Uganda News

Uganda opposition politician Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu threw a spanner in the wheels of the Uganda - Rwanda mutual relations engine by claiming that Rwanda supports his Forum for Democratic change .4

The committee probing Dr John Garang's death in a helicopter crash last month visited his widow at her Nairobi residence last Friday.3.1

The mediator in the Ugandan peace process said on Friday she was in regular contact with the leader of a rebel movement in a bid to breathe life into a peace process aimed at ending nearly two decades of ...2.7

About 32 political parties in Uganda will contest in the east African country's first multiparty elections in March next year, local press reported on Saturday.2.7

MPs Salaamu Musumba, Morris Ogenga Latigo, and Mugisha Muntu are in town. They are visiting Toronto as part of their swing through Canada and the USA to bring the message of the Forum for Democratic Change to ...3.4

By Henry Mukasa THE World Bank is to hold talks with African governments, including Uganda, over increasing its support to the malaria battle.4

A shrill sound came from 16-year-old Pamela Ajok's whistle as she led a group of young Acholi Dancers that emerged from behind a round hut to showcase their expertise in dancing the famous Laraka raka dance.3.5

LIRA A PLANNED public address by Uganda Peoples' Congress exiled Dr Milton Obote in Lira failed to take off.4

CAPTION: The delegation outside the headquarters of a non-governmental organization called the Foundation for the Development of Needy Communities.1.3

By Peter Kaujju LAWYERS have been advised to develop interest in understanding financial statements to enhance the quality of legal services.4

"I will be happy if Alice Lakwena is left to return to Uganda and for sure she will never fight the government again, says his father Severino Lukoya.4

The US government has purchased more than 1 billion condoms in the past two years to help prevent HIV infections in the developing world, a significant increase from previous years, amid criticism from ...

By Milton Olupot & Apollo Mubiru INFORMATION state minister Dr. Nsaba Buturo has told Parliament that the television tax still stands and people owning TV sets are liable to pay it, contrary to a State House ...4.2

Working as a preacher and a politician might seem a paradox in some people's eyes but Mondo Mugisha loves being both.3.5

An expert has warned that a rapid increase in demand for livestock will put enormous pressure on water resources around the River Nile basin in future, according to local reports on Tuesday.2.7

Inzikuru, 23, the first world champion from Uganda, has the season's best time of 9:15.04. She is still chasing the 9:01.59 world record held by Russian Gulnara Samitova and the last major athletics meeting of ...4

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Olara A Otunnu has resigned the top job citing personal reasons.4

Trade minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said Kenyans abroad should be allowed to participate in the referendum.3.4

By Sabiiti Muwanga and James Bakama CONTROVERSY shrouds a body that recently re-emerged claiming National Council of Sports' land and sh4bn in damages.4

Above: Paul Kafero and below: Juliana Kayonozi entertain the crowd during the MTN y'ello Fest in Masindi recently.4

They have no electricity, plumbing or air conditioning. Families have been displaced; disease and civil unrest have claimed hundreds of lives.

By Eddie Ssejjoba in Minneapolis, USA There was drama among the Uganda community in Texas when politicians hosting the Kampala mayor, John Ssebaana Kizito, boycotted a fundraising dinner for the Nabagereka ...4

SMART: The best-dressed couple poses for a photogragh during the goat races at Speke Resort Munyoyo on Saturday.3.5

Geresom A.G. Musamali had never been to a cinema before he was chosen to join an unprecedented screenwriting course at a house on a hill overlooking the Ugandan edge of Lake Victoria.

A learned friend and astute analyst Abu Mayanja The struggle raging over the position of Assistant Commissioner in the Ministry of Education and Sports could only take place in a banana republic.4

A low-ranking Ugandan army officer, who alongside three other suspects including a Ugandan-born Australian cardiologist are facing a murder charge, has died in prison in Kampala under mysterious circumstances, ...

Uganda could lose its entire crop of bananas because of the spread of a little known bacterial wilt disease.

By Joshua Lubandi A Sh20b flower farm has been set up in Ntungamo for large scale farming.4

When we set out to interview the speaker of Jinja Municipal Council, Muja Annah Rutebuka wasn't the first person we met.3.5

We were nearing the end of a year's experiment in trusting God for everything. For twelve months, my husband and I had been volunteer teachers in East Africa , watching God supply transportation, housing, ...

By Peter Kaujju THE New Vision Printing and Publishing Company will undertake a new euros 320,000 upgrade of its printing operations by the end of the year.4

NUMBER ONE: Uganda was recently ranked the number one alcohol consuming nation in the world by the World Health Organisation.4

By Doreen Kansiime THE annual headline inflation rate dropped to 6.5% in the year ending August 2005 from 10% registered in July.4

KAMPALA A strike that had been scheduled for today by Kampala City Traders Association was yesterday called off following talks mediated by the Vice President, Prof.4

By Hillary Kiirya THE Uganda Human Rights Commission has ordered the government to pay sh30m in compensation to the family of the late Patrick Owomugisha Mamenero.4