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THE Pride of Uganda is in the hands of 21 athletes who represent the country in the summer Olympics that officially opened in Rio on Friday . Those were the sentiments of President Yoweri Museveni s as he flagged off the 2nd batch of athletes to Brazil. The President urged …

  NBS: Presidential runner up Col Kizza Besigye has dismissed the call for dialogue with President Museveni saying, he can only meet the incumbent if they are discussing the end to life presidency project. Besigye who paralyzed Mbarara town for hours, told mammoth supporters who thronged his rally that what Ugandans should …

President Museveni has challenged Bamasaba Cultural leaders to abandon the practice of using a single knife on different imbalu candidates in order to check disease that are caused by blood transfusion. In the speech, read by the second deputy prime minister and minister for East African affairs Kirunda Kivejinja, the …

NBS: The past weeks have clearly been tough for police chief general Kale Kayihura, with calls for his sacking by a section of opposition politicians and members the public. Gen. Kale Kayihura and seven of his officers were summoned by the Makindye Magistrates’ court over torture charges relating to police …

NBS: The change in the health and social economic dynamics has forced cultural leaders in Bugisu to make some drastic adjustments in the conduct of their cultural practice of Imbalu (circumcision) for sustainability. Elders are now proposing the incorporation of health and social – economic development aspects in the cultural …

President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the immediate transfer of health workers at a government health facility at Mpumudde in Nakawuka, Wakiso district, accusing them of laziness and neglect of duty. The President had visited the area to inspect the condition of health services at the Health Center III facility. …

Members of Parliament are set to enact a law that is intended to protect local business men and women from the escalating manipulation from landlords that has caused many of them run out of business because of rent. Share on: WhatsApp

NBS: Lands minister Betty Amongin has cleared the air on the proposal to amend the Land Acquisition Act, of 1965 which was mooted in the recently concluded Cabinet retreat in Kyankwanzi. Minister Amongin says that under the amendment, government will have the powers to compulsorily acquire land from the owner …

NBS: A solution to the ongoing strike by the non teaching staff at public universities is not coming soon with government saying the worker’s arrears are not ready due to limited finances within the Treasury. The ministry of Finance spokesperson Jim Mugunga says while the president’s pledge of 28.5 billion …

NBS: Etihad Airways in Uganda and NBS Television are targeting a partnership to support business and tourism between Uganda and Middle East, especially Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. This was part of the discussion held between officials of the two companies, as a team from Etihad Airways visited …