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Ivorian music star DJ Arafat, killed in motorbike crash

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Ivorian musician DJ Arafat has died of injuries he sustained in a motor bike accident, his management teams have said. Arafat died days after Ugandan Musician Ziggy Wine also died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Kampala.

The 33-year-old, whose real name is Ange Didier Houon, died on Monday in a hospital in Abidjan. He had been undergoing treatment after the accident on Sunday, his spokesman Yves Roland Jay Jay told CNN.

“He was involved in an accident in the Angre neighborhood and later died in hospital. He died at 8:10 am this morning,” Yves Jay Jay confirmed by telephone on Monday.

“He was Ivory Coast’s best musician,” said Yves Jay Jay in somber voice. He gave no further details about the incident or the nature of the musician’s injuries.

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has offered his condolences to the musician’s family and the arts community.

“It is with great sadness that I learned of the premature passing of Houon Ange Didier “DJ Arafat” Youth Icon and ambassador for Ivorian music and culture. I extend my sincere condolences to his mother, his children, his biological and artistic families as well as to all his fans. My prayers are with them during this painful ordeal,” President Ouattara wrote on Facebook.

The country’s defense minister, Hamed Babayoko, said he was deeply saddenedby the news and described the artist as his “son” saying his death was a loss to African culture.

Celebrities and fans are also mourning the musician called the “King of Coupé-Décalé.” Coupé-décalé is a flamboyant and brash music style meaning ” to cheat someone and run away,” in Ivorian slang.

Ivorian ex-football star Didier Drogba sent his condolences on Twitter.

DJ Arafat won the best artist of the year during the Coupé-Décalé Awards in 2016 and 2017. Coupé-Décalé became popular while the Ivory Coast was in the throes of war in the 2000s. The dance style has become popular in many French-speaking countries in West Africa.

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Man City’s ‘B team’ can challenge for the Premier League title – Jose Mourinho

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Former Manchester United and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claims that the Premier League champions Manchester City could even win the title with their second-string team.

Mourinho was making his Sky Sports punditry debut when he was asked to name the title contenders for this season’s league title.

The Portuguese manager cannot see any other team apart from Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool or Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur causing Pep Guardiola problems this season.

Asked to identify the contenders for this season’s Premier League title, Mourinho replied: “Four: Man City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Man City’s B team.

Manchester City demolished West Ham 5-0 on Saturday in their first game of the season.

“When I look at the images of the bench of Manchester City when they won 5-0 at West Ham when even some of the players were not involved, they could fight for the title.” Mourinho said

“Independent of what happens today, even if one of the team plays magnificently and has a fantastic result, I don’t believe they are going to be in the title race.

“And it is also difficult for me, despite them having some good players, to see Arsenal in a title race. But I think Tottenham has to join it.”

A serial winner across Europe and in English football, Mourinho guided Chelsea to the Premier League title on three occasions across two spells in West London.

The 56-year-old began his punditry stint by joking “I hope it’s not going to be for a long time.” Mourinho has said he is targeting a return to management soon but recently turned down an offer from the Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande.

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Kenyan police raid tycoon’s home in war against drug trade

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The swoop came a day after Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i announced a looming “painful period for criminal gangs and drug lords” in the coastal city that was last week hit by a wave of organised crime, reports Standard Digital.

Mr Punjani was not at home at the time of the raid. He was said to be in India where he underwent heart surgery.

It was not clear whether the police were aware of his absence before launching the raid or even whether he had information on the impending raid before he left the country.

Ongoing trial

Yesterday, it emerged that the businessman, whose name came up during the ongoing criminal trial of suspected Kenyan drug kingpins in New York, had been assigned 19 police officers as bodyguards, signalling his immense influence within the national security apparatus.

Last month, Vijay Goswami, another suspected drug lord, described Punjani as a rival drug trader in Mombasa – casting the light on the reclusive businessman.

Mr Goswami was testifying in the trial of the Akasha brothers who were arrested in Kenya and extradited to the US to face drug trafficking charges.

Police sources indicated that prior to the raid, intelligence reports linking Punjani to criminal activities and narcotics had been circulated.

The information was collected from 17 suspects, including a ward rep from Likoni who was arrested in the day-long operation.

During the raid in Likoni, police took away 42 sachets of heroin, 147 rolls of bhang, 747 tablets of Bugizi and Sh608,000 in fake currency.

The police swoop came after last week’s violence in Nyali and Kisauni constituencies linked to the drug trade in which scores of people were injured.

