VP Jessica Alupo: Uganda draws valuable lessons from China’s modernization path BEIJING, China | Xinhua | Uganda has drawn valuable lessons from China’s modernization experience, Ugandan Vice President Jessica Alupo has said. In a written interview with Xinhua for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in …
Read More »Uganda Cranes scares South Africa in AFCON qualifier 2-2 draw
⚽ RESULT South Africa 🇿🇦 2 Uganda 🇺🇬 2 Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Two thunderous strikes gave Uganda Cranes a point, as South Africa’s Bafana Bafana rallied on their home ground Orlando Stadium on Friday South Africa took the lead in the first half of the Group K match …
Read More »World of athletics mourns Rebecca Cheptegei
Cheptegei, 2022 world mountain running champion, dies tragically OBITUARY | WORLD ATHLETICS | World Athletics is shocked and deeply saddened to learn that Ugandan distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei died tragically on Thursday (5 September) as a result of an alleged domestic abuse attack. Over the past 15 years, the 33-year-old …
Read More »EDD: With few ultrasound scans, women using guess work
Over 65% of pregnant women using guess work to determine delivery date ✳ Only 31% Ugandan women do ultrasound scan ✳ Bukedi region only 7.8% ✳ Busoga 7.6% ✳ Uganda Maternal mortality rate 189 per 100,000 Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Only 31% of pregnant women across Uganda are …
Read More »Uganda’s rogue ambassadors
Crisis retreat after expulsions, sanctions and intrigue COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | For five days, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ugandan ambassadors were in a retreat in Jinja and top on the agenda was the diplomatic crisis Uganda is entangled in following the expulsion of an envoy from …
Read More »Akena makes golf history, youngest winner of the Uganda Open
🔴 Uganda Golf ⛳ Open after 72 holes ✳ JR Akena 🇺🇬 73 73 71 70 | 287| +3 ✳ J Cwinyaai 🇺🇬 72 73 73 70 | 288 | +4 ✳ T. Okwong 🇺🇬 73 77 68 73 | 291| +7 ✳ Semakula 🇺🇬 78 71 75 73 | 297 | +13 ✳ Tumusiime …
Read More »Loice Chekwemoi bags silver, third medal for Uganda in Lima
Women’s 3000m steeplechase FINAL 1. Sembo Almayew 🇪🇹 9:12.71 CR 🥇 2. Loice Chekwemoi 🇺🇬 9:18.84 PB 🥈 3. Diana Chepkemoi 🇰🇪 9:29.84 PB 🥉 5. Nancy Chepkwurui 9:47.47 PB 🟡 Today ✳ 3000m W finals – Keziah Chebet & Bentalin Yeko ✳ 3000m SC W final – Chepkwurui …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni graces Parliament session in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has acknowledged that a lot has to be done to improve the living standards in Northern Uganda. Museveni today graced a first ever regional sitting of parliament at the Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City. “The things to do are many, and there …
Read More »FDC Katonga faction reserves new political party name
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katonga faction of FDC has applied to the Electoral Commission-EC seeking to reserve a name People’s Front for Freedom-PFF. The move marks the beginning of another splinter group from the Forum For Democratic Change (FDC). The FDC was the largest opposition political party in …
Read More »Kiprop and Cherop shine for Uganda at World U-20 athletics
Kiprop and Cherop win medals, ready to take over from Cheptegei and Chemutai U-20 men’s 5000m final 👏 🥇 Andrew Alamisi 🇰🇪 🥈 Abdisa Fayisa 🇪🇹 🥉 Keneth Kiprop 🇺🇬 U-20 women’s 5000m final 👏 🥇 Medina Eisa 🇪🇹 🥈 Mekedes Alemshete 🇪🇹 🥉 Charity Cherop 🇺🇬 Lima, Peru | …
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