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Nothing seems to excite and bond Ugandans like sports. That was very much evident during the sixth edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon on Sunday. At the venue -Kololo Airstrip, I met a lanky white young man called Alexander, born and raised in Uganda. Like me, it was his first shot at the marathon and we both had registered for the 10km race. As the race picked rhythm, I noticed Indians, Koreans ...
Expectations and a variety of options are some of the things playing on Bobby Williamson's mind as the Uganda Cranes coach seeks to defend the Orange-sponsored Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.
After lengthy rounds of negotiations among partner states, the EAC Common Market Protocol was finally signed by all the five Heads of State last Friday, in what many described as a landmark agreement.
The former President of Tanzania, Mr Benjamin Mkapa has confirmed his visit to Makerere University where he has been invited to preside over the university's Alumni re-union.
The hearing of the case in which Ms Halima Nsiimire, one of the four wives of Higher Education Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana, is accused of trying to kill her co-wife flopped yesterday after the key witness failed to show up in court.
Heritage Oil and Gas Company is apparently offering its business stakes in Uganda to Italian energy giant Eni S.P.A because it lacks sufficient financing to construct oil infrastructure such as refineries and pipeline, according to a top official.
A minister has told government officials appearing before the ongoing Parliamentary inquiry into the misuse of Chogm funds to consult Cabinet when put under the spot by MPs.
Ugandan Muslim pilgrims who are in the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina for the annual Hajj are still safe despite an outbreak of H1N1 flu commonly known as Swine Flu, Daily Monitor has learnt.
The eviction of squatters from the Mau Forest was top on the agenda of the weekly meeting between President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Tuesday.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is for the first time scheduled to visit Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu where he is expected to hold talks with his Somali counterpart and inspect the peacekeeping operation of African Union troops.
East Africa's regional integration remains a government-driven elite project that is largely unknown to ordinary citizens, a new report says warning of a possible failure to deliver the fruits of free trade even with last week's launch of the common market.
Seated at a u-shaped table is an assembly of middle-aged men and women clad in business suits, faces stern and expressionless. Refreshments - bottled water, sodas and giant flasks of tea - clutter the long table, competing for space with piles of documents.
Twenty-one-year old widow, Santa Auma remembers the day four men, armed with spears and knives stormed her hut at about 3:35am on March 20, 2008, and robbed her. Then they took turns raping her and her 20-year-old niece. Auma decided to fight back. She and her niece went to the hospital and then to the Police. One of the attackers was arrested and is in jail awaiting trial.
The International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo will Thursday make an "announcement" on the situation regarding Kenya's post election violence.
CABINET Minister William Ruto has invited Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta to be the guests of honour at a fundraising in aid of the Mau forest evictees.
Suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of Southern Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said.
The Ethiopian government has vehemently rejected accusations that it has excluded some opposition supporters from a food-for-work programme, charges that are the focus of growing international concern in the run-up to elections in 2010.
Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia group has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow, 620km south of the capital Mogadishu, causing hundreds of families to flee in fear of violence.
THE Government has not yet approved the sale of Ugandan oil fields to an Italian company, a senior energy ministry official has said.
It sometimes seems like Kenyans are programmed to resist any measure, even if it is good for them. Even Cabinet ministers see no contradiction in casually standing up in public to oppose policies initiated by the very same government they serve.
Most members of Parliament would rather not pay tax on their hefty emoluments if they had their way.
Abukar Abdi Osman, the minister of the development of livestock of Somali Transitional government held press conference in Mogadishu on Tuesday and warned Somali livestock businessmen to avoid anything that could disrupt to export.
Cholera is on the rise in Nairobi slums, raising fears of a widespread outbreak of the deadly disease.
The World Bank projects the Kenyan economy to grow by 3.5 per cent next year, just a unit percentage point up from what will be recorded this year.
Kenya is still hunting for oil in Isiolo where a Chinese firm has pitched tent.
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