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ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome Kampala, Nairobi and the Dar es Salaam are the cities visited by a delegation from Dubai Tourism working hand in hand with key partners like Emirates, FlyDubai and Kenya Airways together with DMC’s from Dubai like Alpha Tours and a number of hotels and …

VIDEO: Fresh from Brazil where Uganda ended without a medal at the just concluded Rio 2016 Olympics, the state Minister for education and sports Charles Bakkabulindi has lashed out at critics of the team. Speaking at the launch of the 2016 Africa Blackball pool championships that Uganda will host later this year, …

VIDEO: Flight Captain Mike Mukula has lashed out at Civil aviation authority for frustrating the need to have more local private players in the country’s airline industry.  Mukula who claims that the Civil Aviation Board comprises of unqualified individuals, is concerned that the government is spending millions of dollars on expanding …

COMMENT: By Bob Kasango The traditional court system must examine itself over the rise of courts of public opinion Each week in Uganda is eventful and a new word or phrase takes centre stage. Weeks back it was “bailout”, last week it was “cows and goats”, this week ended with “mobs …

The National Police Service of Kenya and Uganda Police Force will cooperate to help ease tension among residents of Migingo Island.  The joint operation will also fight terrorism, smuggling and human trafficking across the common borders on Lake Victoria. At a joint press conference in Nairobi on Wednesday at which they released a joint …

Side effects unknown as beauticians resort to using nutritional prescription supplements After years of hearing warnings against use of certain skin whitening products, some determined individual are increasingly seeking solutions among so-called “natural” skin whiteners writes Nicole Namubiru. But are these products any safer? Among the so-called natural bleachers are antioxidants. …

Uganda Cranes coach Micho Sredojevic has today named the side that will take on Comoros in their final Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on September 4. Goalkeepers: Dennis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Salim Jamal Magoola (El Merriekh, Sudan), Benjamin Ochan (KCCA, Uganda), Ismail Watenga (Vipers, Uganda) Defenders: Nicholas Wadada …

The US has awarded $41.4 million (sh138 billion) to Uganda for malaria prevention and eradication. The non-profit organization Malaria Consortium got the sh138 billion contract last week from the US Mission In Uganda to oversee implementation of the Malaria Action Program for Districts Project, a flagship program to help eradicate malaria in …

Stanbic Bank’s Mweheire steady – Bank registers Shs 107 billion in net half year profit, shareholders to get Shs 2.1 dividend per share When Patrick Mweheire became the first Ugandan to head Stanbic Bank, there was some apprehension about how Uganda’s largest bank by assets would survive in the challenging economic …

VIDEO: Investors who were promised prime land have accused government of not walking the talk and instead giving them swampy areas where they have had to invest a lot of money to develop This was during the visit to the industrial by the Uganda vice president Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi.   Share …