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@matookerepublic Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:22:02
PHOTOS: Bell ObaFest, a celebration of culture, music, and inclusivity
The inaugural Bell Lager ObaFest beer festival, held at Jahazi Pier in Munyonyo on Sunday, brought together a lively mix of music, art, fashion, and East African culture. The festival’s aim was to celebrate the diversity of the region through various activities, with beer serving as a unifying element. As soon as you entered Jahazi, […]
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@matookerepublic Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:18:34
Nsubuga takes the crown at the Johnnie Walker Amateur Open
Godfrey Nsubuga emerged champion of the 2023 Johnnie Walker Amateur Uganda Open, held at the Uganda Golf Club in Kampala. The Mehta Golf Club protégé displayed exceptional golfing prowess throughout the tournament, securing his victory with an outstanding gross score of 275 over four days of play, the lowest in the tournament’s history. Nsubuga’s remarkable […]
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@chimpreports Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:54:49
Bridge breaks through USSSA Mind Games List
Bridge, a newly born sport in Uganda, together with other Mind games under their umbrella (Mind Sports Association of Uganda) convened a successful strategic meeting with the Uganda Secondary School Sports Association (USSSA). This groundbreaking meeting served as a significant development for Bridge growth in secondary schools, primary schools among other institutions in Uganda at …
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@kfm Sun, 22 Oct 2023 05:53:29
Experts urge farmers to embrace one-acre model farming
Climate experts have asked farmers to embrace the one-acre model of farming that will help to integrate biomass, livestock, and livelihood demands in the country. Speaking at the 3-day 2nd East Africa Food Security Symposium and Expo 2023 at Makerere University Business School in Kampala, the Minister General Duties in the office of the Prime Minister, Justine Kasule Lumumba lauded the climate change project saying that, they chose the best group to partner with, adding that students are good message senders and that they are the future. “l want to say, you took on the best partners, the universities, and if you could also extend especially when you are working in communities. lf you want the communities to understand and […]
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@kfm Sun, 22 Oct 2023 06:28:40
Arsenal hit back to deny Chelsea in derby draw
By AFP Arsenal staged a stunning fightback from two goals down as Leandro Trossard’s late equaliser rescued a dramatic 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s team were 13 minutes away from their first Premier League defeat this season after Cole Palmer’s early penalty and Mykhailo Mudryk’s second-half goal put Chelsea in control. But a miscued pass from Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez allowed Declan Rice to give Arsenal a lifeline and Trossard bundled home the leveller with six minutes left. Arsenal’s gritty comeback extended their unbeaten start to the league season to nine games, leaving them in second place behind leaders Manchester City on goal difference. It was another display of the character and spirit pulsing through Arsenal over […]
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@kfm Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:52:30
Alaso tasks EC on local council poll roadmap
By Jane Nafula The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party Secretary General, Ms Alice Alaso, has tasked the Electoral Commission to expedite the process of displaying the roadmap for the Local Council elections so that women can be encouraged to engage in the pending election process. Ms Alaso said: “We are concerned already. If the Electoral Commission had given us a roadmap for elections, our voices would be going around to say if a woman lines behind a different person, please don’t beat them. Unfortunately, the roadmap is not coming.” She made the remarks during the handover of the Interparty Women Platform (IWOP) leadership from the ANT party to the Democratic Party (DP) at a ceremony held at ANT’s offices […]
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@kfm Mon, 23 Oct 2023 04:51:49
UPDF enlists locals in fight against ADF rebels
By Monitor Team The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) intends to enlist the help of the local population in the fight against Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in parts of Rwenzori Sub-region. Maj Gen Dick Olum, the commander of Operation Shuuja in eastern DR Congo, said this does not mean arming civilians and sending them to the frontline but rather relying on them in gathering intelligence information. “The Head of State in his directive does not intend for Wanainchi to be armed and sent to the frontlines to engage in combat with ADF rebels,”he said yesterday in an interview with Daily Monitor. “As a strategist, he emphasises the importance of human intelligence, which involves people cooperating with the UPDF to […]
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@kfm Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:16:18
‘Stop, stop!’ Pope Francis urges over Hamas-Israel conflict
By AFP Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen, and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip. “War is always a defeat, it is a destruction of human fraternity. Brothers, stop! Stop!” Francis said after his traditional Angelus prayer at Saint Peter’s Square in Rome. “I renew my call for spaces to be opened, for humanitarian aid to continue to arrive and for hostages to be freed,” the 86-year-old pontiff said. Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people. Israel’s retaliatory bombing campaign has killed more than 4,300 Palestinians, mainly civilians, according to the Hamas-run health […]
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@chimpreports Mon, 23 Oct 2023 03:45:50
Luwero Bishop Election Crisis: Kaziimba, Kasana Clash in Stormy Meeting at Namirembe
The Church of Uganda is paralysed after it emerged that the House of Bishops relied on false evidence to nullify the election of Luwero Diocese Bishop, Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula. The position fell vacant following the abdication of Rev. Eridard Nsubuga on July 9 upon clocking the mandatory retirement age of 65 in the Anglican Church …
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