Author: Johnson Thembo
KAMPALA – Uganda is hosting the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 on the 26th March 2016 at the Independence Grounds in Kololo an upscale Kampala suburb. The local organizing committee has already put in place an official information sharing platform. These are the website iaafkampala2017.org, together with the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram social media accounts. “We are hosting an international event and we would like to interact with the world,” Ugandan State Minister for Sport and LOC Chairman Charles Bakkabulindi has said. “Cross country is a sport about unity and involves that interaction of all stakeholders from the…
Jose Mourinho has named a 20-man travelling squad for Manchester United’s Europa League match against FC Rostov on Thursday evening. The Reds flew out of Manchester Airport, bound for Russia, on Tuesday afternoon in preparation for the Round of 16 first leg at the Olimp-2 Stadium, where kick-off is scheduled for 18:00 GMT. In this first-ever meeting between United and Rostov, Mourinho is keen to see his side establish what could be a crucial advantage ahead of next Thursday’s second leg at Old Trafford. United’s travelling squad in full De Gea, Romero, O’Hara; Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Smalling, Blind, Darmian, Young;…
The Football Association released the following statement on Tuesday afternoon: “Zlatan Ibrahimovic will serve a three-match suspension with immediate effect after he admitted an FA charge of violent conduct and accepted the standard penalty. “It follows an incident in or around the 44th minute of the game between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth on Saturday (4 March 2017). “The misconduct was not seen by the match officials at the time but caught on video.” United’s leading scorer will consequently miss the Emirates FA Cup tie at Chelsea, followed by the Premier League matches against Middlesbrough and West Brom. He is…
Buganda Kingdom Prime Minister (Katikkiro) Charles Peter Mayiga has grieved the death of veteran politician, Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi, who passed away on Monday. The late also served as Buganda Prime Minister in sixties before the Kingdoms were abolished. Mayiga added that the fallen Mayanja Nkanjo has been a pillar in Buganda Kingdom and was very close to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi. He also described him as a wise speaker, smart, humble, respectable and a man of unparalleled dignity amidst adversity. Jehoash Mayanja-Nkangi is one of the pre-Independence leaders who witnessed the making of Uganda and participated in the politics right…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, has appealed to parents to provide lunch to children in order for them to concentrate and excel in school. “If a child is hungry, he or she will be thinking about other things like mangoes and will not concentrate in class. Parents, please give your children lunch, so that they can concentrate,” Speaker Kadaga said. The Speaker was speaking as Chief Guest at a thanksgiving ceremony for Kasilo County MP, Hon. Elijah Okupa (FDC) at Apapai Primary School, Bugundo subcounty, Serere district, where the best pupil in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations…
An armed attack Sunday night (5th March, 2017) on Pan African Parliament legislators in Midrand, South Africa, has threatened to derail the deliberations of the Fourth Parliament’s extraordinary plenary session, with Members asking the PAP President, Roger Nkodo, to put aside the order of business of the day and address the Members’ security concerns. The thugs trailed a delegation composed of MPs from Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, to Mercure Hotel where they robbed them at gunpoint. An interpreter to the Kenyan delegation was seriously injured when thugs hit her on the forehead with a pistol…
The Kiira municipality legislator Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has said the minister for Kampala Hon. Betty Kamya is frustrated and acrimonious about vendors because they never voted for her in the recent elections. Speaking while appearing on the Capital Gang on Saturday 04th March, Ssemujju asked whether developing means construction of mall and displacement of people. “Decongesting the city does not mean grabbing people’s land and property and if Kamya is bragging about development, is she developing the people she evicted? Development is not driving cars and building of skyscrapers when people are surviving on one meal and water like…
The former Deputy Secretary General of the East African Community and former Member of Parliament for Kabarole District, Beatrice Kiraso, has been edged out of the race for the Clerk to the Pan African Parliament. The position was advertised in September 2016. While presenting before the plenary for debate the appointment process for the Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Pan African Parliament, the First Vice President of the PAP, Hon. Eduardo Joaquim Mulembwe, informed the House that the successful candidates were Vipya Harawa (Malawi) for Clerk, while the post of Deputy Clerk was taken by Gali Massa Harou (Chad).…
The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, has urged Ugandans to grow more food in order to be food secure and avoid famine. The Speaker said that people in homes without enough food are always poor and miserable. As we experience long periods of drought, it is the duty of all the heads of the families to store food in the homes,’’ she said. “”We are crying of poverty in the homes, we have to understand that you cannot get money, when all you get is spent on food at home.’’ The Speaker was officiating at the Thanks giving…
Ofono Opondo the government spokesperson has spastically laughed at the Forum for Democratic party for its failure to scoop a slot in the recently conducted East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) elections. “Iam honestly happy that FDC came out of the EALA elections emptyhanded and they are now leaking their own wounds.” Opondo stressed the point while appearing on the capital gang on Saturday 04th March. He also added that FDC plays amateur politics of hostility and treachery as the reason as to why they lost since the party had elected one candidate and another group in the party fronted another…