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Fagil, Bukenya feud: Police deploy at UNEB4 hours ago

Very Important People Protection police Unit (VIPPU) has pitched camp at the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) headquarters in Ntinda a Kampala suburb.....

PM defends voluminous ID registration forms7 hours ago

PM Amama Mbabazi makes a spirited defense of what some critics of the ongoing national ID registration have described as ‘voluminous registration forms’....

DRC team to travel to Uganda over M23 amnesty11 hours ago

A delegation from DR Congo is expected in Uganda on Friday to oversee arrangements to enable former M23 fighters sign forms denouncing rebellion as a precondition to receiving amnesty.....

National

Water and sanitation provision guidelines tightened, actors told to comply1 hour ago

Water and sanitation providers have been tasked to adhere to national standards, policies and objectives during the provision of services....

Involve traditional leaders to combat malaria-Speaker4 hours ago

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has called upon health experts and officials to involve cultural leaders to fight malaria....

Business

Tobacco industry cautions on new legislation 9 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 8 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

Uganda's table tennis team detained in Kenya4 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....

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Its Kiprotich v Kemboi at USPA Gala 3 hours ago

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

Former boxing champion Kassim Ouma arrested in US 9 hours ago

Kassim Ouma might be past his best but he has certainly not lost his punching skills.That’s exactly what one Hollywood resident found out when he allegedly tried making gay advances at the former wor....

Table tennis stars face detention 6 hours ago

UGANDAN table tennis players have excelled at a three-nation competition in Kenya. But Uganda’s celebrations are threatened by a police scare....

Kisaala bemoans goal-shy strikers 1 day ago

BUL FC head coach Kefa Kisaala yet again blamed his strike force led by team captain Patrick Asiku for letting him down in the club's 0-0 draw with Kira Young....

Entertainment And Lifestyle

Lupita Nyong'o named most beautiful person5 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 3 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

Twitter’s new design available for all 1 day ago

AFTER announcing its new Facebook-inspired profile pages earlier this month, Twitter is finally rolling out the new look to all of its users....

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WhatsApp passes 500 million active users 1 day ago

WHATSAPP while announcing that the app has 500 million active users, has been adding around 25 million new active users every month, a pace that isn’t slowing... ..

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