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MP Kabanda: RDCs bribed officials in Presidency Ministry to get appointed

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MP David Kabanda

Kasambya County MP David Kabanda has revealed that the newly re-appointed Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) paid bribes to the Ministry for Presidency in bid to retain their positions.

“It’s very unfortunate that many RDC’S were dropped because they couldn’t afford hefty bribes asked by officials in the Ministry of Presidency under Milly Babalanda. Understand it was required for each to pay Shs20 million to retain their positions,” Kabanda said.

According to the list, Busoga took the lion’s share where over 40 appointees were from Busoga Region. Busoga is the 3rd biggest tribe after Buganda and Ankole.

It is alleged the Presidency Minister Milly Babalanda appointed relatives as RDCs. The alleged Relatives include; husband Mawerere Pater, a brother Magunda George and a daughter Nakawala Naome.

Eagle Online has learnt that an official in the information department of the presidency has been asking for bribes from a section of RDCs in order to keep their jobs or be dropped/demoted if they didn’t behave accordingly.

Our efforts for a comment, both from the Minister and the deputy press secretary to president Yoweri Museveni, Faruk Kirunda’s Known numbers were off.

Last week, President Yoweri Museveni made changes where he appointed and reappointed Resident District Commissioners (RDC) and their Deputies.

“I hereby inform the Country that By virtue of Authority given to the President by Article 99 (1) and 203 (1) of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, I hereby appoint the following RDCs, DRDCs, and Commissioners at RDC’s Secretariat,” Museveni said.

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MTN Uganda awards Artistes with most CallerTunez downloads

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Spice Diana (C) was the MTN People's female artiste of choice. Racheal Magoola (L) and Joanita Kawalya handed her the award and cheque

MTN Uganda has awarded the artistes with the most downloaded CallerTunez in 2021 across different music genres in the country.

The 2021 MTN CallerTunez awards were a culmination of the six-month-long award journey during which different artists with the most downloaded ring back tune and lucky customers who downloaded and used the tunes on their phones were rewarded with cash prizes on a monthly basis since July last year.

The artist with the most downloaded CallerTunez in a month from July to December 2021 was rewarded with Shs 2million while the artiste in the Rising star category would take home Shs 1 million. Pallaso, Spice Diana, Liam voice, Martha Mukisa, Pia Pounds among others, are some of the artists that were rewarded in the previous months.

The 2021 MTN Caller Tunez categories comprised of; Kadongo Kamu (Band), Afro Beat (Pop), Hip Hop (Lugaflow), R&B, religious and dance hall (raga & reggae).

The 2021 MTN CallerTunez winners for each category include; Chosen Becky’s Nesiimye, for the Kadongo Kamu (Band) Category, Pallaso’s Mallamu for the Afrobeat/Afropop category, Fik Fameika’s Lock won in the Hip-Hop/Luga flow category.

Liam Voice’s Omwooyo took the mantle for the RnB category while Martha Mukisa and Kenzo’s Sango held the top position under Ragga/Dancehall. Under the religious category, Miracle Music Ministry’s ‘You have been faithful to me’ was the most downloaded gospel callerTune for the year 2021. Each of the winners walked away with 2.5 million shillings.

To ensure that customers also take part in the 2021 MTN CallerTunez awards grand finale, MTN introduced the People’s Choice Award which comprises three categories namely, the best male artist, the best female artist and the rising star to allow customers to vote for their favorite artists of 2021.

Liam voice scooped a second award having emerged as the Best rising star as chosen by the 8,858 people who voted for him. Spice Diana was voted as the best female artiste under the people’s choice awards having garnered 33,461 votes. Pallaso also bagged a second award after beating other male artistes to get named the best male artiste by the 25,672 people who voted for him. They each walked away with 3Million shillings in addition to the awards.

Lorna Otieno, MTN Uganda’s Senior Manager for Consumer Segments said the MTN CRBT awards seek to recognize the effort and work created by the local entertainment industry throughout 2021.

“We are glad to have successfully achieved our goal of honoring the talented artistes and content creators who have continuously spiced our lives with great music and messages that we enjoy as our caller ring back tunes. This is our way of saying Thank you. We hope to cultivate more digitization, appreciation, and consumption of our local content through recognizing and rewarding the artists’ efforts,” Otieno said at Serena Hotel

The CallerTunez service is an offering of MTN where customers download their favorite songs or audio skits as ring back tunes that callers listen to while waiting for the customer to answer the phone. Customers can get a CallerTune by simply dialing *170# and follow the prompts or SMS the word ‘TUNE’, followed by a space then the CallerTune code e.g., ‘TUNE 5151415’ to 170. Each caller tune is charged at Shs 700 and is valid for a period of 30 days.

