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The British Broadcasting Corporation has lost yet another journalist Anne Waithera."It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of our colleague Anne Waithera who passed away on Monday in Nairobi," a tweet from the BBC said.She died after a long battle with cancer.Before joining the BBC, Ms Waithera worked at Royal Media Services' Citizen TV and Nation Media Group's Easy FM radio station.On...

Prisoners look out from a window at an overcrowded prison in Cali, Colombia A fire at a prison in Colombia killed nine inmates and left 25 injured, the head of the country's penitentiary system said Tuesday.The blaze broke out Monday night at a prison in the northern city of Barranquilla, said the official, Saul Torres.He said four prisoners died of the burns at a hospital and the other five...

Masindi The Masindi Central Division speaker has escaped a two-year sentence in prison after paying a Shs2.5 million fine for assault. Court presided over by the Chief Magistrate, Mr Jessy Byaruhanga, heard that Isaac Bongomin assaulted Cosmas Byaruhanga, currently the Buvuma District health officer, on February 24, last year while at...

A Kenyan woman has been arrested in Arizona for smuggling of quail eggs. The woman was intercepted on Monday evening at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was on a flight from Nairobi via London.A police spokesperson told the media that authorities found a box of small raw bird eggs in her suitcase which were then taken for an intensive...

If you’ve ever needed an excuse to spend more time having fun under the covers, we’ve got you sorted.  sex can improve mental performance and cause growth of new brain cellsNew research has found that having sex can improve mental performance and increase neurogenesis (the production of new neurons) in the part of the brain where long term memories are formed, the hippocampus.Scientists...

A student at a suburban Denver high school set himself on fire in the school's cafeteria today and is in critical condition, authorities said. A female teacher was treated for minor cuts when she broke a pane of glass to access a fire extinguisher and a school custodian used the extinguisher to put the fire out, Westminster Police Investigator Cheri Spottke told Drive Hot News The student, who...

Dar es Salaam. Wakazi wa Tabata na viunga vyake, sasa wanaishi kwa wasiwasi mkubwa kutokana na kuibuka kwa kundi la vijana, wanaojiita Waasi wakitumia silaha za jadi, kujeruhi watu na kupora mali nyakati za usiku. Mmoja wa wananchi wa Tabata Matumbi alisema wiki mbili zilizopita, vijana hao walimuua mwanamume mmoja kwenye Daraja la Reli la Matumbi. Kwa mujibu wa...

Sumbawanga. Mahakama ya Hakimu Mkazi mkoani Rukwa, imewahukumu watu wanane wa Kijiji cha Sikaungu wilayani Sumbawanga, kutumikia kifungo cha miaka 56 jela baada ya kupatikana na hatia ya kuteketeza mali za mwekezaji zenye thamani ya zaidi ya Sh 227 milioni. Akisoma hukumu hiyo jana Hakimu Mkazi Adamu Mwanjokolo, alisema washtakiwa walitenda kosa hilo Oktoba 12 mwaka...

 Kondoa South Member of Parliament, Mr Juma Nkamia.Dar es Salaam. The chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence, Mr Edward Lowassa, has urged the ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports to settle its recent misunderstanding with media practitioners in the country. Mr Lowassa said this yesterday when his committee...

At least 74 people have been killed and scores others injured in two separate attacks in North eastern Nigeria.22 people were killed in an attack on a church In Waga Chakaa village in Adamawa state while 52 others were killed in a market in a busy market place on Sunday.Both attacks have been blamed on Boko Haram.Gunmen suspected to belong to Boko Haram militia group, opened fire in a church...

Juba. South Sudan has ruled out the release of the 11 detained political figures linked to Dr Riek Machar, raising questions if the ceasefire signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will hold. The government now says it never agreed during negotiations on their release. Presidential adviser Telar Deng said they would be released only if they...

 President Museveni chats with the Attorney General, Mr Peter Nyombi (R), during the 16th Annual Judges Conference at Imperial Resort Hotel in Entebbe yesterday. The President urged the Judiciary to enhance public confidence in the system.KAMPALA President Museveni has warned judges against provoking him by granting bail to suspected criminals, including those...

Employers beware: Staff cheating on their spouses isn't just a private matter. It's likely hurting your bottom line as well, a new survey has found. Cheating hearts devote a significant number of work hours to looking for love in the wrong places - on average around 1.17 hours a day - and it may be costing employers around $17 million a day, according to infidelity website Victoria Milan's...

Thieves broke into a small church in the mountains east of Rome over the weekend and stole a reliquary with the blood of the late Pope John Paul II, a custodian said on Monday. Dozens of police with sniffer dogs scoured the remote area for clues to what the Italian Catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana called "a sacrilegious theft that was probably commissioned by someone". Franca Corrieri told...

Over the weekend, celebrated dancer turned Club manager Gareth Onyango and city glamour gal Nickita Evas Bachu swapped saliva at the Kabalagala based Club Venom.  Gareth and Nickita Swapping salivaPublic display of affection has of late been seen as method of communication for people in romantic relationships.Time stood still as their lips moved together sweetly making them forget how...

Kampala. President Museveni has said he will only sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill after scientists have proved to him that it is a normal behaviour. Sources in the NRM Caucus meeting on Friday told Sunday Monitor that Mr Museveni agreed with the MPs that people who promote and recruit others into homosexuality should be prosecuted. The...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for county governments to work closely with the national government in order to deliver on the development pledges to Kenyans.Speaking at the port of Mombasa where he commissioned a research vessel donated by Belgium, the President told senators and MPs to rise above partisan politics and support laws that will transform the country and improve livelihoods.“The...

