The heavens opened yesterday in Kampala unleashing a gush that soaked the dry and dusty land leaving many workers unable to get lunch outside of their offices. Other workers got a prolonged but upsetting lunch break.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) primary elections will hopefully end this weekend with repeat polls. There is no doubt that the party faced challenges in organising the elections, but the shortcomings should be used as a learning point by all those interested in smooth general elections next year.
Coach Bobby Williamson's Cranes will surely have over a billion reasons to be motivated for Saturday's Nations Cup qualifier after sealing a new three-year sh1.4b sponsorship deal yesterday.
Angola's national team players Tuesday in Lubango, southern Huila province, expressed optimism about beating Uganda on Saturday, in Kampala, in a group 10 first round match qualifying for the African Cup of Nations (CAN2012).
Candidates for National Resistance Movement primaries in Kayunga District have accused the party's district registrar's office of being behind the massive vote rigging that resulted into the cancellation of the district's voting exercise on Monday.
Kampala City Council warned yesterday that work "will come to a standstill unless its accounts are allowed to operate soon." In a press statement issued by Principal Public Relations Officer Simon Muhumuza, the City Council warned that the current standoff between City Mayor Nasser Sebaggala and Town Clerk Ruth Kijjambu would halt all activities by Friday.
Police is to set up anti-narcotics desks at all police stations across the country with effect from next week.
Residents of Nakawa-Naguru housing estates have accused government of delaying the redevelopment of the housing estate.
Hosts Namibia were in an uncompromising mood as they posted a comprehensive victory of 192 runs against a hapless Sierra Leone side on day three of the ICC CWQC, at the Wanderers oval.
Commercial banks in Africa need to collaborate in order to thrive and deliver financial services to the unbanked people, the head of Ecobank has said.
Uganda's inflation for the year ended August 31 dipped to 1.7 per cent the lowest in more than six years on the back of reducing food prices. The August Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics indicates that inflation fell from 3.2 per cent in July to 1.7 per cent in August 2010, the lowest rate since July 2004, when inflation stood at 1.8 per cent.
East Africa will between December 1 and 5 hold the Lake Victoria Basin Investment forum that is geared towards the development of one of the largest water body.
Two weeks ago, one individual walked into my offices requesting for business advice. He said he wanted to start an agribusiness enterprise that he thought could do well.
Picture those days when you had to spend Shs10, 000 on bus fare to deliver just Shs20, 000 to a relative. Or imagine the long queues in the banking halls when you want to pay utility bills or your child's school fees.
Ritah Sanyu wailed when a private clinic attendant asked her to raise Shs12,000 for the required malaria treatment prescribed for her critically ill son. She had just left a public health centre where the son was examined and referred to Mulago Referral Hospital because the centre was short of essential drugs.
MTN Heathens culture of dominance in the shorter codes is surely going to be threatened when this year's Hima 7s National Circuit gets underway this Saturday in Entebbe.
Steven Bengo's pain in Tanzania Premier League has finally come to an end after the Uganda Cranes playmaker sealed a record Shs20m transfer to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on Sunday.
In a bid to help Uganda Cranes campaign in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2014 World Cup campaigns the Uganda Cranes official sponsors MTN Uganda have increased the team sponsorship to Shs1.48b.
US President Barack Obama this week announced the end of combat operations in Iraq. Seven years and 165 days after declaring war on the Saddam Hussein regime, the world's most powerful army is pulling its fighters out of a war it has not lost but has not won either.
Rwanda has joined the African Union (AU) in defence of Kenya's decision not to comply with the International Criminal Court's (ICC) warrant of arrest issued against Sudanese President Omar al Bashir while he was invited to Nairobi for the new constitution's promulgation ceremony.
At least five senior NRM legislators from western Uganda, including a minister, were by last night staring humiliating defeats in the face as final results of the ruling party's controversial parliamentary and district council primary elections were being tallied.
East Africa's top seed Ugandan Duncan Mugabe won 6-0 and 6-0, to cruise to the next stage as the fifth edition of Simba Cement International Open Tennis Tournament kicked off in Dar es Salaam yesterday, amid chaos from local athletes.
One worry gone, another headache in. That all 24 summoned players are now in camp puts to rest worries of some professionals not coming. But it also opens a can of migraines for coach Bobby Williamson as he looks to trim his side to 18 players and deciding on who plays ahead of who on Saturday.
Contestants in the NRM Parliamentary and local council primary elections in Iganga District have threatened to boycott the rescheduled Saturday's polls if certain conditions are not fulfilled by the party's electoral body.
The army has, for the first time, named UPDF soldiers killed during the peacekeeping mission in war-ravaged Somalia.
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