East Africa - Top News

• November 24
• New Vision Africa: Societies Must Be Transformed - Museveni

  African societies lag behind due to the absence of the bourgeois or skilled middle class, President Yoweri Museveni remarked on Saturday evening.

• New Vision Uganda: UCC Seeks Tax Exemption

  THE Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has asked the Commercial Court to stop the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) from imposing income tax on it.

• New Vision Uganda: Sh30 Billion to Create Jobs for Youth Secured

  THE Government has earmarked sh30b to fight unemployment among the youth, a government official has said.

• New Vision Uganda: Dismiss Gasasira Appeal - IGG

  THE Inspector General of Government (IGG) has asked the High Court to dismiss an application in which health ministry accountant Nestor Machumbi Gasasira is seeking to stop his dismissal over undeclared wealth.

• New Vision Uganda: Tanzania's Ex-President Mkapa to Officiate at Makerere University Reunion

  TANZANIA'S former president Benjamin Mkapa will arrive in Uganda on Thursday to officiate at the Makerere University alumni reunion.

• New Vision Uganda: Idd Holiday for Friday

  Muslims will mark Eid al-Adha on Friday, the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council has announced.

• New Vision Uganda: Delegates Out to Salvage Arua Club

  FUFA delegates in Zone 4 have launched a fundraising drive to bail out cash trapped Arua Central Football Club.

• New Vision Uganda: A1 Ready to Tame Leopards

  A1 Challenge is keen to crank up the pressure on the KCC Leopards when the two sides meet for Game 2 of their MTN-FUBA best-of-seven playoff finals at YMCA tomorrow.

• New Vision Uganda: Express, Fufa Back in Court

  SOCCER governing body FUFA and Express FC return to court today after failing to get an amicable settlement in their case.

• New Vision Uganda: Fufa Owes Referees Sh20 Million, Pledges to Clear Bill This Week

  UGANDA Super League referees have not been paid for over six months after their payment lists were destroyed by a computer virus, an official has admitted.

• New Vision Uganda: Air Force Makes a Winning Start in National Handball League

  Air force walloped Police by two goals as the national handball league started at the weekend at the Police training ground in Kibuli.

• New Vision Uganda: Kusuro Heads for Obudu Race

  WORLD Mountain running champion Geoffrey Kusuro will lead Uganda's assault on the lucrative Obudu Mountain running championship in Nigeria where the winner will walk off with $50,000 (sh93m).

• New Vision Uganda: KAVC Storms Volleyball League Play-offs Final

  KAMPALA Amateur Volleyball Club (KAVC) breezed into the final of the national volleyball league playoffs after edging defending champions Kampala City Council (KCC) 3-1 on Sunday.

• New Vision Uganda: Civil Servants Shun Nakasongola

  CIVIL servants shun working in Nakasongola district because of the absence of social amenities, the chief administrative officer, Philemon Mubiru, has said.

• New Vision Uganda: Christians in Food Security Drive

  Kiyinda-Mityana diocese has started a project to ensure food security among Christians.

• New Vision Uganda: Mityana Gets Sh390 Million

  Bulera sub-county has received over sh390m to help boost the education sector.

• New Vision Uganda: Barclays Helps Mothers

  Barclays Bank partnered with Virika Hospital to sponsor nutrition education among pregnant women who are HIV-positive.

• New Vision Uganda: Police Hold Kiruhura LC Over Bribery

  THE Police in Mbarara are holding the LC3 chairman of Burunga sub-county, Kiruhura district on allegations of receiving bribes from people who steal railway sleepers.

• New Vision Uganda: Police Net Thugs

  POLICE in Mbale have netted a gang of suspected thugs who are believed to be behind a series of robberies around the town.

• New Vision Uganda: 'I Will Remain a Virgin Till I Make a Big Impact in the HIV Fight'

  This year, to commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played a remarkable role in the fight against HIV in their communities. Profiles of the people nominated by the public will be published everyday until the end of November.

• New Vision Uganda: He Broke the Silence, Gave HIV At Workplace a Positive Face

  This year, to commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played a remarkable role in the fight against HIV in their communities. Profiles of the people nominated by the public will be published everyday, until the end of November

• TradeInvest East Africa: East Africa's Resources Pull Investors

  Investors looking for fresh natural resources struck deals in Tanzania and Uganda to exploit gold and oil respectively.

• New Vision Uganda: What Happened to the Old Tradition of Extended Family? [opinion]

  By now everybody must have read the story of the little 14- year-old girl from Bushenyi who captured local and international headlines by hitting her would-be defiler with a stone. The man died later.

• New Vision Uganda: Child Left to Starve in Chicken House

  THE Police and health authorities have rescued two children who were starved by their parents in two separate incidences in Mityana and Rakai districts.

• New Vision Uganda: Bushenyi Girl Has No Case

  THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dropped charges against the 14-year-old girl who killed a 40-year-old man who tried to defile her.