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By Aloysious Kasoma President Yoweri Museveni and Busiro East MP Medard Sseggona run into each other during the ground breaking ceremony of the construction of Entebbe Highway on Wednesday. Sseggona the area Member of Parliament was invited to deliver his speech and used the opportunity to remind the president about …

By Aloysious Kasoma President Yoweri Museveni has invited the Chinese people to invest in the different opportunities available in Uganda. The president said this during an opening ceremony at the ground breaking of the new Entebbe highway which officially started at Kyengera – Kabojja yesterday. “I would like to take …

By Joan Akello The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) elections are today at Mandela National Stadium- Namboole At Nandala Mafabi’s residence in Kyambogo lower estate at 8:30am a crowd has gathered to see the candidate off to the venue.  Some delegates are just leaving for the conference. Their votes will …

By Julius Odeke The East African Community Forum of Electoral Commissions has recommended to the 26th Meeting of the Council of Ministers for consideration and adoption of the EAC Principles for Election Observation and Evaluation in partner states’ elections. According to the press release issued it stated that, “The principles …

By Julius Odeke The African Union Commission (AUC) is hosting the Third Pan-African Forum on Children. The two day Forum which opened on the 19th of November, 2012 under the theme: “The Responsibility to Invest in Children”, has brought together continental experts and US stakeholders to assess progress in implementation …

By Joan Akello Dr Josephat Byamugisha Head of the obstetrics and gynaecology directorate said the new hospital will handle emergency cases only. It is projected that the facility will have bed capacity of 320 and 20 units for babies. The hospital will sit in the main Mulago hospital complex. This …

By Sarah Namulondo President Museveni today launched the $350 million construction project of the southern bypass by digging out soil from the road in Kyengera in Kabojja Village. The road project which is equivalent to the northern bypass will have 15 roads running from Busega to Entebbe but will be …

By Sarah Namulondo Although most funders have cut aid, the United States of America has assured Uganda that it will not cut off the Aid it has been extending to Uganda. “The U.S has decided to continue giving aid to Uganda despite the ongoing numerous investigations into the misuse of …

By Julius Odeke In the first of its kind Ugandans witnessed a debate among the presidential hopefuls who are racing for the top seat in the FDC party in order to replace Dr Kizza Besigye in three days time from now.  The debate was moderated by a veteran journalist Peter …

By Ronald Musoke A recent study done at Makerere University’s College of Health Sciences among undergraduate students pursuing medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and nursing shows that students feel professional skills should be inculcated in them during their training and not on the job. Up to 92% of the students who participated …