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2021 Sporting Year in Review

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Joshua Cheptegei in the 5000m Olympics race

From individual achievements to exceptional team accomplishments, 2021 had plenty of notable sports moments in Uganda and all over the world.

We take a look at some of them;

In Athletics, Joshua Cheptegei took the Gold in the gruelling men’s 5000m final at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in Japan. Cheptegei, with a time of 12 minutes, 58.15, became the first Ugandan to win the event as he bagged the Olympic gold that has eluded him for so long.

In the 10,000m race, Cheptegei won silver while Jacob Kiplimo settled for bronze.

Peruth Chemutai made history by becoming Uganda’s first female Olympic gold medallist after winning the 3,000m steeplechase at the Olympic Stadium clocking a time of 9:01.45.

Peruth Chemutai

Uganda finished the Olympics with 4 medals in total (2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze). The international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Jacob Kiplimo broke the world record at the Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday 21st November, clocking 57:31 at the World Athletics Label road race. The world half marathon champion won by more than two minutes and took one second off the previous world record set by Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie in Valencia last year.

Football; The Uganda Hippos, the men’s U20 football team, made their debut in the U20 AFCON competition and defied odds to grace the final but fell to Ghana 2-0. Striker Derrick Kakooza finished the tournament as the top scorer with 5 goals.

Uganda Hippos celebrate after eliminating Burkina Faso in quarterfinals

Uganda’s national football team, the Cranes, failed to clinch a place for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 after a narrow loss to Malawi 1-0 in the final qualifier match played in Blantyre. The Cranes failed to make it a third straight appearance (after 2017 & 2019) at the continental showpiece.

Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojević bounced back as the head coach of the Uganda Cranes on a three-year contract, FUFA announced on 27 July. He replaced Johnathan McKinstry who was sacked after the Cranes failed to make it to AFCON.

Micho with Livingstone Mbabazi

The FUFA general assembly sat on August 21 in Mbale City and confirmed Eng Moses Magogo as the FUFA president unopposed for a third term since 2013 when he replaced Dr Lawrence Mulindwa and was re-elected in 2017 for another term.

For the second consecutive season, FUFA applied the 75 percent rule of the Competitions Committee Rules to declare Express FC as the 2020/21 Uganda Premier League champions. Express was top of the log with 58 points, one above second-placed URA with four games left when the government declared a second lockdown.

Express players celebrate after final whistle winning CECAFA championship

Express FC also won the 2021 CECAFA Kagame Cup after defeating Nyasa Big Bullets of Malawi 1-0 in the final at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Martin Kizza scored the only goal of the game.

Vipers SC midfielder Bobosi Byaruhanga was named the Best male player of the year in the FUFA awards. At the same event, Fauzia Najjemba was declared the best female footballer of the year. Both players drove away brand new cars and a cash prize of 1 million Shillings.

Bobosi receiving his car

Vipers was ruthless enroute to winning the 2021 Stanbic Uganda Cup, demolishing BUL FC 8-1 in the final.

The Uganda Netball Federation (UNF) elected Sarah Babirye Kityo as their new president. She replaced Susan Anek who had been the UNF President since 2007. Brigadier Flavia Byekwaso, the UPDF spokesperson was also elected as Vice President.

New Uganda Netball Federation executive

The federation appointed Fred Mugerwa Tabale as the new head coach of the She Cranes in October. He returned to the helm of the senior national netball team after nearly six years away. He was relieved of his duties in 2015.

The She Cranes claimed Silver in the 2021 Africa Netball Championships after losing to eventual winners South Africa 57-37 on November 15.

The Baby Cricket Cranes

The Baby Cricket Cranes qualified for the 2022 International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup in West Indies after coming top during the African qualifiers that concluded in Kigali on October 6. The World Cup will happen from 14th January to 4th February 2022. Uganda is pitted in group B with Ireland, South Africa and India.

Former Uganda Rugby Cranes coach Robert ‘Soggy’ Seguya died at the age of 43. He succumbed to Leukaemia on Tuesday 14 December. Soggy who also captained the national team, won the Uganda Cup seven times with Heathens and played for Uganda in Rugby 7s at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 and 2010 among other tournaments.

