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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s Karan Patel has been crowned champion of the 2024 Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally after winning eight of the nine sections in the three day rally that concluded on Sunday. The ARC Rally started and ended at the Speke Resort Park, in Bujjagali …
Read More »Uptake of immediate postpartum family planning still low despite awareness
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The majority of women still do not enroll in contraceptives immediately after delivery despite this being recommended as a solution to high rates of unintended pregnancies. While immediate postpartum family planning is one of the high-impact practices that Uganda can use to bridge the gap …
Read More »Uganda makes changes in squad for World Rugby HSBC 7s Challenger
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda’s 7s team head coach Tolbert Onyango has made some changes to the squad ahead of the World Rugby HSBC 7s Challenger. The final round of the World Rugby HSBC 7s Challenger 2024 will take place May 18-19 in Munich, Germany. Onyango told Xinhua on …
Read More »More females registered for UBTEB May-June examinations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More female candidates are set to take the May/June technical and vocational education and training examinations. The development is a significant shift from the tradition where more numbers of males have registered for the assessments. Statistics from Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) reveal …
Read More »Bidco FC maintains lead on the Premier League Table
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bidco FC has defeated Gaddafi FC 1-0 to maintain their lead on the 2023/2024 Uganda Premier League table. After a goalless first half, Bidco FC returned and intensified their hunt for goals to score after 84 minutes through Lawrence Tezikya. Bidco now tops the table …
Read More »Masaka mayor, division chairperson clash over utilization of new market
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dispute has erupted between the Masaka City Council Mayor Florence Namayanja and Michael Mulindwa Nakumusana, the Chairperson for Nyendo-Mukungwe division, over the utilization of the new market infrastructure in the area. The apparent disagreement, which has also metamorphosed into a public altercation between the …
Read More »NIRA: Mass registration exercise to be held at Parish level
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) has decided to shift its mass registration exercise to the parish/ward level. NIRA is currently doing the registration of persons at the district level. Brig. Steven Kwirigira, the director of Operations at NIRA says the shift aims to ensure …
Read More »CENSUS: Moroto enumerators decry lack of protective equipment for exercise
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The enumerators in the Moroto district have decried the lack of protective equipment for carrying out the census exercise in the midst rainy season On Monday, UBOS rolled out the census program to run for ten days across the country. However, the exercise comes at …
Read More »Military deploys to keep Abim gold rush site out of bounds
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF 5th Infantry Division have deployed personnel in Okemer village, a newly discovered gold site in Alerek and Chamkok Sub-Counties in Abim district to keep it out of bounds. It follows a directive by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to …
Read More »Parents asked to regulate internet usage among learners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commissioner for the National Secretariat for Patriotism Corps, Hellen Seku has encouraged parents to regulate children’s access to the internet to ensure that they don’t rely on it for knowledge. Seku said one of the core values of patriotism is to love and attain …
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