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WE have been treated to pictures of the Tooro princess looking so lean, she would make soccer star David Beckham's anorexic wife Victoria die of nugu. She also has a blazing song called Haturudi Nyuma (Let's not retreat). It features a hitherto unknown Burundian vocalist, Kidum, a continuation of Juliana's professed preference for collabos with male artistes ever since she broke the I-Jay ...
THEY say the surest route to failure is for one to try and please everybody. For a journalist especially, it is practically impossible to be in everyone's good books. However mild mannered or level-headed one is, stepping on a few toes is inevitable.
I SHOULD not be the one writing about this because well, I literally make a living off reminiscing about campus life. But then I have never been the one to resist doing what I shouldn't do. I wonder why we never seem to get over the fact that we went to university?
WHAT are the views of the NRM and the opposition on the topic of the week? Sunday Vision pits opposition columnist Wafula Oguttu against NRM representative Ofwono Opondo.
ONE image comes to mind at the mention of Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East - war. Incidentally, some areas in and around Kampala are called just that.
AS gospel artistes continue to complain about lack of financial support, debate is going on among born-again Christians that Gospel music has lost its value, owing to the overwhelming secular influences. But has the soul music genre really lost its spirituality? If this is true, what should be done to bring the gospel artistes back on the divine track?
THE National Resistance Movement (NRM) secretary general, Amama Mbabazi, has told the party members to resign if the head of their local council executive is a member of the opposition.
WOMEN rights activists from over five Civil Society Organisations have praised the Government for enacting the long awaited Domestic Violence Bill. Parliament on Wednesday passed the bill which calls for protection of victims of domestic violence and seeks to punish the crime perpetrators.
THE Court of Appeal has given the State one last chance to prosecute its criminal appeal against Dr. Aggrey Kiying, who was acquitted of the murder of his wife, Robinah Kiyingi.
Trading is low at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). This is because there are less people investing in stocks.
Zain Uganda is reported to have injected close to $2.5m in the R. Kelly "I believe" concert that will rock the whole of East Africa come 29, January 2009 at the Kampala's Lugogo indoor stadium.
Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) is the apex body of the Private Sector in Uganda whose mission is to thrust the development and growth of the private sector's competitiveness.
Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda are among the five East, Central and Western African countries which are going to benefit from the global funds US $336 million to battle malaria.
The movement of people and goods from Uganda to Rwanda is to be facilitated 24 hours a day starting April next year, the two neighbouring states have agreed. The development comes following growing traffic of both cargo and passenger vehicles crossing the two borders.
Revenue Authorities in the East African Community (EAC) member states will start charging a uniform figure of 5% as withholding tax on dividends given to shareholders.
A group of people on September11, 2009 attacked police officers and disrupted people's business, court heard on Wednesday.
CLOSE to 1,000 new Somalis, who arrived in the country after the terror threats by Al Shabaab Islamists, have been registered in Kisenyi, a Kampala suburb.
ABOUT 15 Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) members defected to NRM in Kotido District. John Bosco Akore, coordinator of FDC in Abim, Kotido and Kaabong districts, handed over his party card together with 14 party members to the NRM Secretary General, Amama Mbabazi.
BUSINESS magnet James Mulwana has said the hope of turning Africa's abundant wealth into prosperity lies in its people's leadership abilities.
THE Police in Bugiri have arrested a British national for allegedly driving a vehicle while kissing a woman. The man, indentified as Smith Williams, was arrested while driving a Nissan Patrol vehicle while kissing a Swedish woman only identified as Suzie believed to be his wife.
HUMAN Rights activists from Commonwealth have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni to rein in his Gambian colleague, Yahya Jammeh, for threatening to kill human rights defenders.
THE High Court at Masaka has adjourned the ritual murder trial of city tycoon Godfrey Kato-Kajubi until February next year, because the money allocated to the court session is finished.
THE MTN Kampala international marathon starts with a wheelchair event at Kololo airstrip today. Two other events -- a IHK Hope Ward Fun Run and a mock marathon will be held concurrently with the wheelchair race.
THE Federation of Motor Sport Clubs Association of Uganda (FMU) president George Kagimu has said that they have an excellent relationship with the International body, FIA.
NINETEEN traditional wrestlers will battle for a bull in the final of the Ekigwo competition at Masaka recreation ground today.
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