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EXCLUSIVE: Lukwago to swear-in Kizza Besigye on Thursday

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Stephen Muneza
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Opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye (L) and Lord Mayor Lukwago

Drama is expected to ensure on President-elect Yoweri Museveni’s May 12 swearing-in after FDC’s former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye officially announced that he will also be inaugurated on the same date.

In a statement seen by EagleOnline, Mr Besigye claims he won the elections by 52 per cent and his ‘People’s Government’ will be ushered into power by Capital City of Kampala, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago.

“The launch of the People’s Government will take place in the Capital City of Kampala, led by the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago. Come to the City to be witness to this historic occasion”

In the past days, several opposition leaders were arrested as security forces increased a crackdown on political dissent after FDC officials called for countrywide protests ahead of the Thursday presidential inauguration.

The opposition kingpin on Tuesday morning took to social media and spilled what he calls convincing statistical evidence that the election was gravely interfered with in favor of the incumbent.

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Below is Dr Besigye’s full statement.

Regaining Control Over Our Country

The Museveni/NRM regime has ignored the path Forum for Democratic Change has recommended that could help return our country to constitutional rule, following the fraudulent 2016 presidential election and subsequent gross violations of the constitution.

Mr. Museveni, together with some members of his NRM regime, is going ahead to use the armed forces to overthrow the will of the people of Uganda. They seek to retain power by force of arms!

The people of Uganda decided, through the election of 18/02/2016, to change the leadership of our country. They clearly said: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH to the 30-year leadership of Mr. Museveni.

After 30 years of Museveni/NRM rule, Ugandans are crying out loudly due to biting poverty, massive unemployment, collapse of education and health care, collapse of agriculture, collapse of businesses and economic development, excessive taxes, collapse of the physical infrastructure (roads, rail, water transport etc), insufficient and unaffordable power (electricity), etc.

That’s why Ugandans are desirous to regain control of their country. The country cannot remain captive to a handful of corrupt warlords in the NRM regime.

Mr. Museveni may have control of our armed forces and our national resources, but he does not have the support of the people of Uganda. There is also evidence that the majority of members of the armed forces voted for change.

Since it’s clear that the path to amicably and conclusively establish the outcome of the 2016 elections has been ignored, we have no choice but to do what the people of Uganda mandated us to do.

On the 12/05/2016, we shall establish leadership of our country as mandated- a transitional government of national unity. A leadership that will restore to the people of Uganda, the control of our national resources and our national institutions. The people of Uganda are entitled to share our national resources equitably and to enjoy equal opportunities.

 

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Congo opposition leader faces mercenary charges

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Our Reporter
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A leading opposition candidate for president of Democratic Republic of Congo has been questioned in the city of Lubumbashi after the government accused him of hiring mercenaries, reports Reuters news agency.

Police fired tear gas at more than 1,000 supporters of Moise Katumbi who marched to the prosecutor general’s office, where he was being questioned, chanting “president!”.

Some entered the building and at least four were arrested, a witness told Reuters.

Mr Katumbi has denied accusations made by the justice minister last week that he hired mercenaries including US soldiers.

His supporters say the allegations are aimed at derailing his campaign to succeed President Joseph Kabila.

The government denies Katumbi is being targeted for political reasons.

Elections are expected later this year.

@BBC

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Death toll in Bundibugyo landslides reaches 16

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Our Reporter
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Bundibugyo floods were a result of heavy downpour. (PHOTO/NTV)

At least 16 people have been killed by landslides caused by heavy rains on Tuesday morning in Bundibugyo, Rwenzori region officials say.

Most of the victims are mostly children, reports from Humya village in Bukonzo Sub County say. More than 50 injured residents are admitted at Bundibugyo Hospital.

EagleOnline was told the downpours that started at 4.00am have also destroyed more than 210 homes and damaged infrastructure across the district, especially in areas of Bukhonzo, Humya, Bubukwanga and Bumadu.

According to Bundibugyo RDC, Godfrey Mucunguzi, there have been a number of deadly mudslides since last year in Rwenzori area with several infrastructures including bridges, roads, water system have been devastated.

The densely populated region on the foot of Mountain Rwenzori is made up of hills and valleys, and erosion is a problem.

Authorities have blamed the El Nino weather phenomenon for a much heavier rainy season in the region. Vast gardens of coffee, banana and maize remained blanketed white with hailstones as dense cumulonimbus clouds drifted in the mountainous expanse, a warning sign of likely more rains and associated hazard.

