Authorities say five children died in a house fire in Butemba Township Bukwiri Kyankwanzi district. The fire was reported at 2.00am on Tuesday and bodies of the toddlers were taken to Kiboga Hospital for Post...
One of President Museveni’s propagandists, Mr Joseph Tamale Mirundi, has today loudly ridiculed Raila Odinga, the former Kenyan Prime Minister who lost August 8th elections to incumbent President, Uhuru Kenyatta, calling him ‘a reject’. Mr. Mirundi,...
Joshua Cheptegei, world 10,000 metre silver medalist claims he turned down Shs1.79 billion to run for rich Arabs. Cheptegei was quoted as saying: “A rich Arab country wanted me to run for them with an...
Uganda's sole medalist at the just concluded IAAF World Championship in London, Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei returned home last night. Cheptegei settled for a silver medal behind world champion Mohamad Farah of England. He set a...
The athletes that will represent Uganda at this year’s edition of the Brookside Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Associations (FEASSSA) games, will be flagged Wednesday at National Council for Sports headquarters, Lugogo. The...
The Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) has been recognised by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system and excellence. The parastatal company that generates...
A two-day party presidential nomination exercise to pick the new president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has kicked off today Monday with fanfare. Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu nominated on Monday, is seeking a...
Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi opted out of the Forum for Democratic Change presidency race 'because he believes the main opposition party is now becoming irrelevant’, the latest information reveals. Mafabi’s longtime rival Maj Gen...
All participating Ugandan Secondary Schools will be smartly clad when the East African secondary schools games start in Gulu district this week. This is possible after Fresh Dairy recently handed branded sports kits worth Shs90...
The Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura has on several occasions failed to save his institution's face whenever his traffic police officers are captured in videos, which go viral on social media receiving a bribe...
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