Dr Matiang’i had on Sunday warned that the police would come down hard on organised criminals operating in the coastal region and other parts of the country.

Coast Regional police coordinator, Johnstone Ipara, yesterday asked Punjabi and his associates to surrender at the nearest police station.

“We are asking this man and his associates to surrender at any police station in Kenya. The raid follows a meeting with the CS who instructed us to deal with the drug issue, which is the main cause of violence in the region” said Mr Ipara.

Police expected to come under heavy pressure to explain how a large number of officers were assigned to guard the businessman.

The armed police guards were assigned to his homes and businesses despite an ongoing criminal case in court. Sources said the policemen were withdrawn just before the raid began.

Punjabi lives in a palatial home, located atop a cliff and overlooking the Indian Ocean, in the upmarket Nyali. The home can only be accessed through an electrified gate and is guarded 24 hours.

The only other exit from the home is a door on the ocean front.

More than 30 police officers participated in the raid on Punjabi’s home attracting the attention of curious neighbours.

Bulletproof windows

Inside the compound, were top of the range vehicles, some fitted with bulletproof windows.

The businessman was first linked to narcotics by a US embassy dossier that the then Internal Security minister George Saitoti tabled in Parliament about to 10 years ago.

Investigations, however, cleared him of the any links with drugs trade before his name resurfaced in an ongoing criminal trial in New York of suspected Kenyan drug barons-Baktash Akasha, Ibrahim Akasha and Indian fugitive Vijay Goswami and Gulam Hussein from Pakistan.

During the trial, Punjani’s name was mentioned.

The Akashas, Goswami and Gulam were transferred to the US in early 2017 to face drugs-related charges

A month before the transfer, Punjani was charged with fighting in public with the Akashas.

During yesterday’s operation, police recovered rolls of bhang and fake new and old currencies from one of the homes of the detained suspects.

Punjani’s home has now been placed under 24-hour armed police guard.

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Kenya part ways with Harambee Stars head coach Sebastien Migne

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Sébastien Migné
 

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has parted ways with Harambee Stars coach Sebastien Migne by mutual agreement.

This comes just a week after Kenya was knocked out of the 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers by Tanzania Taifa Stars 4-1 on post-match penalties after both legs ended in a barren stalemate.

The statement from the football federation today read;

“Football Kenya Federation and Harambee Stars Head Coach Sébastien Migné have agreed to terminate the coach’s contract on mutual consent.

“Consequently, FKF and Migné have agreed on a settlement for the coach, over a period of time.

“The Federation wishes to thank Coach Migné for his exemplary work and high standard of professionalism during his tenure, which culminated in the country qualifying for the 2019 AFCON tournament for the first time in 15 years.

“The reorganization and appointment process for a new technical bench is already underway and the team to steer the Harambee Stars forward will be announced shortly.

‘We wish the coach all the best in his future endeavors, this even as we turn our focus on the upcoming 2021 AFCON qualifiers, with a view to try and qualify for the final tournament.”

Migne becomes the third coach after Stanley Okumbi and Paul Put to be sacked since Nick Mwendwa took office in February 2016.

The French football coach was appointed in May 2018 taking over from Belgian Paul Put. He guided Kenya to the Africa Cup of Nations in June for the first time in 15 years.

 
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Court gives state second last chance to produce all witness against Bobi Wine for prosecution

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Bobi Wine in court.

 

Court given prosecution a second last adjournment to produce all its witnesses in the case against Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine.

The Buganda Road Magistrates Court, has tasked prosecution to produce key witness in case of disobeying statutory order against MP Kyagulanyi.

Bobi Wine is accused of taking participating in a protest against social media tax where Ugandans a subscribed to daily levy of Shs200 to access social media platforms.

Appearing before Grade one magistrate, Ketty Acaa, prosecution led by  Barbra Kyomugisha told court that she had not summoned witnesses in the matter and there for asked for adjournment for sate to make preparations to table evidences that will led to conviction of suspects.

This prompted the sitting magistrate to adjourn the matter to September 17 and cautioned them to them that this is the second last adjournment.

His co-accused include; Julius Katongole, his brother Nyanzi Fred Sentamu, David Lule and Edward Sebuufu commonly known as Eddie Mutwe. They charges of disobedience of statutory duty when in July 11, 2018 he held a public meeting that protested the mobile money and social media tax, without notifying police contrary to provisions of the Public Order Management Act.

