Sunday 8PM ➡ 10,000m F – Joshua CHEPTEGEI | Abdallah Kibet MANDE SATURDAY RESULT 🇺🇬 Marathon ✳ Fred MUSOBO in 13th 2:13:42 ✳ Stephen KIPROTICH in 18th 2:15:04 ✳ Solomon MUTAI (DNF) ➡ Winner ✳ Lelisa DESISA ETH Ethiopia 2:10:40 Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Ugandan women have done it twice already, …
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Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders and taxi drivers are demanding for full time deployment of security operatives along Kanungu-Hamurwa road to stem the escalating cases of Highway robbery. Kanungu-Hamurwa road connects Kanungu, Rubanda and Kabale districts. The 50 kilometer road stretch is mostly used by traders to transport their …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi Paramount Chief, David Onen Acana II has rallied his subjects to join hands and raise funds towards the annual Acholi Cultural festival. Speaking at the launch of the third Acholi Cultural Festival at Bomah Hotel in Kitgum Municipality on Friday, Acana said the …
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Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly refurbished Kawolo hospital in Lugazi municipality in Buikwe district is still unable to handle critical emergency cases due to lack of equipment. The hospital, which is strategically located along Kampala-Jinja Highway, was rehabilitated at the cost of US$11.8m (about Shillings 40b) from Spanish …
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Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyankaramata government-aided primary school in Kihuura Sub County Kyenjojo district is in sorry state. The school, which has an enrollment of 314 pupils, has a single permanent structure, which accommodates the staff room, P.1, and P.2 classes. The rest of the classes operate in temporary structures …
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Desisa ends 18-year hiatus for Ethiopians to take marathon world gold RESULT 🇺🇬 Marathon ✳ Fred MUSOBO in 13th 2:13:42 ✳ Stephen KIPROTICH in 18th 2:15:04 ✳ Solomon MUTAI (DNF) ➡ Winner ✳ Lelisa DESISAETH Ethiopia 2:10:40 Sunday 8PM ➡ 10,000m F – Joshua CHEPTEGEI | Abdallah Kibet MANDE Doha, Qatar | AFP …
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Maastricht, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s two new Bombardiers, flights UR474 and UR470, have landed in Netherlands and Belgium, after leaving their manufacture base in Canada earlier on Saturday. The two CRJ-900s planes will spend the night there, before starting a day and night flight Sunday for Entebbe, where they …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-UNHCR in conjunction with the National Forestry Authority-NFA has embarked on the restoration of part of the degraded Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district. The restoration exercise dubbed “Environment, energy, forestry protection and conservation” is aimed at restoring …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has tasked local leaders and district education officers to ensure all schools have enough space to conduct physical exercises. Speaking at the celebrations of the World Heart Day in Jinja district on Friday, Kadaga says that, some schools …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) and FUFA have asked the Ugandan Police to search for the missing Eritrean footballers. Five Eritrean players disappeared on Tuesday ahead of a Cecafa U-20 Challenge Cup semi final clash against Kenya. But one player …
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