Volunteers and Uganda Red Cross staff are reported on ground to help in rescue efforts whereas its unclear whether the ministry of Health has already dispatched a team of different health professionals to do on-the-ground assessment and determine first-line of emergency response.

In recent years, the government has moved some people out of areas designated as high risk like the eastern Bududa District.

 

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Burundi coup leader gets life sentence

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Protests erupted in Burundi against President Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid.

General Cyrille Ndayirukiye, the leader of the failed May 13, 2015 coup plot against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court.

Gen Ndayirukiye, who was sentenced together with 20 other officers and men of the Burundi army, is one of the soldiers who participated in the plot to oust President Nkurunziza, as the president was away in Tanzania attending an East Africa Community (EAC) Heads of State summit convened to deliberate on peace in his troubled country.

Embattled: Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza
Embattled: Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza

Burundi slid into chaos last year following President Nkurunziza’s announcement that he would run for a third term. Since then over 400 people including about a dozen senior army officers have been killed, while another 200,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries.

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Etihad strengthens global management team

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Etihad Aviation Group Board of Directors Chairman Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouei

The Etihad Aviation Group Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouei has announced the new management structure for the Etihad Aviation Group, in a bid to foster steady growth.

He said that the move has been driven by the formation of new companies, including Etihad Airways Engineering, Etihad Global Cargo Management Company, the Global Loyalty Company, Hala Abu Dhabi, and Etihad Airport Services.

“The acquisition of minority equity stakes in Alitalia, airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Etihad Regional operated by Darwin Airline, Jet Airways, and Virgin Australia, has also necessitated the need for a dedicated team to manage our shareholding, and the delivery of wide-ranging synergies that are beneficial to all parties,” Mr Mazrouei said.

One of the world’s leading aviation groups, Etihad employs about 20,500 workers from 140 nationalities and James Hogan, who has served as Etihad Airways President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2006, has been appointed Etihad Aviation Group President and Chief Executive Officer.

Under the leadership of Mr Hogan, the key Etihad Aviation Group functions will be led by James Rigney as Group Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Knight as Group Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Ray Gammell as Group Chief People and Performance Officer, and Robert Webb as Group Chief Information and Technology Officer. These areas will provide leadership, governance and strategic direction in their expert areas across all companies in the Etihad Aviation Group.

Other executives include: the Chief Executive Officer Etihad Airways Peter Baumgartner; the Chief Executive Officer Airline Equity Partners Bruno Matheu and the Chief Executive Officer Etihad Airways Engineering, Jeff Wilkinson.

 

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NCS stabs Museveni in the back

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Our Reporter
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On the 4th of June this year which is exactly three weeks from now the National team the Cranes will be playing away in Gaborone in a crucial Afcon 2017 qualifier against Botswana.

A win against Bostwana will provide Uganda Cranes with an easy path to Gabon but most importantly will deliver tremendous mileage to President Yoweri Museveni’s government.

However in a rather brutal and cruel turn of events orchestrated by National council of Sports, a decision has been made to bring down the curtain on FUFA by disbanding it. The men behind this uncouth move are; Ministry of education and Sports (Charles Bakabulindi, Jennifer Alupo and Omara Apita), National Council of Sports (Onyik Bosco, Galiwango Zubair, Muramagi), Kavuma Kabenge and Solicitor General’s office (Kyomuhendo).

In their vile calculation, these evil men believe that by disbanding FUFA, then FIFA will have no option but to Ban Uganda from all international and local football activities played under association football.

Technically, this would mean that Uganda Cranes game against Bostwana is then put off and Uganda immediately banned from Afcon 2017.

The FIFA ban would definitely attract widespread criticism of government and consequently put the blame on President Yoweri Museveni. The game plan then would be to alienate the government further from people and plant seeds of widespread discontent among the large football following fraternity.

The architects of this malice and sabotage campaign know to well that Ugandans unite around the national team the Cranes and therefore tearing the national team plans apart will play a big role in bringing shame to Museveni’s government.

Turning this block of football followers against Government is all that matters to them!!

But the ban will not only stop at the Uganda Cranes, it will by extension bring an abrupt end to the Uganda premier league that of late has drawn so much attention with fans on the edges of their seats unsure of which team is likely to win it. Being a KCCA fan this is the ultimate injustice one can suffer at such a time! Just when we thought that the league is in our grasp, NCS and its cohorts are planning for other victory parties of denying us our success. I wonder what these people are smoking!!

