Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) will have to pay UGX72 million to enter a team in the 2021 CECAFA Challenge Cup. Auka Gacheo, the Executive Director of the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) told URN that a decision was …
Read More »Private schools seek UGX 90b to beat COVID-19 distress
Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private educational institutions are seeking 90 billion Shillings in financial help, to overcome the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on schools and facilitate the re-opening process. With budgets decimated by the economic downturn, many school owners are constrained financially, and can hardly pay for …
Read More »Why schools are anxious about reopening
It is very clear that guidelines will impose more Covid-19 prevention related costs on schools. Who will meet the extra costs? COMMENT | Justus Mugisha | We all breathed a sigh of relief when President Yoweri Museveni on Monday announced partial re-opening of schools. But the more I think about …
Read More »McKinstry appointed Uganda Cranes coach
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former coach of Rwanda Johnathan McKinstry has been appointed head coach of Uganda Cranes on a three-year contract. McKinstry was unveiled at the Fufa headquarters in Mengo on Monday morning. He replaces Sebastien Desabre who resigned after the Uganda Cranes exit in the group …
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