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Vanessa Nasamba crowned Miss Uganda North America

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Venessa Nasamba

The Miss Uganda North America Leadership Program successfully pulled off a third successive Miss Uganda North America Beauty Pageant in Chicago, with Vanessa Nansamba, residing in Chicago taking home the crown. She also declared Miss Talent.

Other queens: Cissy Anna (Oklahoma – First Runner Up), Chch Chemu (Iowa – Second Runner Up), Kamwine M Rossette (Massachusetts – Miss Popularity), Bonnie Barungi (California – Miss Personality), Malaika Fauzah (Chicago – Miss Culture), as well as the 2019 Rise Up Award Recipients (Amooti Jollie Kahunde and Ruth Ndyabahika).

“To our Class of 2019, we had a wonderful time coaching you and working with you. You are all winners and we look forward to working with each one of you as the Miss Uganda North America family continues to grow,” Julius and Tibba Murungi Kabugu, program founders.

Ugandans who supported the beauty pageant were: The UNAA Executives Monday Atigo John, Julius Muwulya Lwebuga and Peter Mukunya.

Corporates like Equity Bank Uganda, the gold sponsor has now stood with the organisers for three years. Other are; Pearl Marina Estates (Centum), All In Trade, iConnect Uganda, DOXA Connections, and media partners Era 92, Radio Munnabuddu USA and Diaspora TV.

Fashion designers, stylists, mentors, coaches and other volunteers that helped to make this year’s event a success.

“We would also like to thank the entire Miss Uganda North America fans for your support. Your words of encouragement, cheering on our contestants, purchasing tickets and magazines all help our program to grow and strengthen our young women’s platforms,” the program founders said in a statement.

All of this year’s winners, like past ones, are influencers with very important platforms that will uplift and empower not just women but all in our communities in Uganda and abroad. We ask you to continue to cheer them on and support them when they call upon you.

Particularly, as Queen Vanessa Nansamba embarks on her reign as Miss Uganda North America 2019/20, flanked by her first and second runners’ up, she will be traveling to Uganda on her Cares Tour, and participating in other activities to help her grow as a mental health activist in our community.

“We ask that you support our program and support Vanessa as she raises funds to donate to communities in Uganda when the 2019 Cares Tour is announced,” founders said.

Past Queens have donated specialised wheelchairs, scholastic materials, books and cash to impoverished communities in the past. “We hope to continue this spirit of giving on behalf of our North American community.”

We’re forever indebted to you, thankful and excited about the promise of this program’s future as we prepare to expand the LadiesFirst! Summit for Women in Leadership and visit more regions of Uganda to promote tourism, culture and charity.

Miss Uganda North America is a leadership program managed by Texas-based Inzozi Fashion House in partnership with UNAA. The program aims to arm young Ugandan women living in North America with leadership skills and awareness of global issues, and to help create leadership opportunities for all contestants in their local communities.

The 2019 Miss Uganda North America contestants’ looks were spiced up by Uganda’s hair stylist Zziwa Hairbyzziwa, Phiona Batina, Vickie Bonita Artistry for the face beat, Ras Kasozi of KAS Wear, Ipigogo Fashion House, Dainne Ikiriza of Iki Dee Fashions Adrin Gelvin of Chelimo Styles and Edith Muyinda of Byasiima Couture.

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Museveni pledges to review new policy on local pentecost churches

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Geoffery Serugo
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The born again pastor receive President Museveni at Lugogo.

 

 

President Yoweri Museveni, has said he will review the new National Policy on Religious and Faith-Based Organisations (R&FBOs) proposed by minister of Ethics and integrity, Fr. Simon Lokodo, requiring all religious leaders to obtain formal theological training from a recognised institution.

According to Fr. Lokodo, the new policy was in the advanced stage of formulation and cabinet is expected to discuss it to pave the way for the enactment of the law. The policy has always been criticized alleging that it has come from a malicious source and thoughts intended to crash the Church.

Speaking during the conference of born-again pastors evangelists at Lugogo, Museveni, said he has not got had time to discuss with Fr. Lokodo. “We shall discuss his proposal, biblically, Simon Peter didn’t go to a seminary. We shall discuss this,”  he said.

