National
EU offers Shs 15bn for refugees, Karamoja
Makerere students ask Parliament to overturn suspension of guild leadership
Mukula attacks Alupo over Soroti East by election
Politics
Mukula attacks Alupo over Soroti East by election
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, Vice-Chairperson, Eastern Region, Capt. Mike Mukula has blamed the Vice President, Rtd. Major Jesca Alupo for ignoring the main...
NRM’s Ariko says his win starts journey to end opposition dominance in Soroti city
Soroti East Member of Parliament-MP-elect Herbert Edmund Ariko has said that yesterday's polls, in which he trounced his political nemesis Moses Attan have commenced a...
NRM’s Ariko wins Soroti East by election
Herbert Edmund Ariko has been elected the Soroti East Member of Parliament. Ariko who contested on the National Resistance Movement-NRM party ticket defeated his closest...
Soroti East by election: 40 Opposition members, FDC Party President arrested
More than 40 people including the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party President, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, were picked up last night in a security raid...
Kyagulanyi tells Soroti city voters to vote for FDC’ Candidate
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform (NUP) party president has thrown his weight behind Moses Attan Okia, the Forum for Democratic...
NRM, Opposition big wigs face off in Soroti ahead of polls
The Vice President, Jessica Alupo has added her weight to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate, Herbert Edmund Ariko for the Soroti East parliamentary by-elections....
Education
First Lady starts sexual purity campaign in Schools
The Ministry of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni is to introduce a vibrant sexual purity campaign. According to Janet Museveni, the campaign is one...
Water Scarcity hits Rakai district
Many schools in Rakai district are forcing pupils to carry water from home due to the prevailing drought conditions. The most affected schools are in...
1,000 students sent home after staging Violent strike at 2am
More than 1,000 students of Mandela Secondary School in Hoima city have been sent home following a violent strike by the students. The students staged...
Opinion
World
Russia’s war with Ukraine: Five reasons why many African countries choose to be ‘neutral’
Mali rebel attack leaves dozens of soldiers dead
Business
Gov’t takes over part of Owino Market
Sports
Cheptegei not sure about 10,000m Commonwealth medal in Birmingham
Long distance star athlete Joshua Cheptegei is not sure whether he will defend his 10,000m Commonwealth medal in Birmingham next week. While addressing the media...
How tendon shadowed Cheptegei ‘ chances of securing second title for Uganda
Joshua Cheptegei suffered a tendon injury before the 5000m finals at the World Athletics championship in Oregon, the head coach of the Uganda Police Athletics...
How Cheptegei Scooped gold medal at World Athletics championships
Uganda’s long-distance athlete Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei on Sunday won Uganda’s first gold medal at the ongoing World Athletics Championship Hayward in Eugene, Oregon, United States...
Lifestyle
Book review: No One May Remain
No One May Remain is the title of a new book by Syrian novelist and literary critic Haitham Hussein. The book is autobiographical; the author...
Minors stuck in hospital over Shs5m medical bill for sick father
Three minors in Fort Portal tourism city are stuck with their ailing father after failing to secure Shs 5million needed for his surgery after being...
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the...