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Kawempe will face Kazo Kasolo in today's City Tyres-sponsored Idd Cup final at Kazoo Sports ground at 4pm.
Recent press reports that FDC leader Kizza Besigye was blocked from appearing on a Karamoja radio station, allegedly by the Resident District Commissioner, have re-opened the debate on whether Uganda is yet a multiparty democracy as it was widely thought. At around the same a Bukedde TV scroll read: "abebibiina bawakanyizza etteeka lye ttaka..." Now Abebibiina under the disguised NRM's single ...
For several weeks, it's been a matter of when and not how MTN Heathens will win this year's Broadband Sevens circuit title which will complete a remarkable clean sweep of the season.
Is the UPDF a tribal army because most of its senior Generals are mainly from southwestern Uganda? There is need to define what tribal and national institutions are. A national institution is one whose aspirations and actions serve the broader national good. Conversely a tribal institution serves parochial tribal interests.
Civil society activists have piled pressure on the government to make public all agreements it has entered with companies prospecting in oil that has been discovered in the Albertine region in western Uganda.
The government should consider creating a safe corridor for elephants to roam about due to congestion in most national game parks, the Amuru Resident District Commissioner, has said.
This is a difficult article to write for two reasons, one moral and the other legal. The legal one is the less difficult - just avoid mentioning any thief by name. The moral one is tougher. How do you avoid appearing to acknowledge crime as a source of success? Twenty years of writing have taught me that people sometimes misunderstand your message and you get mails like "how can you support these ...
Cranes coach Bobby Williamson insists he will only name his final squad of 20 players for the Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup moments before the team leaves for Kenya by road today.
Uganda's private enterprises are set to benefit from the 30 million Euros (about Shs70 billon) fund from the European Investment Bank (EIB), which would see businesses access low interest loans.
The trial of Ms Juliet Katusiime Akankwasa, the wife of the suspended National Forestry Authority boss, Damian Akankwasa over alleged theft of Shs900 million was yesterday extended until December 3 this year.
The Lord's Resistance Army rebels have abducted 24 people and killed one in a remote corner of Central African Republic, 850km east of the capital Bangui, the army said yesterday.
Teso Rural Development Trust (Terudet), a microfinance institution owned by Teso districts, is up for grabs after the Commercial Division of the High Court in Kampala issued a warrant of attachment and sale of its immovable property.
A man in Kumi District has dragged the LC5 chairperson, Mr Ismail Orot, to court, accusing him of attempting to grab his land.
Plans to build a new campus for Mbarara University of Science and Technology are still on, the university Vice Chancellor, Prof Fredrick Kayanja, said on Wednesday.
Property worth Shs150 million was destroyed when fire gutted a store in Kabudeire, Fort Portal town on Wednesday.
The Jinja Municipal Council technical team on Wednesday clashed with politicians over alleged mismanagement of land in the area.
KAYUNGA district council has denied passing a resolution permitting the Banyala community living in the district to break away from the Buganda kingdom.
Karamoja region has got Euros 500,000 (about sh1.3b) from the European Union (EU) and the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association.
Fear gripped Lira municipality officials on Monday morning when they reported for duty and found a goat's head in the office of the town clerk.
Two measures introduced in the past week will make it increasingly difficult for politicians and civil servants to hide any stolen government money.
The Police have arrested a 21-year-old student accused of hacking his uncle to death.
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his father.
Mbarara chief administrative officer (CAO) Wilson Tibugyenda has advised health workers to set up income-generating projects and stop stealing government drugs.
The former Kasese district chairperson of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has crossed to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).
THE women peer educators in Iganga district have been asked to emphasize HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and family management so as to reduce spread of the virus which is increasing among married couples.
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