OPINION: Uganda To Benefit From Cuban Doctors
BY ALEX JOEL MASEREKA Government’s plan to import doctors has been the talk of the town in the recent days...
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Fire Guts Mbarara Airtel Centre
Fire has gutted the Airtel regional service centre in Mbarara town. According to an eye witness who preferred anonymity, the...
Vanilla Prices Soar, Now Costs More Than Silver
The price of vanilla has soared over the last two years, sending a chill down the spine of ice-cream makers....
Vodafone Uganda Creditors To Vote On Fate Of Company
The interim administrator of Afrimax, has called another meeting of creditors of the company during which they will decide the...
President Orders On SGR Loan
President Museveni has given the Ministry of Works up to September to conclude the loan acquisition contract with China’s Exim...
Pastor Who Anoints Ladies Knickers Goes Viral
Pictures of a pastor who makes members of his congregation drop their knickers such that he can anoint them have...
Attorney General: No Evidence to Terminate SGS Contract
By Amon Baita Compulsory vehicle inspections are expected to continue uninterrupted after the deputy Attorney General (AG) defended the contract...
Yaka ‘Token Failure’ Angers Power Users
Umeme has issued an apology after hundreds of power consumers across the country failed to load electricity because of a...
Medical Interns Strike Over Allowances
Medical interns in Uganda have withdrawn their labour from 29 regional hospitals citing failure by government to pay their outstanding...
CAOs Demand Shs13.5M Salary Raise
Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) have demanded a monthly gross pay of Shs13.5 million up from the net Shs1.7 million they...
Proposed Social Media Taxes Reduced By Half
Government has tabled new proposals to the Tax Bills in a bid to lower the proposed Excise Duty on Over...
Singapore Airport Tests Facial Recognition
Singapore's Changi airport is testing a facial recognition system it hopes will speed passengers through the facility. It is expanding...
WORLD CUP: African Teams To Get $2m Fifa Advance
Football's world governing body, Fifa, will advance $2 million in prize money to each of the five African teams that...
Rice Farmers Protest Cheap Imports
Ugandan rice farmers and dealers have cried out to government to rethink her shifting policy towards encouraging more rice imports,...
Police Buy Three More Aircrafts
Uganda Police Force has acquired two more helicopters and a fixed wing aircraft from Italy. The purchase of the two...
ONLY 7 MATCHES OF 2.5 OVERS WIN FORTEBET PUNTER 20M
One of the Fortebet punters had a very blissful weekend after winning a great 20 million, thanks to the good...
Salah Defeats Egypt FA Over Image Rights
A commercial dispute between Mohamed Salah and football authorities in Egypt has been swiftly resolved following top-level political intervention, a quick turnaround that...
Malawi’s ‘Thieving’ President Returns From Exile
Former Malawi president Joyce Banda returned home on Saturday to a rousing welcome by supporters and vowed to prove her...
‘World Bank Forced Gender Violence Loan Down Uganda’s Throat’
The World Bank is forcing Uganda the to take a $40million (about Shs 185 billion) loan to fight gender based...
UCC Asks ISPs To Block Unlicensed Websites
Uganda Communications Commission has ordered Internet Service Providers to block access to unauthorized news websites operating in Uganda. In a...