Robert Seguya

On the continent, Egypt’s Al Ahly defeated South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs 3-0 in the final to win a record-extending 10th CAF Champions League title.

Morocco won the African Nations Championship (CHAN) for the second time by overcoming Mali’s bold challenge 2-0 in a thrilling final at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon on February 7.

South African businessman and Mamelodi Sundowns President, Patrice Motsepe, was elected unopposed as the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). He became the first person from an English-speaking country and only the second from Southern Africa to be elected president.

Internationally, Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League from a Kai Havertz goal over Manchester City in the final in Porto, shattering Pep Guardiola’s dream of lifting the trophy for the third time, a decade on from his last triumph.

EURO 2020: Italy scripted a 3-2 win in the final against England on penalties to clinch their second European crown in Wembley, the first since 1968.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won this year’s Formula One championship, denying Lewis Hamilton a record eighth, with a last-lap overtake to win a season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 12 amid controversy and high drama.

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When will Ugandans make Uganda?

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Guest Writer
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The Chief Justice, Hon. Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo

Holland is one of the most picturesque countries in the world. It is joined by Belgium on the south, Germany on the west, and the North Sea on the East and North. It’s total land area is about a quarter of the state of Missouri in the US, and yet it has a population of nearly 15 million people. This is the land of windmills, canals, flower fields, dairy cattle, cheese markets and traditional costumes.

The Dutch have a saying “God made the World, but the Dutch made Holland.” When will Ugandans make Uganda? In the Military, the Standard Operating Words are “Classified” and “Restricted”. Truth is defined as that which is real, genuine, certain, valid, factual. Truth is actuality, that which can be trusted because it is the things that are. Two eminent Ugandan Persons made history this week; Justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo the Chief Justice proposed an extension of retirement age for his lot to which I counter propose hither contracting, Kenyan Justice David Maraka prior to extension. The Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah Okori the Speaker of Parliament adjourned the House Cine dine yet the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces is meant to seek belated permission to deploy our forces to pound ADF along with FARDC in the D.R. Congo. For starters Cine dine means no specific time of return.

Uganda is a country that can be compared to a sentence without punctuation, in brief we can be said to be sophisticated predators. To make my argument more compelling, a week ago Ms. Lucia Pinochet, a widow of the fallen Chilean General Augustino Pinochet died at the age of 99 a few days to their general election interestingly the population went into ecstatic celebrations instead of mourning because she and her husband persecuted their citizens in the ’80s and went on to elect a youthful Gabriel Borich aged only 35years. In 2005, the then Commandant of the Kimaka based Army College sanctioned the Late Brig. Gen. Noble Mayombo to invite the late Lt. Col. Lazarus Orwotho considered to have been one of the finest of senior army officers in Obote II regime to present a syndicated lecture to the bravest of UPDF. On the first occasion Lt. Col. Orwotho declined the invitation as he feared that Ugandans hate the truth. The late Mayombo had to go through the late Brig. Gen. Peter Kerim who came from the same West Nile region as Orwotho who accepted the invitation and the senior soldier in him drove him to present an exciting truthful paper to a quiet Central Lecture Room (CLR). I had been invited as an observer and observed that the Room was so quiet that one would hear a pin falling. Orwotho was meant to present facts and nothing more pertaining the Luweero Triangle Bush War.

The more than 50 Ugandan, Tanzanian, Kenyan senior officers turned in their seats uncomfortably when the “Lecturer” told the listeners in their faces that he (Orwotho) pounded the NRA in Luweero because at that time they were a National Army and had a duty to protect the Country and her Citizens. He went on to ask why they(UPDF) were hitting Kony rebels hard in Northern Uganda? I personally thought that Lt. Col. Orwotho was going to be arrested at the end of the Lecture. It was surprising that he received a standing ovation instead. During Q&A time he had this to say and I quote that “when one comes into an Arena where others control the oxygen, the intruder is suffocated”, this attracted a prolonged laughter from the tough men in uniform. I didn’t know I would meet Lt. Col. Orwotho again but I was lucky to share a hotel during CHOGM 2007 with a Princess Ms. Ruth Nakayima from Busoga Chiefdom, we laughed when I reminded him about his moving lecture at Kimaka unfortunately Brig. Gen. Mayombo had passed away months earlier. So where did we go wrong wanting to set a whole house on fire just to roast a rabbit for supper in a place like Kayunga. Are the retiring Generals driving the NRM revolution to slip off the Agenda, or Is the ship (Uganda) sinking? Are the young Commanders’ dismissive attitude not going to negatively affect the Country’s image? Is their exuded arrogance, not brushing off the Late Orwotho’s audience’s discipline? Isn’t this indiscipline pilferaging (stealing in small quantities) the NRM support in the whole Country? Pilferage, one of my Swiss female Lecturers at Kenya Utalii College (Nicknamed as Africa’s Harvard of Hospitality) explained as lifting items in small numbers and that this can deplete the stocks of the whole World.

