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Kayihura’s message a Fool’s Day prank, says Besigye

Forum for Democratic Change strongman Kizza Besigye has said the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, made a Fool’s Day prank when he said police had withdrawn from his home.

Dr. Besigye, who has been restricted at his home in Kasangati for over a month, posted photos of himself struggling to crossover a police barricade at his home at midnight and said the police chief appears to enjoy telling lies.

“IGP Kayihura once again deceived Ugandans today that I’d been freed. It was Fools Day anyway!!! I took the pictures here after midnight– on 2nd April 2016,” Besigye posted on his Facebook page.
He added: “It is terrible to have a leader of a police force that breaks the law routinely and willfully; that seems to enjoy telling lies; and that has no regard for the opinion of others.”

Earlier yesterday Gen. Kayihura had told a news conference at police headquarters in Naguru that he had ordered the police at Kasangati to withdraw security officers deployed at Besigye’s home.

Kayihura said that Besigye was put under preventive monitoring because he attempted to announce his own results yet the job is meant for the Electoral Commission. “That we could not allow happening because it would cause confusion; he had not notified us as is required under the Public Order Management Act when he organized a procession to the Electoral Commission to demand for results. We detected this was going to cause chaos and disrupt business in the city. We then intervened and took him home,” Gen Kayihura said.

“Withdrawal of our officers from Besigye’s home is an extension of a token of good will but we expect him to respect the law,” Kayihura added.

 

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Kenya should not have Uganda oil pipeline deal, says investor

President Museveni’s recent discussions with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta over having Uganda’s $4 billion crude oil pipeline through there could be watered down.

The financiers Total E&P Uganda has affirmed its commitment to construct but through Tanzania according to DailyNation.

UK Tullow Oil’s has Total as their biggest partner in the Ugandan oil fields as the main financier of the operations and their company’s general manager Adewale Fayemi said at the two-day East Africa Oil and Gas conference in Tanzania.

“As a company, our position remains that we are going through Tanga. I understand there are issues being discussed but our position remains the same,” Fayemi said.

The firms are eyeing production of an estimated 6.5 billion barrels of Uganda’s crude oil by 2018.

The routes that could be explored by Kenya and Uganda in construction of the crude oil pipeline are; the southern route through Nairobi from Uganda to Mombasa and the northern one through Hoima, Lokichar Lamu.

Before holding talks with Kenyata, President Museveni and Tanzania’s John Pombe Magufuli had agreed on the other hand, that they could construct the pipeline from the Albertine basin in western Uganda to the port of Tanga.

President Museveni according to sources ordered to have all possible Tanzanian and Kenyan routes reviewed and harmonised.

Tanzanians through their Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) have already begged France for $4 billion to begin construction of the pipeline by August and have it completed in two years while Kenya is open to any least cost route available including taking the matters to East African Community tribunals, “whatever the case, we will go it together as East Africans,”  Mr Daniel Kiptoo, the legal adviser of the Kenyatta Cabinet secretary for Energy and Petroleum told Total.

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Top 10 Foods For Smokers

Nicotine is the chemical that makes cigarettes and smoking so hard to quit, nicotine is one of the most addictive chemicals known to man and it has been smoked all over the world for centuries. Nicotine is a stimulant that can block nerve and muscle cells from proper functioning. The tobacco plant produces nicotine that can raise heartbeat, blood pressure and can even increase your risk of a stroke.

Even with all of the smoking bans, health warnings and science to prove how harmful nicotine can be, people still choose to smoke. One can also chew tobacco, which is less harmful but still contains nicotine. If you smoke it is possible to flush nicotine out of your system by eating certain foods. There is more than one way to do this with different foods, read on to find out how.

Broccoli

broccoli leaf

Broccoli contains high levels of vitamin B5 and C, B vitamins are responsible for regulating many important processes in your body. Lack of vitamins can mean your body does not respond optimally. Eating broccoli replenishes vitamin C and keeps your metabolism peaked and also keeps your lungs protected from toxins. Broccoli contains gene NRF2 that protects the lungs cells from being attacked.