Bobi wine was on May 2, 2019 granted bail of Shs1 million cash after spending three days on remand at Luzira prison. He was arrested on 30 April 2019 at Kalerwe market on his way to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Kibuli where had been summoned over allegations of breaching of police guidelines and traffic rules.

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Boxing federation names team for All Africa Games in Morocco

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Boxing team
 

Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) has announced a ten man squad to represent the nation at the All Africa Games scheduled for next week in Rabat, Morocco.

The boxing team includes eight boxers from the 25 boxers that have been in a residential camp for two months plus two coaches. Six of the boxers are men while the two are women. The head coach is a male and a female as his deputy.

The Official Uganda Bombers Team that will represent the nation in the All Africa Games include; Champion Busingye in Light fly (49kg) category, Masembe Isaac in Bantam (56kg) and Light weight (60kg) Tukamuhebwa Joshua.

The Super heavy weight (91kg) will be represented by Geko Solomon, Shadir Musa Bwogi (Captain) in Welterweight (69kg) and Kavuma David Semujju for Middle weight (75kg).

The women are Baleke Hellen (Middle weight 75kg) and Nalia Jalia (Bantam).

Meddie Mulani will be the head coach and Mukankusi Mercy as the assistant.

Sweden-based Kennedy Katende won a bronze medal for Ugandan at the 2015 All-Africa Games.

Uganda is scheduled to compete in 3×3 basketball, Badminton, Chess, Cycling, Handball and Weight lighting. In total 77 competitors are scheduled to represent Uganda.

The 2019 African Games are in their 12th edition and will take place from August 19-31, 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This will be the first time that the African Games will be hosted by Morocco.

The forthcoming games, formally known as the All Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years.

They are organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC).

 
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Judiciary should use Magistrate Kamasanyu’s regrettable incident for self-reflection- FDC

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FDC TO RESIST MUSEVENI NOMINEES TO IEC: FDC spokesperson Semujju Nganda at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi.
 

Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has urged judiciary to use the regrettable incident where Buganda road magistrates, Gladys Kamasanyu, was hit with a bottle as for self-reflection not as a platform to wage war against political platforms and formations.

Early this month, Magistrate Kamasanyu tested the bitterness of angry Ugandans after sentencing Makerere University researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi to 18 months in prison. A water bottle hurled at the magistrate’s head by Nyanzi’s supporters in protest to the sentenced handed to Dr. Nyanzi.

In the process six people were arrested and charged and remanded to Luzira prison. The the charged persons include Augustine Ojobile, Abudalla Waiswa, Joel Kabali, Simoni Wanyera, Fatuma Abenabyo and Moses Katumba.

Speaking at FDC headquarters in Kampala on Monday, the spokes Ibrahim Semujju Nganda, said without rationalizing incident, Judiciary should subject itself to an external investigation headed by credible people such as Prof. Fredrick Ssempebwa, Prof. Fredrick Juuko, and Prof. Oloka Onyango, Prof. Sylvia Tamale. Naming staff to investigate staff including their bosses is a cover up.

“We understand the circumstances under which the Judiciary is operating. Her independence is deliberately undermined by Museveni but selling justice is also unacceptable,” he said.

Despite getting Shs 255 billion annually, the performance of the Judiciary remains a big concern. Currently, there are about140 cases pending in Supreme Court which handled only 43 cases the whole of last year.

There are 15,628 cases before the Court of Appeal which handled only 598 cases last year. There are 130,000 cases still pending before the High Court which handled only 12571 cases last year. There are 183,771 cases pending in Magistrate Courts which handled only 62,000 last year.

“Nobody knows the criteria used by courts to hear cases. There are no standard grounds for giving or denying bail. And we all know what has been happening to money we are asked to pay for bail.”

“If a citizen or citizens get angry and throw an object at a court officer, a responsible institution should use the incident for self-reflection and not as a platform to wage war at political platforms and formations,” Semujju said.
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Tullow Oil appoints Mariam Nampeera Mbowa as new MD replacing Mugerwa

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Tullow Oil Uganda has appointed experienced lawyer Mariam Nampeera Mbowa as new Managing Director after Tullow Oil plc recalled former MD Jimmy Mugerwa to its headquarters in London, UK.

Mariam has vast experience in the oil and gas sector and has been working with the company for about seven years as its lead counsel for both the company’s operations in Uganda and Kenya.

As reported earlier on Monday,   one of the reasons for the recall of Mugerwa to London is as a result of the bad press he has been attracting as Dfcu bank’s board chairman. This, according to insiders, has been tarnishing Tullow Oil’s international image.