There is a lesson we can learn concerning the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Boris Johnson of UK who lost a crucial by-election the same Thursday of Kayunga by-election a constituency CP had held for over 200 years yet it was a honorable defeat even if it means that Boris Johnson is on his way out given the fact that even his Minister for BREXIT resigned from government in the same week coupled with an ongoing investigation whether there were illegal Christmas parties at 10 Downing street against #Covid SOPs. Morality as taught by Thich Nhat Hanh “The past is gone, the future is not yet here and if we don’t go back to ourselves in the present moment, we can’t be in touch with life.” We cannot blame Obote’s ghost to have run mad in Kayunga.

Nabendeh S.P Wamoto (0776658433/0752658433)

simonwamoto@yahoo.co.uk

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South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies

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Agencies
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Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90.

His death was confirmed in a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

It marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,” he said.

Tutu was one of the country’s best known figures at home and abroad.

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Ruparelia Foundation to give back to Community in end of year donation drive

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Our Reporter
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Ruparelia Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Ruparelia Group, a conglomerate owned by Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, together with partners are set to give back to the community and orphanages in an End of Year Donation Drive with amazing gifts, and goodies.

The Foundation has announced a call for donations from well-wishers to give in items such as usable toys, clothes, books, and anything in a usable condition that will be a good end-of-year gift for kids and the needy.

Through their socials, Ruparelia Foundation announced that well-wishers for the End of Year Donation Drive can drop off such items at three selected points; i.e; their head office at Crane Chambers opp. City Square in Kampala, Victoria University along Jinja Road, as well as Kabira Country Club in Bukoto, a Kampala Suburb.

The Ruparelia Foundation was founded in 2012 by Dr. Sudhir & Mrs. Jyotsna Ruparelia and runs its programs under the catchphrase theme: “Enriching Lives Together”.

For the past seven years, the Foundation has worked together with several stakeholders to champion positive change in different communities across the country to improve livelihoods in Uganda. To date, more than 600 charitable causes have been funded by the charity.

The focus areas of the foundation include health care, education, sports, wildlife and environment conservation, disaster relief, startup and general welfare.

Ruparelia Foundation strives to create a positive and transformative change in the community through making a real difference in the course of the present-day but also have a sustainable plan for every initiative carried out.

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EAC Chief Justices call for increased funding for Judiciaries in the region

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EAC CJs call for increased funding

The East African Chief Justices Forum (EACJF) has called for increased funding for national judiciaries and the East African Court of Justice (EACJ).

EACJF, which brings together Partner States’ Chief Justices and the Judge President of the East African Court of Justice, said that budgetary allocation to the judiciaries in the region should be substantially enhanced to allow the judiciary to exercise its mandate in a timely and efficient manner.

The Chief Justices said that the judiciary budget should be ring-fenced as a fixed percentage of the national budget, 2.5% of the annual budget.

The 6th EACJC, which was chaired by Kenya’s Chief Justice Martha Koome, further agreed to establish a modern, functional, stable, and sustainable ICT ecosystem for the Judiciaries in all Partner States.

The Chief Justices affirmed that it was essential that courts deepen and expand the use of technology in their operations through investment in infrastructure; recruitment of enough personnel; continuous training of judges, judicial officers and staff; continuous public education; and increased budget allocation to judicial digitization.

It was agreed that the Chief Justices of each country and President of the EACJ shall personally take charge in leading the automation processes within their jurisdictions.

