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The Uganda Red Cross Society has said Kasese flood victims need up to 11 million litres of safe water if disease is to be avoided, amid fears of a cholera outbreak.

By Matsiko Kahunga Facts and figures speak louder than words and arguments! This is how I cooled down tempers among pessimist peers at my workplace, as hot arguments criss-crossed offices over the latest version of the Youth Fund: Sh32b for graduates to start business.

Doris Atwijukire On May 21, 2013, the new vision news paper carried a story entitled "focus shifts to small power plants as fate of Karuma remains uncertain". First, we thank the Government for taking the initiative and deciding well on what is good for our electricity sector and our country at large.

During a birthday party of Zari's mother at Kampala Serena Hotel, Faridah is said to have invited Wasswa and introduced him as a celebrity to the guests at the party.

By Ibrahim Kasita Focus has shifted to fast tracking the development of small renewable energy projects as a short-to-medium term measure to avert the imminent return to 48-hour load-shedding. This follows the stalemate in the contract procurement process of the proposed 600megawatts Karuma hydropower project, which is seen as the least cost option ... (more)

Embattled Iryn Namubiru's manager, Thadeus Mubiru, is being accused by the singer's family of setting her up by packing drugs in her luggage.

As Africa waits for the launch this Sunday of Big Brother The Chase, which is the eighth season of the AfricaMagic reality TV show, something meant to take fans down memory lane is underway already.

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by raids, on Monday , by police on two Kampala-based newspapers, the forced closure of their printing presses and the closure of two radio stations.

President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through... President Barack Obama says he is instructing his disaster response team to get tornado victims in Oklahoma everything they need ... (more)

Akinyele Dairo is the technical advisor to the United Nations Population Fund East and Southern Africa program.

Northern Uganda has received yet another local news paper called "Adwar Ping", which literally means the Hunter in English.

THE Lord's Resistance Army has killed more than 100,000 people during a reign of terror in Central Africa over the past 25 years, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Monday.

There were 20 spin masters 'tussling' it out as they displayed their mixing and scratching antics on the turn-tables. The audience was at the receiving end and was to judge who displayed better skills.

Government has devised a strategy to tap into the billions of shillings sent home from the Ugandans living and working abroad.

During the 90s and early 2000s, Kads Band was one of the most popular in Kampala.

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Commuters who manage to make it from southwest Connecticut to New York City for work should consider staying in the Big Apple all week as crews begin rebuilding 2,000 feet of track following a commuter train... Connecticut commuters planned for long, slow trips to and from work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 ... (more)

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.

The Uganda police's breathlyser crew has its work cut out for it. The corporates who love their whisky have reason to toast to East African Breweries Limited.

Uganda can play a key role in ending the conflict in Darfur, the western region of Sudan where the Sudanese government is trying to end its conflict with armed rebel groups, says Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi.