Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Star runner Joshua Cheptegei has vowed that Uganda can win gold at the World Cross Country Championship in Bathurst, Australia slated for February 18. Cheptegei, who is the world record holder in the men’s 5,000m and 10,000m, is part of the Ugandan team that traveled …
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Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The installation of an electric fence around Murchison Falls National Park in Nwoya district has stalled due to the delayed release of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Last year, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) received 5.7 billion Shillings in grants from the World Bank for …
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Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown assailants have hacked to death a man in Kagadi district. The lifeless body of Leonard Katwesige, 30, was found lying by the roadside in Wesimbe cell, Pacwa town council at around 6:30am on Wednesday. The body had deep cuts on the neck and face. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has contributed Shillings 102 million towards the treatment of a councilor who is battling kidney complications. The beneficiary is Keneth Mugabe, the Kagote Ward councilor in Fort Portal City Central Division. Mugabe needed Shillings 200 Million for a kidney transplant in …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese police are holding a father accused of attempting to kill his own daughter for stressing him over school fees. The suspect is Emmanuel Muhindo, a resident of Nyabibwa village in Rukoki sub-county, Kasese district. The suspect allegedly attacked his daughter with a machete in …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of LCV chairpersons in Karamoja sub region have rejected the proposal by members of parliament to manage the iron sheet distribution exercise. In July 2022, the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs pledged to provide 100,000 iron sheets and 74,000 goats to support reformed cattle …
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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Eratu, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party candidate in the Serere County by-election on Tuesday held door-to-door campaigns to lure potential voters. Eratu and his campaign team reached out to voters in their homes and business premises. He said that door-to-door is one of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Government Minister, Raphael Magyezi has directed Mukono District LCV chairperson, Rev. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa to constitute a District Service Commission-DSC before February 28, as guided by the Public Service Commission-PSC or face sanctions. On January 19, 2023, Winnie Agnes Kabogoza Musoke, the PSC Chairperson …
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✳ U20 men 🇺🇬 🏃 310 Feb CHELEGOI ❌ 311 Hosea CHEMUTAI ✅ 313 Allan KIBET ❌ 314 Dan KIBET ✅ 319 Keneth KIPROP ✅ 323 Sailas ROTICH ❌ Bathurst, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Uganda junior men’s team has been cut by half, after three athletes failed to secure visas to travel to …
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Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buikwe district councilors have protested a move by the executive committee to clear a debt of 106 million Shillings to the contractor who constructed the administration block. The councilors led by Tom Kiwanuka, a councilor of Nyenga division say that they cannot inherit debts left …
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