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Barak Obama's victory excites Uganda Barack Obama and wife Michelle wave at supporters after clinching his Democratic Party’s nomination ahead of presidential elections in November SENATOR Barak Obama’s victory in the US Democratic Party primary yesterday excited Ugandans. Most expressed optimism that the African-American of Kenyan descent would win the presidency of the world’s only superpower. More...

Pro-gay activists arrested at AIDS meet GAY rights demonstrators beat security and sneaked into the venue of a global HIV/AIDS meeting at the Imperial Royale Hotel yesterday but ended up under Police arrest. More...

Luweero catholics gets new bishop MSGR. Paul Ssemwogerere, the parish priest of Christ the King Church, Kampala, is the new Bishop of Kasana/Luweero. Ssemwogerere, a long-time vicar-general of Kampala Archdiocese, wept when the Pope’s Nuncio, Paul Tschang In-Nam, announced the appointment. More...

88-year-old man plants mega forest Bakamuturaki in his Bushenyi forest AT 88 years old, one would think Melchior Bakamuturaki would not consider investing in a forest that will mature when he is 100—if he makes it. But for this Bushenyi district Green, the passion for the environment is just beginning. More...