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Pressure increases on Catholic Church to allow optional marriage for its priests

A senior Uganda priest and popular entertainer, Fr. Athony Musala has appealed to the Catholic Church to allow optional marriage for its priests as the best way he says to curtail the sexual crimes being allegedly committed by the Catholic clergy. Fr. Musala, 55, says the Catholic Church still maintains the “fable” that most catholic priests […]

What to do when your child stops breathing?

If your child stops breathing, what do you have to do? Drowning, severe electric shock and suffocation from fumes, among others, can cause a child’s breathing to stop. Loss of breath may result into death, so you must act swiftly. Put your ear or check against the child’s mouth and nose to detect any breathing. […]

Makerere University 63rd graduation to start on Tuesday

All is set for the 63rdMakerere university graduation ceremony. The celebration to run for four days from tomorrow will see a total of 12,555 students graduate in various disciplines. The university’s spokesperson RitahNamisango says the anomalies earlier reported about the graduation list have been addressed. She reveals that following two verifications 500 other Graduands who […]

Bugiri leaders start sanitation sensitization campaign to rid area of jiggers

Bugiri leaders start sanitation sensitization campaign to rid area of jiggers

Leaders from Bugiri district have started a campaign on personal hygiene in the fight against jiggers. This follows the media reports that put jiggers in the district on the rise in the families more especially among the youth. Bukhooli central Member of Parliament who is also the shadow minister for works Wafula Ogutu says that […]

Cranes Zambia game tickets not available yet

The tickets for the Uganda-Zambia game that were meant to go on sale this starting this morning have not. According to the Federation of Uganda Football Associations, unforeseen circumstances have forced the Gold and VIP class tickets not to go on sale. FUFA will instead have all the three ticket categories  40,000 Uganda shillings, 75,000 […]

Multiple Uganda planes crash in Kenya: Gen. Saleh fails to start investigation work

  Close to two weeks since three Uganda military helicopters crashed in the slopes of mountain Kenya, the board of inquiry headed by Gen. Salim Saleh that president Museveni established to establish the cause of the accident has not started work. The board was meant to investigate and establish whether the Al Shabaab Islamic fighters […]

Makerere University Guild campaigns to start next week

Makerere University Guild campaigns are slated to start next week. Makerere University guild cabinet and students parliament was dissolved last Friday to pave way for the electoral process of the next cabinet. The chairperson of Makerere electoral commission, Deogratious Kirya says he will respect the constitution of Makerere University during the guild campaigns. “I will […]

Competition forces Emirates, Gulf Air, Ethiopian airline, Kenyan airline, British airways, Qatar Airlines, Turkish Airlines and Rwandair to start direct flights from Dubai to Entebbe

Competition has forced Emirates to start direct flights from Dubai to Entebbe International Airport in the Republic of Uganda. Emirates originally was connecting from Dubai, Cairo, Juba and some times Dares Salaam before landing at Entebbe. The Emirates Uganda country manager, Khalid Zarouni says that Emirates want to solve the growing traffic between Entebbe and Dubai. […]