Crisis retreat after expulsions, sanctions and intrigue COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | For five days, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ugandan ambassadors were in a retreat in Jinja and top on the agenda was the diplomatic crisis Uganda is entangled in following the expulsion of an envoy from …
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🔴 Uganda Golf ⛳ Open after 72 holes ✳ JR Akena 🇺🇬 73 73 71 70 | 287| +3 ✳ J Cwinyaai 🇺🇬 72 73 73 70 | 288 | +4 ✳ T. Okwong 🇺🇬 73 77 68 73 | 291| +7 ✳ Semakula 🇺🇬 78 71 75 73 | 297 | +13 ✳ Tumusiime …
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🟡 TONIGHT ✳ 3000m SC M final – Hosea Chemutai 1.15am ✳ 1,500m M final – Jacob Sande 2.00am Lima, Peru | THE INDEPENDENT & IAAF | Hosea Chemutai and Jacob Sande have a chance in Lima today to build on what is already Uganda’s best performance ever at the …
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Women’s 3000m steeplechase FINAL 1. Sembo Almayew 🇪🇹 9:12.71 CR 🥇 2. Loice Chekwemoi 🇺🇬 9:18.84 PB 🥈 3. Diana Chepkemoi 🇰🇪 9:29.84 PB 🥉 5. Nancy Chepkwurui 9:47.47 PB 🟡 Today ✳ 3000m W finals – Keziah Chebet & Bentalin Yeko ✳ 3000m SC W final – Chepkwurui …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has acknowledged that a lot has to be done to improve the living standards in Northern Uganda. Museveni today graced a first ever regional sitting of parliament at the Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City. “The things to do are many, and there …
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Museveni started his speech in his characteristic nonchalant style and somewhat turned to ‘lecturing’ fellow heads of state about Pan Africanism. Nairobi, Kenya | EMMANUEL WANJALA – THE STAR KENYA | Uganda President Yoweri Museveni threw guests into stitches while delivering his speech during the official unveiling of Raila Odinga’s …
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However, progress on the $4.5 billion refinery remains limited Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s oil sector is advancing significantly with 72 out of 457 wells drilled at the Tilenga and Kingfisher oil projects as TotalEnergies and CNOOC Uganda Limited push towards commercial production slated for 2025. Energy and Mineral …
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INTERVIEW | JULIUS BUSINGE & DAVID BASIL | David Basil is a Ghanaian-based entrepreneur running a premium flooring company called Modern Floors. He spoke to Julius Businge during his recent visit to Kampala during the Uganda Buildcon International Exhibition. Who is Basil David Anthony, and what does Modern Floors do? …
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‘Govt has no money to pay Medical Interns’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has stated that his government doesn’t have enough money to pay medical interns. The President proposed that to make the work easier, the person who has been sponsoring the medical student during the medical …
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Angola peace talks renew search for solutions COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Details about peace talks between the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in the Angolan capital, Luanda, on Aug.20 remain scanty but it has not deterred pundits from insisting that without Uganda’s issues being …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
