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Day: October 5, 2020

Oct52020 by Abel kawereNo Comments
Justice Gadenya In Critical Condition After Deadly Accident, UPDF Airlifts Him To Kampala

Justice Gadenya In Critical Condition After Deadly Accident, UPDF Airlifts Him To Kampala

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By Keefa Nuwahereza The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has lifted Justice Paul Gandenya, who got involved in a terrible accident on Monday morning, from  Masindi to Kampala for specialised medical attention at Nakasero Hospital. This website has learnt that Justice Gadenya, who is the Masindi High Court judge, was Monday morning rushed to hospital following a car crash along Kampala - Masindi Road, after his official vehicle number UG 0781J collided with another vehicle number UBH 831 at Bigando, Masindi. "A judge travelling to Masindi high court has been involved in an accident around Bigando-Masindi. We have dispatched ambulance to support the referral," Uganda Red Cross tweeted on Monday morning. Rescuers helping Justice Paul Gadenya out of the wreckage By pre...
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Oct52020 by Abel kawereNo Comments
Kalinaki Lands In Things After Scooping Top NMG Job

Kalinaki Lands In Things After Scooping Top NMG Job

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By Keefa Nuwahereza Veteran journalist Daniel Kalinaki, who has been working with the Daily Monitor for several years as a Managing Editor,  is literally on Cloud 9 after he was promoted to senior executive position in the Nation Media Group. Kalinaki, who was a few days ago appointment as the Nation Media Group Africa Editor and ME TEA, is a Ugandan journalist, editor, trainer and author. He is currently General Manager in charge of Editorial, while managing regional projects and editorial convergence at the Nation Media Group in Nairobi, Kenya. He previously edited the Daily Monitor where he maintains a weekly column, and ran the Kampala bureau of The EastAfrican newspaper.  His most recent book, Kizza Besigye and Uganda’s Unfinished Revolution, was published ...
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Oct52020 by Abel kawereNo Comments
Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago, Deputy Nyanjura In Isolation Over COVID-19

Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago, Deputy Nyanjura In Isolation Over COVID-19

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By Our Reporter Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Lord Mayor Hajji Elias Lukwago and his deputy Doreen Nyanjura are reportedly in separate self-isolation over fears that they could have contracted the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19). Lukwago and Nyanjura are said to have been taken for testing on Wednesday and later into isolation on Friday evening after they both showed signs of COVID-19, according to our sources at City Hall. Lord Mayor Hajji Elias Lukwago and deputy Doreen Nyanjura recently Although the officials at KCCA are yet to issue an official statement about Lukwago and Nyanjura’s health status, our efforts to contact either the Lord Mayor or his deputy for a comment about the matter were futile since they couldn’t be reached through their office lines. But is...
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Oct52020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Three Rwanda Genocide Suspects Arrested, Charged in Belgium

Three Rwanda Genocide Suspects Arrested, Charged in Belgium

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Three people accused of involvement in the Rwanda genocide were arrested and charged in Belgium with serious abuse of human rights, the spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecutor's office said on Saturday. The identities of the three suspects were proven by witness testimony gathered in Rwanda by an investigation by Belgian authorities. The prosecutor's office, however, gave no further details about the three suspects. Eric Van Duyse said one of the suspects was under electronic surveillance while the other two were in detention. "Two were arrested Tuesday in Brussels and the third Wednesday in Hainault (province)," Van Duyse said. "All three have been charged with serious human rights abuses," He added. According to Van Duyse, a dossier compiled by the investigating m...
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Oct52020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
ADF KILLS DOZENS IN CHRISTIAN AREA OF CONGO

ADF KILLS DOZENS IN CHRISTIAN AREA OF CONGO

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KINSHASA, CONGO (BosNewsLife)– At least 58 people were killed, and 17 kidnapped when Muslim militants attacked two villages in the mainly-Christian north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last month aid workers say. “Twenty-three people were murdered on September 8. And another 35 were killed two days later in the heavily forested Tshabi area of southern Ituri province,” added Barnabas Fund, a Christian charity investigating the cases. It quoted a villager, Tshabi, as saying that “People were killed with every sort of weapon, knives, guns. Seventeen people are listed as disappeared, but they have almost definitely been kidnapped.” Barnabas Fund said many people have since fled the troubled region amid fears of more violence. “Villagers in the Christian-majority north...
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Oct52020 by Abel kawereNo Comments
Uganda Cranes Travel To Dubai Moved To Monday

Uganda Cranes Travel To Dubai Moved To Monday

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Uganda Cranes’ journey to Dubai, United Arab Emirates has been pushed to Monday following a delay in travel clearance. The team (local based and the technical staff) were initially supposed to travel today and had embarked on their journey, however, delay in processing the travel entry clearance to Dubai has caused a set back in the arrangements. ‘The travel plans for Uganda Cranes contingent to Dubai have been rescheduled to Monday 5th October 2020 due a delay in acquiring the travel entry clearance to UAE’ Confirmed FUFA Communications Director, Ahmed Hussein. ‘However the entire team that passed the Covid-19 tests carried out on Thursday has now travelled back to the Cranes Paradise Hotel in Kisasi where they will spend the night and also observe the SOPs set for the camp b...
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Oct52020 by Abel kawereNo Comments
Ochan: Uganda shot-stopper extends AFC Leopards contract

Ochan: Uganda shot-stopper extends AFC Leopards contract

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The 30-year-old has been one of the key players for the 13-time league champions AFC Leopards goalkeeper Benjamin Ochan has extended his stay at the club for a year.  The Uganda shot-stopper joined Ingwe in July 2019, signing an initial one year contract. The contract expired a couple of months ago and the two parties struggled to reach an agreement owing to financial constraints experienced by the club. However, Betsafe came on board and management were able to convince the custodian to extend his deal. "It is a theme of joy for us because finally the agreement has been reached and Ochan will be with us for another season," an official from Leopards confirmed to Goal on Sunday. "[Ochan] has been a key player for us, and we all know how he...
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Oct52020 by Abel kawereNo Comments
Full Uganda Cranes Delegation For Dubai Training Camp

Full Uganda Cranes Delegation For Dubai Training Camp

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The Uganda Cranes head coach Johnathan McKinstry has released the full delegation of players and officials that depart on Sunday evening for Dubai training camp aboard Emirates Air at 5 PM. There are 26 players and 14 officials who depart via Entebbe International Airport for the 10 day’s training camp. ‘A number of players were unfortunately ruled out from consideration for the training camp due to Covid-19 travel restrictions applicable to them, or through injury. However the camp presents a great opportunity for a large quota of the foreign based players alongside the best players in the Uganda premier league to prepare for upcoming AFCON and CHAN engagements.’ McKinstry disclosed to www.fufa.co.ug. COVID-19 results for the local legion of players and officials returned with n...
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