July 29, 2011

• Uganda: Nambawa Warms Up With 6.32M

  African triple jump champion Sarah Nambawa warmed up with 6.32m long jump, as she builds up for the World Athletics Championships due in Daegu, Korea next month. Read more »

• Uganda: Districts Get Equipment to Fight Tsetse Flies

  Districts surrounding Lake Victoria are still highly infested with Tsetse flies with Buvuma leading in Tsetse flies population. Read more »

• Uganda: Museveni Orders On Teachers Pay

  President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the ministries of public service, finance and education and other stakeholders to immediately hold negotiations with the teachers over their... Read more »

• Uganda: Museveni Begins Four-Day State Visit to Rwanda

  President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in Kigali to begin a 4-day State Visit to Rwanda at the invitation of the President of Rwanda H.E. Paul Kagame. Read more »

• Uganda: The Grapevine - Zari Tears for the Less Privileged

  Most people would think it was showbiz. But those who witnessed a tear-drenched Zari Hussein delivering charity gifts to the Good Samaritan Orphanage programme under St. Joachim... Read more »

• Uganda: Piracy Becoming the Norm?

  Weasel, Kiprich and Radio: Ngamba by Goodlyfe is a lame version of Telephone Ting by Kiprich Read more »

• Uganda: Kiplagat Aims At a Better Time

  BENJAMIN Kiplagat believes that he is at his peak and is able to set a new personal best, when he takes part in the DN Galan meet in Stockholm, the 11th stop in the Samsung Diamond... Read more »

• Uganda: Winger Etyang Faces Ban

  LADY Rugby Cranes' winger, Winnie Atyang risks a ban from the national team if found guilty of gross indiscipline during the team's tour of the Reunion islands. Read more »

• Uganda: Falcons, Canons in Must Win Game

  THE Falcons have never missed the FUBA men's top-flight playoffs. The UCU Canons have missed them only once during their four-year stay in the same division. Read more »

• Uganda: Ekisa Confronts Tough Challenge in Kawempe

  DEFENDING champion Jimmy Ekisa faces a stiff challenge as the last round of Nile Special Pool Open Championship qualifiers close at Big Zone club, Nansana, this weekend. Read more »

• Uganda: Medics Vaccinated Against Hepatitis B

  THE health ministry has launched the vaccination of health workers against the deadly hepatitis B virus that causes liver cancer. Read more »

• Uganda: Teachers Dodge Class, Paralyse Schools

  WHEREAS some schools in Kasese went about their business normally yesterday, others were stuck as teachers never turned up for work. Read more »

• Uganda: Media Hailed for Improving Civic Awareness

  THE growing public civic awareness in Uganda is due to the existence of many newspapers, radios and television stations in the country, Vision Group CEO Robert Kabushenga has... Read more »

• Uganda: 200 Parrots Returned to the Wild

  TWO hundred African parrots have been released into the wild by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). Read more »

• Uganda: Ministers Stranded On Lake As Ferry Fails

  WORKS state minister Eng. John Byabagimbi and that for transport, Stephen Chebrot, were yesterday trapped on Lake Victoria for over two hours after a ferry they had gone to... Read more »

• Uganda: Government Rejects Proposal to Set Academic Qualification for Lcs

  THE Government has rejected a proposal by MPs to set a minimum academic qualification for lower local council (LC) leadership positions. Read more »

• Uganda: Police Check Clues On Kajubi Hideout

  THE police were yesterday investigating media reports that runaway city tycoon Godfrey Kato Kajubi is hiding in a village in Wakiso district. Read more »

• Uganda: 100,000 to Be Employed for Census

  OVER 100,000 Ugandans are to be deployed during the national population and housing census scheduled for next year. Read more »

• Uganda: Expert Makes Offer to UABF

  A US based physical fitness expert has offered to provide free training to Uganda's All Africa Games bound boxers, reports James Bakama. Read more »

• Uganda: Museveni Orders On Teachers Pay

  PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has ordered the ministries of public service, finance, education and other concerned stakeholders to immediately hold negotiations with the teachers over... Read more »

• Uganda: Kabaka Calls for Harmony With Govt

  KABAKA Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has called for harmony between the Buganda kingdom and the central Government. Read more »

• Uganda: Mukasa's Miraculous Return Shocks Many

  PICTURE this. A band is playing your favourite song. As it builds to the climax, suddenly the unexpected happens. Read more »

• Uganda: Will Cranes Travel to the West Or North?

  IT'S that time of the year again, when fans around the world will scramble for their atlases as they await the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw in Brazil tomorrow. Read more »

• Uganda: Sonset Passes Out First Soccer Star

  MBALE Sonset Soccer Academy has produced its first player for a premier league club after 18-year old striker Ronald Musana signed a three-year contract with SC Villa starting with... Read more »

• Uganda: Late Philly Bongoley Lutaaya Vs Roxette

  Late Philly Bongoley Lutaaya, who we regard as one of the best musician that Uganda has ever produced was no saint. Read more »