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Uganda, [b] officially the Republic of Uganda, [c] is a landlocked country in East Africa.It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania.
The Mandela National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Uganda.It is named after the former South African President and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela. [3] The stadium's record attendance of 50,000 was set in 2004, in a football match between the national football teams of Uganda and South Africa.
In 2019, The Independent (Uganda) newspaper reported that Kandiho worked at the Uganda High Commission in Kigali, Rwanda, in the early 2000s, where he had disagreements with Rwandan security forces. [12] In December 2021, Abel Kandiho, is targeted by United States sanctions the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced. Abel Kandiho's assets in ...
In February 2019, the first of four CRJ900 aircraft that Uganda Airlines had ordered, took her first test flight with the livery of the new airline. [84] On 29 March 2019, the Ugandan parliament approved a request by the Ugandan government for USh 280 billion (approx. US$76 million), to pay for the first two CRJ900s, expected to arrive in Uganda in April 2019.
Ponsiano Ngabirano is a businessman and entrepreneur in Uganda. He is the founder, chairman and managing director of Capital Shoppers Supermarkets, a chain of supermarket stores, which he partly owns. The stores in the chain are based in Kampala, Uganda. [1] In 2012, the New Vision newspaper listed him among the wealthiest individuals in Uganda ...
A Handley Page H.P.42 of Imperial Airways at Entebbe, 1936. The airport was opened by the British Colonial authorities. According to the website of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, due to the airport's location on Lake Victoria and the existing facilities, the colonial government decided that the most optimal location for aviation traffic was Entebbe.
Agnes Nandutu is a Ugandan journalist, politician and Minister in charge of Karamoja. [1] In 2020 she participated in the National Resistance Movement Party primaries [2] which she lost to incumbent Woman MP Justin Khainza, [3] [4] and in the 2021 general election, running as an independent, she was elected Women's Representative for Bududa District.
Busitema University (BU) is a university in Uganda.It is one of the public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country. [3] It has six different campuses around the country; all situated in the Eastern Region of Uganda.