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@matookerepublic Tue, 30 Jul 2024 05:53:11
Paris 2024: Olympic swimmer sent home for sneaking out to enjoy nightlife with boyfriend
Ana Carolina Vieira, a 22-year-old swimmer from Brazil, has been sent home from the Olympics in Paris after breaking the rules. She sneaked out of the athletes’ village to spend a night with her boyfriend. The 22-year-old was a member of the country’s 4x100m freestyle relay team, which crashed out of the tournament ahead of […] The post Paris 2024: Olympic swimmer sent home for sneaking out to enjoy nightlife with boyfriend first appeared on Matooke Republic.
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@allafrica Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:45:48
Ugandans Can Cross Borders With Expired National IDs - Govt
[Nile Post] The Internal Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Simon Mundeyi has said Ugandan citizens with expired National IDs will be able to use them to travel across East Africa and for business transactions.
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@matookerepublic Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:53:11
Massape 04 Crowned Champions of Budo League’s seventh season
In a thrilling finale that capped off an exciting season, Massape Class of 2004 emerged as the champions of the Budo League Season 7 at Legends Rugby Grounds in Lugogo on Sunday. The reigning champions of the Guinness sponsored competition who have dominated the league for the past two seasons, continued their winning streak […] The post Massape 04 Crowned Champions of Budo League’s seventh season first appeared on Matooke Republic.
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@kfm Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:05:29
UNEB notifies school heads about the looming July 31st registration deadline
The Uganda National Exanimation Board (UNEB) has notified school heads across the country planning to enlist their candidates for the end of cycle examination about the looming deadline for registration. The UNEB spokesperson, Jenipher Kalule says the final registration phase for the four sets of examinations is set to close on July 31, 2024. She says this is the last opportunity for candidates to register for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) under the New Curriculum, UCE Transitional Examination based on the Old Curriculum, and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE). She adds that this is the final chance for students to take the UCE Transitional Examination based on the old curriculum, which will no longer […]
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@matookerepublic Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:50:57
Don Julio gives Ugandans a taste of Mexico luxury for World Tequila Day
Last week, Don Julio marked World Tequila Day with a two-phased celebration that began with an internal do at Uganda Breweries Ltd, and later at Silo 15 in Bugolobi, for Tequila enthusiasts and Kampala’s gregarious lot. The festivities kicked off on Wednesday, July 24th, the official World Tequila Day, at UBL’s head offices in Luzira, […] The post Don Julio gives Ugandans a taste of Mexico luxury for World Tequila Day first appeared on Matooke Republic.
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@kfm Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:03:51
10 anti-graft protestors granted bail
10 anti-corruption protesters who were last week charged and remanded to Luzira prison for being a common nuisance, have today been granted bail by Buganda Road Court. The group who include; former Makerere University Guild President Robert Maseruka and Ssagala Abdul Rahman Kabanda an intern doctor and son to Butambala Woman Member of Parliament Aisha Kabanda, have been granted cash bail of 100,000shs each after their parents and relatives stood surety for them. Grade One Magistrate Jalia Basajjabalaba, has ordered Maseruka’s sureties to sign a non cash bond of 500,000shs, while the sureties of his nine co-accused protesters have been bonded in 300,000shs, also not cash. The sureties are to ensure that their accused children report back to court on August […]
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@allafrica Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:08:59
Minister for Energy Welcomes New ERA Board Member, Urges Commitment to Transparency.
[Nile Post] Minister for Energy, Ruth Nankabirwa, on Friday witnessed the swearing-in of Mr. Gustavio Bwoch to the Board of the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA).
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@kfm Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:46:07
36 FDC members charged with terrorism
36 Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) members belonging to the Katonga faction have been remanded to Luzira prison on charges of terrorism. The group comprising both men and women was arrested from Kisumu in Kenya. Prosecution says between July 22nd and 23rd, 2024, the suspects travelled from various parts of Uganda to Kisumu for purposes of providing or receiving terrorism training. They were apprehended by Kenyan authorities and deported to Uganda where they have today been arraigned before the Chief Magistrate’s Court of Nakawa, Kampala. They have however been prevented by Chief Magistrate Elias Kakooza from pleading to the capital offence of terrorism which is triable by the High court’s International Crimes Division. They have thus been remanded to Luzira prison […]
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@matookerepublic Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:26:56
Kenyan government to buy air tickets for youths who want to work abroad
Kenyan President William Ruto has announced that the government will purchase air tickets for Kenyans who secure jobs abroad. Ruto stated that 1,000 Kenyans fly out of the country every week to work in foreign countries under the government-backed labor export program. He further stated that the government has already secured 400,000 job opportunities abroad. […] The post Kenyan government to buy air tickets for youths who want to work abroad first appeared on Matooke Republic.
