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Uganda cranes set for fly over cape verde tomorrow at Staduim Praia at about 8:30 East African Time. The East African Representatives in the Gabon 2017 AFCON finals will be seeking to feature again in the Cameroon 2019 AFCON finals Meanwhile Brazil lost to Argentina after by one goal to nil after Mercado 45 tap in from a rebound header of Otamendi which evolved from Di Maria’s Inch-perfect cross.
South Sudan’s national football team cannot afford to travel to Burundi for its upcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier this month due to funding gap, a senior official said. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Thursday, Agum Ring, Undersecretary of the National Ministry of Youth and Sports, said the ministry didn’t’ have enough budget to pay for the transport for the national team to travel to Burundi. However, Agum pointed out that they are still looking for money to avoid placing the team at risk of being banned from its qualifying match. According to the senior official at the ministry,…
At least 14 people were killed and 10 others injured in attacks carried out by unknown gunmen on vehicles along the Juba-Nimule highway on Thursday morning, police authorities said. Police spokesman Daniel Justin Boula told Radio Tamazuj that the incident occurred near Moli village, adding that three buses were burned to ashes by the gunmen. Military sources confirmed that three government soldiers who were escorting the buses were also killed and two others sustained injuries. The attack comes after an artist was killed and three passengers injured in a similar ambush along the Juba-Nimule road on Monday.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has decided not to take up an invitation from the East African regional bloc IGAD to attend an extraordinary summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Monday, his office said on Thursday. The IGAD summit, to be attended by heads of state and government from IGAD countries, will discuss the dire security and humanitarian situation facing South Sudan and the obstacles to the implementation of the signed peace deal. President Kiir’s spokesman, Ateny Wek Ateny, said Kiir will not attend the IGAD summit. “He [President Kiir] will not attend the IGAD summit. The president…
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) granted an ex-parte order stopping the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) from the swearing in or recognising of elect MPs from South Sudan pending the hearing inter parties on June 15,2017. An application filed before the Court by a South Sudanese citizen, Wani Santino Jada, challenged the manner in which the nine South Sudanese candidates were appointed into EACJ to stop them from being sworn in. The representatives from Juba were supposed to be sworn in on June 5. Jada, who represented himself in the case, said the candidates from South Sudan were handpicked…
We have no new threats of Ebola in Uganda says Professor Anthony Mbonye the Acting director General Health services in the Ministry of health. This follows the ongoing screening of all of all those travelers who have a connection to DRC within 21 days at Entebbe international Airport at the Ebola Health desk. This move evolved from the instructions of the ministry of health through the Civil Aviation Authority that the said passengers should be availed with an information leaflet about Ebola, fill a screening form and giving contact numbers to all non-symptomatic passengers Isolation facilities in Bundibugyo district and…
Several activists have attacked the head of State President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for intimidating the public. These states were made in response to president’s action of putting on a military attire on Thursday afternoon when the National budget for 2017/18 was being read in the parliament of Uganda. According to the FDC Secretary General Harold Kaija described this act as dictatorial since he does this act in an intention of scaring legislators and other people from holding him accountable for the wrongs done. During this session, Museveni also attacked the opposition for being jealous about his long stay in power.…
Gafford Ladies 2-1 Mutesa 1 Royal University Gafford Ladies women Football club has become the first team to advance to the finals of the 2017 FUFA Women cup after a 2-1 victory in the first semifinal played at the Mutesa II Wankulukuku stadium on Thursday. Teddy Veronica Lillian and Monica Namwase second half goals were enough enough to inspire the Kyebando based side to the final as they await the results from the second semifinal between UCU Lady Cardinals and Olila. Following a goal-less opening 45 minutes, Veronica lit up the game with the opener after just 2 minutes into the second half. Namwase then doubled…
Uganda’s economy is not in decline and is expected to rebound in the medium term despite challenges especially in the agriculture sector, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Matia Kasaija, has said. “Uganda’s economy is not in recession but only growing moderately,” said Hon. Kasaija, who was presenting the National Budget for the financial year 2017/2018 at a function held at Kampala Serena Hotel, Thursday 8th June 2017. “The size of the economy is expected to rise to Shs 90 trillion, which is equivalent to US$ 25 billion, representing a real annual growth of 3.9 percent,” he said adding that, “This…
A South Sudanese official has requested the South African government to ensure the armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, who lives in South Africa, is isolated globally. “There is no such a thing. Riek Machar is still under arrest. He will not be allowed until when he denounces violence and accepts returning to the country as a private citizen,” a cabinet minister in South Sudan’s coalition government told Sudan Tribune Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, claimed South Sudan President Salva Kiir dispatched Petroleum minister, Ezekiel Gatkuoth to South Africa with a clear message for its authorities. “The message…