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Operation Wealth Creation Gets New Director; Sylvia Owori.

Operation Wealth Creation Gets New Director; Sylvia Owori.

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Sylvia Damali Overy has been appointed to take over as Director of Operations at Operation Wealth Creation (OWC). The renowned fashion designer, who is serving as the executive assistant to OWC national coordinator General Salim Saleh, announced on Friday that he had been appointed to the post. “I am pleased to announce that on 28 December 2020 I was promoted to the position of Director of Operations in Operation Wealth Creation – Uganda.I CIC HE Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and our Chief Coordinator Gen. I commend Caleb Akandwanaho, who recognizes and recognizes my abilities, talents and skills for operations, leadership and coordination at OWC, which are critical to transforming Uganda’s socio-economic transformation,” Owori said in a statement.  “They have nurt...
Former Manchester United Coach Is Dead

Former Manchester United Coach Is Dead

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Former Manchester United coach Eric Harrison has died aged 81. Harrison was diagnosed with dementia in 2014 and spent his final few months in a nursing home. During his 27 years as youth-team manager at United, he nurtured the likes of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes into first-team players. Former Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty at half time Harrison was awarded an MBE for his services to football in the 2018 New Year Honours. Gary Neville paid tribute to Harrison in a heartfelt post on Twitter on Thursday morning. “We’ve lost our mentor,” Neville wrote. “Our coach and the man who made us. He taught us how to play, how to never give up, how important it was to win your individual battles and what we needed to do to play for Manchester United Football ...
Real Madrid to sign Erling Haaland

Real Madrid to sign Erling Haaland

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The Borussia Dortmund striker is on Zinedine Zidane's radar ahead of a potential summer move Real Madrid are confident of signing Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, according to reports. Dortmund are expected to face a fight to keep hold of the striker at the end of the campaign.Madrid are among the clubs interested in signing a player who is widely regarded as one of the most talented youngsters in world football. Barcelona have also been linked with a move for the Norway international, who turns 21 in July. Emili Rousaud, a candidate to replace Josep Maria Bartomeu as Barcelona’s president, has been tipped to bring Haaland to the club if he wins the vote on January 24. "We know all the conditions and if we win, the following day I will call [Haaland...
“Security Forces killed Boxer Zebra Ssenyange” President Museveni.

“Security Forces killed Boxer Zebra Ssenyange” President Museveni.

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The Ugandan undefeated light heavyweight Isaac Zebra Ssenyange was murdered in a home invasion in the nation's capital of Kampala. According to HE: Kaguta Museveni while addressing the nation on New Year’s Eve, Ssenyange was accidently gunned down by security forces. “I specifically decided to take on his case and I have so far found out that he was killed by security personnel” President Museveni. “I’m so sorry, so sorry and I will bring my entire findings to the knowledge of the family. I’m so sorry” he added. Ssyenange never had a good opportunity at a pro career, going 10-0-2 over seven years with no major fights. But he was a former captain of the national amateur teams and was universally respected. His amateur record was a reported 195-19 and he worked for the Ugandan boxing ...
ADF Kills Dozens on New Year’s Eve.

ADF Kills Dozens on New Year’s Eve.

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At least 25 civilians have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) troubled east, local officials said on Friday, blaming the attack on the notorious ADF militia. The army was chasing ADF fighters on Thursday when they found the bodies of 25 civilians, who had been “taken by surprise in their fields on New Year’s Eve,” Donat Kibuana, the administrator of the Beni territory, told news reporters. The ADF, which has been active in the region since the 1990s as a Ugandan rebel group, is one of more than 100 rebel groups that plague the eastern provinces of the vast country. A year ago, the Congolese army launched a large-scale campaign against the ADF. In response, the group abandoned its bases, split into smaller, more mobile groups and retaliated against civi...