackers among dead in Nairobi bombing2 hours ago

Authorities in Kenya say two suspected militants were among those killed in a car bomb explosion outside a police station in Nairobi.....

Lukwago accused of tarnishing judiciary image13 hours ago

THE Attorney General’s representative state attorney Martin Mwambutsya, has accused Erias Lukwago of putting the image of the judiciary in disrepute....

National

Auditor General needs sh19b to clear backlog1 hour ago

The Office of the Auditor General requires additional funding of sh19.19b to clear audit backlog for lower Local Governments and schools....

Mulago fast-tracks use of nuclear medicine13 hours ago

MULAGO Hospital is fast-tracking the use of nuclear medicine for faster diagnosis and treatment of cancer as an alternative in disease diagnosis and treatment...

Business

Museveni woos Turkish investors 36 minutes ago

President Yoweri Museveni has called on Turkish entrepreneurs to tap the abundant opportunities that Uganda has in value addition of agro-products and minerals.....

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Sponsors visit nominees for best farmers award 23 hours ago

With the use of simple innovations, one can practise farming in the smallest of spaces. This was the general consensus after the sponsors of the national best farmer’s competition visited two of the ... ..

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Sport

CANA: Uganda bags 3 gold medals on Day One12 hours ago

UGANDA’S Hind Kimberly, Tendo Mukalazi, and Nabil Saleh bagged gold as the 12th edition of the CANA Zone 3 and 4 championships kicked off at the Kampala Parents School....

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Its Kiprotich v Kemboi at USPA Gala 18 hours ago

STEPHEN Kiprotich was thrilled on learning that steeplechase legend Ezekiel Kemboi would attend the Nile Special USPA Gala....

Pool Championships boosted by Nile Breweries 13 hours ago

THE Nile Special Open Pool championship has received a huge boost sponsored with Nile Breweries injecting sh1.1b up from sh570m....

Uganda's table tennis team detained in Kenya 19 hours ago

UGANDA'S U-12 table tennis team has been detained in Nairobi for failure to clear a $1800 (sh4.5m) hotel bill accumulated after failure to pay for a week’s accommodation....

Entertainment And Lifestyle

Lupita Nyong'o named most beautiful person20 hours ago

Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o was named Most Beautiful person of 2014 by People magazine....

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The East African carnival 1 day ago

Easter was here. And again, Bebe Cool invited (or pretended to have invited) a horde of east African artists to his father’s recreation centre in Kiwatule in what he dubbed the East African carnival....

Lutaaya, Golden Band pull off Easter concerts 2 days ago

Following weeks of bickering among the defunct Eagles' Production over copyrights, brand name, and of course money, the grand finale was to be witnessed over the long Easter weekend as they tussled i....

Power and sex: Is your wife safe at the workplace? 2 days ago

A number of powerful career men have found themselves in trouble over their sex escapades with their subordinates. Some even have sex in the office, jeopardising their careers and relationships....

Opinion / Columnists

Born in December, dead in April – Is Easter too close to Christmas?

It was on December 25 last year, when the entire world joyously celebrated Jesus’ birth with pomp and glamour in many churches around the world.

The weevil that can control Lake Kyoga weed

Over the past weeks, the media has been awash with an invasion of a strange weed on Lake Kyoga, the fast growing aquatic fern, Giant salvania

Youth key in regional integration

Plans are ongoing to have a single currency in the next three years, and eventually a political fusion known as the East African Federation.

West Nile @ 100: Some West Nilers are lost Bagungu

Do all West Nilers know their roots? Historical records indicate that some of them were Bagungu and a bigger fishing community.

World

US warns Russia against 'expensive mistake' in Ukraine 3 hours ago

The United States warned Russia Thursday against making an "expensive mistake" in Ukraine, as Moscow ordered new military exercises on its shared border.

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Science & technology

NASA astronaut shares spacewalk selfie 14 hours ago

DURING Wednesday's fast-track spacewalk, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio complained that his arms were too short to take a selfie. But that didn't stop him from trying, or from sharing the results....

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Facebook launches Newswire for journalists 14 hours ago

FACEBOOK has launched FB Newswire, the company announced today, which is a product of a partnership with News Corp-owned Storyful and which promises to offer journalists a repository... ..

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