PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni yesterday started a four-day inspection of farms and promotion of the Bonna Bagaggawale (Prosperity-for-All) programme in the southern region.

SECURITY was yesterday beefed up in Koboko town as tension increased among the Sudanese community following an inter-tribal clash that started on Monday night.

LEADERS attending a parliamentary seminar on the role of MPs last week, called for the abolition of the annual constituency development fund (CDF) given to MPs.

Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom.

THE coveted World Cup soccer trophy has just six more destinations to make before its high-profile and historic entry to Uganda.

THE Foreign affairs ministry diverted sh8.5b of the budget for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to finance the construction of the Northern Bypass, members of Parliament learned yesterday.

Health officials say the feared influenza A HINI influenza commonly known as swine flu that struck Ndejje Secondary School in Luweero District early last month is under control.

All Ugandan peacekeepers injured in the September 17 attack on African Union Mission in Somalia, have been discharged from Nairobi International Hospital.

The government yesterday launched a plan aimed at fighting Female Genital Mutilation.

The government yesterday announced a total ban on any kind of fundraising for building public institutions where political leaders have to participate and contribute.

The cries of graduates had turned the crowded corridors of the Senate building into a refuge for the frustrated and perhaps the most hated place at Makerere University.

Kabaka Ronald Mutebi has called for a special session of Buganda's parliament (Lukiiko) in which he is expected to rally his subjects behind the kingdom in its political contest against the central government.

Plans are underway to create joint laws which will govern elections in all East Africa countries, the first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Mr Eriya Kategaya, has said.

Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura this week marked four years as police boss with a surprising admission; that keeping law and order is much harder than being in the army.

As African leaders gathered in Kampala mid last month to attend the African Union Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displace Persons, perhaps not so many of us were actually aware that elsewhere, in the UK, another conference was

According to the National Livestock Census, Karamoja region has the most cattle in Uganda but remains the most underdeveloped and impoverished region because the resource is not exploited, writes Evelyn Lirri.

With its unreliable and erratic rains, scorching sun, dust mainly offset by storms, dry rivers and ambushes, Karamoja is not a suitable region for crop farming - let alone living in.

Ugandan farmers willing to venture in growing flowers will benefit from improved revenues since this type of farming is entirely commercial. Crop Science researchers at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute (Muarik), Kabanyolo have said with the population increasing and land

Kasim Befunza, 54 got the idea of fish farming and particularly cat fish from Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu as he travelled from Entebbe to Kampala. In 2003 Befunza had gone to Kampala to look for employment and as he roamed

Two weeks ago, the news pages relayed an unprecedentedly unusual piece of good news from Karamoja. It was news of a report from the National Livestock Census report that cited Karamoja region as having the highest numbers of livestock, (cattle,