Coach Mike Mutebi talks to his players in training yesterday. PHOTO KCCA MEDIATODAY Mamelodi Sundowns v Kampala Capital City Authority 8pm Saturday Vipers (UGA) v Platinum Stars (RSA) Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | The four most successful clubs in African competitions enter the 2017 CAF Champions League this weekend expecting …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Security key to empowering women
Ugandans marked the International Women’s Day in Dokolo on Wednesday, with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni stressing that improved security produces an environment in which women and child issues can be raised and discussed. Officiating at the International Women’s Day celebrations in Northern Uganda, Museveni pointed out that discussing women or child issues …
Read More »COMMENT: Rethinking role of media
There is tendency in Uganda for the `privilegentia’ to prescribe a role for the mass media that only furthers their privileges By: Isabella Bwiire Talking about the role of the media, pre-supposes that journalists being the main players in the mass media are not value neutral. This of course doesn’t …
Read More »Dr. Stella Nyanzi grilled, vows to continue social media pads campaign
Makerere University researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi has vowed to continue her social media campaign in which she is criticizing government for failure to provide sanitary towels for primary school children. Nyanzi, grilled by Police on Tuesday, said she was critical because it was disappointing for Minister of education and Sports Janet Museveni …
Read More »TECH: Buying new tyres
To align, balance or not? Buying new vehicle tyres in Uganda can be quite tricky. For most buyers the main challenge often revolves around balancing right price with right quality. Apart from the wide variety of brands, which can sometimes mean very wide margins in price, buyers often have to …
Read More »MPs attacked again in South Africa
MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA: An armed attack Sunday night on Pan African Parliament (PAP) legislators in Midrand, South Africa, has threatened to derail deliberations, with members asking the PAP President Roger Nkodo to put aside the order of business of the day and address the security concerns. The thugs trailed …
Read More »Court of Appeal rules MP Cissy Namujju duly elected
Lwengo Woman MP Cissy Namujju will retain her seat in Uganda’s 10th Parliament after the Court of Appeal on Tuesday overturned a High Court’s decision that had nullified her election. Three justices led by Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma unanimously ruled that NRM’s Namujju was validly elected as the Lwengo …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Sheebah on her music and fighting rejection
When Sheebah Karungi Samalie held her maiden concert that attracted multitudes of people to Hotel Africana People’s Space arena, it was a dream coming true for the 27 year old and the culmination of 12 years of struggling to prove to doubters she could not only dance but also sing. …
Read More »OBITUARY: Mayanja Nkangi 1931 – 2017
Nkangi, the man who saved the soul of Buganda’s power By Andrew S. Kaggwa One Sunday in 1964, a young man called Mayanja Nkangi was going about his normal business when someone stopped him and said: “We want you to be a Katikkiro. The lukiiko (Buganda parliament) are annoyed with …
Read More »Nnaggenda’s neo-traditionalism gets another life
During the 1970s heady days of then President Idi Amin’s political upheavals, many artists of means fled into self-exile. Prof. Francis Xavier Nnaggenda, arguably the greatest sculptor Uganda has produced, moved in the opposite direction. After a stint in Indiana and Texas in USA and Nairobi in Kenya, Nnaggenda returned …
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