N.P.B

Makerere University raises pass mark MAKERERE University has increased the examination pass mark for postgraduate students from 50% to 60%. It also tightened the grading system for undergraduates. More...

Cabinet discusses state of media THE Government has set up a sub-committee to study proposals drafted by the Ministry of information on media management in the country. More...

National

Museveni in Arusha for African Union talks

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni yesterday travelled to Arusha, Tanzania for a three-day working visit during which he will attend a committee meeting on the establishment of the African union government. More...

Museveni orders audit into NUSAF

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has ordered an audit into the activities of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) in West Nile, promising punishment for those implicated in mismanaging the project’s funds. More...

Business

Hima to spend sh1.5b on alternative fuel

SUPPLIERS of coffee, rice and timber husks to Hima Cement could earn sh1.5b annually as the company shifts it dependence on heavy oils to alternative energy. More...

utl completes $150m network expansion

Today's Column

Africa must choose between producing and perishing

THIS article is an excerpt of an early Africa Day speech (May 25) delivered to the African community in Valencia, Spain on May 11. The entire transcript and video are posted at emeagwali.com More...

Editorial

Defer LC elections

THE Electoral Commission is in the process of organising lower local council (LC) elections following the assent by the President to the Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2008. While this is a milestone in our democratisation process under the multiparty dispensation, we should reflect on whether it is worth spending colossal sums of money on these elections now, just two years to the expiry of their current term. More...