ARVs give near-normal lifespan
Patients taking HIV/Aids drugs in Uganda can expect to have a near-normal lifespan, says a new report by researchers from the University of British Colombia and BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/Aids in Canada. According to published findi...

MP’s oppose CDF scrapping
Some members of parliament say they will petition the parliamentary commission to explain to them why they scrapped off the annual 10 million constituency development Fund without being consulted. The Parliamentary Commission yesterday anno...

Police chiefs to fight crime in EAC
Police chiefs in the East African Community (EAC) member states have designed measures of cooperating to curb drug trafficking and other crimes in the region. Meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, under the EAC Sectoral Council on Inter-State Securi...

Real estate policy in offing
A policy that seeks to control real estate agents and curb fraud in the sector is in the offing. “Plans are underway to develop an appropriate policy and legislative framework to govern the sub-sector this financial year,” said lands, housi...

IGG orders Serena Hotel to refund sh4b
The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has ordered Serena Hotel Kampala and J&M airport road Hotel Bwebajja to refund sh4b that was given to them during the preparations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2007. Accor...

Lifestyle changes to cope with the high cost of living
Most households have had to adjust their lifestyles to fit the rise in prices of consumer commodities which have reduced the real value of salaries. Annual inflation jumped to 18.7% in July from 15.8% the previous month, according to th...

Central Bank acts as shilling nears 3000-mark
The Central Bank sold an undisclosed amount of dollars to help the shilling rally against the greenback in the final minutes of trading on Friday, after the local currency sunk to another record low. The shilling firmed to a settled pri...

AMISOM overwhelms Al-Shabab
The al-Shabab fighters fled the Somali capital, Mogadishu due to the strong weaponry possessed by Ugandan led AMISOM forces. According to a top leader of the group who is quoted in a rebel leaning media, the rebels could not cope with t...

UWA probe lacking funds
The Protected Areas Management of Sustainable Use (PAMSU) commission of inquiry is stuck after failing to secure funds from the ministry of tourism to facilitate its field budget. PAMSU project was implemented by Uganda Wildlife Authority (...

Masaka market vendors get sh113m
President Yoweri Museveni has fulfilled a sh113m pledge to support Masaka Municipality market vendors. Over 300 registered vendors from Nyendo-Ssenyange, Kimaanya-Kyabakuza and Katwe-Butego divisions would benefit from the funds, according...

Over 500 buses for city public transport
Pioneer Easy Bus Company that won the tender to run city public transport is to import over 500 buses, City authorities have revealed. Pioneer Easy bus is set to start its operations in October in the city center and the surrounding sub...

How building sector is handling product price increases
The continuing depreciation of the shilling against the dollar is shaking up budgets of most companies. The unit is trading at an average of sh2,795/2,810 against the dollar. The situation has been aggravated by an increase in inflation of ...

MUK lecturers strike over poor pay
Makerere University lecturers have declared a sit down strike, over low pay. They want the Government to pay a Professor a salary equivalent to that of a Member of Parliament. A Ugandan MP receives an average of sh15m monthly. The lecturers...

Ugandans leading al-Shabaab
Some commanders of the al-Shabaab militants fighting to overthrow the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia are Ugandans, the UPDF spokesperson, Lt Col. Felix Kulayigye, has said. The revelation comes a few weeks after the AM...

Few Ugandans get palliative care
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised Uganda to increase access to palliative care services for patients with life-threatening infections including HIV/AIDS. Palliative care is a specialised approach that involves providing pa...

Skills gap could hurt north rebuilding
Lack of procurement and contract management skills could derail the Government’s efforts to reconstruct and develop northern Uganda, experts have said. “Without competent people, who can plan to source and manage the contracts, the region’s...

KCCA to start evicting vendors
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has issued a new directive to street vendors and hawkers to leave the streets by Sunday or face forceful eviction. The directive follows a meeting with representatives from the government, KCCA and ...

Relief trickling in for landslide victims
Relief supplies have started trickling in for the survivors of the landslides in Sisiyi and Buluganya sub counties in Sironko district. Stephen Womukhota, the Uganda Red Cross Society eastern regional disaster management officer said th...

Govt calls crisis meeting
The government will host a special meeting with humanitarian agencies in Kampala to structure a sustainable response to different disasters ravaging the country, a minister stated last night. Separately, the Uganda Red Cross Society repo...