The Internal Security Organisation (ISO) and Permanent Secretaries should be at the forefront in the fight against corruption, president Yoweri Museveni has said. “ISO and Permanent Secretaries and other accounting officers at district level are the ones who should help us fight corruption because they have a countrywide network,” Museveni …

NBS: An emergency fire drill that conducted this morning at Entebbe airport paralyzed businesses in Entebbe town as locals thought a plane had crashed at the Airport due to heavy smoke that emerged from the scene. Share on: WhatsApp

The usually quiet Entebbe town was paralyzed Friday morning when the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) conducted a fire drill at the airport. It was a simulation of an aircraft crash, and the expected response from all bodies concerned in such an event.  Grade B Hospital in Entebbe, Nsambya Hospital, Rubaga …

VIDEO: A section of Mps are now raising the red flag on bailouts, warning that government could be paying for nonexistent or inflated supplies to government departments. Responding to the statements from the president on the much talked about bail out, the mps are asking for verification of all the …

NBS VIDEO: After failing to meet the revenue collection target for the 2015/2016 financial year, Uganda Revenue Authority has put up new avenues to ensure that Shs13 trillion target in the financial year 2016/2017 is attained. Doris Akol, URA Commissioner General says the authority has now partnered with 34 urban …

COVER STORY: Why the bail-out group will get money In spite of the public furor against the proposed financial bail-out to distressed companies, the companies will eventually get the financial relief because the tycoons have been courting Gen. Salim Saleh, Museveni’s younger brother, who has been influential in running government …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP | High school finals are always a terrifying prospect for Egyptian students. After cheat sheets were leaked this year, the exams turned into a nightmare for Mariam Khaled. She had gone home to sleep after finishing an exam. When she woke up, she discovered she would …

Philadelphia, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton on Thursday accepted the Democratic Party’s White House nomination, casting herself as a tireless champion of the people and rejecting Donald Trump’s dark picture of America. Becoming the first woman to win the nomination of a major political party, Clinton promised to …

United Nations, United States | AFP | The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Friday on deploying a UN police force to Burundi to monitor human rights and help quell violence in the African country. France requested a vote on a draft resolution presented two weeks ago to …

Key quotes from Clinton’s Democratic convention speech Philadelphia, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton on Thursday vowed to be the president for “all Americans” as she accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination — the first woman to lead a major party in the race for the White House. Her …