Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the Rio Games men’s marathon gold medal on Sunday. Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa won silver with American Galen Rupp earning bronze. Kipchoge, 31, timed 2hr 8min 44sec on a wet but picturesque course that snaked below Rio’s mountain-top Christ the Redeemer …
Read More »Museveni enters fight over Karuma, Isimba
Museveni appoints team to tame defiant Muloni, Kabagambe On Aug.9 the Ministry of Energy headquarters at Amber House in Kampala was a bee-hive of activity. Representatives from power generator, UEGCL, the Finance Ministry, the Attorney General, Electricity sector regulator, and ERA converged there for an important meeting. The meeting was …
Read More »VIDEO: Indians demand for MP slots in Ugandan Parliament
VIDEO: The Indian community is Uganda has decried government’s reluctance to recognise them with special representation at various leadership levels in the country. They reason that being the backbone of Uganda’s economy, it is prudent that government offers them a stake in decision making, especially at the parliament level. Share …
Read More »LIVE: Kiprotich, Mutai and Kiprop carry nation’s hopes
Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm – Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich The Ugandan team in Rio is in exactly the same position they were at the last Olympic Games – entering the final day with no medal. Like at London 2012, Kiprotich is the throw of the last dice only that this …
Read More »VIDEO: KCCA at crossroads, more tension in Uganda’s capital
VIDEO: Trouble continues to brew at Kampala Capital City Authority, with the debate about who heads the Authority continuing to rage on. Renowned City Lawyer Peter Mulira, the brain behind the KCCA Act, says Parliament error-ed, by including clauses that calls for the election of the election of the Lord …
Read More »Uganda’s Cheptegei misses medal, finishes 8th in 5,000m final
Saturday Men’s 1500m final – Musagala finished 11th Men’s 5000m final – Cheptegei 8th Sunday Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich Joshua Cheptegei run the race of his life in the 5000m final, but it was not enough as he finished 8th in a race won by Mo …
Read More »Uganda’s Musagala finishes 11th in 1500m final
Results Men’s 1500m final – Musagala 11th Sunday Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich Musagala’s final Ronald Musagala’s ended his Olympic campaign with 11th place in 3:51.68 in the 1,500m final. The race ended with an upset, with American Matthew Centrowitz winning the gold, with …
Read More »Six suspected ADF Ugandan rebels on trial for DRC massacre
Beni, DR Congo | AFP |Â Six suspected members of a Ugandan rebel group went before a Congolese military court on Saturday accused of taking part in the killing last weekend of 51 people, the latest in a string of massacres in the restive east of the country. The gruesome …
Read More »Cheptegei and Kiprotich carry Uganda’s last medal hopes
Saturday August 20 Men’s 1500m final (3.00am Sunday) Men’s 5000m final (3.30am Sunday) Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Sunday August 21 Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich Tweets about Cheptegei The Ugandan team in Rio is in exactly the same position they were at the last Olympic …
Read More »VIDEO: Opposition divided over Electoral Commission term limits
VIDEO; Tension is mounting in parliament as a section of MPs now say the bill that seeks to extend the tenure of office of the chairperson Electoral Commission and the commissioners could be aimed at paving the way for the removal of the presidential age limit. The leader of the opposition in …
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