Oranges

OrangesOranges are a mighty citrus fruit, nicotine stresses the body and depletes levels of vitamin C. Consuming oranges replenishes vitamin C levels and can also reduce stress and anxiety caused by nicotine cravings.

Spinach

Spinach contains folic acids or Vitamin B9 that are known to remove nicotine from the body. Nicotine can interrupt normal sleeping patterns and smokers often suffer interrupted sleep patterns due to nicotine. Folic acids are also essential to take when trying to combat nicotine withdrawal symptoms as they play a vital role in mental and emotional wellbeing.

Ginger

Ginger can help get rid of many unwanted symptoms caused by smoking and nicotine. For the full effects one should consume raw ginger to relieve nicotine cravings, maintain healthy weight loss and reduce toxins in your blood stream caused by nicotine. The best way to flush nicotine out of your body is to quit and ginger can help you do this.

Cranberries

The acid in cranberries is helps flush nicotine out of your bloodstream faster than you normally would. Nicotine raises your blood sugar levels just like cranberries do, so substituting cigarettes for cranberries can stop cravings when you are trying to quit nicotine. Keep yourself topped up on sugar from cranberries and keep the withdrawal symptoms at bay.

Lemons

Lemons are another potent weapon of choice for combating nicotine. If you smoke the nicotine stays in your system for up to 3 days. Damaging skin cells and pores, bolster your immunity and skin health with lemons, their citric acid and vitamin C will quickly combat unwanted symptoms of nicotine and smoking.

Carrots

carrots

Diminishing Vitamin A and C several times a day is just what you will do as a regular smoker. Damaging nerve cells, circulation and brain functioning. Bolster your body with regular intake of carrots to replenish your vitamin A, C and K levels thus strengthening your body’s natural defences.

Pomegranates  

Smoking raises the heartbeat, blood pressure and decreases oxygen levels in your blood stream. One should counteract these symptoms by consuming pomegranates and improve your circulation, they also help your body produce more red blood cells.

Wheat germ

Smoking can tighten up your blood vessels so try eating wheat germ that is found in nuts to get enough vitamin E to improve the elasticity of your circulatory system. Wheat germ can also reduce any risks of developing heart disease when you get older.

Kale

Kale

Kale is known as a cruciferous vegetable and the more of these you eat, the less likely you are to get cancer. Kale is a natural source of isothiocyanates and other antioxidants that can rid your body of unwanted, lingering nicotine.

 

Via healthypanda

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Gen Sejusa released on bail

Sejusa is on trial in the General Court Martial on charges of insubordination, engaging in partisan politics and being absent from duty without official leave.

Former Coordinator of Intelligence services, Gen David Sejusa’s incarcerated in Luzira Murchison Prisons has ended on Apirl 1st 2016 after receiving bail.

The army General  was on Friday afternoon granted bail by Justice Wilson Masalu Musene of the criminal division of the High Court. Sejusa’s two sureties were Kampala Lord Mayor Salongo Erias Lukwago and Dr Deo Lukyamuzi a surgeon with Case Clinic in Kampala on a Shs. 10million cash bail as well as shillings 50million non-cash bail.

Gen Sejusa, was arrested in February and subsequently taken to the General Court Martial and charged with several offences including insubordination, indiscipline and absence absence from duty without official leave.

The 61-year-old general asked High court to grant him bail on grounds that he is of advanced age and couldn’t handle the harsh conditions of prison life.

Through his lawyers, the general also said the charges against him in the military court were bailable.

Sejusa also sought court’s pronouncement on whether he is still a serving military officer arguing that he was constructively retired from the UPDF after the military failed to reply his application to retire within 90 days as stipulated by the UPDF Act.

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Zimbabwe black ownership deadline passes

A Zimbabwe deadline for all firms to transfer most of their shares to black Zimbabweans has passed, but it is not clear how many have complied.

The government had said that companies should meet the requirements of a 2008 indigenisation law by the end of March.

Theoretically, non-compliance could lead to a company losing its license.

This was a key part of Robert Mugabe’s 2013 election campaign – on the basis that black people were discriminated against during the colonial era.

