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Unlike several others who may think of maybe of paying for a trip to their dream destinations, East Africa got Talent winners have a different taste of the story. When asked what he plans to use the money for upon winning East Africa’s Got Talent, this is what Ezekiel said: “I will first give tithe to God, build a home for the disabled and orphaned children and use the remaining money to process the required travel documents to Canada. I want to visit my mother.” The 11-year-old currently in primary four at Hormisdallen School, Kamwokya, emerged winner together with her…
Parliament has directed the Ministry of Lands to present findings from a study visit to London which was meant to acquire the colonial maps of Uganda clearly state the borders of Tororo District. The visit to London was by a verification team of Members of Parliament from Tororo, Ministers and officials from the Lands Ministry.This followed the long standing dispute on the boundaries in Tororo district. The Speaker issued the directive after the Lands Minister for s second time did not present the report on the visit to Parliament. “I am giving you [Lands Ministry] up to 28 October when…
Ugandan duo Esther and Ezekiel Mutesasira have won the East African Got Talent championship held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The 10-week journey came to its close on Sunday. Out of the six acts on the finals, Uganda had three groups, Kenya had two groups and Rwanda had one group which gave Uganda a higher chance of taking it home. Esther and Ezekiel floored fellow Ugandans DNA dance group, Jehovah Shallom Akapella, Kenya’s group Spell cast, 8 year old Janelle Tamala and Rwanda’s Intayoberana who came second. Brother and sister brought home a grand prize of $50,000 [about Shs180m]. Both…
Phiona Bridget Kyeru, an accountant by profession, is Miss Tourism 2019/20. Kyeru, 22, works as an assistant accountant at Reign Ads Limited in Kamwokya. She was crowned on the night of October 4 at the Kampala Serena Hotel in a grand finale that featured 25 contestants. Prossy Premah Agwang, 18, a student at YMCA Comprehensive Institute in Kampala studying a certificate in business administration emerged as first runner up. Jean Corprise Akullo, 19, a student at Kyambogo University studying a bachelors degree in interior design and landscape architecture emerged as the second runner up. The contestants were tested in life…
The Minister for Health, Dr Ruth Aceng has said that medical interns are not entitled to a salary. Presenting a statement to Parliament on the actions taken on the prayers contained in the petition by the federation of medical interns, Aceng said that Medical interns are not civil servants because they have not been recruited through the formal recruitment system. “Interns are still undergoing apprenticeship training, after which, those who qualify can register as a health workers and obtain a practicing licensing in order to be able to apply for formal recruitment, “she said. The Minister presented the statement before…
Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) is greatly indebted to the wonderful service for Godfrey “Jajja Walu” Walusimbi that he has offered to football in general and the national team (Uganda Cranes). Having officially announced his retirement from international football on 5th October 2019, the federation is humbled for great part he has had in football over the years in club football and the national team. “FUFA shall forever remember the fond and great memories especially when you ruled the left back role of Uganda for a decade ably controlling the world’s finest players as Muhammed Salah and the like.”…
Talented singer Eddy Kenzo on Thursday made it to the list of the 100 most influential young Africans. Kenzo also took the opportunity to assure his followers they do not need a masters degree to become influential in their communities. The BET Award winner made this comment via his social media pages where he wrote, “Its blessings for me to be on the list of 100 most influential young Africans 2019.” He added: “I want this success to challenge all the people of my generation to do greater in our communities for a better tomorrow. You don’t need a master…
Just days after Security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine described People Power as a gang of hooligans plotting to destabilize the Pearl of Africa, Kyadondo East’s Hon. Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has continued to shine across the globe. The self-proclaimed Ghetto Gladiator was on Friday received another international activism accolade that he won recently in Texas. The accolade was presented by people power coordinator Flavia Kasule “I hosted our comrade and #PeoplePower coordinator, Flavia Kalule. She delivered the award which I recently won in Texas, USA- although I was not able to be personally present and receive it. I thanked her for representing us very…
Gaddafi’s last words as he begged for mercy: ‘What did I do to you?’ Declassified Emails Reveal Ghadaffi was brutally murdered because France wanted to maintain their financial stranglehold on African Nations. One of the over 3,000 new Hillary Clinton emails released by the State Department on 2016 New Year’s Eve, contain damning evidence of Western nations using NATO as a tool to topple Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi. The NATO overthrow was not for the protection of the people, but instead it was to thwart Gaddafi’s attempt to create a gold-backed African currency to compete with the Western central banking…
The steep rise in the number and audacity of daredevil Kampala city petty thieves has attracted the concern of MPs, who now demand urgent government action. MP Thomas Tayebwa (NRM, Ruhinda North County) kicked off the debate during plenary on Wednesday, 2 October 2019 with a narration of his ordeal with thieves, who at a traffic build-up in Wandegeya, a city suburb, struggled to open his car door to pick his valuables. When they failed, said Tayebwa, they tried their luck on a hapless lady in front of him, whose car door they opened and consequently snatched her bag. “They…