November 2020 – Elite News

Nov302020 by Abel kawereNo Comments

So Sad: Catholic Church Closes Parish After Popular Priest Dies Of COVID-19

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By Keefa Nuwahereza The Coronavirus (COVID-19) scourge in Uganda is not sparing anyone, not even men of God and as you read this, a renowned Catholic priest in Western Uganda is breathing no more after he succumbed to the pandemic over the weekend. Fr. Irenaeus Karenzi, who was attached to Archdiocese of Mbarara, passed away over the weekend at Holy Innocents Children Hospital in Nyamitanga Mbarara, after he developed breathing complications, a severe flu, cough and headache. Rumours in the public domain alleged that the priest had died of COVID-19 but the diocese had since denied the claims saying they were still waiting for a postmortem report about the cause of the death, which has since confirmed that he died of COVID-19. We have since established that following Fr. ...

Nov302020 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Bobi Wine Shakes Buikwe District As Army Deploys Heavily In Mukono Ahead Of His Rally

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By Keefa Nuwahereza National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has Monday morning shaken Buikwe District as he kicked off his campaigns in greater Mukono area. Bobi Wine supporters that gathered in Nakifuma town to welcome him Bobi Wine, who had been expected to have spent the night at home in Magere, surprised police after he kick-started his campaign early morning in parts of Buikwe District, where his climax fally in Nakifuma town attracted thousands of his supporters. From Nakifuma he is expected to continue to Lugazi and nearby areas, after which he will hold a massive rally in Mukono town. Thousands of National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters showed support for Bobi Wine However, we have learnt that the poli...

Nov302020 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Huawei Introduces Key Architecture Index (KAI) To Drive 5G Network Acceleration

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By Our Reporter At the recent AfricaCom event from November 9-12, part of the virtual Africa Tech Festival, Huawei held an online IP Gala conference with its industry partners to introduce the Key Architecture Index (KAI) and share its applications. The theme of the conference was “Leading intelligent IP networks, accelerating intelligent connectivity”. In the carrier environment, the IP network enables fixed-mobile convergence, network evolution and the shift towards multi-services and the cloud era. At the moment, a challenge facing most IP (internet protocol) networks is unnecessary complexity, due to a lack of IP architecture standardisation. Most networks were built without adequate foresight, and next-generation networks, be they 3G, 4G or 5G, were built on top of exist...

Nov272020 by Abel kawereNo Comments

MelBet, Kyetume FC Ink Multimillion Sponsorship Deal

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By Our Reporter In a bid to support Ugandan football, MelBet Uganda has taken on the sponsorship of StarTimes Uganda Premier League club Kyetume FC, after signing a multimillion deal, that will boost the Club’s operations as they eye winning the Uganda Premier League. This sponsorship deal will see the Mukono based team facilitated by MelBet Uganda throughout of the 2020/21 Uganda Premier League season that is set to commence on the 3rd December 2020 and continue throughout next year. Kyetume football club finished 11th with 30 points from 25 games last season after the league ended prematurely due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis that forced a halt on all football activities in Uganda. Having faced some downturns during the season and now the COVID-19 cris...

Nov272020 by Abel kawereNo Comments

I feel embarrassed on behalf of the opposition – Mr. Museveni

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The NRM party has for long been confronting opposition political parties for criticizing its achievements. The opposition principals like Dr Kizza Besigye (ex FDC president) and a presidential candidate in the past elections, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine of National Unity Platform (NUP), DP Chairman Norbert Mao, current FDC leader Patrick Oboi Amuriat, Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde of Renewed Uganda (a pressure group), Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party leader, Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu Greg, among others have often accused the ruling NRM party of supressing opposition freedom, using national security to brutalise them; brutal arrest, killings, among other accusations. Unlike Kizza Besigye who has given up on elective politics, focusing on his “Plan B”, Bobi Wine, POA, Mug...

Nov262020 by Abel kawereNo Comments

NRM forces T0 City Blogger ‘’ Apologies ‘’

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The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has forced blogger Isma Olaxes to make a public apology after he was captured making ‘reckless” comments following the recent riots. Isma was recorded making threatening comments to different members of opposition accusing them of wanting to deliberately promote hooliganism at the expense of state power. “We shall not allow this hooliganism, we shall beat you, we shall knock you,” Isma rallied in the video in which he mentioned among others singers; Wycliff Tugume alias Ykee Bender and Alexander Bagonza alias A Pass. However, a source inside the NRM says the party big wigs were not happy with Isma’s comments and therefore demanded he retracts the comments and issues an apology immediately. According to Nile Post, the the motor...

Nov262020 by Abel kawereNo Comments

We can’t allow Music diploma holder to lead Uganda 2021-2026 –Mukula

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NRM vice-chairman eastern region Capt. Mike Mukula has asked youth in Bugisu sub-region to vote for President Museveni in the coming general election on grounds that he’s more qualified than any of the other 10 people challenging him for presidency. In a veiled reference to Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, who’s aspiring to unseat Mr Museveni who has been in power since 1986, Mr Mukula on Wednesday said: “Someone with a diploma in Music Dance and Drama [MDD] wants to lead this country called Uganda. This is not a theater. “You’re taking drugs and you say you are a youth? So, we need a youth who is disciplined ideologically and spiritually. That is what I would like you to be and that is what I have been telling my children and grandchildren.” The incumbent pres...

Nov262020 by Abel kawereNo Comments

Impact on children about prolonged closure of schools, Covid19 Lockdown?

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School-going children have expressed mixed reactions about the continued closure of education institutions for non-candidate classes, findings from a study by Makerere University indicate. Although government reopened schools for candidates and finalists last month, non-candidate and non-finalist learners have remained home for over nine months now. In March, President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni ordered education institutions to close their gates for over 15 million learners as a way to prevent the spread of Covid19. President Museveni and health experts reasoned that it would be disastrous if Covid19 broke out in schools because of the congestion in most of them. The closure of these mass concentration institutions, happening even before the country registered its fir...

Nov262020 by Our ReporterNo Comments

Sports fraternity pay tribute to Argentine football legend Diego Maradona

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Yesterday November 2020, devastating news sent seismic shocks online as Argentine football legend and one of the world’s most gifted and best players of all time Diego Maradona (60) was announced dead. The Argentine former national team captain, who boasted a rare combination of flair, vision, and always mesmerized fans with his skill, was reported to have died of a heart attack. The athlete passed on two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires following brain surgery. Immediately after announcing Maradona’s death, the Argentine President Alberto Fernandez declared three days of national mourning. Following the confirmation of the news of Maradona’s passing, celebrities including soccer players and fans, plus colleagues from across the globe paid tribu...

Nov252020 by Our ReporterNo Comments

Kampala lord mayor Lukwago not suffering from Covid-19 -Nyanjura clarifies

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The Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is not suffering from Covid-19 as was earlier presumed—by some people. Earlier on Wednesday morning, some social media postings claimed that Mr Erias Lukwago was “rushed” to Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi due to Covid-19. Some posted he was suffering from “allergies”. However, his office at KCCA has clarified in a statement issued on Wednesday 25, November 2020. “The Lord Mayor was diagnosed with acute anaphylaxis which became persistent on treatment. While he is not in a critical condition, doctors found it advisable to conduct further examinations and management,” Nyanjura Doreen, Deputy Lord Mayor, said in her statement. “Following advice, the Lord Mayor departed yesterday for Nairobi where he arrived safely and ha...