Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soccer governing body FUFA have appointed a new caretaker team to hand the national team Cranes, following recent poor results. Not only was Uganda knocked out early in the African Nations Championship CHAN tournament in January in Cameroon, they have also lost ground to …
Read More »Deputy Speaker Oulanyah to preside finally over Parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has brushed off concern by some Members of Parliament on the continued absence of her deputy, Jacob Oulanyah. Oulanyah has not chaired any parliamentary session for over a year now, raising concerns from some legislators. Oulanyah last chaired …
Read More »Stanbic Schools Championship launched, aims to ’empower the job creators of tomorrow’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has officially launched the 6th annual National Schools Championship (NSC) to be held under the theme “Empowering the job creators of tomorrow with the main focus on agriculture, business innovation and IT Skilling”. The National Schools Championship is Stanbic’s flagship education …
Read More »WTO Chief Okonjo-Iweala welcomes apology from Swiss newspaper for ‘racist and sexist’ headline
Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has welcomed an apology from Aargauer Zeitung a Swiss publication which on Feb.09 published a story about her with what online readers referred to as “a racist and sexist headline.” The distasteful headline, “This grandmother will be the new chief of …
Read More »Uganda celebrates massive Hippos 4-1 semifinal win
FT: Uganda 🇺🇬 4 Tunisia 🇹🇳 1 NEXT: Uganda vs Ghana – SATURDAY Kakooza hat-trick ⚽ 37′ ⚽ 50′ ⚽ 73′ Nouakchott, Mauritania | CAF ONLINE & THE INDEPENDENT | Derrick Kakooza starred with a hattrick as debutants Uganda continued with their dream run at the Total Under-20 Africa Cup …
Read More »COVID-19 sniffer dogs ready for deployment at airports
Dogs in Australia, Finland trained to sniff out coronavirus in sweat Adelaide, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Dogs that have previously been deployed to trace drugs, explosives and cancer, are being trained to sniff out people infected with COVID-19. Researchers in Finland, and at the University of Adelaide in …
Read More »The living history of Bob Kasango
THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On Saturday night, my best friend and brother, Robert Aldridge Kasango, died in Murchison Bay Hospital inside Luzira Prison. The cause of death was heart failure! He was only 46 years. Bob didn’t have to die at this early age and in the …
Read More »Uganda now at 18 million on internet, 3million on facebook
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Latest statistics indicate Uganda has 3,328,000 Facebook subscribers out of 18 million who are on the internet as at December 2020. Egypt has 48 million Facebook users, followed by Nigeria at 31 million. In East Africa, Kenya are at 10 million, according to Internet …
Read More »US FDA approves Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
Washington, US | XINHUA | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States. It does not have to be kept in extra-cold facilities, and is a one dose vaccine. It is the third COVID-19 vaccine that …
Read More »Scientists and global health experts had been expecting a new coronavirus for years
Could a universal coronavirus vaccine future-proof our response? COVID-19 SPECIAL FEATURE | Priya Joi | Although the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise, with many still reeling at how drastically the world has changed, scientists and global health experts had been expecting something like this for years. Coronaviruses are notorious for spilling over …
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