But it has proved controversial with detractors saying that it could discourage much-needed foreign direct investment. The Reuters news agency quotes the minister responsible, Patrick Zhuwao, as saying that most of the country’s foreign-owned banks and mining companies have not submitted their indigenisation plans, adding that he thought they would do soon.

But Mr Zhuwao told the BBC that his ministry was currently “going through submissions made by companies [and] we don’t have statistics yet” on who has complied.

Standard Chartered and Barclays are among the banks operating in the country, and Zimbabwe also hosts the mining firms Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum.

BBC Africa Business Report editor Matthew Davies says that an attempt to implement the law two years ago was largely ignored, but this time the government is promising action.

The indigenisation plan for businesses echoes the country’s land reform programme that started in 2000.

At that time, the process of transferring around 4,500 farms held by white commercial farmers distributed to nearly 170,000 black Zimbabwean families began.

This has been widely blamed for causing Zimbabwe’s economic collapse, but a 2010 study by Sussex University found that the programme had had some positive effects, and that the idea that it was a complete failure was a myth.

Zimbabwe is currently coping with the impacts of a severe drought.

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General elections reflected the will of the people – Museveni

President Yoweri Museveni has said he is not surprised that the judges found that the general elections held on the February 18, 2016 reflected the will of the people.

Below is the statement

“The lawyers normally talk of “reasonable men” when referring to what people can believe or otherwise. As the Monitor newspaper, notwithstanding your nature, would realize, Judges are “reasonable men and women” plus, plus. That is how they become Judges in the first place. I am not surprised, therefore, that they found that the General Elections held on the 18th of February, reflected the will of the people of Uganda.

In fact, the NRM scored more votes but many of them were suppressed as invalid votes as almost 5 per cent of the total votes cast. We did not bother to complain about this because we had enough votes to decisively win. Why inconvenience Ugandans with unnecessary altercation?

It also shows how institutions of the state have grown and recovered from the problems of the 1960s, 70s and early 1980s.

I salute the people of Uganda and the state institutions of Uganda. I also salute the NRM fraternity for their efforts during the whole electoral cycle.”

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

CHAIRMAN NRM AND PRESIDENT

OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

 

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Kayihura orders withdraw of police from Besigye’s home

ORDERED HUNT DOWN: IGP General Kale Kayihura

Kampala-The inspector General of Police (IGP) Gen. Kale Kayihura has ordered police at Kasangati   to withdraw security officers deployed at former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Kizza Besigye’s home.

Kayihura said that Besigye was put under preventative monitoring because He attempted to announce his own results yet the job is meant for the Electoral Commission. “That we could not allow happening because it would cause confusion.”

“He had not notified us as is required under the public order management act when he organized a procession to the Electoral Commission to demand for results. We detected this was going to cause chaos and disrupt business in the city. We then intervened and took him home.”Gen. Kayihura told a news conference this morning at police headquarters in Naguru.

“Withdrawal of our officers from Besigye’s home is an extension of a token of good will but we expect him to respect the law.” He said.

He however noted that he instructed the DPC to keep “a close eye” on Dr,Besigye’s movement and asked the four time presidential candidate to “cause problems” after police showing him good will.

“The truth is that he has not even been under house arrest in the first press. Like the other day he said he wanted to go to Church. I thought he was praying in Kasangati; little did we know that he had arranged with All Saints Church in Kampala. We still allowed him to go and pray.”

Dr. Besigye has been under what police calls preventative arrest for 42 days and even visitors to his home would be screened on top of getting permission from Assistant Inspector of Police, Andrew Felix Kaweesi.

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Museveni, Besigye agree to power-sharing deal

President Yoweri Museveni and Dr Warren Kizza Besigye, his main challenger in the February presidential elections, have agreed to a power-sharing deal.

According to impeccable foreign affairs sources, the Museveni-Besigye deal was arrived at after talks brokered by shuttle diplomat Ambassador Johnnie Carson, who was assigned by US President Barack Obama to ensure that the two Ugandan leaders agree to the deal in a bid to enhance stability.

Johnnie Carson is a long-serving US diplomat who served as Ambassador to Uganda between 1991 and 1994, and also served as US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Obama’s first term between 2009 and 2013.

