The Believers and the Doubters Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | By March 26; which was just over two weeks since it was launched, Uganda’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign was rolling on shakily. Uganda received the first batch of COVID -19 AstraZeneca vaccines on March and the vaccination exercise was rolled …
Read More »How Uganda was held to goalless draw in AFCON Qualifiers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Football team, the Cranes has been held to a goalless draw in group B of the Africa Cup of Nations -AFCON qualifier game played at St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende. The draw, against Burkina Faso, now delays Uganda’s hope of …
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📌 TODAY 🇺🇬 Uganda vs Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 LIVE UBC 4pm 📌 NEXT MATCH 🇲🇼 Malawi vs Uganda 🇺🇬 March 29 Startling lineup for #Uganda vs #BurkinaFaso Dennis ONYANGO [GK+C] Nicholas WADADA Joseph OCHAYA Halid LWALIWA Murushid JJUKO Taddeo LWANGA Abdu LUMALA Mike AZIRA Patrick KADDU Emmanuel OKWI Faruku MIYA …
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Dangerous trend leaves public unsafe Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | The most interesting news about the gun shots that rung out near the head offices of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) in the Kampala City suburb of Kamwokya is the police reaction. When The Independent asked Kampala …
Read More »Police impound hundreds of boda bodas in COVID-19 operation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have impounded over 200 motorcycles and arrested their riders in Kampala Metropolitan areas for violating presidential directives stopping them from carrying passengers as part of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) preventive measures. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, says most of …
Read More »Onyango’s Sundowns, Mazembe qualify and Esperance unbeaten in 19 matches
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa survived scares on Saturday to become the first qualifiers for the CAF Champions League quarter-finals. Five-time champions Mazembe fell behind after eight minutes against Primeiro Agosto of Angola in …
Read More »Namaye, Onyango and 780 shortlisted for UN Police Jobs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Police Spokesperson Polly Namaye and her Kampala Metropolitan counterpart Patrick Onyango, are among 785 police officers shortlisted for United Nations – UN jobs. The names of all shortlisted police officers are contained in a communication from the Police Director for Peace Support Operations …
Read More »AFCON 2019 from A to Z
Football: The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations from A to Z Cairo, Egypt | AFP | An A to Z of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, which concluded in Cairo Friday with Algeria defeating Senegal 1-0 in a final decided by a Baghdad Bounedjah goal after only two …
Read More »Senegal edge Uganda to sneak into quarterfinals
Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Senegal 🇸🇳 1 Benin 🇧🇯 1 (4) Morocco 🇲🇦 1 (1) Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Sadio Mane became the leading scorer in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Friday when he scored the goal that gave Senegal a 1-0 win over Uganda in a feisty last-16 clash. …
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FRIDAY: Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 10pm Onyango is ready, who else is in Cranes camp after strike Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Star forward Sadio Mane goes head-to-head with star goalkeeper Denis Onyango when Senegal meet troubled Uganda on Friday in an Africa Cup of Nations last-16 match in Cairo. …
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