Tag Archives: Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Athletes have converged for the 5th track and field trials at Mandela National Stadium in Namboole. Different athletes expect good performance in today’s trials as the stadium resumes hosting sports activities. The trials are intended to help the Federation assess the performance of its …

Kampala, Uganda |  JULIUS BUSINGE  | Uganda will this month host the 3rd East African Congress of Accountants. The congress was supposed to be held last year in March but was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on gatherings.  “We have now assessed and it is possible to host the congress,” …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Archbishop Kizito Lwanga:  Prelate who spoke truth to power dies THE LAST WORD Michela Wrong’s Rwanda hatchet job: How attempts to tarnish the name and record of Paul Kagame soils the reputation of …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  In the first sign of a new beginning, a record seven MPs who hail from Tororo met this week to chart a way forward for their struggling district. Of immediate concern to the MPs are the latest Uganda poverty figures, that put Bukedi not …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) in Tororo and neigbouring districts to lead the revival of the Bukedi Parliamentary caucus that can help spur development in the region. He has challenged the MPs to also push parliament and government so …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The long wait for Uganda’s Final Investment Decision (FDI) for oil and gas could come to an end this Sunday, following talks between government officials and industry leaders from Uganda and Tanzania. Tanzania’s new president Samia Hassan Suluhu is due in the country for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The commitment by the COVAX facility to provide Uganda with over three million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the first half of 2021 will be delayed, the World Health Organisation Uganda Country Representative Dr Tegnen Yonas Woldermariam said on Thursday.  Dr Tegnen told …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda will not discontinue the use of the AstraZeneca jab in immunizing people against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) with the raising fears of blood clots and low platelet counts as side effects of the drug, experts have said. The experts said in a briefing on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Pope Francis VI has appointed the Bishop of Kasana Luwero, Paul Ssemwogerere, as the Apostolic Administrator of Kampala Archdiocese, until a substantive archbishop is appointed.  This was announced by the Pope’s representative to Uganda, (Papal Nuncio) Archbishop Bianco Luigi at the burial ceremony of …

13-point farmers plan to attain high product quality, wealth creation, trade harmony in EAC region COMMENT | DICK NUWAMANYA KAMUGANGA | The East African Community (EAC) regional maize trade is approximately 1.5 million Metric Tons per annum valued at US$ 260 million. Uganda is a leading net maize exporter in …