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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s new government took full charge of affairs on Thursday, following the swearing-in of the cabinet ministers. All ministers except Peninah Malonza, who was nominated for Tourism, Wildlife, and Heritage, successfully went through the vetting process by the vetting committee that concluded work on …

Governments and mobile operators are speeding up plans to shut down legacy networks as they navigate the high costs of transiting to faster and more efficient technologies. Nairobi, Kenya | BIRD NEWS AGENCY | African countries have begun retiring legacy networks – 2G and 3G – as the continent’s burgeoning …

YOUNG MEN DYING: The puzzle of why numbers decline when they turn 20 Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s demographic projections are interesting; particularly on population distribution by gender between ages 15-24 years. Demographers The Independent has talked to say it is a well-known fact that women in Uganda …

  MasterCard Foundation, NSSF 2028 Target: To create 500 startups and up to 132,000 jobs  ✳ Support 500 startups ✳ 100 startups to scale ✳ Create132,000 jobs ✳ 132,000 new NSSF members ✳ Use $10million ($5m Mastercard Foundation + $5m NSSF) ▶ In the past 14 months ✳ 8,039 entrepreneurs …

⛳Uganda Amateur Golf Open 2022 💠 TOP FIVE➡🏌️‍♂️ 1⃣ A Ssekibejja 71,76,75,73 | 295 🇺🇬 2⃣ M Tumusiime 72,73, 80, 75 | 300 🇺🇬 3⃣ J Cwinya-ai 80,69,78, 75 | 302 🇺🇬 4⃣ G Nsubuga 75,77, 76,83 | 311 🇺🇬 5⃣ I Bagalana 77,75,80,81 | 313 🇺🇬 CLICK FOR LIVE …

Health Minister Aceng’s recipe for success or failure? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has the ability to effectively respond to its first Ebola virus outbreak in more than a decade and to curb its spread to other regions and neighbouring countries. That is the expressed view of the …

Beijing, China | XINHUA & CGTN  |  Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will meet the press on Sunday after they are elected at a plenary meeting on the same day. The new CPC leadership will be …

⛳Uganda Amateur Open Golf Championships 2022  ✳️ Sept 19-22 💠 LEADERBOARD ➡🏌️‍♂️ 1⃣ A Ssekibejja 71,76, 75 | 222 🇺🇬 2⃣ M Tumusiime 72,73, 80 | 225 🇺🇬 3⃣ J Cwinya-ai 80,69, 78 | 227 🇺🇬 4⃣ G Nsubuga 75,77, 76 | 228 🇺🇬 5⃣ J Kasozi 78,73, 81 | 232 🇺🇬 …

✳⛳Uganda Amateur Open Golf Championships 2022 ➡🏌️‍♂️ DAY 3  (Sept 19-22) 💠 LEADERBOARD ahead of Day 3 1⃣ M Tumusiime – 72 & 73 (145) 🇺🇬 2⃣ M Ssekibejja- 71 & 76 (147) 🇺🇬 3⃣ J Cwinya-ai – 80 & 69 (149) 🇺🇬 Kigo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & PHILLIP CORRY  …

Mogadishu, Somalia | THE INDEPENDENT |  The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has paid glowing tribute to the Ugandan military and police for contributing to the restoration of peace and stability in Eastern Africa and the Great Lakes region of Africa. As part of the then AMISOM, Uganda …