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ONE person died instantly and two others sustained injuries when the vehicle in which they were travelling overturned. The trio were transporting A'level examination papers to schools in Pader town.
A total of 821 followers of the Faith of Unity, a religious cult, have denounced their sect and crossed to the Anglican Church since the beginning of this year.
THE Police in Bushenyi district are holding two men who allegedly stole over sh17m from Indians recently. The district Police commander, Jimmy Oyuku, identified the two suspects as Francis Kasindizi and Arthur Namara.
THE Police in Kasese district have said defilement cases have drastically reduced. An official from the child and family protection unit, Wilson Kathembo, said the decline was due to massive community sensitisation about child rights by civil society organisations.
MBALE district leaders expressed shock and concern after the head of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in Uganda revealed that the district had 3,300 child labourers.
OVER 150 girls were defiled in Tororo district last month. Statistics at Tororo Central Police Station indicated that 58 cases were reported in September and 103 in October this year.
Ambassador Julius Onen, the new Tourism Permanent secretary endured baptism of fire as MPs pushed him to explain questionable accountability of Shs5 billion for Chogm activities.
High levels of poverty, illiteracy and sight incapacitation in Kamuli District are some of factors advanced by the Electoral Commission to explain widespread election malpractices in the 2007 by-election for district chairperson.
Thousands of mature people now have a chance to enroll for studies at Makerere University after the ban on mature age entry was lifted.
No road or pavement in and around the Kampala City centre should be dusty, President Museveni has directed the Kampala City Council.
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. Her success sprang from the government's renewed commitment to agriculture, sealed when it recently signed a compact known as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development ...
Smiles Communications Uganda Limited, the seventh telecommunications company in Uganda is launching its services today.
MTN Uganda was last week named winner of the Rural Services Award at the Second AfricaCom Awards in Cape Town, South Africa.
Finance Minister Syda Bbumba has called on the banks to financially support the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector.
Police in western region are hunting for yet to be identified assailants who murdered a tea estate manager in Kabarole District last week.
At least 150,000 people, residents of Kasese District who had crossed to the Democratic Republic of Congo but were evicted, have started feeling the pinch of expulsion, Daily Monitor has learnt.
The R.Kelly anticipated concert is 69 days away but Zain Uganda, the company behind his coming, has already stepped up activations.
The Top Model Trend (TMT) grand finale is on tomorrow at Kampala Serena Hotel starting 6 p.m.
THE UN Security Council has condemned the increasing attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and the Sudan.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni told cultural leaders yesterday that the Cabinet has approved the draft Bill on traditional leaders.
For the umpteenth time, we are again writing an editorial on the Land Amendment Bill 2007 which restarted its journey towards becoming a law in Parliament on Tuesday.
COFFEE producers have been urged to improve on the quality of coffee in order to attract more local consumers. The board chairman of the East African Fine Coffee Association, Leslie Omari, said farmers, producers and brewers should improve the standard of their products so as to promote home consumption.
UGANDA has received sh17.8b from donors to support efforts geared at deepening democracy ahead of the 2011 elections.
AFRICAN farmers are seeding prosperity. Marie Nerica who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone is one example. She now produces enough rice to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government.
Most Ugandans need simply scan the front page of a newspaper in order to see the effects of corruption first-hand. From the venality of the CHOGM saga to the myriad stories of witch doctors defrauding gullible clients, corruption is never out of the headlines for long.
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