KAMULI Counsellors, locally known as Sengas, hosted on local FM stations in Busoga region have come under fire for alleged promotion of sexual immorality among children. Speaking at Kamuli Township Primary School at the weekend, the Director of Middle Income Parents Association, a non-governmental organisation, Ms Jane Ssentongo, said...

 A map showing the location of Somalia's capital Mogadishu.  GOOGLE MAPSMogadishuTwo Kenyan men are said to have been kidnapped in the Somali capital Mogadishu.According to Shabelle, an independent media network, their vehicle was stopped at gunpoint near Tribunka, a former parade ground in South Mogadishu.Reports indicate that those who stopped the car were in...

JUBA. At least 200 South Sudanese civilians drowned on Tuesday in a ferry accident on the White Nile river while fleeing fresh fighting in the city of Malakal, an army spokesman said. "The reports we have are of between 200 to 300 people, including women and children. The boat was overloaded," army spokesman Philip Aguer told AFP. "They all drowned. They were fleeing...

 Uganda’s Stacy ‘Queen’ Aamito is the queen of Tyra Banks’ catwalk!After months of competition on Africa’s Next Top Model, Aamito beat fellow finalists Nigeria’s Opeyemi Awoyemi and Michaela Pinto from Angola on Sunday night.Aamito, who began modelling at the age of 16, with Arapapa models, is a Uganda Christian University alumni. She receives a 1-year modeling contract with New York based...

 A group of South Sudanese soldiers patrol the streets of Juba. The UPDF has sent forces to guard Juba Airport and protect Ugandans in South Sudan.Kampala. President Museveni has appointed Col Kayanja Muhanga as the overall commander of UPDF operations in South Sudan, sources told the Drive Hot NewsCol Muhanga has been the Military police boss and is now tasked...

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga — Authorities were searching remote islands for cyclone victims on Sunday after the most powerful storm to hit Tonga in decades cut a swathe of destruction through this South Pacific archipelago, leaving at least one person dead and several injured. Relief efforts following Saturday's storm were concentrating on the Ha'apai islands — one of Tonga's three island groups between...

 Paddy Bitama.Renown city comedian-turned politician Paddy Ssali a.k.a Bitama is dead.The former presidential hopeful passed away today at the the cancer institute of Mulago Hospital where he had been rushed in critical condition.Dr. Henry Ddungu, one of the doctors that were treating Bitama has confirmed his death.He said that Paddy had cancer but he declined to give details of the type of...

President Jakaya Kikwete receives a letter of credence from the Comoro ambassador to Tanzania, Ahamed El Badaoui Mohamed Fakih, at State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday.Dar es Salaam. Tanzanians will have their constitution before the end of this 2014, if all goes according to plan, President Jakaya Kikwete has said Speaking at a sherry party at State House in Dar...

  map of Sirte, east of Tripoli, Libya. Libya's deputy industry minister, Hassan al-Droui, has been shot dead during a visit to his hometown of Sirte, security and hospital sources have said Sunday. Droui was a former member of the National Transitional Council, the political arm of the rebellion that brought an end to Gaddafi's 42-year rule. He is the first member of the transitional government...

Kampala. The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has recalled examiners to report to their respective marking centres to resume marking the national examinations. The exam marking was suspended two weeks ago due to lack of money. However, Uneb spokesperson Hamis Kaheru said on Friday the examinations body had received Shs5.2 billion...

Kampala. The Presidential adviser on security in Buganda region, Brig Kasirye Ggwanga, has asked President Museveni and his government to relinquish power in 2016.While appearing on KFM Hot Seat on Thursday, Brig Ggwanga said it is time for the young generation to be given chance to lead the country forward.“I am now relying on the young generation because now you...

Kampala. Detectives from the police Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Directorate (CIID) are drilling through the floors and walls of the house of corruption convict Godfrey Kazinda in search of stolen government money suspected to have been hidden in a bunker inside his house in Bukoto, a Kampala suburb. Kazinda, the former Principal Accountant in the Prime...

Kampala- The burial of the late Josphine Amato Otunnu, mother of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) leader Olara Otunnu, will take place in Oxford, London today. Her late husband Mzee Yusto Otunnu is buried at the same place. Josphine Otunnu, died on December 22 at John Radcliffe Hospital Oxfordshire, UK, where she had been admitted. ...

Mogadishu. On Monday morning, a man named as Maslah Issa faced a firing squad at Scuola Polizia (Police Academy) in Mogadishu. He had been sentenced to death by a military court in the Somali capital. Issa, a soldier serving with the Somali National Army, was found guilty of killing a student last year. A team of five armed men from...

Mbulu. Free grazing of pigs by farmers in Mbulu District, Manyara Region, is the main cause for a food-borne disease spread by the animals and which could be lethal to human beings, it was observed here last week. Research scientists as well as livestock extension officers have warned that the infection could be brought under control once the rearing of pigs was...

 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (R) with his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir (L) at Khartoum airport on September 3, 2013.Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir will travel to Juba on Monday to meet with his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir for talks on the ongoing conflict in the country, state media reported on Sunday.“President Bashir will go tomorrow to Juba to meet (President) Salva...

 Members of delegation opposed to South Sudan’s government including Garang De Mabior (C), the son of ex Sudanese politician John Garang, attend talks in Addis Ababa on Saturday to try and broker a ceasefire.YEI- The fighting in South Sudan has moved closer to the Uganda border after gunfire reportedly rocked Yei, a town just 120 kilometres from the West Nile district of Arua. ...

Nairobi. Three top police officers were yesterday shown the door after a National Police Service (NPSC) vetting panel found them unfit to continue in their roles in a service expected to embrace major reforms. NPSC chairman Johnston Kavuludi said yesterday that senior deputy commissioners of police Francis Okonya, Jonathan Koskei and Peter Eregae had been retired...