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African champions Mamelodi Sundowns are without three significant attacking options as they prepare to host Wydad Casablanca in the quarter-final of the African Champions League on Sunday. Khama Billiat, Yannick Zakri and the mercurial Liberian international Anthony Laffor will all be absent for the South African side. It is a major blow to Sundowns’ hopes of establishing a decent lead from Sunday’s first leg in Atteridgeville to take to the return game in Morocco next week. Billiat, who was runner-up last year in the Confederation of African Football’s award for the best African-based footballer, is still struggling with a hip…
The National Supper Alliance (Nasa) has developed a campaign and votes protection strategy ahead of the presidential poll scheduled for next month. Officially titled ‘Linda Kura Operation’, the strategy will be headed by governors, in coordination with a secretariat that will have its presence on the polling station level. Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o on Friday said the plan will ensure Nasa’s flagbearer Raila Odinga gets maximum votes in the October 17 election. “We have resolved to push for a 100 percent voter turnout in the coming election to enable our leader Raila Odinga win the presidential seat,” Prof Nyong’o said…
As the mood of has continuously changed ahead of the Thursday’s controversial age limit setting, some legislators have expressed their motive to have the motion trashed in its infantry stages. News reaching our desk reveals that some ruling party members are increasingly demanded the party chairman, President Yoweri Museveni, to suspend minister Evelyn Anite for speaking recklessly on security issues at a critical moment when the party is battling with the private members bill to have article 102b scrapped from the Uganda constitution. In the same plea, the Kumi woman legislator Hon. Monique Amoding the only NRM MP who broadly…
The opposition Democratic Party (DP) National Vice president Hon. Fred Mukasa Mbidde has been arrested in Fort portal town Kabarole district in Western Uganda. Mbidde who is in the area for the party’s ‘Kogikwatako’ campaign against the scraping of article 102b from the constitution was arrested along with the party Gen. Secretary Gerald Siranda and other local district leaders around the post office. According to the police spokesperson Rwenzori Region Lydia Tumushabe, revealed that the East Africa Community legislative Assembly (EALA) representative is currently being detained at Kabarole police station over unlawful assembly. Public order management act of 2013 vests…
Cabinet has approved a loan for the construction of the Kabaale International Airport Project in Hoima District. This is intended to facilitate the transportation of vital equipments to enable production of Oil by 2020, in line with Government’s set target for the production of Oil. In June 2016, during the Budget speech for 2016/17, President Museveni set a target for oil production in Uganda to be the year 2020. It has also been a constant phrase from Ms Irene Muloni, the Energy minister who, on several occasions, has said the oil production target is 2020. However, oil companies have remained…
The United Nations will convene a meeting on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in South Sudan, a senior UN official said. David Shearer, the head of UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), told reports on Thursday that the UN meeting next week would assess the current humanitarian situation in the country. “The first meeting on Wednesday, the 20th, will assess the current humanitarian situation in the country. The objective of this meeting is to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan and to mobilize international support to meet urgent humanitarian needs,” he said. The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs,…
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Construction and Engineering Unit of the Uganda Police to join the military in the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). While Kenya’s has part of its SGR already functioning, Uganda is yet to start the construction of the line to connect to the Indian Ocean. In a communication issued by Vice President Edward Ssekandi, the president asked that the engineers in the Police force begin taking charge of key construction projects in the country. The contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company, has been approved for the construction of the 273km of the railway from…
Well as the rumors have always moved across the country about Bobi Wine’s countrywide music shows. Though this has been a huge blow to his haters, but as we speak now, Hon. Kyagulanyi must be procuring some outfits waiting for his mega concert in Dubai. Bobi Wine’s concerts, have not only gone along with base guitars, mingled with Nubian Li’s soft voice, but trusted sources have always revealed that political and inspiration message have always topped the agenda of to the Situka Hitmaker. The show dubbed Hon. Kyagulanyi Live in Dubai will take place at Jaguars Night Club and will…
A moment of excitement splashed Uganda’s Famous traditional healer Sophia Namutebi a.k.a Mama forcing her to break down into tears at her wedding held in Kololo. Mama Fina who was tying a knot with her new hubby went speechless when Sheikh Sadiq Umar Ndawula asked her new husband to love and care for her like the late Major Muhammad Kiggundu used to. Hajji Ssegujja Ismail, proved stamina when he cleared about 4000 pounds as bride-price that was demanded by Mama Fina’s Family. Mama Fina was recently married to fallen Uganda People’s defence Forces (UPDF) officer Major Kiggundu before he was…
As 2017 gets closer to the climax, performing artists have started tightening their belts. The number of plots and concerts have also started multiplying left and right with the news reaching our desk revealing that local artist David Lutalo will be performing in South Africa. The show dubbed End of Year Concert will be held in at Mabaleng Sports Club and the Kwasa hitmaker will be performing alongside Singer Sasha Brighton, Cherry Matovu, famous Comedian Afande Kerere to be hosted by the newly wedded Bukedde Television Presenter Fifi Da Queen. In a period of one month, this is David Lutalo’s…