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KAMPALA, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | The top ten golfers from the 2024 Absa Pro-Am Tournament of the Uganda Golf Open have today won the opportunity to play in the 2025 Magical Kenya Open courtesy of Absa Bank Uganda. Ten slots in the Magical Kenya Open have been made available to …

Over 65% of pregnant women using guess work to determine delivery date ✳ Only 31% Ugandan women do ultrasound scan ✳ Bukedi region only 7.8% ✳ Busoga 7.6% ✳ Uganda Maternal mortality rate 189 per 100,000 Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA  | Only 31% of pregnant women across Uganda are …

Zambia’s Moore takes commanding Day One lead after shooting 64 in Entebbe 🟢 DAY 1 leaderboard ⛳️🏌️ 1⃣ Moore 🇿🇲 64   -7 2⃣ Madoya 🇰🇪 66   -5 3⃣ Chege 🇰🇪 68   -3 4⃣ Ainamani 🇺🇬 69   -2 ✳ Celestine 🇷🇼 70    -1 ✳ Kisia 🇰🇪 70     -1 ✳ …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has been discharged from Nsambya Hospital. Kyagulanyi was injured with a tear gas canister on his left leg during an altercation with police on Tuesday. He was returning from the home of NUP lawyer George Musisi in Bulindo, …

  Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Equity Group has unveiled its third annual sustainability report for the year 2023, themed “A sustainable world is a transformed Africa.”  The theme points to the significant role that global substantiality practices can have on transformation of the African continent, a challenge that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Time is running out first for Uganda to put in place compliance measures with the new European Union regulations against deforestation during coffee production. The EU Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) direct that imports (of about 600 commodities) should bear fruit that they have not been produced …

  MSMEs highlighted as a force in building Africa’s food systems in latest leading agriculture report  Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has launched its 2024 Africa Agriculture Status Report that highlights the transformative role of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) …

Vivo Energy Uganda launches Phase 2 of the ‘Kigwera Ku Shell’ Back-to-School Promotion, doubling the rewards and impact on education Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There will be twice as many winners in Phase 2 of the ‘Kigwera Ku Shell’ back-to-school promotion run by Vivo Energy Uganda to support parents in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has issued criminal summons for Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and Kampala Deputy Mayor Doreen Nyanjura for failing to appear in court on Wednesday. Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi has ordered them to appear on October 2, 2024. The summons …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded 24-year-old Kenneth Niwamanya to Luzira prison on charges of forging the signature of First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni. Niwamanya, a resident of Bulenga in Wakiso district, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi on Wednesday afternoon. The court …