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, …
Read More »MUSEVENI: O You People Of Little Faith
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 …
Read More »UGANDA: Vaccination for COVID-19 ready
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 …
Read More »Uganda’s Hippos are 2nd best at AFCON 2021
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 …
Uganda’s Hippos carry East African hopes in AFCON final
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 …
Uganda receives first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines
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 …
Read More »Jeje briefs parliament, lists only 177 ‘missing persons’
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 …
Tororo, Tooro families meet over Kasango burial
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 …
Read More »CRANES: McKinstry out, in comes Mubiru and Kajoba
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 …
Read More »Uganda celebrates massive Hippos 4-1 semifinal win
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 …