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@kfm Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:57:19
UTB embarks on aggressive medical tourism promotion
By Catherine Ageno The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has embarked on an aggressive campaign to promote Uganda as a destination choice for medical tourism, not only within the East African region but with eyes on the entire global market. During a recent engagement with media practitioners at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Rubirizi District, UTB Chief Executive Officer Ms. Lilly Ajarova revealed that this is one of the strategies to diversify Uganda’s tourism products as part of the wider global campaign for promoting Uganda as a destination brand. This, she said, will not only boost economic development for Uganda as a destination country, but also further improve health care quality. “Under promotions and marketing, we are looking at launching targeted […]
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@matookerepublic Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:10:33
“I can never separate from Makula as she’s the most beautiful woman inside and out,” says Pastor Bugingo as he promises to hold the biggest wedding
Pastor Aloysius Bugingo of House of Prayer Ministries International has said that he has never imagined his life without his fiancée, Susan Makula, as they are both committed to loving and staying together until death does them part. While presiding over Sunday prayers at Canaan Land in Kikoni, Bugingo refuted reports of their separation, which […] The post “I can never separate from Makula as she’s the most beautiful woman inside and out,” says Pastor Bugingo as he promises to hold the biggest wedding first appeared on Matooke Republic.
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@matookerepublic Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:39:43
Ugandans have supported us, but we never come through for them when they need us — Azawi slams artists for silence on corruption
Amidst the ongoing corruption talk and protests, singer Priscilla Zawedde, alias Azawi, has criticized Ugandan artists for remaining silent, saying it’s during such times that celebrities should stand with the majority of Ugandans to fight the vice. According to Azawi, Ugandans have supported the artists for a long time, but many singers side with the […] The post Ugandans have supported us, but we never come through for them when they need us — Azawi slams artists for silence on corruption first appeared on Matooke Republic.
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@kfm Mon, 29 Jul 2024 05:15:16
Japanese government tasked gov’t on youth unemployment
The Japanese Ambassador to Uganda,Sasayama Takuya has said young people in Uganda should be guided to appreciate agriculture as a business that would empower them economically. Sasayama who had accompanied Yohei Sasakawa, the visiting Chairman of Nippon Foundation, Tokyo Japan, during his visit to Zimbabwe Agaliawamu Agri-Business Training Association acknowledged that agro-business was lucrative and that several youthful Japanese in Uganda were venturing into the sector. He says in the past, Japan suffered from a deficit of farmland amid rapid population growth but through enhanced agriculture, the government achieved food security and addressed unemployment, especially among the young people. He noted that currently, agriculture is one of the areas in which the government of Japan is Youth unemployment remains a […]
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@kfm Mon, 29 Jul 2024 05:25:38
Government pledges more support for Emyooga projects
Government has promised that in FY2024/25, it will further support the Emyooga poverty alleviation projects to reach their full potential as there has been strong recognition for the need to prioritize scaling up, promising occupational groups/enterprises through various interventions. According to the Ministry of Finance records, as of June, 2023, government had cumulatively dispersed seed capital worth Shs261billion and SACCOs had mobilized Shs81.2billion. And 3,584 Emyooga SACCOs had conducted audits for the year 2021 and 2022 and had scheduled annual general meetings. State minister for micro-finance Haruna Kasolo says primary focus will be on helping these Emyooga SACCOs to grow from small, unproductive groups into highly productive businesses capable of breaking through the various supply chains, and to become sustainable and […]
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@kfm Mon, 29 Jul 2024 05:03:42
Uganda’s household consumption expenditure grows by 8.7%- UNCTAD report
A new report by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has revealed that domestically, there has been an uptick in Household Final Consumption Expenditure as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), rising from 67.2percent in FY2022/23 to 67.6percent in FY2023/24. The report shows that total household spending is estimated to have grown by 8.3percent (from Shs119, 168 bn in FY2022/23 to Shs129, 055 bn in FY2023/24). This growth is attributed to robust private sector activity and accelerating economic growth. James Zhan, UNCTAD’s director of investment and enterprise development says globally, Uganda’s trade with therest of the world increased by 24.78percent in FY2022/23, reaching USD19.7 billion compared to USD15.8 billion in FY2021/22. He notes that this growth was […]
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@kfm Mon, 29 Jul 2024 04:52:21
