Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & UGU MEDIA | Age is just a number, so they say. And at the par-71 Entebbe Golf Club, 50-year-old Michael Tumusiime proved it when he held off the challenges of youngsters Elton Thembo, Samuel Bazaale and Uganda Open champion Joseph Reagan Akena to emerge …
Read More »Uganda Airlines leads community clean-up in Entebbe to enhance aviation safety
ENTEBBE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to promote environmental conservation and enhance aviation safety, Uganda Airlines has launched a community clean-up initiative in Kigungu, Entebbe. The airline conducted its first clean-up last weekend as part of its broader Flight Path Sustainability Project, aimed at mitigating bird strikes at …
Read More »Entebbe workshop targets sustainable inland fisheries
ENTEBBE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | To strengthen sustainable inland fisheries through integrated water resource management (IWRM), the Second Global Workshop on IWRM and Inland Fisheries was held in Entebbe, Uganda. from March 18 to 20, 2025. Organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with the Ugandan …
Read More »Conferences, tourism boost Entebbe Airport numbers
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport registered 105,320 arriving and 111,420 departing passengers in January 2025, a total of 216,740 international passengers, which is an average of 6,991 passengers per day. The same period of January 2024 recorded a total of 194,563 international passengers. The growth in …
Read More »IGP intervenes in Entebbe Masjid Taqua Mosque wrangle
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Abbas Byakagaba has ordered the Masjid Taqua Mosque in Entebbe to be opened. The mosque was closed early this month after two feuding leaderships claimed ownership. It was opened on Wednesday, under the supervision of the Entebbe Division Police …
Read More »Entebbe Airport raises parking charge to $1.37 for first hour for saloon cars
Marburg: Uganda heightens surveillance at airport, border points with Rwanda
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has heightened surveillance at the country’s international airport and the common border with Rwanda after a Marburg virus disease outbreak has left 12 people dead in the neighboring country, a health official said Tuesday. Daniel Kyabayinze, director of public health at the Ugandan Ministry …
Read More »Akena makes golf history, youngest winner of the Uganda Open
Uganda Golf
Open after 72 holes
JR Akena
73 73 71 70 | 287| +3
J Cwinyaai
72 73 73 70 | 288 | +4
T. Okwong
73 77 68 73 | 291| +7
Semakula
78 71 75 73 | 297 | +13
Tumusiime …
Joseph Reagan Akena squeezes into lead at Johnnie Walker Uganda Golf Open
LEADERBOARD Uganda Golf
Open after 54 holes
JR Akena
73 73 71 | 217 | +4
J Cwinyaai
72 73 73 | 218 | +5
T. Okwong
73 77 68 | 218 | +5
Kakeeto
70 78 74 | 222 | +9
Tumusiime …
Entebbe Pentecostals get overseer
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Fellowship of Born-Again Pentecostal Churches in Uganda (NFBPCU) has commissioned Pastor Godfrey Mulonde as the Entebbe Division overseer to take charge of the fellowship’s affiliate churches in Entebbe, Katabi, and Bussi Island. Mulonde took an oath, promising to “respect, maintain and defend the …
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