By appointing Mariam to replace him, the company thinks its image will be redeemed but also hopes she will help the company manage its farm down in Uganda, the processes undergoing negotiations with government. The company recently said it was frustrated  negotiations were taking too long to be completed in the transaction worth about US$900 million.

Mariam holds Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Makerere University and Masters of Law, Commercial and Corporate Law from London School of Economics and Political Science. She also holds a diploma in petroleaum policy and management from PETRAD-Stavanger, Norway. She has also worked with Shell and Mobil Uganda Limited.

Before his recall to London, Mugerwa had been under pressure to stop publicity coming from DFCU Bank after it acquired Crane Bank Limited with no success. Last month while addressing guests at the 3rd annual Ugandan Bankers’ Conference urged government to reign on local media that reports negatively about him and DFCU bank.

Mugerwa got the good job because of his experience as a top manager at Shell and his expertise in government relations, which Tullow needed badly.
Mugerwa who previously worked in Shell’s East Africa business where he was General Manager of Sales & Operations and served as Shell Kenya Country Chairman, a position he has held since October 2009, has however had a rough corporate ride both at Tullow and Dfcu.

Mugerwa was appointed Tullow Oil General Manager when the partners within the Lake Albert Basin were about to embark on a major oil development which would see Uganda enter the league of oil producing nations

However Mugerwa’s stewardship at Tullow Oil Uganda has not achieved much, with the farm down facing challenges.

As chairman Dfcu bank, Mugerwa helped the bank to acquire Crane Bank Limited, which has since become a controversial move, leading to the resignation former MD Juma Kisaame.

The investigation by the Auditor General and the probe by Uganda Parliament on the seven banks closed by the Bank of Uganda, unmasked Dfcu bank as a player in fraudulent transactions that led to the purchase of assets of Crane Bank Limited and Global Trust Bank Uganda in January 2017 and 2014 respectively.

The bad press that followed Dfcu and Bank of Uganda left the chairman of the Dfcu board and other top bank management open to professional criticism over their judgement and decisions taken.

Mugerwa has also a number of managerial positions within Shell’s business across Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and the Netherlands – and had not attracted such negative press until he landed in Uganda. The negative press also has been largely about his association with Dfcu and less about Tullow Oil. This could actually inform Tullow Oil’s decision to transfer him, and offer the captainship of Tullow to a new executive.

Mugerwa holds a BSc in Agriculture from Makerere University and a MSc in Agricultural Chemicals from the University of Wales. He is married with two children.

Mugerwa’s recall to London also comes at the time when Tullow Oil has announced a major oil discovery in the Orinduik block in Guyana, raising expectations it will move to develop a field in the oil-rich South American country. He hasn’t had a good relations with Kampala as it is reported that at one of the meetings at State House, Mugerwa was chased out by President Museveni.

The discovery in the closely watched Jethro-1 well follows a number of exploration successes by Exxon Mobil in the neighbouring Stabroek block in recent years.

Tullow Chief Executive Paul McDade said the well is expected to hold over 100 million barrels of oil, in excess of expectations. The company will start drilling a second well, Joe-1, later this month.

“This substantial and high value oil discovery in Guyana is an outcome of the significant technical and commercial focus which has underpinned the reset of our exploration portfolio. It is an excellent start to our drilling campaign in the highly prolific Guyana oil province. We look forward to drilling both the Joe and Carapa prospects in our 2019 drilling campaign and the material follow-up exploration potential in both the Orinduik and Kanuku licences,” he said.

 
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Ugandan referee selected for CECAFA U15 duty

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William Oloya

 

 

Ugandan centre referee, William Oloya has been appointed by the Council for East and Central Africa Football (CECAFA) to officiate at the upcoming CECAFA U15 Championships due in Asmara, Eritrea starting this Friday.

This will be the first time in Africa, an U15’s football nations tournament will be played as CECAFA launched the junior regional tourney to help football develop in Eastern Africa.

Oloya holds a Fifa badge and has vast experience in officiating Ugandan league games and continental games in the Caf Champions League and Caf confederations cup as well as Afcon qualification games.

He was also part of the officials in the 2019 Cecafa Kagame Club tournament which was won by KCCA FC in Kigali, Rwanda.

Uganda was been placed in group B alongside Rwanda, Ethiopia and South Sudan.

The Ugandan junior team will be managed by Magera Jackson of KCCA FC and assisted by Lutalo Hamuzah. Mubarak Kiberu the Goalkeeping coach, Nakabago Emmanuel will be Team Doctor, Mutyaba Bashir Team Coordinator and Bumpenjje Frank is the Kitsman.

