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Police search Monitor, Red Pepper9 hours ago

The Police has this morning surrounded and are searching the premises of newspapers Daily Monitor in Namuwongo and The Redpepper offices at Namanve.....

Basoga Twegaite to build cancer unit in Jinja10 hours ago

The Basoga Twegaite association in the diaspora is to fund-raise for a cancer treatment unit in Jinja.....

A call for speedy passing of legal aid bill10 hours ago

Free legal aid service providers have voiced urgency to table the draft Legal Aid Policy Bill before Parliament.....

Business

World Bank Group President,UN Secretary-General to visit Uganda1 hour ago

The world bank website in a press release indicates that World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a historic joint visit to Africa’s Grea...

Govt maintains stand on taxes12 hours ago

SINCE the release of the budget framework paper last month which contains the draft budget that will be read in June, various sectors have protested the taxes, saying they will be an added burden...

Sport

UCA names strong team for U19 Cricket World Cup qualifiers 5 hours ago

UGANDA Cricket Association has today named the team that has been selected to represent the country in the Pepsi ICC Africa Under 19 Division 1....

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Cranes face hectic schedule 6 hours ago

CRANES’ new head coach will have to design a well-laid out strategy that will enable the national team negotiate six gruelling 2015 Nations Cup qualifiers... ..

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Entertainment

Inner Circle thrills Jinja 17 hours ago

Jamaican Reggae group Inner Circle on Saturday put up an energetic performance leaving people still yearning for more in Jinja.....

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Africa better recognise DJ Aludah 12 hours 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

HIV vaccine trials to start in July 11 hours ago

RV144 trials conducted on over 16,000 individuals showed that vaccines given to individuals who participated showed a 31 percent risk reduction in acquiring HIV

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Education

ENTERPRISING TEACHER: Kibalya started an events business to supplement his salary 1 day ago

Eight years ago, Richard Kibalya, a teacher in Kampala, decided to fi nd an additional job to do during his free time. He realised his weekends were free and this is the same time many people were ho

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Lifestyle

After 11 years in prison,I forgave my tormentors13 hours ago

On Friday, April 5, Patrick Zizinga got a new lease on life when Nakawa High Court set him free. He had spent 11 years locked up in Luzira Maximum Security Prison for a murder he did not commit.....

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A parent’s worst nightmare 13 hours ago

On March 5, 2011. I gave birth to my daughter. She was stillborn at 36 weeks. This is the most gut-wrenching heartbreak I have ever experienced.....

Jumpsuits, prints rock 2013 fashion 13 hours ago

The 2013 fashion trend so far, from various runways, has been less glitz, ruffles, and no sequins. The designers have tried to keep it pretty simple, featuring fabrics like silk, African kitenge, chi....

Who wants a broke guy? 2 days ago

MANY corporate women, who are financially independent, but find themselves trapped in relationships with men who have nothing to offer, apart from dreams....

Opinion / Columnists

Let IMF help improve commercial agriculture

Meeting the International Monetary Fund delegation at State House Entebbe recently, President Museveni said a deliberate move is necessary to change the attitude of the people to adopt commercial agr

Ugandans must work to achieve Vision 2040

Patriotism, enshrined as a duty of every citizen in the 1995 National Constitution of Uganda, is fast coming home to perch – and breed.

Kenyatta, Ssekandi hail Rotary for fostering development in the region

Over the weekend, Rotarians from Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa thronged Kenya’s eastern Seaport Municipality of Mombasa to attend the 88th Special Rotary District Conference and Assembly.

Genetic modification in crops a natural process of survival

Naturally, living organisms with certain adaptable traits survive the harsh environment conditions to reach the reproductive stage and pass on their traits to the next generation.

Special Features

Do you really need eyeglasses? 5 hours ago

Opticians around town are in the business of selling eyeglasses and as the Sunday Vision reporter reveals, most will do whatever it takes, even if it means convincing you that you have eye defects in

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World

Four die in Ghana church stampede 13 hours ago

FOUR people died and 30 others were injured Sunday in a stampede in a popular church in Ghana, caused by an offer of free anointing water

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Sites and Sounds of Uganda

Can we save Nakasero fort? 11 hours 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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