Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Minister Beti Olive Namisango Kamya has told President Museveni that she has already delivered on her pledge to turn Kampala into the support base for the National Resistance Movement-NRM party. Kamya was speaking during the graduation of 8,480 girls and women with …
Read More »Entebbe Expressway security beefed up
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has tightened security along the Entebbe Expressway following the assassination of two people on Friday morning. Melina Tumukunde and Joshua Ruhegyera Ntereho were gunned down at Nambigirwa Bridge towards Mpala in Katabi Town Council in the wee hours of Friday morning. Corporal Davis …
Read More »One killed, five wounded in new Johannesburg violence
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | At least one person was killed and five others injured in Johannesburg on Sunday, police said, after security forces clashed with looters in the latest outbreak of xenophobic violence. South Africa’s biggest city and other areas were hit by a surge of attacks against …
Read More »Kenya’s Harambee Stars hold Uganda Cranes to 1-1 draw
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | An inspired second-half performance by the Harambee Stars was not enough as they played out a 1-1 draw with visiting Uganda Cranes in an international friendly match played on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at the MISC Kasarani. Stars were off-color in the first half …
Read More »Uganda’s ‘Maama Pig’ joint winner of $100,000 Food Prize
Accra, Ghana | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Emma Naluyima, a trained veterinary doctor and Senegalese forestry engineer Baba Dioum were this week named joint winners of the 2019 Africa Food Prize, a US $100,000 award celebrating those taking control of the continent’s agricultural agenda. Dr. Naluyima, a smallholder farmer and private …
Read More »Uganda’s top 50 teachers get land, laptop and sh1m each
President Museveni calls on teachers to work devotedly Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged teachers in the country to work devotedly adding that God would reward the teachers who do their work devotedly. He revealed that he and his counterparts benefitted from teachers in the …
Read More »Uganda Cranes test Kenya’s Harambee Stars in Nairobi
*Kenya vs Uganda *Sunday 8th September 2019 *Venue – Kasarani Stadium *4PM Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s Harambee Stars will battle Uganda Cranes in an international friendly at the Moi International Stadium, Kasarani on Sunday. The two teams are using the FIFA International weekend to prepare their …
Read More »Nduva is Uganda Amateur Golf Open 2019 champ
1⃣ D Nduva 🇰🇪 ✳ 286 📷 2⃣ S Njogu 🇰🇪 ✳ 287 3⃣ S Njoroge 🇰🇪 ✳ 288 4⃣ J Cwinyaai 🇺🇬 ✳ 293 5⃣ D Asaba 🇺🇬 ✳ 295 6⃣ R Otile 🇺🇬 ✳ 295 💠Venue: Lake Victoria Serena 💠 LIVE: Results (click) Kigo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Kenyan …
Read More »Njoroge best placed to end 11-year Kenyan jinx at Uganda Open
💠 Tee off 12.30pm ✳ S Njoroge 🇰🇪 213 ✳ S Njogu 🇰🇪 215 ✳ R Otile 🇺🇬 216 💠 Tee off 12.20pm ✳ D Nduva 🇰🇪 216 ✳ J Cwinyaai 🇺🇬 221 ✳ D Asaba 🇺🇬 223 💠Venue: Lake Victoria Serena 💠 LIVE: Results (click) Final day draw (bottom) Entebbe, …
Read More »Africa’s longest serving leaders
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, whose death was announced on Friday, was in power for 37 years, but is far from the only African leader to have ruled for so long. Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema is Africa’s longest-serving president currently in power after …
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