In a bizarre development, President Museveni on Monday has embarked on visit to South Africa to hold ‘bilateral talks’ with embattled South African president Jacob Zuma. This news comes at the back of the recent...
The colonialists' tool of choice was 'divide and rule'. Using Toro Kindgom as a platform, they 'forced' all other tribes and feudal states in the region to be under that kingdom. They educated the Batooro...
Yesterday Sunday about 60 people were killed in Kasese district-Western Uganda following the clashes between Police and the royal guards of Rwenzururu Kingdom and for a while MP Atkins Katusabe (Bukonzo County West) thought was...
A new report making a case for sustained investment in social protection in the country has been released today. “This Investment Case clearly demonstrates that investments in Social Protection bears high returns and improves human...
Beatrice Namudele lives in eastern Uganda. Every morning, she wakes up at 6am to work in her gardens and make the two-hour journey on foot to the local market to sell her bananas, corn, and...
As the old Namboole clock ticked over into the 89th minute, youthful sports journalist Clive Kyazze, a fine replacement for legendary Patrick Luwandagga (RIP), using the booming PA system kicked in and thanked the Cranes’...
Mr Norbert Mao, who leads one faction of the Democratic Party, wrote in last Sunday’s Monitor an opinion attacking President Museveni for his initiative of demonstrating how drip irrigation works. Titled “Museveni as President cum...
There are so many travel opportunities we never get a chance to experience because of financial limitations or lack of accurate information. However, the satisfaction of travel is immeasurable. Camping is one of the experiences...
Although he is undoubtedly one of Uganda’s all-time greats, the three-time Commonwealth gold medalist is yet to get his footing in the marathon world. In a year when Uganda’s best marathon runners Stephen Kiprotich and...
The first season rains for this year 2016, which normally begin during the month of March, were more than three weeks late and below average in the North-Western, Central and Eastern parts of the Country....
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