Museveni used that platform to encourage Christians to lead as examples when it comes to wealth creation and chasing away poverty. How can a Christian be the light when his children are starving and wearing rags?

“Wherever you look in the Bible, the guidance is ‘Don’t just talk, but do’. That is how God will assess you,” he said.

Earlier, the founder and Senior Pastor of the Miracle Centre Cathedral, Robert, and said Africa is no longer under the curse and it’s time to stand with President Museveni to build our land.

“We have one disturbing issue that is scaring all 55,000 of us is Father Lokodo’s policy document. That document doesn’t represent you at all. We wonder why they only bring it when we’re approaching elections,” he told the president.

“We believe that the spirit of God is upon our country. We thank the president for granting us the freedom we needed. Pastors and evangelists have something common with the national resistance movement (NRM) government. NRM has the correct ideology and we have the correct theology.” Kayanja said.

 

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UIA licences projects worth US$1.3b as China leads source of funding

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George Mangula
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Rwakakamba Morrison @Rwakakamba · Sep 21 Investment State Minister Anite Evelyn, chairman UIA Board Dr. Emely Kugonza, and board members Morrison Rwakakamba and Fred Opolot as they receive 200 acres of land title from Koboko district leadership for establishment of Oraba Industrial Park.

The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) Iicensed 286 projects worth US$1.3 billion in the financial years 2018/2019, according to the Acting Director General, Lawrence Byensi.

The projects where licenced in the sectors of agriculture, hunting, forest & fishing; community & social services; construction; electricity, gas & Water; finance, insurance, real estate & business; manufacturing, mining & quarrying; transport, storage & Communication; and wholesale & retail, catering & accommodation services.

The manufacturing sector with 148 projects had over 50 percent of the total projects licenced during the period under review. It was followed by agriculture…which had 51 projects licenced. They were followed by the sectors of Transport, Storage & communication and wholesale & retail, catering & accommodation services that had 25 and 18 projects licenced respectively.

Construction, electricity, gas & water had 17 and 12 projects licenced respectively. While Community & Social Services, finance, insurance, real estate & business services and mining & quarrying had 1, 8 and 6 projects licenced respectively.

Domestic projects had planned investment of about US$328. 8 million while foreign-owned projects had planned investment of just over US$1 trillion.

Planned investment by ownership shows joint venture projects leading with about US$790 million while locally owned had US$130.5 million.

Top sources of investment where China, Uganda, Lebanon, India and United Arab Emirates (UAE). China led the group with about US$607.3 million, followed by Uganda at US$328.8 million. Lebanon India and United UAE followed with US$70.6 million, US$58 million and US$55.7 million respectively.

The planned investments were supposed to create a total of 59,940 jobs, with  foreign-owned projects providing 45,203 jobs while locally owned projects creating 14, 737 jobs.

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Second Ebola vaccine to complement ring vaccination, given green light in DRC

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Our Reporter
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Congolese officials and the World Health Organization officials wear protective suits as they participate in a training against the Ebola virus near the town of Beni in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 11, 2018. REUTERS/Samuel Mambo

 

 

The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced plans to introduce a second experimental Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, from mid- October.

This vaccine, which is given as a second-dose course, 56 days apart, will be provided under approved protocols to targeted at-risk populations in areas that do not have active Ebola transmission as an additional tool to extend protection against the virus.

“The DRC authorities, in deciding to deploy the second experimental vaccine to extend protection against this deadly virus, have once again shown leadership and their determination to end this outbreak as soon as possible,” said WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

“The evaluation of the second Ebola vaccine will help ensure that we have potentially an additional tool to prevent the expansion of the outbreak and also a potential tool to protect populations before outbreaks hit areas at risk,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director for Africa.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will complement the current vaccine (rVSV-ZEBOV-GP, manufactured by Merck), which has proven highly effective and safe, and which has helped protect thousands of lives. The Merck vaccine will continue to be provided to all people at high risk of Ebola infection including those who have been in contact with a person confirmed to have Ebola, all contacts of contacts, and others determined to be at high risk of contracting Ebola. To date over 223,000 people have received this vaccination during the current outbreak.