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FIFA World Cup 2022 draw: All you need to know

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The final draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is almost upon us. The eyes of the football world turn towards Qatar, and excitement builds in the nations who’ve sealed their places at the global finals.

The 32 nations involved in the 2022 World Cup, 29 of which are currently known, will be drawn into eight groups of four. Two of the remaining three spots will be filled by the winners of the Intercontinental Play-offs on 13 or 14 June, with the final berth determined by Path A of the European qualifying play-offs, in which Wales will face off against either Scotland or Ukraine in the final.

The group stage draw will take place tomorrow Friday 1st April at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC) in Qatar.

The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions outlined that the teams already qualified will be allocated according to sporting principles to Pots 1 to 4 based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Ranking released on 31 March.

As hosts, Qatar will take position A1 from Pot 1, where they will be joined by the FIFA Ranking’s seven highest-ranked qualified teams. The countries occupying positions 8-15 on the ranking of the qualified teams will be allocated to Pot 2, while the 16th-23rd best-ranked qualifiers will be placed in Pot 3. Finally, Pot 4 will include the qualified teams in positions 24 to 28, plus three placeholders representing the two winners of the intercontinental play-offs and the remaining UEFA play-off winners.

The match schedule will be confirmed after games have been assigned to a stadium and kick-off time for each matchday.

The World Cup itself will take place between 21 November and 18 December 2022, with the group stage lasting 12 days and featuring four matches per day.

Here’s a look at what the pots will be for Friday’s draw:

Pot 1

Qatar

Brazil

Belgium

France

Argentina

England

Spain

Portugal

Pot 2

Netherlands

Denmark

Germany

Mexico

Switzerland

USA

Uruguay

Croatia

Pot 3

Senegal

Iran

Japan

Morocco

Serbia

Poland

South Korea

Tunisia

Pot 4

Cameroon

Canada

Ecuador

Saudi Arabia

Ghana

UEFA Playoff Winner

Peru-AFC Third Place Playoff winner

Costa Rica-New Zealand Playoff winner

The play-offs:

Asia play-off: Australia will face the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Doha on 7 June to decide which team enter the inter-confederation play-offs.

Inter-continental play-offs: Peru will face either Australia or UAE, while New Zealand will play Costa Rica. Both matches will be played in Doha on 13 and 14 June. The two winners will qualify for the World Cup Finals.

Europe play-off: Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian association requested for their European play-offs semi-final tie against Scotland be postponed. The match will now be played in June, and the winner will face Wales in the play-off final to determine the final European qualifier.

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DR Congo prisons officials benchmark with Uganda Prisons Service

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The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday officially joined the East African Community (EAC) at the 19th Extra – Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State.

The Uganda Prisons Service is hosting prisons officials from the DRC on a benchmark visit.

The visit is focusing on Prisons Reforms in the areas of  Prisons Industries and Production, Prisons Food security initiatives, Prisons Security Systems, Gender mainstreaming and Human Resource Management particularly management of Training school, career planning and succession.

The delegation paid a courtesy call to the Prisons headquarters where the Assistant Commissioner General of Prisons, Samuel Akena received and briefed them on the Service on behalf of the Commissioner General of Prisons.

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Museveni passes out 62 ESO Officers

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A total of 62 officers from External Security Organization (ESO) were passed out at the Marine Training Wing, Butiaba in Buliisa District after successfully completing a Basic Military Training course.

Presiding over the ceremony, H.E the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Gen Yoweri Museveni observed that ideological commitment, technical competence and discipline are key to the success of any government personnel. “When we came into the system, we ensured that we not only had officers at the headquarters but also a Gombolola Internal Security Officer (GISO) at every sub county,” he added that with a GISO there should be no corruption in health, education, agriculture and any other sector.

He stated that the trainees should always determine the method to use, both human and technical while bearing security in mind. “Strive to know what the enemy is doing,” he noted.

Adding to the Director General’s submission about the use of technology, H.E echoed on the use of new technology that there is to deal with. “In the second World War, the reason why Germany was defeated was because of new technology. The British had learnt to monitor the radios of the Germans. The technology of the Radar was new and it helped the British detect the aircraft of the Germans”.

The President explained the roles of the ESO among which was to deal with threats of terrorism, monitoring the diaspora, detecting political corruption and diffuse subversion. “If each one does his or her work, the country develops very fast”, he said.

