Appears in: Sports

The Netball She-Cranes have started training at the hockey ground, Lugogo ahead of the Vitality International Netball Series in the UK. The tournament pits Uganda against England in a three-match series from 27th November to 2nd December, 2018.

All the 18 players summoned turned up for the training.

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: National

 

Born hearing on 4th October 1981 in Ngora district to Mr. Opit Gabriel and Mrs. Akiteng Kevin, Okwadi Michael lost his hearing sense at the age of eight through unclear circumstances.

 

“It was in the evening around 5pm when I suddenly felt so cold and decided to go and sleep. On waking up the following morning, my sense of hearing was gone,” Okwadi recalls.

 

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: Sports

 

The Uganda under-23 football team produced a stunning late goal to win a stubborn South Sudan side in the U-23 Afcon 2019 qualifiers at the Startimes Stadium, Lugogo.

Kizza Mustafa gleefully dispatched a penalty in stoppage time after a tackle on Uganda’s goal hunter Steven Mukwala who was fouled in the box.

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: National

 

The launch of the Uganda trade portal, an online and a one stop shop offering export, import and transit information has left traders excited. The traders say the portal will improve business by removing bureaucracy and reducing time spent in doing business.

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: Science and Technology

 

Just days after a virtual news anchor started reading news in China, some Ugandan journalists say the development signals tough times ahead.

China state news agency, Xinhua, unveiled its artificial  intelligence news on Wednesday 7th November  at an internet conference in the Eastern Chinese city of Wuzhen.

"Hello, you are watching English News program, I am AI News anchor in Beijing,” said the AI anchor named Qiu Hao. 

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: floods, heavy rains, National

 

Residents of Bwaise-Bokasa zone in Nabweru, a Kampala suburb are still counting losses following heavy rains on Tuesday morning.

Barely a month since the rainy season started, some communities in flood prone areas in Bokasa along the northern bypass have started experiencing the impact of floods. The heavy downpour that lasted several hours left the area flooded, roads cut off and drainage systems blocked. As a result, work was nearly paralysed.

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: Bobi Wine, Kyarenga, Nakalema Maria Teddy, Society

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: Bobi Wine, Embakasi East Member of Parliament, Mr Babu Owino, Robert Kyagulanyi, National

NAIROBI – Mr Babu Owino, the for Embakasi East Member of Parliament has described as backward and authoritarian the decision by the Ugandan government to ban him from stepping foot in Uganda for the Kyarenga concert hosted by Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: National

Thousands of Bobi Wine’s fans and opposition supporters attended the Kyarenga Concert at One Love Beach, Busabala over the weekend.

As early as 2pm, people were already at the venue of the concert eagerly waiting for performers and by 6pm, the beach was filled to capacity. A big percentage of the population was donned in red clothes and ribbons tied on their heads. 

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago
Appears in: Campus

A slap in the face to all bookshop users could be looming as the University relocates the Bookshop yet again to an undisclosed location.

Makerere University will demolish the long closed wooden structure between Senate building and CIT LAB 2 that sheltered what was Makerere University Bookshop to create space for the proposed multi-billion Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre.

Post date: 5 years 12 months ago

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