▶ Kampala Flyover links to: ✅ Kampala-Jinja Expressway ✅ Kibuye-Busega-Mpigi Expressway ✅ Kampala-Entebbe Expressway ✅ Kampala Northern by Pass ▶ Phase 1 ✅ Junction upgrading at Shoprite & Clock Tower ✅ Road upgrading at Queensway, Entebbe, Nsambya, Mukwano & Ggaba roads ✅ Pedestrian bridges at Clock Tower, Shoprite & Kibuli ✅ Underpass at Nsambya Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | …
Read More »Museveni seeks Algerian help to build oil refinery, milk sector
Algiers, Algeria | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Algeria’s leader Abdelmadjid Tebboune has held talks with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who is on a three day visit to the north African country. The talks are said to have covered several areas of mutual interest, as Algeria reportedly plans to spend $1 …
Read More »Mutahi Kibugu carrying Uganda, Kenyan flag
DAY 3 – Select results 1⃣ J Campillo 🇪🇸 ✳ 200 (-13) 2⃣ R Macintyre 🏴 ✳ 201 (-12) 4⃣4⃣ M Kibugu 🇰🇪 📷 ✳ 210 (-3) 💠 Venue: Muthaiga 💠 Total prize money $2million. 💠 LIVE: Results (click) Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | When Mutahi Kibugu tees off at 9.15am today, the distinct …
Read More »Why Ugandans are getting poorer?
New report explains it using 12 pillars COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Overall, Ugandans are better off today than they were 10 years ago, according to a report published on Feb.28 by the Legatum Institute, a London-based think-tank. On specifics, however, many Ugandans are far worse off than they were …
Read More »3RD TERM: Xi Jinping unanimously elected Chinese president
Jinping also elected chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by a unanimous vote Beijing, China | Xinhua | Xi Jinping was unanimously elected Chinese president on Friday at the ongoing session of China’s national legislature, leading the country of 1.4 billion people …
Read More »Vipers SC sack winless head coach Bianchi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Premier League champions Vipers SC have sacked their Spanish-Brazilian coach Roberto Luiz Bianchi Pelliser alias Beto Bianchi. The Club which signed Bianchi in January announced the new development on Thursday is a communication on the Club website. “Vipers Sports Club announces that the …
Read More »‘Kiruhura farmers show that Ugandans can get out of poverty’
Families getting out of poverty is a good first step to supporting women Kiruhura, Uganda | President Yoweri Museveni has showcased the development and growth of Kiruhura district as one that the rest of the country can learn from to leapfrog to sufficient household income through commercial agriculture. At the International …
Read More »TOP FEATURE: Meet the women who take care of our animals
SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | On this Women’s Day 2023, The Independent sought a word from a selection of Uganda’s Vet ladies who continue to set the pace in the world of medicine. “Today’s veterinarians are the only doctors educated to protect the health of both animals and people. They …
Read More »🔴 BOMB SCARE: Entebbe Expressway closed
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Entebbe Express Highway was Wednesday morning closed for an hour, as the Police Bomb squad investigated a suspicious package. Traffic flow was however restored an hour later at about 9am, when the suspected metallic substance was taken to Naguru to be …
Read More »UN Secretary-General urges M23 rebels to respect ceasefire
Beni, DRC | XINHUA & URN | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the M23 rebel group to respect the latest ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said. Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for Guterres, said the secretary-general urged the M23 to respect the ceasefire …
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