Results of athletics men’s marathon 1. Tamirat Tola, Ethiopia, 2:06:26 🥇 2. Bashir Abdi, Belgium, 2:06:47 🥈 3. Benson Kipruto, Kenya, 2:07:00 🥉 4. Emile Cairess, Britain, 2:07:29 5. Deresa Geleta, Ethiopia, 2:07:31 6. Akira Akasaki, Japan, 2:07:32 PB 7. Tebello Ramakongoana, Lesotho, 2:07:58 8. Conner Mantz, United States, 2:08:12 37. Victor Kiplangat, …
Read More »Kiteezi landfill collapse: 8, including 2 children, killed
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | At least eight people, including two children, were killed following a landslide at a garbage dump in Uganda’s central district of Wakiso on Saturday. The Kampala Capital City Authority, the manager of the city waste, said the Saturday morning landslide came after torrential rains. “The …
Read More »Table tennis players call for more investment in the game
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of veteran table tennis players is calling for increased investment in the sport from both the government and private sector. They emphasize the need for greater focus on developing table tennis across the country, highlighting its potential for job creation and talent development. …
Read More »Minister commends Chinese contribution to conservation efforts
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan Minister of State for Local Government Victoria Rusoke Businge has praised the contributions of the Chinese government and a Chinese non-governmental organization (NGO) for their conservation and forest restoration efforts in the country. Businge made these remarks while handing over 10,000 trees and fruit …
Read More »Scores feared dead, property destroyed in Kiteezi landfill collapse
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scores of people are feares dead after garbage from a section of the Kampala Capital City Authority Landfill in Kiteezi buried houses, people and livestock this morning. City authorities say that the landfill collapsed after a structural failure in waste mass. While several bodies have …
Read More »EACOP Protest: Police arrest 47 University students
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested 47 students from different Universities in a foiled Anti-EACOP protest. They were marching to Parliament and NEMA. The protestors, from Kyambogo, Makerere and Kampala International Universities, who had gathered at Wampewo Avenue, were surrounded before marching to parliament this afternoon. These, carrying placards …
Read More »MPs: Improve access to electricity in rural areas to boost agriculture
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have called on government to improve access to electricity in rural areas across the country to boost value-addition in the agriculture sector. They made the call while debating a report by the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries on the status …
Read More »Guesthouse manager stabbed to death, police hunt for suspects
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Hoima are hunting for a group of people who stabbed a Guesthouse manager to death. The deceased has been identified as Cleophas Mwesige 30, a manager at Colleague Guesthouse and a resident of Nyamasoga village, Kigaga parish in Kabaale sub-county, Hoima district. …
Read More »Districts to get community hospitals in new health reforms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has introduced a new reform in the health sector to uplift the status of health centre IVs to community hospitals. This was revealed by the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja during the plenary sitting on Thursday, 08 August 2024, chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa. …
Read More »60 youth graduate in the inaugural UDB Enterprise Development Program
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 60 youth, women, and small and medium entrepreneurs have graduated in the inaugural Enterprise Development Program of the Uganda Development Bank, with a call on institutions to “enable capital flow”. The program is a business incubator designed to prepare businesses to become …
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