Sheebah and Golola head east Jinja, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Top Ugandan musician Sheebah Karungi, kickboxer Moses Golola and other celebrities have joined a team of 300 Ugandans from the central part of Uganda (Kampala) to run different activities for the domestic tourism campaign for the Elgon Region. …

Buenos Aires, Argentina | FIFA.COM |  Argentina’s plane touched down at Ezeiza Internatonal Airport in Buenos Aires at 2.26 on Tuesday morning, carrying the world champions. After close to 20 hours of travelling, Lionel Scaloni’s team arrived in the capital where thousands of fans were waiting for them to arrive …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Cranes Head Coach Milutin Sredojevic aka Micho has released a provisional squad for the forthcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN). Uganda Cranes play their first game January 14, 2023 against Democratic Republic of Congo in Annaba, Algeria. Micho named a squad of 35 players that …

Uganda ATMIS troops in Somalia get new commander Mogadishu, Somalia | THE INDEPENDENT |  The new contingent commander of Ugandan troops serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Brig. Gen. Peter Gaetano Omola has officially assumed duty. The new commander replaces Brig. Gen. Keith Katungi, who has …

Ndejje, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All athletics events at the ongoing Eastern Africa University Games have been postponed to tomorrow due to the muddy running track at the Arena of visions stadium in Ndejje. Boniface Salano, the Vice President-Technical, of the Federation of East Africa University Games said that …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The usual horrifying trend of road deaths and injuries in December continued with 163 people having died and 573 nursing injuries sustained in motor vehicle and motorcycle crashes in a space of 12 days, according to traffic police records. in the first two weeks …

COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | Member of Parliament (MP) Francis Zaake is back in the news – not for his cherubic cheeks and twinkling eyes. Rather, for being the wild man of parliament, again. Zaake buzzes with youthful swagger. A restless energy afflicts him. For a while, state-sponsored harassment was Zaake’s …

URBRA’s Nsubuga says “we think that this lump sum payment is not attractive” Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The pensions sector regulator URBRA insists that the decision to allow savers to withdraw up to 20 percent of their savings to cater for emergency financial distress was wrong and could …

Makerere University Convocation is holding elections on 30th December but the ignorance, apathy, bureaucracy and even suspected forgery surrounding them could mar the exercise, WRITES Alfred Geresom Musamali SPECIAL FEATURE | Makerere University Convocation is the statutory body that brings together its staff, alumni and other stakeholders. Elections for the Convocation’s …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bishop Patrick Okabe, the Serere County member of parliament has died in a motor accident. According to information obtained by URN, Bishop Okabe was involved in a head-on collision with a Kenya truck registration number KCX 071K while driving with his wife, Christine Okabe, and …