Army officers held over cattle theft

Army officers held over cattle theft TEN UPDF soldiers, including a commanding officer, have been arrested over theft of cattle recovered during disarmament operations in Karamoja. More...

LRA rebels signs peace on April 3 Part of the team that arrived in Juba yesterday (left-right) Johnson Malinga, Sam Engola, Christine Amongin and Patrick Amuriat THE negotiating teams of the Government and the LRA have set April 3 as the new tentative date for the signing of the final peace agreement. The parties, in consultation with chief mediator Riek Machar, however, agreed that the cessation of hostilities agreement would not be extended beyond March 28. More...

Government rejects Mengo’s land queries THE government has rejected the 10 reasons cited by the Buganda Kingdom for opposing the proposed Land Bill. Mengo said it rejected the Bill because it was silent on its demand for the return of the 9,000sq miles of public land in Buganda, currently administered by the district land boards. More...

National

Buliisa herdsmen lose land case

KAMPALA High Court has dismissed a case filed by pastoralists against stopping them from occupying a piece of land in Buliisa district More...

Kids suffocate to death in parked vehicle

THERE was wailing when two children belonging to different families were found dead in a parked saloon car in Kyebando, a Kampala city suburb yesterday afternoon. More...

Business

Low liquidity dogs USE

THE Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) is being weighed down by lack of liquidity amid the recent bullish performance of stocks at the 10-year old bourse. More...

Ugandans misinformed on capital markets

DESPITE the increasing number of saving and investment opportunities in capital markets, many Ugandans have not seized the opportunity because of the misconception that the sector is only for the rich, Japheth Katto, the chief executive officer of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA), has said. More...

Sports

Mawejje vanishes from Cranes camp

CRANES coach Laszlo Csaba yet again finds himself a key player short before a game against Libya. Yesterday, Csaba seemed content with his squad make-up that would engage Libya only to learn that a key midfielder he intended to try out, Tony Mawejje, had vanished. More...

False start in Namibia for Uganda

US-BASED Ismael Muwendo lost 7-8 as two Ugandan boxers fell on day one of the Africa Olympic qualifiers in Windhoek, Namibia. UABF president Roger Ddungu, who accompanied the fighters and spoke to The New Vision on phone, said feather-weight Muwendo, put up a hard fight and lost a very close fight last evening. More...

Today's Column

Respecting and tolerating other people’s faith is vital

I AM not exactly sure what President Muammar Gadaffi was getting at when he said that the Bible is a fraud missing some critical texts. Perhaps, he was suggesting that Christians and Muslims might find more in common than they ever thought possible. More...

Editorial

Dialogue can solve religious differences

PRESIDENT Muammar Gadaffi of Libya has done a noble thing for Muslims in Uganda by providing money to build the largest mosque in Africa. However, it was unfortunate that he should have courted controversy by launching an attack on the Bible and by implication, all Christians