By Julius Businge The Directorate of Public Prosecutions will tomorrow (Jan. 29) launch the first ever Prosecutor’s Manual on Illicit Trade in Uganda. The launch will be held at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo starting at 8:30 am. Observers say the manual is timely as the country is facing grave effects of …

By Aloysious Kasoma Police has detained former FDC leader Kizza Besigye and City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago on Saturday over the refusal to obey lawful orders issued by Police. The two were arrested and detained at Kiira police station and Kira Road Police station respectively though police says Lukwago applied …

By Aloysious Kasoma Over 184 Tourism Police Officers completed a one month course in tourism security at Police Training School, Kabalye, Masindi on Friday. The Officers were passed out by the Inspector General of Police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura who advised them to be on alert for terrorist activities in …

By Ronald Musoke Uganda’s Vice President, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has urged the Ugandan youth to learn all the three stanzas of the national anthem if they are to escape embarrassment at public functions and during job interviews. Ssekandi passed on the advice while closing this year’s national youth conference in …

By Ronald Musoke Janet Museveni, the first lady and patron of the Uganda Youth Forum has urged the Ugandan youth to emulate biblical David if they are to win the battle against contemporary challenges of unemployment and HIV/AIDS. The first lady’s remarks came during the closure of the three-day national …

By Ronald Musoke A high level oil and gas conference is scheduled to take place in Arusha early next month according to information from the East African Community Secretariat. The conference will be the sixth since the region’s oil and gas profile gained international approval. Caleb Nyamajeje Weggoro, the East …

By Pearl Natamba Victoria University parents in Uganda are worried about raising particular fees to fly their children to Dubai where they will be studying after the University’s relationship with Buckingham, a British University ended recently. The University was forced to make several changes after Buckingham suspended the validation of …

By Ronald Musoke The massacre of African elephants that have been going on in Africa for decades and have escalated to record levels over the last 30 years have been linked to religious practices on the Asian continent. This alarming rate, according to the Society for Conservation Biology—a global community …

By Julius Odeke What then, asks opposition leader Gen.Muntu President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni does not hide the real source of his power whenever his grip on it is threatened. It is the army. Museveni showed this recently, barely a month after some of his Members of Parliament commonly known as …

By Julius Odeke The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party boss Gen Mugisha Muntu will on Thursday address the press on the statements made by President Yoweri Museveni that the army would not allow the confusion in parliament to continue. Gen Muntu, the former army commander was elected into office …