Madi Okollo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has announced plans of reintroducing White Rhinos to Ajai Wildlife Reserve in Madi Okollo district. This follows a feasibility study by the Uganda Wildlife Authority in 2020 that confirmed Ajai Wildlife Reserve as one of the best Rhino habitats in Uganda. …
Read More »TotaLEnergies unveils Joshua Cheptegei as brand ambassador
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda unveiled Joshua Cheptegei as its brand ambassador for its renewable energy solutions for the next three years. The company has also contributed Shs150million to the Joshua Cheptegei Development Foundation to support its efforts in sustainably improving the lives of the children and …
Read More »Why does Argentina wear a pale blue and white football kit?
It’s a story that involves the Byzantine Empire, Renaissance painters, Napoleon, and a revolution… SPECIAL FEATURE | AGENCIES | In the Byzantine Empire, which was the continuation of the eastern half of the Roman Empire, the colour blue was regarded as the colour of the nobility and of the emperor and …
Read More »EU awards 9 winners in Climate Change youth campaign
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | European Union has rewarded winners who took part in a climate change trivia that run on the Delegation’s social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter. The campaign that ran for eight days, detailed a total of 24 trivia questions, with four published daily, concluded successfully on …
Read More »Finance Trust Bank unveils new corporate head offices
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Finance Trust Bank is marking its 38 th anniversary, and to crown it, the bank has moved its headquarters from the suburb of Katwe to TWED Plaza, Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero. A ceremony highlighting the move was held on Friday last week —presided over by Tumubweine …
Read More »The virgin birth of Jesus
Why early Christians wouldn’t have found the Christmas birth story of the messiah so surprising COMMENT | Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III | Every year on Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of their religion’s founder, Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. Part of this celebration includes the claim that Jesus was born from a virgin …
Read More »Govt tables Sh50 trillion proposed budget for next financial year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has tabled before Parliament a proposed 49.9 trillion Shillings National Budget for the coming financial year 2023/2024. This indicates a slight increase of 1.85 trillion from the 48.13 trillion approved budget for the current financial year 2022/2023. The figures are contained in the National …
Read More »CHAN 2022: Can Uganda Cranes reach knockout stage for the first time?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Few days ago the Uganda Cranes embarked on preparations ahead of the forthcoming TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2022. to take place in Algeria. The team starts preparations three months after seeing off Tanzania 4-0 on aggregate to qualify for their sixth edition of the …
Read More »Mbarara city council allocates 100 million for hosting first festival
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Council has allocated 100 Million Shillings towards hosting the first edition of a City Festival. The City Festival has been scheduled to take place in January next year. The money that was raised through local revenue had been allocated for utilization during the …
Read More »Kiira Motors plant ready to roll out vehicles in 2023
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Monica Musenero last week announced that starting June 2023, Kiira Motors buses will be manufactured at the Jinja-based vehicle manufacturing plant. Musenero, who visited the plant to inspect the progress of the project at Jinja industrial and …
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