In May 2019, WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) reviewed use of vaccines in the ongoing Ebola outbreak and issued recommendations. These included adjusting the dose of the Merck vaccine, evaluating a second vaccine under appropriate protocols, changing strategies when insecurity makes it difficult to reach people – such as providing pop-up vaccination stations — and increasing the number of people vaccinated within communities with ongoing transmission, sometimes vaccinating whole villages.

“In everything we do, we are driven by science,” Dr Tedros said. “The advice we were given by SAGE in May has been applied, always taking into account community needs and preferences, as we know this will make the approach more effective. The changes made have saved thousands of lives in this outbreak.”

New therapeutics and better use of treatment protocols have also saved many lives. “To date, 973 people have been successfully treated and released from Ebola treatment centres, and we expect that the 1000th survivor will return to his or her community in the coming weeks,” Dr Moeti said.

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Sudhir erects mega 250 apartments at Kabira

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Sudhir Ruparelia, East Africa's wealthiest man.

 

City money mogul Sudhir Ruparelia started the construction of 250 apartments in Bukoto next to Kabira Country-Club.

The construction that kicked off over the weekend is situated at the former Kabira International School which turned into Kampala International School of Uganda (KISU). Eagle Online has established that the apartments will be part of Country club which has been having shortage of accommodation due to the high flux of visitors. This website has learnt that upon completion, Sudhir also intends to build apartments on the next plot of the land which is nearer Cayenne restaurant and lounge.

The club boosts of an international swimming pool, health club and well established hotel services offered by any five star hotel.  Mr. Sudhir has been rated by Forbs as the richest Ugandan and is the top tax payer in the real estate field.

The Ruparelia Group which runs a multitude of companies in Uganda continues to flourish in Uganda even after the closure of Crane Bank Limited in 2016. The Group does business in real estate, hospitality, horticulture, labour export and education among others.

In real estate business include; Speke Apartments on Wampewo Avenue, Kingdom Kampala Mall in Naksasero, Bukoto Heights Apartment and Tagore Apartments, Kitante Apartments among others.
In hospitality, the Group boasts of Munyonyo Country Resort, Speke Hotel, Kabira Country Club, among others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Van Dijk favourite for 2019 Fifa ‘The Best’ player Award

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Van Dijk with European best player award

Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk is the favourite to scoop this year’s FIFA The Best footballer award at the gala ceremony scheduled for today night in Milan, Italy.

Van Dijk, Ronaldo and Messi are the three men’s finalists for The Best Player award, with the winner to be announced on Monday in a star-studded ceremony in Milan’s famous opera house La Scala.

The Dutch defender helped Liverpool to the Champions League trophy last season and is well-positioned having already won the UEFA player of the year award ahead of the two.

Since The Best award was created in 2016, the winner has gone on to also lift the coveted French Ballon d’Or award, which will be unveiled on December 2.

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric won the men’s prize for best player in 2018 – the first time in 11 years Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi failed to come out on top in a world footballer of the year award.

Based on Liverpool’s success last season it could be Van Dijk’s turn to become the first defender since Italy’s former World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro in 2006.

The 28-year-old proved himself among the best defenders in the world for Liverpool and the Dutch national side who reached the Nations League final.

Liverpool also missed out on the Premier League title by just one point behind Manchester City.

Both Messi and Ronaldo have won FIFA’s award in different guises five times each. Former Real Madrid star Ronaldo’s six-year reign as the Champions League top scorer ended last season.

The 34-year-old scored six goals in Juventus’s European campaign, including an incredible treble against Atletico Madrid, before they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Ajax. Ronaldo also won the Nations League with Portugal and his first Serie A title with Juventus.

Messi was top scorer in the Champions League last season with 12 goals before Barcelona were eliminated by Liverpool in the semi-finals. The Argentine was also the top European scorer with 36 goals and won La Liga title with Barcelona.

The 32-year-old helped Argentina to bronze at 2019 Copa America. Messi however could pay for his three-month suspension by South American football body CONMEBOL after alleging corruption at the Copa America.

Among the women, American World Cup winners Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, are in the running along with England’s Lucy Bronze.

Rapinoe, 34, left France with a Golden Boot and Golden Ball award.

