Tag Archives: Uganda

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  The Entebbe Express Highway was Wednesday morning closed for an hour, as the Police Bomb squad investigated a suspicious package. Traffic flow was however restored an hour later at about 9am, when the suspected metallic substance was taken to Naguru to be …

Out of the estimated 21,930,000 women in Uganda, 61.7% access internet daily, and 44% percent use their own mobile phones COMMENT | Lydia Mirembe | International Women’s Day is a good time to apply a gender lens to all aspects of life – not only to draw attention to the traditional …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fred Mugerwa, the head coach of the national netball team, she cranes has criticized the criteria which the world netball uses to determine world netball rankings. Mugerwa’s reaction was in response to the newest netball rankings published by the International Netball Federation, which saw …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first group of four amateur golfers set off this morning to Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the 2023 Magical Kenya Open as part of a wider group being sponsored by Absa Bank Uganda. The four are Harry Hakiza, Angelo Wasike, Andrew Arinaitwe and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was an uproar during plenary on Tuesday when the State Minister for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Persis Princess Namuganza decided to sit on the front bench reserved for Ministers despite her censure on January 23, 2023. At least 348 out of the 356 …

NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of learners opting for science subjects and mathematics at the advanced level of education is gradually increasing, 20 years after the government started prioritizing and investing in sciences. Since 2005, the study of science subjects became compulsory for O’level students, aligning with …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | VIPERSSC.CO.UG | It’s not yet time to lay down tools. Vipers SC have got to roll down their sleeves as they face Tanzanian giants Simba SC in the return leg on Match Day Four of the CAF Champions League group stage tonight. While the Venoms …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Constitutional Court Judge, Kenneth Kakuru is dead. According to reliable sources, Justice Kakuru breathed his last at Aga Khan Hospital in Kenya’s, capital Nairobi after losing the battle to cancer. “He has just passed away in Nairobi. He’s been too unwell,” said the source. Another source …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira College Butiki Old Boys Association-KICOBA has rejected the newly posted head teacher, Paul Mwogeza, on the grounds that he is not an old boy of the school and therefore lacks the passion to run it. Mwogeza tookover the school on March 1, 2023, …

French Court dismissal of case against TotalEnergies shatters hope Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Feb.28, the Paris Civil Court dismissed a landmark case filed by six French and Ugandan NGOs against French oil major, TotalEnergies, for the oil project it is currently developing in Uganda. The environmental groups wanted …