Police probes opposition party vigilantes THE Police are investigating the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) after reports that the party was training youths in “civil disobedience”. This follows the arrest and detention of the party youths, who were on Friday night picked up by plainclothes security operatives. More... |
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| URA seizes sh2b as Kyambogo opens |  Kyambogo University students report back two months after the institution was closed after a lecturers’ strike | | THE Uganda Revenue Authority has confiscated sh2.4b from the Kyambogo University accounts in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) arrears. The revenue authority (URA) ordered Stanbic Bank to transfer the money to its account last week ahead of the reopening of the university for the new semester. More... |
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| Nurses beat pregnant women - Minister MOTHERS have abandoned hospitals and resorted to delivering in villages and going to witchdoctors because they are scared of being abused by the nurses according to the Health minister, Dr. Stephen Mallinga. More... |
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National
Kenya-Uganda border pillars spark row
THE concrete pillars marking the border between Uganda and Kenya have been vandalised, causing a row among local authorities in districts sharing the common boundary. More...
Family mourns Darfur peacekeeper
Today's Column
Oil and the Arctic: A case of US geological survey
WHAT connects oil at $135 (Sh229,500) a barrel with last month’s discovery of huge cracks in the Ward Hunt ice shelf off Ellesmere Island at the top of Canada’s Arctic archipelago? And what might connect those two things with a new, even Colder War? More...
Editorial
Enforce school standards rigorously
OFFICIALS from the ministry of education, the Education Standards Agency have over the past one week been carrying out an inspection of schools in Kampala city and Wakiso district to establish whether their facilities meet the minimum safety and security standards. This exercise is expected to cover the entire country. More...
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