A number of African governments are introducing tax cuts and other incentives to boost the e-mobility industry and drive the demand for eco-friendly vehicles Tunis, Tunisia | BIRD AGENCY | Tunisia has become the latest country to introduce e-mobility incentives as governments across Africa bet on tax breaks and other …
Read More »CHAN: DR Congo, Uganda share spoils in Group B opener
RESULTS ⚽ Uganda 0 DRC 0 ⚽ Senegal 1 Ivory Coast 0 🇺🇬 FIXTURES ⚽ Senegal vs Uganda January 18 – 10pm ⚽ Uganda vs Ivory Coast January 22 – 10pm Algiers, Algeria | CAFONLINE | Two-time TotalEnergies CHAN winners DRCongo were held to a goalless draw by neighbours Uganda in …
Read More »World praises Uganda for quick stop of Ebola
‘It’s the example that the African continent needs to follow’ COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Shortly after Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s Minister of Health declared Uganda free from Ebola on Jan.11, her colleague, Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma; the Acting Director General of the African Centres for Disease Control and …
Read More »Ugandan engineers head to Turkey soon to discuss new SGR
CONFIRMED: Uganda writes to Chinese firm to cancel $2.2bn SGR railway line building contract, turns eyes to Turks Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has written to the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) seeking to cancel an eight year old $2.2bn Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) contract. According to a high level source …
Read More »CHAN: Uganda Cranes face uphill task without 2 key players
✳ 🇺🇬 CHAN FIXTURES ⚽ DRC vs Uganda January 14 – 7pm ⚽ Senegal vs Uganda January 18 – 10pm ⚽ Uganda vs Ivory Coast January 22 – 10pm Annaba, Algeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Two key players have been ruled out of the final Uganda Cranes squad as the team …
Read More »UNEB: Continuous assessment now part of O’Level exams
After a 3 year delay, UNEB to start receiving continuous assessment scores Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has finalized mechanisms that will be used by schools to transmit students’ school-based assessments under the new lower secondary curriculum. Unlike the old curriculum, which relied solely on …
Read More »FULL JUDGMENT: ‘Computer Misuse Act of 2011’ null and void
Justice Kakuru who wrote the main judgment agreed with the petitioners that the petition raises an issue for constitutional interpretation and that the section infringes on the freedoms provided for under article 29 of the constitution Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has declared section 25 of the Computer …
Read More »ENTEBBE: Bird strike forces Turkish Airlines back on ground
✳ CLICK TO FOLLOW LIVE UPDATE Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Turkish Airlines flight number 606 was today forced to return to the ground after a bird strike during take-off. The A330 however had to fly around Kampala and Entebbe for over an hour to burn fuel to achive the right …
Read More »CHAN 2022: Uganda Cranes squad
✳ 🇺🇬 CHAN FIXTURES ⚽ DRC vs Uganda January 14 – 7pm ⚽ Senegal vs Uganda January 18 – 10pm ⚽ Uganda vs Ivory Coast January 22 – 10pm Kampala, Uganda | FUFA.COM | Uganda Cranes head coach Milutin Sredojevic aka Micho has confirmed the final squad that will feature …
Read More »LWAKHAKHA: 21 dead in Mbale-Nairobi bus accident
Lwakhakha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A road crash in Lwakhakha just across the border has claimed the lives of 21 people and left many more in critical condition. Majority are said to be Ugandans. Patrict Kitau, the District police commander Bungoma District in Kenya, says that the crash occurred around …
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