Best times | RESULT THIS WEEKEND 50 butterfly 29.88 |  50 yards freestyle 25.27  | 25.89 100 yards freestyle 54.86 | 56.3 200 yards freestyle ….  | 2:06.36 secs 200 Yards Medley Relay….   | 2:03.22 200 yards free relay ….   | 1:49.66 Iowa, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Two weeks …

  Athieno breaks Snow Globe Classic 100 and 50 freestyle records set by Davey Zoe last year ✳ Girls 11-12 50 Free 25.79 12/15/2019 Athieno Wandera – DSMY -IA ✳ Girls 11-12 100 Free 55.56 12/14/2019 Athieno Wandera – DSMY -IA Iowa, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | With another incredible time of 25:79 seconds in …

  Athieno breaks Snow Globe Classic 100 Y record set by Davey Zoe last year Iowa, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | US-based swimming prodigy Athieno Grace Wandera has grabbed the first of two medals she is gunning for – and she did it in style on Saturday. Athieno set a new personal best …

Iowa, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | US-based swimming prodigy Athieno Grace Wandera will aim to improve on all her best times when she takes on some of America’s top youngsters at the  Snowglobe classic over three days from today. DesMoines Iowa this weekend hosts a popular swimming competition that has attracted …

Iowa, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly all the top Ugandan swimmers who have represented the country at international events lately, have been groomed by Dolphins Swim Club in Kampala. The list is long. From 14-year-old Kirabo Namutebi, who recently bettered Jamil Lunkuse’s national 50m freestyle record, to 18-year-old Ambala Atuhaire, current freestyle …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Commissioner for Climate Change, Margaret Athieno Mwebesa has defended Uganda’s big numbers at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai. Mwebesa, who is Uganda’s National Focal Point at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC) denies that Ugandans at the COP28 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl/Boy Child (PISGBC) Project, Dr Faith Katana Mirembe has advised the youth to work hard to transform their lives. “We should not be consumers but producers. We should uprise and work; change that mentality of begging,” Dr …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirteen National Resistance Movement (NRM) MPs have expressed interest in the position of Speaker of Parliament. These include the Deputy Speaker Anita Among, Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi, Minister of State for Defence Jacob Oboth Oboth, Jackson Atima Lee Buti, Arua Central MP, and Tororo …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angry residents of Mbaale village in Masaba sub-county in Busia district have banished a woman from her marital home for allegedly battering her teenage husband. Violet Akuku aged 50 and 17-year-old James Mudir have been married for the last three years. However, Mudira, who rides …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Omunyole village in Kisoko Sub-county in Tororo district are stuck with a 6 feet grave they dug a week ago to bury a man who tricked his family that he had succumbed to COVID-19. Charles Ogolla alias “Obwanga” reportedly used his friends …