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🇺🇬 Monday ⏭ 800M Final  – Nakaayi 1st (GOLD), Nanyondo 4th Today 6.15pm 3000m Steeplechase H Ben Kiplagat | Albert Chemutai | Abel Sikowu Tomorrow Women’s 1500m S Winnie Nanyondo | Esther Chebet Women’s 5000m  F Sarah Chebet Thursday Men’s 1500m H Ronald Musagala Women’s 1500m F Winnie Nanyondo | Esther Chebet …

💠  🇺🇬 RESULTS ⏭ 3000M Steeplechase Final (Peruth Chemutai 5th) ⏭ 800M Final (Nakaayi 1st, Nanyondo 4th) ⏭ 400M Heat (Leni Shedi 31st out of 47) Prizes ▶ Finalists win…. 1⃣ $60,000 2⃣ $30,000 3⃣ $20,000 4⃣ $15,000 5⃣ $10,000 6⃣ $6,000 7⃣ $5,000 8⃣ $4,000 Doha, Qatar | LOUIS JADWONG …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Rwanda national coach Johnathan McKinstry has arrived in Uganda and was immediately unveiled as Cranes’ new head coach. Currently ranked 80 in the FIFA World Rankings, McKinstry who is only 34 years-old, is taking on one of the top international positions in Africa. …

BBC World News Komla Dumor Award winners ✳2015 Nancy Kacungira Uganda 🇺🇬 ✳2016 Didi Akinyelure Nigeria 🇳🇬 ✳2017 Amina Yuguda Nigeria 🇳🇬 ✳2018 Waihiga Mwaura Kenya 🇰🇪 ✳2019 S. Serwanjja Uganda 🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan journalist Solomon Serwanjja has won the BBC  Komla Dumor Award. He …

  💠 COSAFA U-17 WOMEN’s CHAMPIONSHIP 🇺🇬 2 🇿🇦 1 Player of the tournament: 🇿🇦 Wade Golden boot: 🇺🇬 Juliet Nalukenge Golden gloves: 🇺🇬 Daphine Nyayenga Fair play: 🇧🇼 Botswana Port Luis, Mauritius | COSAFA.COM | Uganda have been crowned champions of the inaugural 2019 COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championship after …

  ✳ Year – Interest 2012 ✅10.00% 2013 ✅11.23% 2014 ✅11.50% 2015 ✅13.00% 2016 ✅12.30% 2017 ✅11.23% 2018 ✅ 15% 2019 ✅ 11% Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans saving with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will earn 11 per cent on their savings this year, a drop …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he is in touch with the executives of oil companies and will meet them soon to discuss the current impasse in the sector. Museveni, who was speaking at the 5th Oil and Gas Summit at Serena Hotel in Kampala …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said Makerere is on track to regain its past glory. He has challenged Vice Chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe to aim for the number one position among African universities. “I heard Makerere was ranked 5th best university in Africa. I challenge the …

✳Prize Money –  World Championships 1st $60,000 2nd $30,000 3rd $20,000 4th $15,000 5th $10,000 6th $6,000 7th $5,000 8th $4,000 Doha, Qatar | THE INDEPENDENT | Former medalists Joshua Cheptegei and Stephen Kiprotich will lead a strong Ugandan team of 22 to the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019 that start in …

The export is limited to the initial three months Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Sugar cane farmers in Busoga sub-region have received a limited reprieve to export their excess cane to the neighbouring Kenya, even as questions on how much impact it will cause to the local sugar millers …