Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Moses Ntaro, a lecturer at Mbarara University of Science and Technology and co-author of a recent study that found treating traditional baby wraps with insect repellent can significantly reduce malaria infections in young children, says the research team is planning to expand the …
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Race Results 🏃♂️ 🥇 Jacob Kiplimo 🇺🇬 57:20 (WR) 🥈 Nicholas Kipkorir 🇰🇪 58:08 (PB) 🥉 Gilbert Kiprotich 🇰🇪 58:59 🏃♀️ 🥇 Tsigie Gebreselama 🇪🇹 1:04:48 🥈 Janeth Chepngetich 🇰🇪 1:06:50 🥉 Regina Wambui 🇰🇪 1:07:10 (PB) Lisbon, Portugal | THE INDEPENDENT | Three-time world cross-country champion Jacob Kiplimo returned …
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FINAL RESULT Ken 🇰🇪 1⃣5⃣.5 Ug🇺🇬 1⃣0⃣.5 Saturday 🏌️♂️Singles – Ug🇺🇬 5⃣ Ken 🇰🇪 5⃣ Friday 🏌️♂️Foursomes – Ug🇺🇬 0⃣.5 Ken 🇰🇪 3⃣.5 🏌️♂️Four-balls – Ug🇺🇬 3⃣ Ken 🇰🇪 1⃣ Thursday 🏌️♂️Foursomes – Ug🇺🇬 1⃣.5 Ken 🇰🇪 2⃣.5 🏌️♂️Four-balls – Ug🇺🇬 0⃣.5 Ken 🇰🇪 3⃣.5 Entebbe, Uganda | THE …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the quiet village of Oronyai in Dakabela, Soroti District, Anne Grace Arimi — known to her neighbours as Mama Jane — watches her daughter, Jane Frances, sweep the compound. To a casual observer, it is a simple chore. To Arimi, it is a …
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COMMENT | JEREMIAH NYAGAH | As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day 2026 under the theme “Give to Gain”, we must look beyond celebration and confront a simple truth: women are already leading the transformation our environment and economy urgently need. The question is whether …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For Uganda, a country whose millions of citizens still practice open defecation, it must use students to go into communities and sensitize them against this vice, Dr. Moses Ntaro has recommended. Dr. Moses Ntaro, a lecturer at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, graduate from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans in remote and hard-to-reach areas could soon access mobile internet and voice services directly on their smartphones through a new space-based cellular broadband network, following a partnership between AXIAN Telecom and AST SpaceMobile. The agreement, announced on March 4 in Barcelona, will enable …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the world marks International Women’s Day, conversations around women’s leadership, visibility and economic participation are gaining renewed attention. But beyond policies and programmes, one powerful force continues to shape how society understands women’s contributions: storytelling. From media narratives to corporate communications, the stories …
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Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda on Wednesday urged petroleum marketing companies not to use the ongoing Middle East crisis as a pretext to raise pump prices. Ruth Nankabirwa, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, said in a video clip posted on the social media platform X that there is …
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Kampala, Uganda | TASS | The United States and the United Kingdom proposed deploying their military contingents to Uganda but were refused, Yoweri Museveni, president of the East African nation, said. “We are very confident. That is why, for instance, the Americans came here and the British, and they said …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