In his closing remarks, he thanked the UPDF for providing the facility and encouraged them to develop further.

The course imparted onto and equipped the officers with basic military skills that include tactics in field craft, leadership, political education, counter insurgency, military law, martial arts/ self-defence, foot drills, range exercise, skills at arms and physical training.

The Director General ESO Amb. Joseph Ocwet in his remarks, appreciated the President for fostering political stability and constitutional order.

He thanked the President for the remarkable improvement in the welfare, which has fostered greater unity within the organization more than ever before. “The organization is now a family of men and women committed to serving the country”, he said.

In his remarks, the Minister of security Maj Gen (Rtd) Jim Muhwezi thanked the President for having graced the occasion with his presence a gesture that showed the importance he attaches to the work of ESO. He was grateful to UPDF for working in harmony with all the other security agencies to bolster the security of the country. He concluded by appealing to the all ESO staff to widen and broaden their minds to new emerging security challenges including cybercrime and undermining government programs like the Parish Development Model.

Capt Julius Ankunda, the Chief Instructor of the Marine Training Wing commented that this was a red-letter day because it has been for the very first time, H.E the President had graced the occasion. “This particular class has been disciplined, hardworking, fast learners who will aptly match the ever-mutating challenges of the nature of their sophisticated work”, he opined.

This 20th course intake commenced on 1st September 2021, and has lasted for a period of seven months. It is comprised of Ugandans; both men and women sourced from different parts of the country and have acquired basic training course and military training.

The trainees have been under the general supervision of the Marine Brigade commander, Brig Gen Michael Nyarwa and the keen tutelage of Major James Ssebukeera, the commandant of the Marine Training Wing.

One graduate of the Marine Training Wing (2016) who chose anonymity commented, as thus; “this a very serious course. It is real military training for civilians. It completely changes the way one thinks, relates, looks at life and even appreciates the politics of the country. It invents a new person. You can never be the same again.” adding “only real men/women can successfully make it through the course”.

In attendance were the Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbadi, Commander Marine Brigade Brig Gen Micheal Nyarwa, Defence Spokesperson Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, Lt Col Ssentongo Moses, Director Operations Air Force and the School Commandant Maj Joseph Ssebukeera among others.

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University Football League returns after two-year break

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The University Football League returns for the first time after a two-year interruption due to Covid-19 with 22 Universities taking part this year.

The league which is in tenth edition, will see two debutants; Victoria University and International University of East Africa (IUEA).

Makerere University also returns after a four-year ban due to hooliganism while Ndejje is set for a return having last featured in 2016.

This year’s season will start on Tuesday, 5th April.

The teams have been divided into 6 groups with 4 groups having 4 teams and 2 groups having 3 teams. The top team from each group as well as the 2 best runners-up will proceed to the knockout stages. The finals are scheduled to be played in November.

Uganda Christian University are the reigning league champions having lifted the trophy in November 2019 beating St Lawrence 2-1.

The Groups:

Group A: UCU, Victoria, IUEA, Kumi

Group B: MUBs, Nkumba, Kisubi, Muni

Group C: Kyambogo, Bishop Stuart, Kabale

Group D: St Lawrence, YMCA, Makerere, Mbarara

Group E: Uganda Martyrs Nkozi, Ndejje, Kampala, Gulu

Group F: Bugema, Busitema, IUIU

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IGG to investigate Shs2.5b budget for Jacob Oulanyah’s send off

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IGG Beti Kamya

The Inspector General of Government (IGG) Betty Kamya has pledged to investigate the mega Shs 2.5 billion budget for send off of the deceased speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah.

According to the Minister for Presidency Babirye Milly Babalanda who is also the chairperson for the National Organizing Committee (NOC) overseeing Oulanyah’s burial, the Shs2.5 billion will cater for expenses including paying funeral service providers, security, logistical expenses among others.

Burial day expenditure takes the lion’s share of the budget (Shs 1.1billion), Security (Shs 158.5million), Acholi MPs (Shs 312.9million), Finance committee (Shs 247.8million), and A-Plus funeral Services (Shs 226million).

“The Spirit of the departed Jacob Oulanyah must be horrified by the obscene cash bonanza in his funeral expenses, he’d not allow it if he had a choice,” the IGG said.

She said the Inspectorate will honor him by taking interest in allegations of impropriety in his funeral expenses.

Babalanda defended the Shs 2.5 billion budget saying it fits well in the status of his office.

