By George Katongole (Uganda) – Uganda men’s soccer team, the Cranes have been boosted by the recovery of Scotland-based winger David Obua ahead of the weekend home tie in the 2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cup qualifier against tricky Angola. Obua, scorer of six goals for the Cranes has been out injured and only featured for his team Hearts in the Scottish League on Sunday for 14 minutes. Cranes coach Bobby Williamson who named Obua in the 24 man team on Monday says he needs Obua’s services for the team. Obua together with Serbia-based defender Nestory Kizito had been... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 31st 2010 |
By Allan Ssempebwa (Uganda)-“Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.” This is one famous quote by a great African Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah. As the African Union holds it 15th Summit in Kampla, it leaves scepticism as to whether African States are capable of working together to solve Africa’s most pressing challenges, to cause “a revolution” on the continent. One such challenge has exposed its filthy dark head in the recent 7/11 twin bombings on Uganda now blamed on the Al-Shabab Mujahedeen militants with connections to the Al-Queada terrorist... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 30th 2010 |
A Ugandan swimming coach and trainer has been awarded a five-month sports scholarship in Germany. Mr. Muwanguzi Muzafaru, who will travel to the University of Leipzig for his studies, is the fifth Ugandan recipient of a sports scholarship from Germany this calendar year. The Charge d’Affaires at the German Embassy Kampala, Mr. Stefan Messerer, officially handed over the scholarship documents to Mr. Muzufaru in the presence of the President of the Uganda Swimming Federation, Mr. Donald Rukare. The Commissioner for Physical Education in the Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports, Mr. Daniel Tamwesigire, and German Sports Expert, Mr. Gunter Lange... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 23rd 2010 |
By David Tumusiime – I have been a blogger for close to five years. To be a blogger was not always my dream. I wanted to be a writer. A published writer of novels and short stories, best selling in their career, and one day be invited to sit on a panel with Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, the ghost of Okot P’Bitek winking at me. I spent most of my twenties trying to achieve that. I failed. Now I’m a blogger. I was going to say only a blogger. Then I caught myself from falling into a state of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 18th 2010 |
Allan Ssempebwa Kyobe – Four Ugandans were on Thursday paraded by Uganda’s Intelligence agency, the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and confessed to the bombings that rocked Kampala last month. They included Mr.Isa Ahmed Luyima, Hassan Luyima, Edris Nsubuga and Mohammed Mugisha. The group’s coordinator, Isa Luyima revealed that he had connections to the Al-Shabab militia which trained him for four months in Mogadishu, Somalia in 2009.The Al-Shabab militia which operates in Somalia against the interim Somali government under President Ahmed Sharif is accused by the Ugandan government for sponsoring terror attacks to two of the country’s restaurants on July... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, August 15th 2010 |
