DELHI HALF MARATHON TOP 8 🥇58:53 Amdework Walelegn🇪🇹CR(←59:06) 🥈58:54 Andamlak Belihu🇪🇹 🥉58:56 Stephen Kissa🇺🇬 ④59:04 Muktar Edris🇪🇹 ⑤59:10 Leonard Barsoton🇰🇪 ⑥59:22 Tesfahun Akalnew🇪🇹 ⑦59:26 Victor Kiplangat🇺🇬 ⑧59:51 Shadrack Kimining🇰🇪 New Delhi, India | THE INDEPENDENT | Long distance athletics ace Stephen Kissa has grabbed a bronze in a tough 2020 …
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Bombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Defence spokesperson Brig. Gen Flavia Byekwaso has dismissed reports on social media that the military has put in place a day time curfew ahead of the visit to the areas of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. “There is no …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Gen. Elly Tumwine: Why being the face of UPDF violence isn’t a one off THE LAST WORD Museveni’s missing campaign: Why Bobi Wine is surging and what the president can do to stem …
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A growing demand for carrying out transactions conveniently and the need for 24-7 services means that more customers are now enjoying a greater sense of freedom. David Twinamasiko, Senior Manager Alternate Channels at Housing Finance Bank spoke to The Independent about the bank’s digital agenda. What is your assessment of …
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They are designed to mitigate increased pressure on local social infrastructure, social services, livelihoods and natural resources Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited has commissioned the 183MW Isimba Hydropower Station Community Development Action Program (CDAP) Phase I works that commenced in December, 2018, in Kayunga …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine has praised security forces for the decisiveness with which they quelled what he called a pre-mediated riots across the country last week. Over 40 people are said to have died, many of them shot by security officers, after protests …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Uganda on Wednesday unveiled a pair of tigers at the Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) in Entebbe. James Musinguzi, the executive director of UWEC said the animals, a male and a female, were from a South African partner zoo. They arrived in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The production of cattle, poultry and exotic goats has increased in Uganda for the last 10 years. The farmers attribute the increase in production on the rising demand for meat, dairy and poultry products in and outside Uganda. According to the Uganda Bureau of …
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Govt to Borrow SH1.4 Trillion to Fast-Track Pledge on Seed Schools, Health Centres Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to borrow over sh1.4 trillion under two separate projects that will see the realization of two long waited pledges of having a public secondary school and health …
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Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda is among the 14 countries in the world that have achieved the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) “90-90-90” target to help end the scourge by 2030, a top government official said on Tuesday. Esther Mbayo, minister for the presidency told reporters that Uganda has …
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