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UCAA’s delay in concluding aircraft certification process cited Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | State owned Uganda Airlines has secured landing slots at London Heathrow International Airport in the United Kingdom and Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates but it is not ready to start servicing the routes, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to discuss in han honest and balance way, the recent security operations that have had hundreds jailed. “Recently, the Police and UPDF have been criticised for brutal conduct and use of excessive force. It is good criticism in …

Is Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng ready for the next battle? COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Starting March 10, millions of people in Uganda will begin taking their COVID-19 vaccine jabs in an unprecedented vaccination programme unveiled recently by Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s Minister of Health. Speaking at the …

AFCON U20 FINAL 2021 Uganda  0  Ghana  2 BEST XI 2021 Danlad Ibrahim Flory Yangao Blondon Meyapya Jawra Lamin Aziz Kayondo El Mehdi El Moubarik Lamarana Jallow Chibeb Labidi Abdul Fatawu I. Kakooza Derrick Joffrey Bazie Weight of history too …

TODAY – 11pm  Uganda  vs Ghana   Nouakchott, Mauritania | CAF ONLINE & THE INDEPENDENT | History beckons for Uganda’s Hippos as they become the first East African team to contest the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final today. No East African youth team has won the AFCON U20 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines landed at Entebbe International Airport today at around 2:55 pm aboard an Emirates 777 Boeing flight. A total of 864,000 vaccine doses with which an estimated 432,000 Ugandans will be vaccinated are part of the first …

GOVT LIST OF ‘MISSING PERSONS’ TOTAL 177 168 remanded at Makindye 2 Referred to Jinja Rd Police station 6 already released on bond 1 arraigned before UDC 43 arrested for rioting 156 possession of military stores 17 meeting to plan violence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The relatives and friends of Robert Kasango, who died last week, have today met in Kampala to try and resolve a dispute about his final resting place. The discussions are led by West Budama County North MP Fox Odoi, and Kasango’s long time friend …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Soccer governing body FUFA have appointed a new caretaker team to hand the national team Cranes, following recent poor results. Not only was Uganda knocked out early in the African Nations Championship CHAN tournament in January in Cameroon,  they have also lost ground to …

FT: Uganda 4 Tunisia 1 NEXT: Uganda vs Ghana – SATURDAY Kakooza hat-trick 37′ 50′ 73′ Nouakchott, Mauritania | CAF ONLINE & THE INDEPENDENT | Derrick Kakooza starred with a hattrick as debutants Uganda continued with their dream run at the Total Under-20 Africa Cup …