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The Democratic Party spokesperson, who was taken ill to South Africa, is set to return home next Tuesday, the party president announced yesterday.
District leaders from the eastern region have asked the government to reinstate graduated tax.
National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), has acquired equipment to detect illegal water connections that cost the institution about Shs25 billion water in losses a month, Daily Monitor has learnt.
The Commissioner General Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has called for proper evaluation and management of tax incentives given to investors to ensure they are not misused.
With unpredictable diesel supplies and high prices playing a major role, telecommunication companies are now turning to investing in power lines to extend electricity to their rural base stations, which they see as a cheaper power source compared to generators.
The African Development Bank and the government will fund the construction of a garbage recycling plant in Masindi District, Daily Monitor has learnt.
Gulu District Chairman, Mr Norbert Mao, who is also aspiring for the Democratic Party (DP) presidency, has taken his campaign to western Uganda.
Coach Amos Kamya will be hoping to enhance his credentials as a knowledgeable tactician when he leads the 4-man national amateur team to compete in the 72-hole International Teams Golf Championship in South Africa today.
Cranes coach Bobby Williamson was on Tuesday night involved in an accident on his way back to Sports View Hotel where the national team is camped.
The excitement and glamour associated with the World Cup trophy will soon come to an end. The trophy, on a 52 Africa-nation Coca-Cola-sponsored tour has already been to 43 destinations.
For the past month, police have been playing cat-and-mouse games with boda boda cyclists over road safety requirements and this has drawn mixed reactions from the public. These cyclists are increasingly being detested by almost all road users ranging from motorists to pedestrians.
Efforts by Kabale delegate Godfrey Kwizera to block Fufa's elective assembly slated for Saturday were rendered futile, following a decision by Kampala High Court Judge Vincent Zehurikize to dismiss his application.
Ex Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa will tomorrow be awarded with a honorary doctorate degree at Makerere University. He becomes the tenth person to get the honour from Uganda's most prestigious university.
The United Nations Security Council's tenuous authority in Africa has been further threatened by an explosive new report from a UN Group of Experts* showing wide-ranging violations of the arms embargo on Congo-Kinshasa by both Western and African states.
Uganda is in a pole position to become one of the top 50 oil-producing countries in the world in six years, according to experts.
The Forum for Democratic Change President, Dr Kizza Besigye has, in his first major press conference since returning from a 10-day tour of Karamoja, accused the Uganda People Defence Force of gross human rights abuses during the disarmament programme.
Several ruling party lawmakers yesterday moved to defy odds and throw their weight behind the opposition's crusade against the government's land law reform proposals as contained in the Land (Amendment) Bill 2008.
SUDAN has assured Uganda that it is a partner in peace and dismissed as "irresponsible accusations" claims by a senior LRA officer that it is still supporting the LRA.
OVER 100 Government health centres listed by the Ministry of Health as recipients of drugs and funding are non-existent, according to investigations by the National Medical Stores (NMS).
The Government has earmarked sh850b for the development of the Luweero Triangle and the Rwenzori region that were devastated by the five-year long NRA-UNLA bush war in the early 1980s.
The awareness of the proposed Land (Amendment) Bill 2007 by Ugandans has declined since last year by 11 percent, a new poll has revealed.
The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir who earlier today survived a plane mishap in Gulu, has safely returned home.
A Member of Parliament has been expelled from a university over examination malpractice.
Supporters of rival factions within the Democratic Party yesterday clashed at the Kampala High Court as the fight to control Uganda's oldest party entered vicious territory.
MPs investigating how Chogm funds were used yesterday resolved to summon Agriculture Minister Hope Mwesigye to explain how Shs6.3 billion meant for Kampala's beautification ahead of the summit was used.
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