The three contenders for the men’s coaching award are Liverpool’s Champions League winning coach Jurgen Klopp, along with Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino, who reached the European final, and Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola.

US women’s coach Jill Ellis is in the running for the women’s coaching award along with England’s Phil Neville and Dutch coach Sarina Wiegman.

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Reforming the tax systems in Africa -Swedish experience

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Guest Writer
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Mr. Katabazi

 

By Patrick Kiconco Katabaazi

 

One of the biggest development challenges in Africa is the inability to mobilize adequate revenue to meet public expenditure demands.

One would think that this dilemma is purely an African problem. It is not. Most countries have been confronted with domestic resources mobilization dilemma and even those that have made strives, they have to keep fine-tuning their systems to keep pace with the fast-changing world.

Sweden is one of those countries that have transformed the tax system to a level where the Swedish Tax Agency (Skervettee) is voted year in and year out as the best public agency!

Is it possible for a tax agency to be this popular? In Sweden it is! This didn’t happen either overnight or that easily.

The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) is a public agency in Sweden responsible for national tax collection. The agency was formed on 1 January 2004 through the merger of the Swedish National Tax Board (Riksskatteverket) and the then 10 existing regional tax authorities (skattemyndigheter).

According to the Commissioner General-, the reform process has taken over 30 years. Swedish Tax system is based on transparency, trust and innovation.

The reform was very ambitious, involving a mixture of tax rate cuts and tax base broadening amounting to about 6% of GDP.  These started in in 1991 and resulted from a long process of investigation in which alternative blueprints for tax reform were carefully studied by various government committees involving academic tax experts, civil servants, politicians and representatives of the most important interest groups. During this long process of detailed analysis, the key players in the Swedish tax policy debate reached a high degree of consensus concerning the main weaknesses of the old tax system. It is this painful and highly successful process that is responsible for the robust tax regime we see today.

Besides tax cuts and broadening of the tax base, inculcating the aspect of public and client satisfaction has produced profound results.

It is clear that most citizens don’t trust government agencies and as such the former looks at the latter with suspicion and the reverse is true.

One of the deliberate actions taken by the Swedish tax agency was to reconstruct a new culture based on trust and mutual respect. This strategy has paid off. The tax agency opened doors to taxpayers but also did their best to innovate ways where taxpayers could easily pay their taxes.

Currently, over 98% of tax collection is based on voluntary compliance and over 90%of the taxpayers don’t have to have a physical interface with the agency but rather use online services.

As part of building trust and confidence, the Tax agency had to reform internal organization culture geared towards minimizing wastage of public resources and efficient handling of cases. For example, the commissioner-general has no official car or special budget. She has no individual office but sits with the rest of the staff in general space. The modesty of employees at the tax agency is part of the wider public service culture of effective utilization of resources to the extent Prime Minister of Sweden travels economy class for national engagements.

There is a lot of things to learn from the Swedish tax agency ranging from administrative reforms to communication, taxpayer -tax collector relationship building and research and development.

The writer is Centre for Budget and Tax Policy Founding Director. He is currently in Sweden on a study tour of the tax and social security systems.

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Marriott International expects to add 40 new properties across Africa by 2023

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Our Reporter
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From the Africa Hotel Investment Forum in Addis, Marriott International, with presence in Uganda, has reinforced its commitment to Africa by announcing it expects to add 40 properties and over 8,000 rooms across the continent by the end of 2023.

The company also announced signed agreements to open its first property in Cape Verde and further expand its presence in Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria. Marriott’s development pipeline through 2023 is estimated to drive investment of over $2 billion from property owners and is expected to generate over 12,000 new jobs in Africa.

Marriott International’s current portfolio in Africa encompasses close to 140 properties with more than 24,000 rooms across 14 brands and 20 countries and territories.

“Africa is a land of opportunity with untapped potential and remains core to our strategy,” said Alex Kyriakidis, President and Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, Marriott International. “The economic growth the region is witnessing, along with the substantial emphasis countries across the continent are placing on the travel and tourism sector, present us with immense opportunities for growth.”

