Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Olympique Lyonnais beat Wolfsburg 3-1 in the final of the Women’s Champions League on Sunday to lift the title for the fifth consecutive year. First-half goals from Eugenie Le Sommer and Saki Kumagai put the French side in the driving seat and a late goal …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is going to start charging people and organisations to be tested for COVID-19 effective September 1, 2020. According to the health ministry, truck drivers, people in need of knowing their COVID-19 status, government and public organisations, Ugandans returning from abroad, visitors from other …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory in Sunday’s Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, with the Briton leading every lap from his pole position. Continuing the dominant form he had shown in qualifying, Hamilton started as he meant to go on and was never truly …
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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been shot dead in Luweero district. Musa Katinda Bisaso aged 45 years, a resident of Tweyanze village in Katikamu Sub County was killed by unknown people on Friday night. Isah Ssemwogerere the Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson says that the assailant attacked the …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Nakasongola district has registered a fresh outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease weeks after the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries lifted the quarantine in the area. The fresh outbreak has been reported in five farms located at Butiiti village in Nabiswera Sub County. …
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Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM party aspirants in Mubende district are challenging the credibility of the party register ahead of the party primaries next week. At the display of the register on Friday, the aspirants expressed concern about some candidates who used their influence to include names …
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Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyenjojo District local government sent back 1.4 billion shillings to the treasury that was not utilized in the last financial year of 2019/2020. Addressing the district council that sat on Friday at the district headquarters, Kasiina the LCV Chairperson, William Kaija explained that the COVID-19 …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has received 10 ICU beds from the Ministry of Health. Two other beds were also given to Lira University Hospital. Each of the ICU beds has a ventilator to aid breathing for patients and oxygen supply systems, among other specialised systems. …
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Bufumbira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bufumbira South Member of Parliament Samuel Kwizera Bitangaro has been arrested for allegedly holding a political rally contrary to the Covid-19 preventive directives. Bitangaro was arrested from Nyarusiza Sub County on Friday evening by police under the command of Christopher Ruhunda, the Kisoro District …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announcing Friday he would step down from his post due to the recurrence of the same intestinal disease that ended his first tenure has caught public and political circles somewhat off-guard while posing a number of uncertainties ahead for the …
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