Government hails outgoing WHO boss for enduring epidemics during his tenure
Ministry of Health officials, have commended the outgoing World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative to Uganda, Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam for not losing guard, during his term of office that was dominated by a fatal combination of new and old epidemics. Speaking at the farewell dinner organized for him by the Ministry, Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said Dr Tegegn who took over office in January 2018, has in the last six and a half years been at the forefront of containing epidemics that the country was confronted with. She cited the 2018 Ebola outbreak at the Uganda- DR Congo border, the 2020 Covid-19 Outbreak, and the 2022 Ebola Outbreak in Kassanda and Mubende Districts, in Uganda’s Central region as […]
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@observer Sun, 28 Jul 2024 12:44:08
Friendship in twilight years: unbreakable bond of Miria Obote, Mama Ngina and Maria Nyerere
In an embroidery of East African history, three remarkable women stand tall as the inaugural First Ladies who left an indelible mark on their nations. Maria Waningu Magige Nyerere, Miria Kalule Obote, and Mama Ngina Muhoho Kenyatta weathered turbulent times, outlived their famous husbands, and forged an enduring friendship that transcended borders. Maria Nyerere, the wife of Tanzania’s founding father Julius Kambarage Nyerere, served with grace and dignity as the country’s first First Lady from 1964 to 1985. Born on December 31, 1930, in then Tanganyika, Maria married Nyerere in 1953. A trained teacher like her husband, Maria was a steadfast partner who championed education and community development. Despite the trials of politics, she maintained a warm rapport with Miria Obote, who faced the dramatic ouster of her husband Milton Obote not once, but twice, from the Ugandan presidency. Once upon a time, there was a man named Milton Obote, who fancied himself quite the political mastermind. In a stroke of supposed brilliance, he decided to cozy up to the mighty Buganda kingdom, convincing the revered Kabaka Fredrick Muteesa II to form an alliance between his Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) and the Kabaka Yekka (KY). Obote, ever the charmer, even went as far as marrying a Muganda, the fair Miria Kalule, as if to seal this grand political pact with a matrimonial flourish. Obote married Miria in November 1963. How noble of him, one might say – wooing the Baganda people through the sacred bond of marriage. Alas, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and Obote’s political alliance proved to be as fragile as a house of cards. For, in a moment of sheer betrayal, the man turned the guns of his army against his hitherto friend, the Kabaka, sending the entire Buganda kingdom into a seething rage. LOVE TRIUMPHS But here is where the story takes an unexpected twist; while the political marriage may have crumbled, the actual marriage between Obote and Miria remained steadfast, weathering the storm of bloodshed and united hatred from the Baganda. The Baganda may have loathed Obote until his dying breath, but the ever-loyal Miria never abandoned her beloved husband, proving that love, at times, can triumph over even the most tumultuous of political landscapes. Perhaps Miria saw something in Obote that the rest of the world could not – a glimmer of humanity beneath the ruthless political operator. Or perhaps she was simply a woman of unwavering commitment, willing to weather any storm for the sake of her marriage. Whatever the case may be, the moral of this tale is clear: when all else fails, when alliances crumble and friends turn to foes, the only true sanctuary may lie in the arms of one’s spouse. Obote may have betrayed the Kabaka, but he could never betray the woman who, for better or worse, remained by his side. This was a curious case of Obote’s matrimonial miracle – where politics and love collided, and the latter emerged victorious; a testament to the power of the human heart, even in the face of such political upheaval. WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND After an Idi Amin-led military assault upon the Buganda’s Kabaka Muteesa II’s palace at Mengo (Lubiri) in 1966 on the orders of the then executive prime minister, Dr Obote, the former was driven into exile in England and the latter abolished the kingdoms, and Uganda became a republic. Obote became president of the republican government of Uganda, with Miria as his First Lady. One would think that with his rival vanquished, Obote’s reign would be secure. But alas, the gods of political intrigue had other plans. Miria Obote with husband Milton Obote As the saying goes, what goes around, comes around; in a twist of fate, on January 25, 1971, Amin, the very same protégé Obote had relied upon, turned the tables and orchestrated a coup, deposing his former mentor and sending the once-mighty Obote into exile. In the cutthroat world of Ugandan politics, even the mightiest can be brought low by the very allies they once trusted. Miria may have ascended to the heights of power, but in the end, she was left to pick up the pieces of her shattered dreams, a cautionary tale of the perils of unchecked ambition. MIRIA’S RESILIENCE Miria’s resilience is the stuff of legend. Forced to seek refuge in Kenya and Tanzania as her husband’s fortunes rose and fell, she found solace in her bond with Maria. It was during this time that Miria, ever adaptable, learned Kiswahili