Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda has climaxed its monthly mug with senior golfer Emmanuel Mwaka emerging winner after gaining 43 points on the Kitante Golf Course. In partnership with Uganda Golf Club, Uganda’s First 5G Network, Airtel Uganda has continued to host the popular Wednesday club nights …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alexander Matsiko beat a huge field 144 golfers in the inaugural Katogo Invitational Golf tournament held at the Lakeside Entebbe Club on Saturday. Matsiko returned a score of 65 nett to claim the overall prize plus win his category in Group A in this …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda Golfers have won the CEO’s Annual Bankers Golf Sports Gala at the Uganda Golf Club. The central bank team, that returned with 107 points, was spurred by Kenneth Egesa with 36 points, Serwano Walusimbi with 35 points while Kalisa Katongole and …
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COMMENT | Samson Tinka | I left Entebbe road for a meeting in Bugolobi. I branched off at Stella-Najjanakumbi via Busabala road, Calendar House down to Nsambya, Mukwano road, Industrial area 7th street, Mulwana road to Luthuli Avenue, which was our meeting point. All through this journey, I kept …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Quarterly Review of the Performance of Uganda’s Financial Markets, with Catherine Kijjagulwe, Head of Trading at Absa Bank Uganda. ****** QUESTION: How did the shilling open the third quarter of the year? The shilling opened the month of July 2023 at the 3665/3675 levels. QN: What …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has teamed up with the Mwiri Old Boys Association (MOBA) project to restore the school’s tree cover which has diminished over the years owing to the impact of human activity. The school is situated on a hill occupying 560 acres which includes …
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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Arsenal profited from Manchester City’s first defeat of the season to move one point behind the leaders with a comfortable 4-0 win at AFC Bournemouth. Man City dropped points for the first time in 2023/24 at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers, thanks to Hwang …
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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | For the second home match running, Tottenham Hotspur secured a dramatic stoppage-time victory, this time beating nine-man Liverpool to go second in the table, a point behind Manchester City. Two weeks after a goal in the 10th minute of stoppage time secured a 2-1 win over Sheffield United, an own …
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Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following his election victory in May, has embarked on a foreign policy shift aimed at improving relations with the West, a move that coincides with his country’s pursuit of external financing, experts have noted. During the July NATO Summit in …
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Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | At least 20 people have so far been killed and 58 others injured by disasters triggered by heavy rains in Rwanda since the beginning of September, according to data released by the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management Thursday. Almost half of the victims of …
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