One of Uganda’s largest private healthcare network, Honours Top Performers at Annual Awards. ✳️ C-Care Gulu – Hospital of the Year ✳️ C-Care Nansana – Clinic of the Year Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | C-Care Uganda has celebrated a monumental milestone, marking 30 years of operating in Uganda alongside hosting …
Read More »Lazarrus Oketch: We have put away our differences to work for greater Padhola
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Founder member of the Jopadhola Community Association (TJC), Lazarrus Oketch, has declared that he and other youth leaders have put aside their political differences and committed to working together for the development of Padhola sub-region and the greater Tororo. Oketch made the remarks shortly …
Read More »Rugumayo breaks jinx at Johnnie Walker Uganda Golf Open
Rugumayo finally climbs Uganda’s Golf Everest after putting masterclass at UGC; First Ugandan winner since 2014 Kampala, Uganda | UGU MEDIA | Cometh the hour, cometh the man. When the chips were down, up stepped the son of Toro. With the kingdom grieving after the passing of their …
Read More »Why Americans are pushing back against AI data centers
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Across the United States, opposition to the construction of new AI data centers is growing, with residents raising concerns about their impact on local communities. The data centers, supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, have emerged as a key topic ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. …
Read More »The logic of Museveni’s forty years of addition
COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | By the time President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took oath of office on 29 January 1986, the young guerrilla had already made his most consequential political decision. He would not govern alone. Of the forty-eight ministers he swore in during those first weeks, nearly half came …
Read More »Amnesty criticises EU plans to send migrants to Uganda, Rwanda
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Amnesty International has criticised plans by five European Union member states to establish “return hubs” in Uganda and Rwanda for migrants facing deportation from Europe, warning that the arrangements could expose them to serious human rights violations. The criticism comes as Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece …
Read More »DOPING: Why fifth Ugandan Athlete Kibet faces suspension
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Ugandan long-distance runner Herbert Kibet has been suspended by the world’s Athletics Integrity Unit -AIU over the alleged presence and use of prohibited substances. The AIU website says Kibet was suspended after laboratory analysis detected triamcinolone acetonide and exogenous steroids following Isotope Ratio …
Read More »🔴 Anthony Natif notes from Court: Prosecution successfully blocks viewing photographs taken at Katanga residence
SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** If you’ve followed this case long enough, you’ll know that the state previously successfully blocked the defense’s application for the court to visit the scene of …
Read More »Trump says U.S. may strike Iranian nuclear site soon, calls conflict “small potatoes”
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. military may soon strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain — a fortified site near Iran’s Natanz enrichment facility — while trying to downplay the conflict with Iran as “small potatoes.” “We may hit Pickaxe very soon,” Trump told …
Read More »DR Congo launches updated 180-day Ebola response plan, seeks 1.3-bln-USD funding
KINSHASA | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its partners on Friday launched an updated 180-day multisectoral response plan to intensify efforts against the ongoing Ebola outbreak, with funding needs estimated at 1.3 billion U.S. dollars. With support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the …
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