Yesterday, the Chief Administrative Officer of Pader district asked Town Clerks, Senior Assistant secretary, Councilors and sub-counties to contribute a minimum of Shs500,000 and Shs300,000 for the send off of Oulanyah.

Jacob Oulanyah who was elected speaker of parliament in May last year died on  March 20, 2022 in Seattle USA and his body will arrive in the country on Friday.

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Stanbic Uganda profits up 11% to Shs269b in 2021

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Stanbic Bank

Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) has announced it grew its net profits by 11% in 2021 to earn Shs.269 billion from Shs.242bn in 2020, driven mainly by strong growth in non-interest income earned by mostly Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited, its anchor subsidiary.

Other subsidiaries of SUHL include SBG Securities Uganda Limited, Stanbic Business Incubator, Stanbic Properties Limited, and FlyHub Uganda; however, these are largely new companies still in their formative stages to support the bank and serve its customers beyond offering traditional financial services.

According to the financial results released today, Stanbic Bank Uganda net profits in 2021 increased to Shs275bn from the Shs.243bn registered the previous year, largely driven by growth in trading income.

Non-interest revenue reported a strong growth of 19.0% seeing earnings of Shs 401billion from Shs 341billion the previous year. Much of the growth in the non-interest revenue was attributed to trading income which increased to Shs233.7bn from Shs 177.3bn the previous year.

Net interest income for the year grew marginally by 1.5% to Shs498bn from Shs 490bn the previous year attributed to slow growth in customer loans and lower margins as the country underwent a second lockdown in the middle of 2021.

The low economic activity in the year under review also informed low appetite in credit which saw marginal growth in the loan book to Shs3.7trillion from Shs3.6trillion the previous year but maintained a 23.3% market share.

The bank said lending was guided by the need to avail credit to sectors that are critical to driving growth such as trading and manufacturing.

According to statistics released today, the bank lent Shs 290 billion to the trade sector, which is the second highest employer in Uganda, Shs 225 billion to household lending, Shs 223bn to building and construction, Shs 218 billion to manufacturing and Shs150bn to agriculture the highest employer in Uganda.

Customer deposit grow

Customer deposits grew by 5% from Shs 5.4 trillion to Shs 5.7 trillion in 2021, attributed to sustained customer brand loyalty and service experience through offering financial solutions that are appropriate for their needs.

Stanbic’s financial position remained strong in 2021with the capital adequacy ratio, which measures the ability of a bank to meet its obligations by comparing its capital to its assets, improving from 18% to 21.9%, a rise of 3.9 percent compared to 2020.

Resilient through the pandemic

“As was the case in the previous year, 2021 was equally challenging especially during the first three quarters when the Covid19 pandemic worsened, forcing the economy into another lengthy lockdown that affected several business activities across the country including our own. Notwithstanding these headwinds, Stanbic managed to post resilient results albeit slower growth in some areas. Our performance remains largely driven by the Bank, but we are confident in the other subsidiaries to registering good return on investment,” said Andrew Mashanda, Chief Executive SUHL.

Anne Juuko, the Stanbic Bank Uganda Chief Executive said the business focused on sustained management of asset quality through proactive engagement of customers, restructuring loan repayments, and waiving or suspending interest repayment on loans by client businesses in sectors such as education that were most hit by the impact of covid-19 pandemic.

As a result of this, non-performing loans dropped to 4.6% from 4.7% (IFRS 9 standards) the previous year and saw the provision for the same, reduced to Shs 70 billion from Shs92 billion in 2020.

“The economy is now fully open after nearly two years of slow activity due to the pandemic. We are upbeat and ready to support full economic recovery. We shall continue to innovate for the customer and avail digitally disbursed affordable credit through bespoke products for women, youth, farmers and our corporate customers,” said Juuko.

On dividends, SUHL shareholders will have to wait until a change in stance by Bank of Uganda which in April 2020, put in place enhanced guidelines for all Supervised Financial Institutions, in relation to discretionary payments, including dividends, for purposes of capital preservation.

“The proposed dividends for 2020 remain under review by Bank of Uganda, the results of which will inform the 2021 dividend recommendation of the Directors,” Juuko added.

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Amama Mbabazi sued over ‘Go Forward’ office rent arrears 

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Former Presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi has been sued by Hon Yona Kanyomozi, the landlord of the office building which housed the offices of his ‘Go Forward’ political pressure group, when he contested in 2016.

In the year 2015, Kanyomozi and Mbabazi entered into an unwritten tenancy agreement with the agreed monthly fee of USD 5,000.

The said office space rented out to Amama Mbabazi is located on Plot 29 Nakasero, Kampala.

