Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ronald Rugumayo showed why he is the new Uganda Open Pro champion today with a blistering 8-under-par score of 63 to take the lead at the MTN Pro Tee event that concludes Friday at Entebbe Club. After struggling to keep with the leaders on the …
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# COMMENT | HUMPHREY NABIMANYA | It would be interesting if someone conducted research to establish what makes young people respond so strongly to popular youth figures. Is it their age, their personality, their status? There are several examples that justify this case. The current example is the late …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | On 20th August last month, the world marked a discovery that changed the course of public health. In 1897, the British physician Sir Ronald Ross, working in India, proved that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the parasite that causes malaria in humans. It was …
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Kabanda returns to Uganda from the African Development Bank, where he currently heads the Extractives Division and provides strategic leadership and policy advice on oil, gas and mining development across Africa Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has appointed veteran petroleum sector expert …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Two retired UPDF Generals who previously headed military intelligence, have been arrested as investigations into alleged false intelligence and treachery widen. The detained are retired Maj Gen Abel Kandiho and retired Brig Gen Charles Bakahumura. Both commanded the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), now …
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Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Former Uganda Open champion Deo Akope moved two steps up the leaderboard when Day 2 of the MTN Pro Tee at Entebbe Club concluded this afternoon. Akope, now at 5 under par 139 over 36 holes after his 69 score today, is joint leader …
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From news anchor at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation to the throne. His selection was announced Wednesday evening at Karuziika Palace by the Babiito royal clan. Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma has been selected as the new King of Tooro, succeeding the late Omukama Oyo …
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However, the groups differ in how they think about the technology COMMENT | SARA HARMOUCH | Artificial intelligence may not create a new kind of terrorism, but it makes existing tactics cheaper, faster and easier. That is the central argument of a July 2026 report from the U.S.-based think …
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Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Ronald Otile is clearly getting to grips with his Mizuno clubs. He sunk 5 birdies on holes 5, 12, 13, 15 and 18 with a bogey on 14 to take the joint lead with Rodel Gaita, on 4-under par 67 at the end …
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Nairobi’s transformation into a “world-class city” is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya’s media. A new book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, examines how the city’s expansion conceals profound social upheavals. These have root causes in the opportunities created by surging land values in rural …
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