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MTN Uganda has rewarded athlete Joshua Cheptegei for his recent exploits at the Diamond League meet in Monaco, where he set a new 5000 metres world record of 12:35.36, breaking Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year old world record of 12:37.35. In recognition of this milestone, MTN Uganda has offered a cash prize of UGX 123, 536,000 and a telecommunication package of 12GB of data, 35 voice minutes and 36 SMS per month for twelve months. Both prizes symbolize the new 12.35.36 world record time. Speaking at the handover ceremony at Mbale Resort Hotel, MTN Uganda CEO Wim Vanhelleputte paid tribute to Joshua.…
SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv can look forward to Round 3 action from the 2020-21 Premier League season, with 10 matches scheduled for 26-28 September 2020. SuperSport is your #HomeOfFootball and the ultimate destination for lovers of ‘The Beautiful Game’. The pick of matches for this round is definitely the meeting of Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield on the evening of Monday 28 September, with the Reds and the Gunners set for an explosive encounter which will feature prolific African goal scorers such as Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Salah in particular has looked impressive early in…
The Prime Minister has called on nations to make ambitious commitments to secure the planet for the next generation, as he addresses a UN Climate Action Roundtable hosted by the UN Secretary-General. Boris Johnson attended the virtual roundtable this afternoon [Thursday 24th] to push for action on climate change and to chart a path to a green and sustainable recovery from the coronavirus crisis. He will announce that the UK will co-host an event with the UN on December 12th to mark the five-year anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement, which committed all countries to work to limit further rises in global temperatures. The summit…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday, 23rd September, 2020 launched the National Intellectual Property Policy and the Security Interest in Movable Property Registry System (SIMPO) at State House, Entebbe, Uganda. The delegation to State House was led by the Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu and stakeholders from a cross section of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) involved in the intellectual property value chain and the financial services sector. The private sector, as well as Development Partners were also in attendance The National Intellectual Property Policy’s objective is to stimulate and nurture innovation and creativity for socioeconomic development.…
Naome Kabasharira has spoken out on National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson Dr Fred Tanga Odoi’s declaration of junior labour minister Mwesigwa Rukutana as winner of Ntungamo District’s Rushenyi County NRM primary election. On September 23, exactly 19 days since NRM primaries happened across the country, party Tanga Odoi declared Rukutana the 2021 parliamentary flag bearer for Rushenyi County in Ntungamo District. The results, announced after a recount, indicated that Rukutana beat Kabasharira with only 20 votes. Rukutana, MP since 1993, polled 25,310 against Kabasharira’s 25,290 votes, according to results announced at the NRM offices in Kampala. “I…
Finance Minister Matia Kasaija Tuesday morning on behalf of Government signed Exchange of Notes with the Japanese Ambassador to Uganda, Kazuaki Kameda for providing to the Government of Uganda grant funds (USD 3.8 million) approx.UGX14 billion under the Economic and Social Development Program. The Grant funds to the Ministry of Health will be used to procure Ambulances, Hospital beds and other medical equipment to address the Covid19 impacts. Finance Minister said this support will relieve the pressure on the already existing infrastructure in the various health facilities and will also complement Government’s on-going efforts of addressing and containing the pandemic.…
National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential aspirant Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has lashed at the electoral commission again. “The emperor is naked,” he said Monday while lambasting the partiality of an Electoral Commission which claims to be independent yet again lies bare for all to see. A few weeks back, someone working on the regime’s prompting applied to have my academic documents released, Bobi noted. “In only 3 days, the process to release my documents was already underway.” The same Electoral Commission has taken a month to respond to a request for Gen. Museveni’s academic documents. When they finally responded,…
Litigious lawyer Male Mabirizi has sued the East African Community secretary general, Amb. Libérat Mfumukeko over his recent press statement in which he accused him of misusing the Community’s emblem among other allegations. Mfumukeko has been sued by Mabirizi before the East African Court of Justice at the Kampala sub-registry. Mabirizi in his petition accuses the secretary general of having issued a press statement dated September 16, 2020, alleging that he (Mabirizi) was misusing the Community’s emblem, using derogatory language against the sitting President Yoweri Museveni and photographs of the justices of the East African Court to raise funds for personal purposes.…
COP26 President and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma has announced a series of new climate commitments at the launch of Climate Week NYC, which runs alongside the UNGA. He confirmed that major new companies have joined the Race to Zero campaign to accelerate net zero commitments from businesses, cities, regions and investors, including Ford, the first US automotive company to join; LafargeHolcim, the world’s largest cement company; and global social media company Facebook. Their decision demonstrates the clear momentum behind the shift towards a decarbonised economy. Speaking at the special event on Monday, Mr Sharma, alongside…
Sunday night was fraught with tension as everyone was curious as to who would join Nengi, Neo and Vee to make the final five. At the end of the night, Trikytee and Ozo were evicted, missing the opportunity to be among the top five. This week started with Nengi being crowned HoH for the second time in the Lockdown season. To kick off the nominations, the remaining housemates were divided into two teams: black and white and in a unique twist each team had to nominate two people from the opposing team. At the end of the deliberation Laycon, Dorathy,…