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Cranes coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has named 26 to fly to Tunisia today as the team starts their final leg of preparations ahead of the Total Africa Cup of Nations 2017 in Gabon. Abdul Malik Vitalis, Ronald Mukiibi, Isma Watenga and Derrick Nsibambi are the players dropped, but coach Micho has said they …

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has said continued peripheral resource allocation to the game by Ugandans remains one of its biggest challenges. “Sports will always be the last page, low quality and quantity. For example 0.06% of the national budget was allocated to all sports inclusive of salaries …

Makerere University has released new dates for completion of the 2016/17 1st and 2nd semesters and set a date for the 67th graduation ceremony following last week’s decision to re-open the institution. According to a statement from the University Vice Chancellor Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu, all members of staff should resume work …

VIDEO: Eight candidates announced they were interested in serving Ugandans for the post of president. Of these, only one, NRM’s Yoweri Museveni arrived first at the finish line and was declared president elect. He was closely followed by Kiza Besigye and Amama Mbabazi in the distant third. But then, there are …

COMMENT BY: Badru Walusansa Facilitate transition from education the world of work by passing on work skills and industry competencies Graduate unemployment in Uganda is stale news. Graduate unemployment figures have significantly soared for the last decade leaving no sign of scaling down. Every year, both public and private universities …

COMMENT: By Michael Mugabira Problem is the group advocating protectionist zoning in production but free market pricing Currently, the local media is awash with stories depicting a sugar crisis in this country. Possible solutions being fronted by Ministry of Trade, Industry & Cooperatives (MTIC) in the forth-coming meeting is possibly …

VIDEO: The Democratic Party has named Gerald Siranda as the acting Secretary General, a position held by Mathias Nsubuga who passed on earlier this month.  Siranda will act in the position for one year – the same time the country’s oldest surviving party will be mourning the fallen Nsubuga.     …

VIDEO: Cranes head coach Micho says he will be spoilt for choice when choosing the final list of 23 players that will board the plane to Gabon. The Uganda Cranes head coach expressed his selection headache after key three players joined camp. Four of his current team in training face the axe. Grace …

He is a ten times motocross champion, 2015 national rally champion and 2015 national Enduro champion. With all these titles to him, fans have chosen to refer to him not by his real name Arthur Blick Jr. but as `Champion’. He comes from the Blick family, which is a household …

Following the withdraw of the Russian-led consortium RT Global Resources, from the oil refinery construction in July, the government is looking for a new investor to partner in the project by mid-2017 This year marked a decade since the government announced the discovery of commercially viable oil and gas resources …