One of the motivation factors driven by Charles Bakabulindi and Jennifer Alupo to stab Museveni in the back is that they have failed to get over their obsession with RT Hon Amama Mbabazi. It is not a secret that the duo is great admirers of the Go Forward Founder. This however would not be a problem since everybody is entitled to his choice. What makes this a problem is to use that obsession to negatively undermine the existing establishment. This time round the duo together with NCS officials are determined to go down the drain fighting Museveni at whatever cost.

Tomorrow Tuesday the 10th of May 2016, National Council of sports officials together with Charles Bakabulindi and Kavuma Kabenge will be holding another meeting at Fair way Hotel at 10:00 am to finalize their devil plans of discrediting President Museveni’s government through the FUFA ban.

Kavuma Kabenge as the NCS lawyer has advised them to quickly effect the ban so that in the midst of that mess where there is no authority he can quickly takeover ownership of the league and bring down a pre-mature end to the Azam premier league. He would then have accounted smartly for the 400000 USD given to him by Super sport.

This script is well written out with officials within the Solicitor general’s office as beneficiaries of the 400000 USD having sold their souls out.

FUFA on the other hand has alerted FIFA on the current under hand proceedings and FIFA has asked them for a minute by minute update for appropriate action.

In a bid to get maximum throughput of their daggers inside Museveni’s back, the plotters of the FUFA ban agreed on a plan to pile more misery on a divided population by tapping into the defiance campaign.

In their well scripted plan, it was agreed that the week in which Museveni would be sworn in, would also be the time when FUFA would be banned attracting a FIFA ban in the process. The double coincidence would then take the gloss away from Museveni’s swearing in with the public narrative and jibe shifting to the embarrassment caused by the FIFA Ban on our National team and soccer activities.

The planners in their wisdom believed that sowing additional seeds of discontent in a population that is emotional and highly charged would be the perfect opportunity to undermine Museveni’s government and the objective would have been achieved.

The public would then ask questions as to why their only sport of unity has also been trampled upon by government. Main stream media including electronic, print and social would be awash with all sorts of discussions of what is happening.

This is exactly what Jennifer Alupo, Charles Bakabulindi, Omara Apita, Galiwango Zubair, Onyik Bosco, Muramagi, Kavuma Kabenge and Kyomuhendo have planned to do.

You don’t have to be a genius to comprehend the timing of the FUFA ban!

By Timothy Katende, Fufa Marketing Guru

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DISCLAIMER: The contents contained in this article don’t reflect  the position of EagleOnline or its editors.

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Moses Magogo to meet FIFA boss, Mourinho

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Jonathan Kamoga
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Fufa president Moses Magogo (R) presents his credentials to former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter in 2013. He has a meeting set up with new supremo Gianni Infantino

Local football governing body, Fufa president Moses Magogo is scheduled to hold a meeting with the FIFA President Mr. Gianni Infantino at the sidelines of the 66th FIFA Congress on 12th and 13th May, 2016 in Mexico City.

“Football Development Programmes in Uganda will be the agenda in our meeting with the FIFA President Mr. Gianni Infantino. We shall make use of every opportunity to discuss about football development while in Mexico,” said Mr Magogo who flew out on Monday alongside Fufa VP Justus Mugisha and CEO Edgar Watson.

At the same congress, Gianni Infantino will unveil resting former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho as part of his squad of 200 Legends on Friday to help return football to the top of the governing body’s agenda.

Mr Magogo a former footballer himself is a known Mourinho follower and a source at Fufa House in Mengo discloses that he has also sought for meet up with the Portuguese tactician.

The Legends line-up includes ex-Manchester United star Dwight Yorke plus Marcel Desailly, Fabio Cannavaro, Mia Hamm, Samuel Eto’o, Clarence Seedorf and Luis Figo, whose 2015 FIFA candidature was endorsed by Mourinho.

 

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Thakkar for Singapore business forum

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Richard Wanambwa
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Africa's youngest billionaire Ashish Thakkar

Renowned Ugandan entrepreneur, billionaire businessman Ashish Thakkar, together other high profile African personalities will grace the International Enterprise (IE), Africa Singapore Business Forum (ASBF).

Thakkar, Africa’s youngest billionaire at 34, is the CEO of Mara Group and will be joined for the premier platform that fosters investment, trade and thought leadership between Asia and Africa by among others Sudanese billionaire philanthropist and businessman, Dr Mo Ibrahim and Ivory Coast’s Minister of Commerce, Mr Jean-Louis Billon.