“With compelling, well-established lifestyle brands and Marriott Bonvoy, our industry-leading travel program, we continue to offer different attributes that resonate with the region’s fast-growing middle class and cater to its evolving market place,” Kyriakidis added.

Marriott’s expected growth through 2023 is driven by a strong demand and steady growth for its premium and select-service brands– led by Marriott Hotels with eight anticipated openings and six slated openings under Protea Hotels by Marriott. The company is expected to introduce the Courtyard by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott and Element Hotels brands.

Marriott also continues to see growth opportunities for its luxury brands and expects to double its luxury portfolio in Africa by year-end 2023, with more than ten new openings across The Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis, Luxury Collection and JW Marriott brands. The company also expects to launch W Hotels in Africa with the opening of W Tangier in Morocco by 2023.

Key markets fuelling Marriott’s growth in Africa include Morocco, South Africa, Algeria and Egypt.

“Marriott’s established presence and local expertise in Africa, along with our diverse brands and the collective strength of our global platform, put us in a great position to further enhance our footprint in the region where owners are looking to develop high-quality lodging with brands that can differentiate and elevate their product,” commented Jerome Briet, Chief Development Officer, Middle East & Africa, Marriott International.

The company announced three deal signings, further reinforcing its commitment to Africa and the significant growth opportunity the region continues to provide.

Marriott’s recent deal signings in Africa are:

Four Points by Sheraton São Vincente, Laginha Beach (Cape Verde)

The company anticipates making its debut in Cape Verde with the Four Points by Sheraton São Vincente, Laginha Beach. The property is scheduled to open in 2022 with 128 stylishly appointed guestrooms, three dining outlets, meeting rooms and leisure facilities, including a fitness centre and outdoor pool. Four Points by Sheraton São Vincente Laginha Beach will be situated on the second most populated island, São Vicente, in the town of Mindelo, and will also feature a bridge to provide guests direct access to a private, exclusive area of the popular Laginha Beach. The hotel is a franchised property owned by Maseyka Holdings Investments Sociedade Unipessoal LDA and will be managed by Access Hospitality Development and Consulting.

Four Points by Sheraton Mekelle (Ethiopia)

Marriott signed an agreement for its first Four Points by Sheraton in Ethiopia slated to open by 2022. Owned by A Z PLC, Four Points by Sheraton in Mekelle will offer 241 stylishly appointed rooms, an all-day dining restaurant, a bar and lounge, an executive lounge, meeting facilities, a fitness center and a spa. A growing industrial and manufacturing hub, Mekele also lies along Ethiopia’s historic northern tourism circuit, which includes a number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Lalibela, the Simian Mountains National Park, Axum, Gondar and the Blue Nile Falls. The hotel is located along the airport road in a prime location overlooking the city.

Four Points by Sheraton São Vincente, Laginha Beach and Four Points by Sheraton Mekelle will both feature Four Points by Sheraton’s approachable design and excellent service and reflect the brand’s promise to provide what matters most to today’s independent travellers.

Protea Hotel by Marriott Kisumu (Kenya)

The company also expects to expand its footprint in Kenya with the signing of Protea Hotel by Marriott Kisumu in Kenya. The property is expected to be the first internationally branded hotel in Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city and will be located on the shores of Lake Victoria, the continent’s largest freshwater lake. Scheduled to open in 2022, the hotel will feature 125 rooms with views of the lake, three food and beverage outlets, more than 500 square meters of event and meeting space and a rooftop infinity pool, along with other leisure facilities. Protea Hotel by Marriott Kisumu is a franchised property owned by Bluewater Hotels and will be managed by Aleph Hospitality.

Residence Inn by Marriott Lagos Victoria Island (Nigeria)

Marriott plans to introduce its extended-stay brand, Residence Inn by Marriott, in Nigeria with the signing of Residence Inn Lagos Victoria Island. Owned by ENI Hotels Limited, the property will be situated in Lagos Lagoon on Victoria Island – the financial and commercial centre of Lagos. Residence Inn by Marriott Victoria Island will be designed for those taking longer stays with 130 spacious one- and two-bedroom suites featuring separate living, working and sleeping areas and fully-functional kitchens. The property will also offer a 24/7 Grab’n Go market and Fitness Centre. Residence Inn by Marriott Lagos Victoria Island is anticipated to open in 2023.

