Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vaccination of Cabinet Ministers and legislators against COVID-19 today kicked off at the Parliament building following a move by the Ministry of Health to adjust the vaccine roll-out plan. The Ministry altered the vaccine roll-out plan and decided to vaccinate 964,000 people. Initially, …
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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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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dairy farmers in Mbarara District affected by a Kenyan ban on milk imports from Uganda have turned to beekeeping. The farmers are shifting into honey production to create alternative income for themselves. This is being initiated by Pearl Dairies Limited following farmers complaints about …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rebecca Kadaga is not pulling any punches as the race for Parliament Speaker hots up. The incumbet has used her campaign launch ceremony to ‘expose’ her rival, Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanya as a timid person who was scared of handling the Age Limit constitutional amendment …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at Makerere University are hunting for a fraudster who disappeared with Sh2 million belonging to a new student (fresher), who gave it to him after he offered to miraculously double it. It was the student’s tuition fees. Campus police have also revealed …
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FULL TIME: 🇺🇬 Uganda 0 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 0 🇸🇸 South Sudan 0 🇲🇼 Malawi 1 Dennis ONYANGO [GK+C] Nicholas WADADA Joseph OCHAYA Halid LWALIWA Murushid JJUKO Taddeo LWANGA Abdu LUMALA (Orit Ibrahim) Mike AZIRA (Moses Waisswa) Patrick KADDU (Bayo) Emmanuel OKWI Faruku MIYA Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & …
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It plans to increase the number to five in the next 4-5 years Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim has opened a second store in Uganda at Naalya, along the Northern Bypass, some 11kilometres out of Kampala city centre. Spanning over 2,050 …
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Commodity, tourism dependent economies likely to remain vulnerable over the next 12-18 months | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s commercial banks have recorded a sharp drop in the outstanding restructured loans from Shs7.7trillion in June to Shs4.8trillion in Dec, 2020, signaling improvement in the borrower’s ability to meet their loan obligations, …
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What the company plans for years to come Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | MTN Uganda recorded 9.5% surge in revenue to Shs1.98 trillion in 2020 amidst the effects of COVID-19, citing a sharp growth in customer subscribers. The company’s subscriber numbers increased by 12.3% to 14.2 million, up …
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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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