Through his lawyers of M/S Anguria and Co. Advoctaes, Kanyomozi says he is owed $7,507 (about Shs 27 million) in rent arrears.

According to the lawsuit, Mbabazi rented the office in 2015, to use it as his campaign base.

The lawyers say Mbabazi agreed to a monthly rent of $ 5,000, and made a down payment for 6 months totalling $ 30,000, which was supposed to last through December 2015.

“The Defendant took possession and occupied the Plaintiffs property from the 1 of August, 2015, and continued to use the same as the head-office of Go Forward during his Presidential campaigns of 2015/2016,” reads part of the suit before Court.

“Despite the expiry of the Defendant period of occupation paid for, he continued to occupy the Plaintiff property for an additional period of four months, that is, from January to April, 2016, without complying with the terms of the Tenancy Agreement.”

“After the first deposit, the Defendant started becoming uncooperative, avoiding the Plaintiff and paying rent in insignificant fractions despite numerous demands and reminders from the Plaintiff,” it adds.

As of October 2021, Kanyomozi says he had received only $ 39,992 (out of the total of $ 47,500), leaving an outstanding balance of $ 7,508.

Through the years, Kanyomozi says he has personally and through his lawyers sent reminders to Hon Mbabazi for the rent arrears by got no positive response.

“To date, the Defendant remains in default of rent worth USD 7,507 and all efforts by the Plaintiff to resolve the issue have proved futile as the Defendant has purposefully denied him audience.”

In the lawsuit, Kanyomozi is seeking orders for the former Prime Minister to be compelled to clear the rent arrears of $ 7,507 with interest.

Kanyomozi also wants Mbabazi to pay him a sum of $ 20,000 as general damages, as well as costs for the suit.

High Court’s Deputy Registrar, Flavia Nabakooza has given Mbabazi’s legal team 15 days to have filed their response in the matter.

“You are hereby required to file a defence in the said suit within fifteen (15) days from the date of service of summons on you in the manner prescribed under Order 9 Rule 1 Civil Procedures Rules. Should you fail to file a defence on or before the date mentioned, the plaintiff may proceed with the suit and judgment may be given in your absence,” reads the summon.

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Steven Bengo enrolls for CAF B Coaching Course

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Steven Bengo

Former Uganda Cranes international Steven Bengo has enrolled for the CAF B coaching course. The ongoing CAF B Coaching Diploma Course at the FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru has four-modules and will cover 160 hours.

Bengo currently has a CAF C beginners and was part the technical bench of Uganda Premier League side Wakiso Giants FC under Coach Kefa Kisala in 2019.

As per FUFA club licensing regulations, the head coach and his assistant of a club in the Uganda Premier league must be a holder of CAF A and B respectively starting with the 2023/2024 season. Currently the requirement is a CAF B license for the head coach and his assistant.

FUFA resumed organising CAF coaching courses after almost five years of inactivity. The gap was created when CAF took a decision in 2017 to assess all course materials that were being used then. The period gave CAF an opportunity to create new coaching manuals and modules based on the needs suitable for all coaches who may be hired both on the continent and around the globe.

After fulfilling the criteria requirements under CAF Coaching Convention, FUFA kicked off the campaign to provide coaching education to improve in the area of capacity building.

Two CAF Elite Instructors are in Njeru to inspect the technical and administrative standards of the course. These instructors are South African Steve Coetsee and Zambian Honour Janza. One Ugandan female coach and two South Sudanese are part of the group that enrolled for the course.

The 24 participants taking part are; Steven Bengo, Felix Ssekabuuza Kawooya, Abdulsamadu Daba Musafiri, Godfrey Wasswa, Danny Kirumira, Allan Kivewala Kabonge, Bashir Mutyaba, Magoba Godfrey, Baker Kasule, David Mutono, Richard Luyima, David Katalemwa, Sharon Kizza, Fred Muhumuza, Kenneth Nkojo, Simon Peter Ojok, Charles Samuel Nsanziiro, Abubakari Tabula, Hassan Zungu, Eric Ndifuna, Abdallah Loi Umar, Bilal Felix Komoyangi, Moses Zakaria Ngor, Muhamadi Senfuma.

Top coaching instructors Mujib Kasule, Stone Kyambadde and Nyiima Jackson are handling the course. Specialist instructors in other areas of the course shall come in subsequent modules.

The course was opened officially on Sunday 27th March by Ronnie Kalema FUFA Executive Committee Member and Executive Secretary in charge of Football Development.

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