The source said Ambassador Carson separately met with Mr Museveni and Dr Besigye about two weeks ago. The source, who attended both meetings, said Mr Museveni promised Ambassador Carson that he would appoint Dr Besigye his vice president for a transitional period of five years, after which both Museveni and Besigye would entirely retire from Ugandan politics.

Another person who has been key in the talks is the Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima is also Besigye’s wife.

According to sources, before, Amb. Carson came in; efforts had been initiated by the American Embassy in Kampala to soften the ground before Carson’s arrival. EagleOnline understands that a meeting is scheduled take place in Kenya preferred in Mombasa where both teams will lead selected committees of their delegations to observe the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding that will calumniate into power sharing government before swearing in May.

Mbale Municipality Member of Parliament and lead advisor to Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party on foreign affairs; Amb Jack Wamai Wamanga confirmed this development but advised that the country will be notified when everything is conclusive.

“It is true, we are engaging in a discussion that will further democracy in our country and this is done by our friends but again, we shouldn’t rush to conclude that we have given to the NRM but yet again, let us wait, we will tell the country when everything is conclusive” Amb. Wamai said.

Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary, Amb. James Mugume remained tight lipped but said there is nothing wrong with both Besigye and Museveni talking.

“Whatever you are talking about is new to me but why would it be surprising for the two leaders to engage in a meaningful discussion for the betterment of the country?”

 

Just pulled your legs! It’s April 1, Fools Day.

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Gen. Sejusa rejects meeting Museveni’s emissary

Gen. David Sejusa

Luzira-Former Coordinator of Intelligence services, Gen David Sejusa currently incarcerated in Luzira Murchison Prisons last week refused to meet his friend Gen Elly Tumwine.

Gen Tumwine, the Member of Parliament representing the army in parliament had been sent by President Museveni to talk to the arrested General.

Sources at the correction facility, tell EagleOnline that during the Easter holiday on Saturday, Gen. Elly Tumwine went to Luzira prison to preside over a sports gala as the guest of honor but shortly after the function, asked the prison authorities to pay a visit and also give an Easter gift to Gen Sejusa.

When Gen Tumwine reached the Prisons, he wrote a chit that was taken to Gen. Sejusa to acknowledge whether the visitor should be allowed in or not.

But Gen. Sejusa asked why Gen. Tumwine had come to visit him in Luzira after a long time of incarceration.

“It is true we received Gen. Tumwine here as a guest of honor during the gala. He also wanted to pay a visit to Gen. Sejusa whom, he had described as a friend but upon consultation from Sejusa, he rejected and he looked unhappy about the visit” a source said.

When EagleOnline contacted Gen. Tumwine for comment, he confirmed visiting Luzira as guest of honor but not an emissary of President Museveni.

“It is true I went to Luzira but this was for the gala. But why this speculation? I don’t like this hype” Gen. Tumwine said.

Gen. Tumwine and Gen. Sejusa are longtime friends during and after the bush war that brought President Museveni to power in 1986.

According to military sources, Gen. Tuwmine rejected Museveni’s suggestion to lead Gen Sejusa’s arresting team early February.

 

 

 

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The ultimate Kyadondo corporate league players we’ve all played with

1.Isaac, Mister Van Gaal: For some reason, this guy thinks that repeating Isaac Isinde’s tactics from NTV’s Sports Bar can be replicated by some ragtag bunch of players. Will complicate things by trying to suggest a Micho-esque 3-2-1-3-1 formation, and no-one is surprised that when this does happen, he’s caught out of position.

2.“Refugee CEO living the UG dream”: No-one knows his nationality, but he’s been in Uganda a bit too long like all Sudanese for anyone to ask. However, he is a clever chap who whose brilliance doesn’t match him … that apparently is enough to make him the ‘Broke CEO’, so you frantically have stuck a cliched nickname on him and it’s stuck. Much like Neymar , he actually can’t head the ball, is too lightweight and lacks pace – yet somehow is a ‘decent presence to have about’ at corners and free-kicks.