The forum, the fourth of its kind, is slated to return August 24-25 and this year’s keynote speaker is Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies.
Hosted in Singapore since 2010, the forum has brought together close to 2000 business and government leaders from 30 countries to develop opportunities and partnerships between Asia and Africa.
ASBF 2016 will address critical issues and identify opportunities for the strategic growth of both regions through presentations and panel discussion, as well as provide numerous networking opportunities.

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Germany, EAC map out cooperation programme

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Our Reporter and Agencies
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H.E. Egon Kochanke stressing a point during to the discussion with the EAC Secretary General , Mr Liberat Mfumukeko

The Germany Ambassador to Tanzania who is also accredited to the EAC Egon Kochanke, has paid a courtesy call to the Secretary General of the East African Community Liberat Mfumukeko.

The Secretary General and his guest discussed a wide range of issues geared towards deepening cooperation between Germany and the East African Community.

During the discussions, Mr Mfumukeko thanked the German government for its support to the EAC since the re-establishment of the Cooperation between the three founding EAC Partner States to the present, when the Community has expanded to include the republics of Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.
‘’We have truly benefited from the German support which has catalyzed other Development Partners to support our projects and programmes,” Mr Mfumkeko said.

The EAC Secretary General , Mr Liberat Mfumukeko together with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Republic of Tanzania, and also accredited to the EAC bloc, H.E. Egon Kochanke
The EAC Secretary General , Mr Liberat Mfumukeko together with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Republic of Tanzania, and also accredited to the EAC bloc, H.E. Egon Kochanke

The SG also briefed the envoy on the Burundi peace process, noting that the troubled country has made substantial progress in establishing and maintaining peace and stability, and urged regional and international stakeholders to actively engage in the attainment of these objectives.

He also briefed the envoy on the accession of South Sudan, noting that the new entrant had been given six months to complete the ratification process of the Accession Treaty signed on April 15, after which the country will be a full member of the EAC.

On his part Ambassador Kochanke  congratulated Mr Mfumukeko on his appointment, noted the progress in the EAC integration process and re-affirmed his country’s continued support to the EAC Project and programmes.

‘’We are very happy with our relationship with EAC and I am looking forward to a strong partnership in the development of the regional bloc’’, the Ambassador said.

The meeting was attended by the EAC Deputies Secretary General in charge Planning and Infrastructure, Dr Enos Bukuku, and that of Political Federation, Mr Charles Njoroge, and other officials from the EAC Secretariat.

 

 

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Uganda Election: Besigye presents evidence, claiming it was rigged

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Stephen Muneza
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MOURNED DECEASED: FDC presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye

Four-time Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye is insisting that the February 18 Uganda general  elections were rigged, tendering convincing statistical evidence that show substantial election fraud occurred and changed the outcome.

Via his twitter handle @kizzabesigye1, Mr Besigye gave a breakdown of how the elections were rigged in favour of the NRM candidate, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

FDC asserts that their candidate, Dr Besigye who they claim won the elections by 52 per cent, will be sworn in on May 12 as president.

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Explaining the process Mr Besigye alleged was used in rigging the election, he said: “Statistics is independent of opinions, beliefs or political alliances and four separate tests showed evidence of fraud. When humans make up ‘random’ numbers like entering false tallies, patterns emerge. People tend to choose numbers with higher digits and you can credit all that to Benfords Law, a phenomenological law about the frequency distribution of leading digits in many (but not all) real-life sets of numerical data.”

“Applied to Ugandan data, three million votes are in question which are enough to change election outcome as evidenced.

“These tests, together with other evidence like intimidation, teargas, violence, national ID registry – cast serious doubt on the election.

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He further disclosed that Ugandans live under dictatorship where judges and courts of law serve at will of the state.

“In 2001 and 2006 election petitions, Supreme Court judges publically acknowledged extensive fraud but did not nullify the polls,” Besigye said.

The Court of Appeal recently blocked the FDC party or any of its agents against organising any procession or carrying on with the defiance campaign pending determination of a Constitutional case filed by Government.

“It was on the basis of that that we call for internationally observed, independent audit of 2016 Uganda general election similar to those in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Haiti because If Mr Museveni legitimately and irrefutably won this election then why would he not support an audit?

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Dr Besigye is under house arrest while numerous opposition leaders were on Monday arrested as security forces increased a crackdown on political dissent ahead of Mr Museveni’s swearing-in scheduled for tomorrow.

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