Belgrade, Serbia | THE INDEPENDENT | Middle distance ace Winnie Nanyondo has finished second in heat one of the 1,500m race to qualify for the World Indoor Championship final race in Belgrade, Serbia. Nanyondo, 28 who was the first Ugandan to race at the event after over ten years, failed to …
Read More »
Seattle, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Deputy Speaker Anita Among is optimistic Speaker Jacob Oulanyah will recover from an illness that has had him hospitalized in Seattle, US for over a month. “He is receiving and responding to treatment under the close attention of his doctors. Let us …
Read More »
Seattle, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The team that flew out Tuesday from Uganda to Seattle to check on hospitalized Speaker Jacob Oulanyah is ready to update the country on his health. Deputy Speaker Anita Among will issue a statement in the coming hours. Democratic Party (DP) President Norbert …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the spike in cases of flu-like symptoms amongst learners in most schools is a result of an outbreak of the seasonal Influenza Type-A and Type-B, and not COVID-19. The Ministry of Health has recently tested one school …
Read More »
Seattle, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda’s Deputy Speaker Anita Among is expected to arrive in the USA later on Wednesday, to check on hospitalized Speaker Jacob Oulanyah. Other media reports indicate that the Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo, and an identified brother of the Speaker, also travelled to the …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rotaractors have been applauded for promoting development across the country through community service. Radiant, a beauty brand, has at celebration of 54 years of services to communities by the Rotaract clubs of Tanzania and Uganda under Rotaract District 9214, recognized the role of Rotaractors. …
Read More »
Over 16 sectors have by law been ring-fenced for local companies. Transport, security, foods, beverages, hotel management and catering, human resource management, office supplies, fuel supplies, land surveying, clearing and forwarding, locally available construction materials and civil works COMMENT | ABDUL KIBUUKA | Sixteen years since commercially viable oil deposits …
Read More »
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | I knew something has changed when my wife received a call from our supplier of baking items on the morning of March 9, 2022 announcing a 15% price increase. Just 12 months ago, the cost of sugar, baking flour and prestige margarine which are the …
Read More »
COMMENT | OSCORD MARK OTILE | The launch of Parish Development Model (PDM) has set in motion series of activities aimed at increasing household incomes, improving quality of lives and propelling the proportion of Ugandan households still trapped in the subsistence economy into the money economy. Similar interventions such as …
Read More »
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mbale have raised a red flag over the increasing incidents of insecurity in the city centre. In the past three months, unknown thugs have been robbing and injuring their victims causing fear. This is common on the streets of Nabowa, Cathedral Avenue, …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