3.Muhinda, the small guy: Always a left-back. No-one is sure whether or not he gets his boots from the kids’s section of St Francis PRIMARY School Ntinda, but as a steadfast member of the squad, people aren’t too fussed anyway. Always makes top three of player’s player of the year at the end of season awards (that ka guy aka kamanyi IT), not because he’s done anything spectacular, but because it’s those sort of importancy that will make him stay another season – no-one wants to play left-back, after all.

4.Shawn, the resident f**kboy: Is his name actually Shawn, or has someone become borderline skirt chaser and just called him that the first time he turned up? No-one will ever know, because no-one will ever dare ask. Guy tamanyi RogerMigisha! He wil even take a selfie while playing soccer. This guy can even let the opponents score just to hit the bean of the opposing captain’s girlfriend.

5.Pius, the small gate general: Staggering into the changing room with a litre bottle of Lucozade and bloodshot eyes Pius is the person you avoid at all costs. He’s a loose cannon, he’s just been on the razz, and he only turned up because ‘it keeps the fitness levels up’. No-one has ever, or will ever, mention that a better way of keeping the fitness levels up is not necking ten cans of Stella the night before, but the important thing is just KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN. He was probably a fairly good player before the booze took over, but the lure of Centenary Park nightclubs and cheap pints of Uganda Waragi was all too tempting.

6.Ssenkubuge, the brand manager: Obviously the club mean guy by virtue that the fact he’s a graphics fella, he’ll bang on more about artworks than appearances, will bore you to death at the end of season awards (wasn’t able to pick Campusbee SMA Blog of the year award on 30/3/2016), but remember – this man is vital to your club.

7.Kwesiga, the goal machine who is five years behind any trend: Desperately stuck in the 90s. He’ll still think saying ‘Wazzup’ is funny when he answers the phone, he wears an Obote  bush now that he’s grown his hair long, but as soon as you try and make a joke about him still watching old episodes of That’s Life Mwaatu and using Imperial lather.

8.RIZZY, the bang average bald guy: What he lacks on the football pitch he makes up in effort. Always the guy to have a small motivational word at half-time, without realising he’s usually at fault for the things he’s said ‘we must improve on’. Stays in the team because of the satisfying sound the ball makes on his folically-challenged head when he goes up for a header. HE likes BOND 7 after games by the way.

9.Solo, the ex-semi pro: Kawunyemu v Kifesi Wanderers – Pre Season FriendlyAbsolutely always has a nickname based on his surname like ‘Bontius’ or ‘Rwamutwe’ or ‘Head Boy’, this guy will have claimed that he used to play semi-pro and definitely had trials at a professional club (always Kawunyemu v Kifesi Wanderers). But in the age of the internet no-one has ever found a trace of him playing even at Sunday league level.

10.Richard the guy who wears glasses: There’s always one, isn’t there? And every week, without fail, that fateful moment will happen when he goes up for a header… and the glasses come crashing of the face. There’s also the guy who wears glasses, but still rocks the Edgar Davids look. Beware, these guys are an endangered species. They could just be about get away with it when Davids was playing, but less so now. Where are our bespectacled heroes these days?! I mean the most loved bosses and founders of your startup.

11.Odeke, the cliche spouter: This fella claims he has mob IQ but often has absolutely no knowledge of the game, but like a 4-year-old child has been around the game long enough to repeat ‘useful’ phrases. “Box them in!”, “mukube picture”, and “bend it like Muneza” are some of the irritants he’ll spout over the course of 90 minutes.

12.Atukwasize, the defiant  one: Draws really, really fast. Delivery? Absolutely zero. But look, he can run really, really fast guys. And that’s what counts. HE EVEN THINKS Kasangati is state house.

12.Onen, the ‘Big Guy’: Annoyingly difficult to play against, his size is his biggest asset – horrible to go into a 50/50 challenge with, surprisingly good feet and is always ‘busy’ when training is just cardio. He likes porn like nothing riyale.

13.Senyimba, the football scribe: For some reason, this guy thinks that repeating Uganda coach Micho tactics during an Cranes training session ahead of the AFCON 2017 qualifier against Burkina Faso at Kyadondo  Pork Refinery on April 1, 2016 in Nakawa, Kampala.

14………. add yours

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