As Uganda prepares to mark World Health Day with celebrations in Mityana, the US Ambassador Deborah Malac last week visited the Baylor College of Medicine-Uganda Paediatric Center of Excellence (COE). Funded by the U.S. Government through the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Baylor-Uganda leads the way in HIV care and …
Read More »Building collapses in Makerere, three dead
An incomplete building, referred to as Kyaseka Towers on Makerere Hill Road, Monday afternoon collapsed, burying several people. Three people are reported to have died. Police and locals are trying to rescue those buried in the rubble in the incident just outside Makerere University, close to the CBD of Kampala. …
Read More »NRM celebrates, Museveni says doesn’t need orders from foreigners
The crowd was in celebratory mood from start to finish, dressed in yellow, some painted in the NRM party colours. “We didn’t have money 30 years ago however we now have 16,000 billion for the next financial budget. I don’t need orders from foreigners on how to rule our country,” …
Read More »LUKWAGO: I will access Lord Mayor’s Parlour this week
Newly elected Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has said nothing will stop him from entering his office next week. “I wish to reiterate my earlier communication that I will officially access the Lord Mayor’s parlour on Thursday 14th April at 11am as there are no legal fetters stopping me …
Read More »Police hail Aine’s courage, not giving away sh20m bounty
Uganda Police will not give out the shillings 20 million bounty they had put on the head of then fugitive Christopher Aine because he handed himself in. “His voluntary return is a legal obligation which he has fulfilled,” Fred Enanga, the Public Relations Officer at Uganda Police told journalists today. …
Read More »Football: Ranieri hopes Leicester can be first past post
ENG | Fbl | Leicester| AFP Claudio Ranieri has urged Leicester not to lose focus as he tries to guide the shock leaders past the Premier League’s winning post. On the weekend of the Grand National, Ranieri’s side can take another significant stride towards becoming English football’s most unlikely champions …
Read More »SC Villa mauled 7-0 in Morocco
FUS de Rabat (Morocco) 7-0 SC Villa (Uganda) Scorers: Mourad Batna 26, Ce As Mandaw 34, Abdessalam Benjelloun 40, El Mehdi El Bassil 48, Marwane Saadane 70, Youssef El Gnaoui 81, Mohamed Fouzair 90 SC Villa’s CAF Confederation Cup trip to FUS Rabat in Morocco ended in misery, with the …
Read More »Dhaira laid to rest, stadium to be named after him
Former Uganda Cranes goalkeeper Abel Dhaira was laid to rest Wednesday in Mayuge. The stadium where he started his career, Walukuba Tobacco ground, will be renamed Abel Dhaira stadium, soccer governing body FUFA revealed. Thousands, including Iceland’s national soccer coach Heimir Hallgrimsson attended the burial ceremony for the former Cranes …
Read More »Magufuli to visit Rwanda in maiden foreign trip
President of Tanzania Dr John Magufuli is expected in Rwanda today for his first foreign trip since his election last year. Magufuli, who has been in the headlines for his fight against corruption and discouraged government officials travelling abroad to cut costs, will travel to Rwanda by road. His trip …
Read More »Minister: Mother tongue good for your children
State Minister of Gender and Culture Lukia Nakadama has urged Ugandans to teach children their mother tongue early in life, as it is key in an all-round education. “Emphasis on mother tongues will help navigate other ways of intellectual cognition, instil a sense of self in global context and create relations …
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