Uganda Peoples Congress Party Delegates' conference starts today at Mandela national stadium at Namboole.

REGIONAL trade bloc East African Community needs some $20 billion to upgrade the railway network in its five member countries and boost trade, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete said on Thursday.

The bill for road works done under the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting (Chogm) 2007 in Kampala is expected to rise above the Shs.96 billion figure previously quoted, the lead counsel of the Public Accounts Committee of parliament, Tom Kazibwe, has said.

Today, President Yoweri Museveni launched a National Resistance Movement (NRM) Communication Bureau at Kamwokya, on the outskirts of Kampala.

HIGHLAND Heights, a new real estate firm, has entered the market with promises to provide low-cost homes to the young employed and middle-income earners.

THE Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has been accused of trespassing on private property in Busia town.

THE Government has built one of the most successful track records in the region in pursuing macro-economic reform, a top official said this week.

THE results of the initial share offer of the National Insurance Corporation (NIC), were announced earlier this week. The share issuers were pleasantly surprised at the interest in the share offer despite the adverse publicity that dogged the offer period that run throughout January.

Several ministers diverted money meant for public roads to pave access lanes to their property during Chogm, Parliament heard yesterday.

Lawmakers controversially passed a crucial Bill in a record seven minutes on the last sitting day of Parliament in 2009, opening the way for political parties to be funded by taxpayers.