Group A consists of host Eritrea, Kenya, Burundi and Somalia while group C has only three teams – Tanzania, Sudan and Djibouti.

The inaugural tournament is to help the region prepare for the Under 17 AFCON qualifiers that start early next year and also aimed at preventing age-cheating.

Eritrea will host the tournament from August 17 – September 1, 2019.

The event is to be sponsored by the FIFA Forward Programme initiative.

CECAFA is an association of the football playing nations in mostly East Africa and a bit of Central Africa. An affiliate of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), CECAFA is the oldest sub-regional football organisation on the continent.

 

 

 

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Standard Chartered Bank sponsors USPA annual safety campaign 2019

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George Mangula
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Edward Barlow handing over cheque to USPA President Patrick Kanyomozi.

 

 

Standard Chartered Bank on Monday announced its support of the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) Annual Road Safety Campaign which will be held this Saturday. This was announced at a joint press conference held between the stakeholders at the Standard Chartered Bank headquarters.

The Bank once again announced a sponsorship of Shs5 million to facilitate the organization of the road safety campaign as well as jointly implementing an Employee Volunteering initiative which will see USPA and the Bank paint the Mulago Casualty Ward in support of accident victims.

Last year the partners jointly executed a successful Blood donation drive under the theme “5 days – 1,000 pints blood donation campaign” that was implemented by Nakasero Blood Transfusion Services at Buganda Royal University, IUIU, Makerere University, Mukwano Arcade and Lugazi. The campaign managed to collect over 500 units of blood.

While addressing journalists at a press conference, the Head, Operational Risk, Standard Chartered Bank Edward Barlow said that the partnership the Bank has maintained with USPA over the past 12 years is testament to the Bank’s “Here for good” brand promise and its commitment to contributing to the wellbeing of the communities in which it operates.

“We are glad to once again join the Annual USPA Road Safety Campaign to sensitize Ugandans about road safety. We are grateful for the partnership which has over the years given us an opportunity to lend our voice to a problem that affects all of us. With this campaign Standard Chartered Bank, USPA and partners have consistently sensitized and appealed to Ugandans to pay more caution, obey road rules, respect other road users to curb the rampant yet avoidable accidents on our roads. We have all fallen victim or lost loved ones due to accidents so it’s all our duty to firmly do something about this escalating problem and bring down the number of injuries and deaths on our roads,” he said.

The two parties this year are also joining hands with USPA to paint the casualty ward at Mulago Hospital as part of the Road safety campaign. Last year we collected blood, this year let us join hands to reach out to the road accident victims and share a message of hope; that we understand the magnitude of their predicament and are doing something to transform mindsets and change attitudes. The Bank’s staff will actively participate in the activities lined up like; painting zebra crossings, marching, holding a remembrance service for our departed among other things. I urge other stakeholders to join us in this noble cause so we can reach more people.

Barlow added: “The USPA Road Safety campaign is a worthwhile initiative that Standard Chartered Bank has supported since 2007. The other reason for our steadfast support of this initiative is because Uganda continues to be one of the African countries with the highest rate of road accidents and deaths from reckless driving, over speeding among other factors and as a Bank we have also lost several staff to road accidents.”

The President of Uganda Sports Press Association, Patrick Kanyomozi while addressing the journalists thanked Standard Chartered for the sponsorship and partnership once again saying;

“As USPA we are grateful that Standard Chartered Bank has been with us all these years, we value this relationship and it is one that we intend to keep for many more years. Being a part of this campaign for 12 years is testament to the Bank’s commitment to caring for the communities they serve, something that we have in common. As a sports journalist’s body we also care for our communities and this initiative helps us accomplish that.”

Kanyomozi added the sponsorship would to help in carrying out activities in Lugazi on August 24, which will involve painting zebra crossings, as well as the other activities in the build-up. “We will clean and paint the casualty ward in Mulago Hospital, on top of an awareness campaign that we plan to undertake. We thank Standard Chartered Bank for enabling us achieve all that we plan to do,” Kanyomozi said.

He concluded by calling upon Ugandans to be more vigilant and caring towards fellow road users to avoid unnecessary road accidents.

There is need to act immediately and fast to end Road carnage. All the various agencies that should ensure safer roads should work together to save lives. Public enlightenment should be intensified. Our roads would be safer if sign posts were not vandalized, if they were well maintained and a culture of obeying traffic regulations is enforced. We can change this by creating more awareness through initiatives such as this.

 

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