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Kyadondo will host two legs with Hima Cement Heathens and Toyota Buffaloes hosting on June 9 and June 30 respectively KAMPALA, Uganda, June 8, 2018/ — The 2018 National Rugby Sevens Series get underway officially this weekend at Kyadondo Rugby Club. Record winners Hima Cement Heathens will host the opening round of the National Sevens circuit at Kyadondo Rugby Club but national team players will not lace up for their respective clubs as the World Cup nears. This year’s edition will see teams engaging in more action, with three more stops added to the series. Kyadondo will host two legs…
Source CNN. uebec City (CNN)President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia should be reinstated to a leading group of industrialized nations ahead of his visit to the G7 summit this weekend. Trump’s statement is an extraordinary break from key US allies, and particularly striking given Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. A special counsel investigation into whether Trump campaign officials colluded with Russia is underway, though Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations. “Russia should be in this meeting,” Trump told reporters upon leaving the White House for the summit, which is being held in Charlevoix, Canada. “They should let Russia…
Source BBC. Premier League clubs will have a winter break in February from the 2019-20 season. The break will be staggered across two weeks, with five matches on the first weekend and five the following weekend. The FA Cup fifth round will be moved to midweek to accommodate the break, with replays being scrapped at that stage. The Football Association described it as “a significant moment for English football” that “will greatly benefit club and country”. “It’s no secret that we have a very congested fixture calendar and over recent years we have been working with the whole game to…
By Acaye Henry. The Prime Minister of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali has arrived in Uganda for a two day state visit at the invitation of H.E President Yoweri Museveni . He is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Dirir and Federal Federal Affairs Minister Kebede Chane among others.
Source DW HIV self-testing kits to go on sale in Germany. German Health Minister Jens Spahn has said he wants people to be able to buy a test they can use at home to check for the immune-deficiency virus HIV. The proposal has been welcomed by a major German AIDS charity. Germany’s Health Ministry said it intends to make HIV self-testing kits available for purchase so people can more quickly, easily and privately ascertain whether they are infected with the immune-deficiency virus and seek treatment if necessary. SCIENCE | 01.12.2015 HIV and AIDS in a nutshell Blutabnahme für HIV-Test in…
PARLIAMENT COFFIN SUSPECTS ARRAIGNED BEFORE COURT, REMANDED TO LUZIRA By Damba Rogers . Two People who were arrested on Monday for dropping a Coffin at Parliament have been arraigned before Buganda Road Court and remanded to Luzira Prison on charges of Inciting Violence. The two together with other Youths carried the Coffin to the August House in protest to the rampant cases of kidnaps and killings that target women in Uganda. They include Luta Ferdinand a Boda-boda rider who hails from Bundibugyo District and Achom Rebecca a Language Interpreter residing at Mbuya zone in Nakawa Division-Kampala District. They appeared before…
UGANDA AIRLINE TO HAVE GLOBAL & REGIONAL FLIGHTS. M7 By Damba Rogers. President Museveni is optimistic Uganda airlines is to immediately get back in business once revived with targets to spread its wings beyond the region, continent and international flights. The president’s decision to have the long time disfunct national carrier was informed after many Ugandans in the Diaspora keep travelling to and from different foreign countries aboard foreign carriers, making it difficult for them to conveniently move, and Museveni thinks that the National carrier will be much supportive in some routes. Mr. Museveni, mentions countries like china where most…
By Rose Kasigwa. Minister of state for Northern Uganda and also Zombo district woman MP, Grace Kwiyucwiny is calling upon communities in the region to prepare to get involved in the local council elections. Kwiyucwiny says that preparing early enough will help candidates to stand up for various posts. She says that the nature of elections which is lining behind nominated candidates may be challenging however, people should consider voting in who are capable people that Deliver services to the communities. Recently the electoral body released a program for elections of administrative units at village and parish level plus women…
Refugee hosting districts in Uganda still lack basic services like water, sanitation and shelter New report details situation of child poverty and deprivation among refugees and host communities. People living in Uganda’s refugee hosting districts – both people from host communities and refugees – are deprived of basic services like water, sanitation and shelter. This, according to a study on Child Poverty and Deprivation in Refugee Hosting Areas by the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC), the University of Cardiff and UNICEF, which assessed child poverty, deprivation and social service delivery in refugee and host communities in West Nile, the South…
Story by URN. Another fuso truck has plunged into Karuma falls on river Nile at Karuma Bridge in in Kiryandongo district. Police suspect the fuso truck registration number UAS 994 Y lost control and hit the guard rail on the right of the bridge as it crossed with heavy poles towards Kiryandongo at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday The truck spilled several strips of the palm poles onto the bridge as it plunged into the waterfalls, about 7.5 Meters deep. It is still unclear how many people were inside the ill-fated truck at the time of the accident. Police reports…
By Damba Rogers. Youth activists under their umbrella body, Youth crusaders are giving the central bank together with the financial intelligence agency an ultimatum of 60 days to produce the crane bank report. Crane bank was sold off to DFCU bank at the start of this year following reports from the central bank supervision department, that it was not meeting the requirements for a commercial bank to operate in the country with the case of mismanagement of funds by the owners still in the commercial court. According to the national coordinator, Nakazibwe Fatinah, and Kazibwe Bashir their publicist, they are…
Kadaga, MPs decry child trafficking in guise of good life. Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has commended good Samaritans who have offered help to young children whose rights are taken advantage of, and committed to support proposals to tackle the issue. The Speaker made the remarks while meeting and interacting with caretakers of four children who had been brutalized by a one Edison Asiimwe, who purported to be a pastor in the guise of educating the children. “In Kampala, everyone does their own business, so I want to thank Constant and his wife for identifying this issue and supporting these…
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Source UN. The world must unite to “beat plastic pollution” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day on Tuesday, noting that microplastic particles in the ocean, “now outnumber stars in our galaxy”. In his message marking the day on 5 June, he said a healthy planet was essential for a prosperous and peaceful future, spelling out that: “We all have a role to play in protecting our only home.” “Our world is swamped by harmful plastic waste,” he stated. “Every year, more than eight million tonnes end up in the oceans.” Pointing out the…
By Agencies. The heads of staff associations at Makerere University have asked the chairperson of the Appointments Board, Bruce Balaba Kabaasa to stop aiding irregular staff recruitments. This is among the resolutions made at a joint meeting of the executives of Makerere University Academic Staff Association-MUASA, Makerere University Administration Staff Association-MASA and National Union of Education Institutions-NUEI for support staff held on June 1, 2018 at Makerere University Guest House. The staffs unanimously pointed out that the decision of the appointments Board Chairperson to order and recommend staff recruitment contravenes Section 2.6.3 (i) of the Human Resources Manual of 2009.…