African leaders to Improve Sanitation
African leaders have been urged to address issues relating to sanitation and water as one of the major components in reducing maternal and infant mortality in the continent. Yunia Musaazi, the East African policy advisor for Water Aid, sa...

African Union lauds Uganda on terrorism
The African Union (AU) delegates meeting at the Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala have lauded Uganda for her resolve to fight terrorism on the continent. The AU also sent condolences to the Government and families that lost relatives during ...

Police to recruit 5,000 Officers
The Uganda Police Force is to recruit over 5,000 officers immediately. The one-week exercise will recruit 5,500 policemen country-wide, starting August 11 until August 17. In a statement yesterday, the Internal Affairs ministry said 500 cad...

Heritage, URA settle tax row
The sh18b tax dispute that pitted oil explorer, Heriatge Oil against the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has been resolved. “We have reached a settlement. Only the issue of costs remains outstanding. I pray we be allowed a day to do this,” E...

Uganda Still best Investment Destination in East Africa
The World Investment Report has again ranked Uganda the leading investment destination in East Africa for the fourth year running. The WIR report prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) simultaneously rel...

Museveni hosts 35 African leaders
The African Union (AU) Summit opened with world leaders condemning the Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorists. Thirty-five heads of state and government are attending the summit at Munyonyo which is expected to end tomorrow. The leaders cal...

Leaders Decry Child & Maternal Death
Maternal and child deaths are killing more people across the continent than conflicts, the African Union revealed. More than 500,000 women a year die in childbirth across the globe, almost exclusively in developing countries in Africa. Anot...

G8 leaders give maternal health $10m
The G8 leaders have committed $10m annually to fund maternal and child health in Africa and other developing nations, the AU chairman, Malawi president Prof. Bingu Wa Mutharika, has said. He told the AU summit yesterday that the G8 leaders ...

AU Summit Ends
The 15th African Union summit has ended in Kampala with the chairman, President Bingu Wa Mutharika, saying it was a resounding success. The 15th ordinary session, which brought together over 35 heads of state and government discussed and ma...

Best and worst legislators named
Rose Akol Okullu (NRM), Chris Byaromunsi (NRM), William Okecho (Independent), Stephen Tashobya (NRM) Willy Anokbonggo (UPC) and Tress Bucyanayandi (Independent) were among the best performing MPs in the period 2009 to 2010, according to a t...

NEMA names wetland encroachers
The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has named 100 individuals and companies that encroached on wetlands in several parts of the country. The policy committee on environment, chaired by Janat Mukwaya, the Minister of Gener...