🔴 FRIDAY ATHLETICS 🇺🇬 ➡ 3000m M Steeplechase Round 1 – Chemutai 3.30am ➡ 800m W Round 1 – Nanyondo, Halimah Nakaayi 4.25 am ➡ 5000m W Round 1 – Chesang, Chelegant, Chebet 1pm ➡ 🏆 10,000m FINAL – Kiplimo, Kisa, Cheptegei 2.30pm Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | The highlight …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has today returned to parliament, as was welcomed by Deputy Speaker Anitah Among and Leader of the Opposition Mathias Mpuuga. Oulanyah returned from the United Kingdom on Friday after over one month in what Parliament says was …
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OPINION | JOHN OMO | Although Africa has proven its potential as a fast rising home to brilliant innovations, many innovators in the continent are struggling. Opportunities are hard to come by, and resource allocation to what could be viable trend-shifting ideas, is a mirage. Even worse, some of …
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COMMENT | MICHAEL SSEKYONDWA | As the second and more deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip Uganda and many other African countries, putting everyone’s life at risk, there is greater onus on essential businesses that are in operation, to prioritize the safety of customers and the public …
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Cleantech: The urgent need for concerted efforts in its adoption Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When it comes to climate change, Uganda has been doing one thing right, and that is maintaining a small carbon footprint. According to the information from Our World in Data, 2017 statistics stood at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Soccer governing body FUFA has named Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic head coach of Uganda Cranes. He will address the media on Tuesday 3rd August 2021. Micho led Cranes to their first appearance in the Nations Cup finals in 39 years, when they qualified for Ghana …
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Kasese OPM relief deliveries: Could it be syndicated or associated crime? COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Last week Uganda’s new Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja had gone to Kasese for official duties that included officiating on the handover of relief supplies to flood victims. To her dismay the items procured by her …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s new position on containment of COVID-19 gains momentum tomorrow when President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives her first Coronavirus jab. It will mark the launch of the COVID-19 immunization campaign in Tanzania, a country that a few months questioned measures being taken worldwide to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will address the nation at 8pm on Saturday on the status of the ongoing 42-day lockdown and measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic. He on July 18 reinstated some of last year’s tough COVID-19 measures, including a lockdown. According to President Museveni, the …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian health authorities on Sunday announced measures aimed at reinforcing precaution against COVID-19 amid a surge of cases in the third wave of the pandemic. Abel Makubi, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, announced suspension …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
