A new report by the Office of the Auditor General has revealed details on how taxpayers have continuously lost millions of shillings each month to officials who benefit from ghosts in the Police Force.

Mr John Muwanga, the Auditor General, said some ghost police officers were found sharing accounts with staff from other government departments, while others showed as employed twice.

In July 2009, a total of 6,512 ghosts were recommended for deletion from the payroll by the P...

Farming may be described as the process of caring for plants, insects, and animals that are valuable to us. It is a process that depends on many factors such as climate which has to do with the weather conditions of the location where we practice farming over a long period of time.

For crops, insects, and animals to do well, issues such as temperature, wind, topography, and rainfall among others have to be considered. This makes it imperative for us to pay more attention to the climat...

In 1975, Gift of Life International (Goli) under its project “healing the hearts of children around the world” operated their first child ever, Grace Agwaru who was five years of age then and is now 42. She had a ventricular septal defect (VSD) – which is a hole in the lower part of the heart. After a successful operation, she was enabled to lead a normal life. And today, Agwaru works as the Goli Uganda co-coordinator.

Agwaru had to travel from Uganda to the United S...

Farming may be described as the process of caring for plants, insects, and animals that are valuable to us. It is a process that depends on many factors such as climate which has to do with the weather conditions of the location where we practice farming over a long period of time.

For crops, insects, and animals to do well, issues such as temperature, wind, topography, and rainfall among others have to be considered. This makes it imperative for us to pay more attention to the climat...

When the salsa dancers wrapped up their performance last Wednesday 27 July, at the National Theatre, many in the audience took to the stage, reached out to the dancers that had impressed them and worked their bodies until sweat dripped on the floor. The night ended with excitement. Latino flavor, a Latin Dance theme night is fast growing. The turn up was good and the dancers were entertaining.

Latin dances by nature are attractive, that is why the performance was full of intimacy ...

For over a decade, Robert Seguya has defined the good, the bad and the ugly about MTN Heathens and Rugby Cranes. The flanker is that easy a target. When either side won a game, Seguya made a contribution.

And defeats often meant reviews which cited an incident in the second minute when he was judged to be selfish. All this would end in one conclusion – Seguya is such an important player and the former boxer’s place among the greatest players in local rugby will never be sh...