First Leg: Vipers SC v Al Hilal Club St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende | 4pm Kampala, Uganda | VIPERS SC | The stage is set and all eyes will be on Vipers Sports Club on Saturday evening when they lock horns with Sudanese outfit Al Hilal Club in the first leg of …
Read More »Free-for-all Premiership weekend for DStv Access and GOtv viewers
*Saturday 28 November 18:00: Manchester City v Burnley *Sunday 29 November 22:15: Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Football fans on DStv and GOtv can look forward to bonus Round 10 of action from the 2020-21 Premier League season this weekend. Viewers on DStv Access and GOtv …
Read More »FAO, Uganda Agribusiness Alliance want Ugandans in diaspora to exploit opportunities in agriculture value chain
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Ugandans in the diaspora have mega opportunities to exploit in the agriculture value chain for Uganda using their periodical earnings, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation Country Representative for Uganda Dr. Antonio Querido. He was speaking to The Independent during the Uganda Diaspora Agribusiness …
Read More »Makerere University council orders fresh search for deputy vice-chancellor
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Council has called for the search process for the substantive deputy vice-chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration. The decision of the council has already been communicated by the acting University secretary Yusuf Kiranda in his November 24 letter. “…the council decided …
Read More »Chelsea v Spurs: Lampard eyes third consecutive win against Mourinho
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The latest edition of a classic Premier League rivalry sees Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on the evening of Sunday 29 November 2020. Chelsea come into the game on the back of a third successive Premier League win, having comfortably defeated Newcastle …
Read More »Gov’t to operationalize 117 seed secondary schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has started a process to operationalize new 117 seed secondary schools that had been stalled over the last years. Patrick Muinda, the Ministry of Education spokesperson notes that more than 41 Billion Shillings has been allocated in the current …
Read More »La Liga: Barca and R. Madrid struggling to find inspiration
Friday 27 November 23:00: Real Valladolid v Levante Saturday 28 November 16:00: Elche v Cadiz 17:15: Valencia v Atletico Madrid 18:30: Huesca v Sevilla 23:00: Real Madrid v Deportivo Alaves Sunday 29 November 16:00: Barcelona v Osasuna 18:15: Getafe v Athletic Bilbao 20:30: Celta Vigo v Granada 23:00: Real Sociedad …
Read More »Bureaucracy, bribery major obstacles to Uganda’s competitiveness – Survey
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entrepreneurs and prospective investors in Uganda are getting more concerned about long bureaucratic procedures in dealing with government, than they are concerned with corruption or bribery, according to a survey. The procedures involved when an investor wants to start up a business in Uganda, …
Read More »UTB partners with MTV Africa to host MAMAs
Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | MTV Africa and MTV Base have partnered with Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to host the continental flagship award show of MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) 2021. The partnership was announced during a virtual press conference broadcast from Johannesburg and Kampala by Monde Twala and Craig …
Read More »Serie A: Conte under pressure to reaffirm job position as Inter visit Sassuolo
Saturday 28 November 17:00: Sassuolo v Internazionale 20:00: Benevento v Juventus 22:45: Atalanta v Hellas Verona Sunday 29 November 14:30: Lazio v Udinese 17:00: Bologna v Crotone 18:00: Milan v Fiorentina 20:00: Cagliari v Spezia 22:45: Napoli v Roma Monday 30 November 20:30: Torino v Sampdoria 22:45: Genoa v Parma …
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