Kampala, Uganda | THE NDEPENDENT | Long distance runner Jacob Kiplimo is out of team Uganda for the 2023 World Athletics Championships following a hamstring injury. According to the letter seen by Uganda Radio Network on August 11th, from Uganda Athletics Federation and signed by their President, Dominic Otucet, Kiplimo sustained …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE NDEPENDENT | The Minister of Presidency, Milly Babirye Babalanda has threatened tough action against Resident District Commissioners and District Internal Security Officers over infighting. In statement delivered at a capacity-building symposium for RDCs and DISOs from the greater Masaka sub-region, Babalanda said she is concerned concern about …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Multi-billionaire Elon Musk is putting Twitter building signs and other items from the company up for auction just weeks after the firm’s rebranding as X, BBC reported on Aug.10. Among the 584 lots on offer are coffee tables, outsized bird cages, and oil paintings of …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Human Resource Managers’ Association of Uganda (HRMAU) on August 11th formally signed the partnership Memorandum of Association (MoU) with BrighterMonday Uganda, the largest job matching and career platform in Uganda to leverage the job market data & opportunities for its members and the wider public. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Finance, Hon. Henry Musasizi, has said government is engaging the World Bank on its decision to cut financing of projects in Uganda. “We are negotiating with the World Bank but should we fail to agree, then we shall make some decisions …
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Washington US | Xinhua | The United States is open to the idea of letting Ukrainian pilots come to the country for trainings on how to operate F-16 fighters, a spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) said Friday. “Our European allies, as I said, are leading the effort. But …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary is headed for yet another understaffing gap following the official retirement of it’s five Judges and eight lower cadres who include Deputy Registrars and Magistrates. The Judges who were officially retired from the Judiciary on Friday night at a Dinner held at the …
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Washington, US | Xinhua | World Cup winner Lionel Messi scored his eighth goal in five matches with Inter Miami as the Florida outfit reached the Leagues Cup semifinals with a 4-0 home win over Charlotte on Friday. Josef Martinez put the hosts ahead with a penalty and Finland international winger …
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New York, US | Xinhua | Provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that more Americans died from suicide last year than in any other year on record. At least 49,449 lives were lost due to intentional self-harm in 2022 nearly 15 deaths for every 100,000 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Kiconco Katabbazi, the proprietor of Pathways Advocates has been given a five-day ultimatum to account for 39 billion Shillings advanced to his law firm to compensate 142 Kigezi tea nursery bed farmers. The affected tea nursery operators in the districts of Kabale, Rukungiri, Kanungu, …
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