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Angola's Emma for the third time is up for eviction and with just two weeks left to the grand prize of US $200,000. She is up against the boring Nigerian Geraldine which should give her a very big chance to survive again. Isn't it ironic that Nigeria still has all their three housemates in the last seven housemates standing?
A new programme to help curb disparities in drug shop operations, especially in rural areas has been launched. The ministry of Health and the National Drug Authority last week launched the ADS (Accredited Drug Shop) logo, which will be used to help clients access the right medication.
Uganda Health Marketing Group's (UHMG) new "One Love" campaign that tells people to "Get off the Sexual Network" is quite provocative. Who has ever thought that they are part of a network, not a telecom one but a sexual one? I bet you, not that many of us. As we go about sleeping with this one and the other one, we never imagine that they are sleeping with another person who is sleeping with yet ...
The decision by Mbarara Grade II Magistrate, Moses Ndifuna, to accept a bribe of Shs 200,000 in order to reverse an order imposed by health inspectors was despicable.
I write in response to a story that ran in The Observer on November 9, 2009 under the heading 'President's man under fire over boda boda'. The writer distorted the facts which I would now like to correct.
The Observer on October 22, 2009 carried a lead story with a screaming headline: "Banyankore generals are UPDF's best, says Aronda."
History has long debated at what point a military campaign can really constitute a war victory.
The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) and Judiciary should shoulder the blame for Tanzania's sharp drop in the global corruption rankings, politicians and activists said yesterday.
Dar es Salaam's golfers yesterday put in fabulous displays to lead in the 18-hole event in both men and women's categories.
Former director of personnel and administration of the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) Amatus Liyumba did not have powers to authorize payment of its project, the court was told yesterday.
Veteran Rashid Matumla will have a date against Joseph Marwa on December 25 at Uhuru Stadium in a non-title bout, according to the promoter, Ramadhani Uhadi.
The World Bank supported Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda.
After touring 37 other African countries, the World Cup trophy finally arrives in Tanzania today.
Insufficient parking space and poor coordination between transporters, clearing agents and operators of Container Freight Stations (CFS) are leading to serious delays at the CFSs.
The proliferation of kingdoms and chiefdoms in Uganda and the concerted calls for 'majimboism' in Kenya do not augur well for a regional political federation.
Growing coffee and banana plants together can increase farmers' revenues by as much as 50 per cent, researchers say.
Pristine Global Pvt has invested $100,000 to expand its business in Tanzania, Malawi and Senegal.
Many will be alarmed that the perception out there is that not enough is being done to fight corruption, especially in the public sector.
If history repeats itself, then Kilimanjaro Stars, the mainland soccer team, have a sense of superiority heading into the Cecafa Challenge Cup that will kickoff on November 29 in Nairobi, Kenya.
African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call 'Marie Nerica' who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government.
The Ugandan army yesterday said it had killed yet another commander of the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic even as US lawmakers moved closer to passing a law to enable the White House directly get involved in anti-LRA efforts.
A select Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) side subjected the visiting English side Ealing CC to a 115-run loss in their last match of 11-day tour at Kyambogo oval on Tuesday.
Hotel owners in Kampala smiled to the banks with at least Shs9 billion from the government as advance bookings for the 2007 Chogm delegates who later never turned up, Parliament heard yesterday.
The Democratic Party has been involved in countrywide grassroot elections in preparation for the Delegates' Conference on November 26 in Mbale. These elections were meant to fill all the vacant posts in the party and to have new leadership ready to face the general elections in 2011.
Zimbabwe has confirmed participation in the forth- coming Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup to take place November 28 to December 13 in Kenya.
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