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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Team Uganda for the 2024 World Junior Athletics Championships has secured three medals for the country. The team that was staged in Lima, Peru from 27th to 31st August 2024, triumphantly came home, with one silver medal from the newly recognized talent in 3000meter steeplechase …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded three women on charges of common nuisance following a nude protest earlier in the day. They are Norah Kobusingye, Praise Aloikin Apoloje, and Kemitoma Kyenzibo. The trio appeared before Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi on Monday afternoon, where one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Simba Cement continues to redefine Uganda’s construction industry by offering top-quality cement at unmatched prices, setting a new standard for the sector. As the company scales its operations with the region’s largest clinker manufacturing plant in West Pokot, Kenya, Simba Cement is empowering builders, contractors, …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bugabula Saza’s team continued their strong start in this year’s MTN Busoga Masaza Cup, securing a 2-1 win over a determined Bunhole Bunhanhumba in Sunday’s Mawembe Hill group match held at Kamuli Park Playground. The home side, led by the prolific Majid Kazindula, took the …

  ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While in the bushes herding his cattle in Kasese, Enock Nayebale always dreamt of a future 20 years away that had him take his children to the best schools in the country, and also build himself and his mother a permanent tin roofed house. …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maracha County Member of Parliament Denis Oguzu Lee has dragged Arua City to court for refusing to issue a development permit for a proposed ecotourism and recreational centre at Arua Central Forest Reserve locally known as Barifa. In April 2019, the National Forestry Authority …

  Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to the women under the Mothers’ Union to encourage Christians to embrace wealth creation and universal education programmes. On Sunday, President Yoweri Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni graced the closing ceremony for the Annual Mothers’ Union Conference …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and other African countries have been advised to take a keen interest in US politics. The outcome of the presidential polls later this year is poised to affect several economies across the world. Experts say, the election is important for Uganda, which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni appointed former Defense Minister Dr Chrispus Kiyonga as the new Chancellor of Makerere University, replacing Prof. Ezra Suruma after his eight-year tenure. The appointment was confirmed by Makerere University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday morning. …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Senior Secondary School have been crowned as the Sky View Boys’ Cricket Week champions. They defeated Busoga College Mwiri on Saturday at the Jinja cricket oval. Jinja SSS excelled with a difference of 50 runs after beating Mwiri with 130/8 against 80/10. This marked …