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  Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Uganda’s Prof. Francis Gervase Omaswa has won the third Noguchi Africa Prize Award in the category of medical services to Africa and the world. He has today received the Third Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize from Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of …

Zurich, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan long distance ace Joshua Cheptegei stepped up his preparations for next month’s World Athletics Championships with a great win in the final 5,000m race of the Diamond League in Zurich Thursday. Cheptegei made it look easy, speeding off from the start to beat …

Government, Total respond as Tullow’s $900M deal flops Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Energy Ministry has stressed that Tullow must pay Capital Gains tax before it can be allowed to sell part of its stake to Total and CNOOC Uganda.  Tullow confirmed earlier Thursday that their Sale and Purchase …

Tullow speaks out on termination of farm-down agreement with Total and CNOOC in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tullow Oil plc has announced that it has been informed that its farm-down to Total and CNOOC will terminate at the end of today, 29 August 2019, following the expiry …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bishop Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu from Mityana is the new Church of Uganda Archbishop-elect. He will in March be installed as the 9th Church of Uganda Archbishop. He edged out other contenders who were Bishop Sheldon Mwesigwa of Ankole Diocese, Bishop Samuel George Bogere …

  Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Uganda has scrapped plans to construct a hydro power station near Murchison Falls, an official said Wednesday, a project tourism operators had warned would irreversibly scar one of East Africa’s natural wonders. Cabinet agreed the proposed 360-megawatt project on the Victoria Nile in Murchison …

The lender has recorded a drop in profits again Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Did dfcu mess up its growth trajectory with the acquisition of Crane Bank assets? How can it evolve to make more money for the shareholders? dfcu management seems to be grappling with these questions following …

✳Entebbe-Nairobi inaugural flight TODAY ✳Entebbe-Juba 10x weekly ✳Entebbe-Mombasa 3x weekly ✳Entebbe-Nairobi 2 daily ✳Entebbe-Mogadishu 4x weekly ✳ Entebbe-Kilimanjaro 3x weekly Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has just launched Uganda Airlines flights, with one of her Bombardiers 5X-KOB airborne, heading to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. “Today we …

Despite opposition from troop-contributing countries, UN cuts down numbers again Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | July 13. Overnight assault on hotel in Kismayo port city. 26 people killed including a Briton, three Kenyans, three Tanzanians, two Americans and one Canadian. Some Chinese are injured. July 22. Car bomb explodes …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Commercial Division has dismissed the  Crane Bank (in Receivership) suit against Sudhir Ruparelia and Meera Investments, with Justice David Wangutusi ruling that they have no legal basis to sue. The judge dismissed the suit on Monday over lack of legal basis …