to better connect with the Tanzanian women in her circle. When Obote finally returned to power in 1980, Miria resumed her role as First Lady, only to be uprooted again by another coup just five years later. On July 27, 1985, Obote was again betrayed and toppled by his very army commander, General Tito Okello Lutwa. Lutwa and Obote had both spent time in Dar es Salaam under the care of Julius and Maria Nyerere. Through it all, the two First Ladies found strength in each other and in the quiet, steadfast presence of Kenya’s Mama Ngina Kenyatta. The wife of Kenya’s founding president Jomo Kenyatta, Mama Ngina served as First Lady from 1964 to 1978. Known for her discreet but influential role as a behind-the-scenes powerbroker, Mama Ngina offered sanctuary to the displaced Miria Obote and forged a deep friendship with both Maria and Miria. Together, these three women navigated the choppy waters of East African politics with poise and resilience. They outlived their famous husbands, provided solace and support to one another, and left an indelible mark on their nations. MIRIA AND MARIA WIDOWED AT 69 These three women share a bond that transcends the tumultuous tides of their respective nations. Interestingly, there is a striking symmetry to their lives, one that seems to have forged an unbreakable connection between them. Miria Obote and Maria Nyerere were both widowed at the age of 69, having lost their husbands, Milton Obote and Julius Nyerere, in the months of August and October, albeit in different years. Miria was 10 years younger than Obote, while Maria was eight years younger than Nyerere, adding another layer of poignancy to their shared experiences. But the true outlier in this remarkable trio is Mama Ngina Kenyatta, who was a full 36 years younger than her husband,the legendary Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. Yet, despite this age difference, Mama Ngina has remained a pillar of strength and support for her two dear friends, Miria and Maria, as they have navigated the twilight years of their lives. Perhaps it is this shared experience of loss, compounded by the peculiar similarities in the timing and circumstances of their husbands’ passing, that has forged an unbreakable bond between these three women. They have offered one another solace, strength, and a shoulder to lean on. In a world where political allegiances can shift as swiftly as the winds, the friendship between Miria, Mama Ngina, and Maria has remained a constant. Their story is a testament to the power of genuine human connection, a reminder that even in the tumultuous world of African politics, the bonds of sisterhood can transcend the boundaries of nation and time. POIGNANT NOSTALGIA AT KOLOLO In June 2024, an aura of nostalgia filled the air on Impala avenue, Kololo. Maria Nyerere had made the journey to Kampala to attend the Uganda Martyrs day celebrations at Namugongo. But before she immersed herself in the solemn commemorations, she knew there was one stop she had to make - a visit to her dear friend, Miria. As the two women embraced, their smiles radiating with a shared history, the camera captured a moment that spoke volumes. Side by side, leaning on elegant walking sticks, Miria and Maria embodied the unbreakable bond that had sustained them through the trials and tribulations of their lives. It was a bond forged not just in the camaraderie of their shared widowhood, but in the deeper recognition that their lives had been inextricably intertwined by the political landscapes of their respective countries. For Miria and Maria, the losses they had endured were not just political, but profoundly personal. Yet, through it all, they had found strength in the unwavering support of their third musketeer, Mama Ngina. The 36-year age gap between Mama Ngina and her late husband, Jomo Kenyatta, had done nothing to diminish the depth of their friendship. In fact, it was Mama Ngina’s steady presence, her wisdom, and unwavering loyalty that had anchored Miria and Maria. NGINA WITNESSES TWO PRESIDENTS And while the houses of Nyerere and Obote had produced legislators Makongoro Nyerere and Jimmy Akena, respectively, the formidable trio had witnessed the rise of two presidents from Mama Ngina’s lineage – Jomo and Uhuru Kenyatta. It was a testament to the enduring influence and impact that these remarkable women had wielded, even in the face of insurmountable odds. As the day drew to a close, and Miria and Maria bid farewell, the image of their smiling faces, their arms intertwined, would remain etched in the memories of all who witnessed it. These three women continue to inspire and uplift one another, knowing that they are not alone in their journeys. Their story is a reminder that true friendship can be a source of strength and comfort. piuskatunzi@gmail.com {loadposition inarticle}
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@matookerepublic Sun, 28 Jul 2024 09:30:21
Government And Stakeholders Celebrate Official Launch Of Uganda National Lottery
Ithuba Uganda, the appointed operator of the Uganda National Lottery, along with government officials, officially launched the Uganda National Lottery on Friday, July 26 at Speke Resort in Munyonyo, Kampala. The event was attended by key stakeholders and dignitaries from Uganda and across Africa. Ithuba Uganda is tasked with managing the Lottery under the oversight […] The post Government And Stakeholders Celebrate Official Launch Of Uganda National Lottery first appeared on Matooke Republic.
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