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President Museveni sends out his first tweet6 hours ago

Three days after taking his first #selfie, President Yoweri Museveni has today sent out his first tweet. His handle, one of the first ones to be verified in Uganda, is @KagutaMuseveni....

Lukwago accused of tarnishing judiciary image5 hours ago

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

Cabinet approves Cancer Institute Bill5 hours ago

CANCER sufferers in Uganda might not have to incur hefty costs on treatment abroad anymore, as Cabinet has approved a Bill granting the Uganda Cancer Institute autonomy....

National

Mulago fast-tracks use of nuclear medicine4 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...

Kadaga vows to revamp Busoga education5 hours ago

THE Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has vowed she will undertake various measures to reverse the trend of Busoga being the worst performing region in PLE...

Business

Tobacco industry cautions on new legislation 15 hours ago

The tobacco industry leaders in Uganda have expressed concern about the new legislation to regulate the industry saying it might suffocate tobacco farming and investments in the country.....

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Sponsors visit nominees for best farmers award 15 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 One4 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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Pool Championships boosted by Nile Breweries 4 hours ago

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

Its Kiprotich v Kemboi at USPA Gala 10 hours ago

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

Uganda's table tennis team detained in Kenya 10 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 person11 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

Pope in hot water over 'personal' phone calls 9 hours ago

Pope Francis's habit of picking up the phone and cold calling people who write to him is landing the Vatican in hot water.

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Science & technology

NASA astronaut shares spacewalk selfie 6 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 5 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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