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UNBS acquires Shs235m equipment to test composition of steel products

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Geoffery Serugo
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Optical Emission Spectrometer

 

 

Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has acquired Optical Emission Spectrometer (OES), a machine used to test chemical composition of steel and aluminum metal products.

The Shs235 million machine is able to determine the amount of chemical elements as well as trace metals in steel and aluminium products.

“The machine acquisition is a great step in the fight against poor quality steel products on the market. It will further enhance our capacity to test comprehensively all parameters as prescribed in the standard to ensure good quality products on the market,” the UNBS Executive Director Dr. Ben Manyindo said.

Chemical composition of steel is a key factor in determining the product’s performance in terms of strength, hardness and ultimately quality of the final product.

The new OES, which cost UNBS Shs235 million, supplements the Universal Testing Machine (UTM) which UNBS has been using to test the strength of the steel products. It completes a set of equipment needed for testing both physical and chemical parameters of steel products.

“It was necessary to acquire the OES machine since our investigations have revealed that most of the substandard iron bars on the market also have wrong chemical composition. Some manufacturers mark steel iron bars with grades of 500 but after testing, some are found to have grades as low as 300 contrary to what is required by the standard,” Manyindo said.

“This machine will therefore enable us to detect such discrepancies early enough to institute the necessary corrective measures,” Manyindo said.  “With the acquisition of the spectrometer, even the turnaround time for testing steel products will greatly improve thereby facilitation trade and development of the steel sector”.

 

 

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Uganda thrills guests at JAMAFEST in TZ

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Pupils-of-Clevers-Origin-Junior-school-who-performed-on-behalf-of-Uganda

 

 

The Ugandan delegation at the East African Community Arts and Culture Festival (JAMAFEST) put up a thrilling show of cultural dances on the first day of the regional fair taking place in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam.

It’s the fourth time the festival codenamed Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki Utamaduni (JAMAFEST) is being held as part of the drive to promote the East African integration.
Team Uganda led by the Minister of State for Gender and Culture Affairs, Peace Mutuuzo Regis is composed of dance troops from across the regions as well as leaders from the two streams of arts and culture in Uganda.

On Saturday, which was the first day of the festival taking place between September 21-29, 2019, saw the Community member States participate in a street carnival which involved showcasing cultural performances from their respective countries.
Mesmerized Tanzanians lined the streets as they stood body to body to catch a glimpse of cultural performances from neighbouring countries.

Pupils from Clevers’ Origin Junior School from Kitintale in Kampala and Mizizi Ensemble dance group combined forces to thrill onlookers with the Bakisimba dance from Buganda region through the streets and back to the Tanzanian National Stadium where it all climaxed.

Speaking at stadium, Minister Mutuuzo underscored the importance of promoting integration through culture since the East Africans share a similar cultural heritage that was only distorted by the creation of the colonial boundaries.
The Tanzanian Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe commended the East African countries for turning up for the festival that Tanzania is hosting for the first time.
He pledged that Tanzania would ensure that the event achieves its intended objective as guided by the theme: ““Cultural Diversity: A Key Driver to Regional Integration, Economic Growth and Promotion of Tourism”.
Among the Ugandan delegation are Members of Parliament; Hon. Agnes Kunihiira, Hon. Kibalya Maurice and Hon. Lucy Akello. Others are the Under Secretary Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Benon Kigenyi, the Commissioner Culture and Family Affairs, Juliana Naomo, the Executive Director Uganda National Cultural Centre (UNCC), Francis Peter Ojede and the chair board of trustees UNCC, Okello Kelli Sam. Two cultural institutions; Tooro and Obwenengo Bwa Bugwe out of the sixteen gazetted by the Government are also represented.

The Ugandan night will feature this Wednesday and Mutuuzo will preside over as the chief guest.
The official opening ceremony takes place later today, Sunday and the President of Tanzania, John
Among other activities lined up through the week are a symposium, exhibition, music gala, theatrical performances, traditional children’s games, fashion and modelling and local films screening.
The last JAMAFEST was held in Kampala and was officially recognized as the best arranged so far.

 

 

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