The resolutions are contained in the resolutions of the Joint Symposium of the Forum of EAC Chief Justices and the East African Judicial Education Committee that was held in Mombasa, Kenya from 15th to 16th December, 2021 and that were adopted by the Forum on Friday, 17th December, 2021.

The Chief Justices urged the EAC Secretariat to formalize the institutional standing of the Forum of EAC Chief Justices, which should advise on the implementation of policies and programmes that foster adherence to the rule of law, good governance and share concerns with the Council and the Summit when needed.

The Forum agreed that Chief Justices initiate the Chief Justice-Private Sector Roundtables in their respective Partner States and at the regional level to function as avenues for dialogue that can facilitate an enabling business environment and increase efficiency in resolving commercial disputes.

On regional cooperation in the enforcement of law and order, it was agreed that the respective judiciaries establish modalities to enhance closer regional collaboration in combating trans-boundary crimes.

On alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, the Chief Justices agreed to support the establishment, financing, and operationalization of the Small Claims Courts, Plea Bargaining, and Arbitration and Mediation as suitable mechanisms for delivering quicker and affordable ways of delivering justice to vulnerable people.

It was agreed that respective Judiciaries strengthen performance evaluation as a way of enhancing individual and institutional accountability.

On the harmonisation of judicial systems in the region, the EACJC agreed to pursue the harmonisation of legal training, certification and promoting standardisation of judgments in the judiciaries of the Partner States.

Speaking at the Forum, EAC Secretary General Hon. (Dr.) Peter Mathuki described the EAC Chief Justices’ Forum as a big step in strengthening judicial systems in EAC.

“The EACJF-EACJEC Joint Symposium’s Resolutions were pertinent on how to improve judicial systems capacity to deliver justice to East Africans,” said Dr. Mathuki, adding that efficient delivery of justice was in line with the views of the Summit of EAC Heads of State in taking the Community to the people at the grassroots.

Dr. Mathuki emphasized the need to embrace a cooperative and collaborative approach in terms of how the EAC and National Judiciaries conduct business.

Dr. Mathuki hailed national judiciaries and the EACJ for adopting e-services that have ensured continued delivery of justice to East Africans during the Covid-19 pandemic.

He commended the Judiciary of Kenya for its efforts to establish courts near border posts to resolve cross-border trade disputes and encouraged the other judiciaries to establish the same, adding that such courts would help resolve cross-border disputes and make the integration process seamless.

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Health workers screening for #Covid-19 at Entebbe Airport strike over non-payment

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Geoffery Serugo
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Entebbe-International-Airport

The Health workers handling mandatory screening for COVID-19 at Entebbe International Airport have laid down their tools over nonpayment. The development has been confirmed by Emmanuel Ainebyona, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health.

The health workers claim that they haven’t been paid since October and the government is not bothered as the festive season draws closer.

“The Ministry is working to resolve the issue,” Ainebyona said.

Health workers’ industrialisation came a few hours after Medical doctors suspended a strike declared in early November over concerns about their welfare. Uganda Medical Association (UMA) said it has given the Government up to May to honor its pledges agreed in a series of meetings.

Recently the Ministry of Health has reduced the cost of testing for Covid-19 from Shs 240,500 ($65) to Shs 185,000 ($50) for people seeking testing services in government laboratories. In August, the government instituted Shs 240,500 for individuals who wanted to test for Covid-19.

According to the statement released by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Dr. Diana Atwine the cost has been reduced by $15. The reduction of testing fees alluded to resumption of international flights.

The reduction on covid-19 testing fees happens in the wake of the shooting numbers of forged covid-19 certificates. Last week, a total of 23 passengers of various origins were intercepted by the Aviation police at Entebbe International Airport after they presented forged covid-19 certificates.

Currently, Makerere University Hospital was taking the lowest charges of Shs 200,000 from the initial fees of Shs 150,000. Nakasero hospital is charging $97.93(shs365000) with results in 24 to 48 hours,$ 107.32(shs400,000) at Kampala hospital results in six hours, $99.28(shs370,000) with results in 24-48 hours or $126.11 (shs470,000) results got in 12 hours.

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UBL’s 2021 Graduate Marketing Trainee Recruitment is underway

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Our Reporter
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Applications are currently underway for the Graduate Marketing Trainee Recruitment program whose focus is recruitment of applicants from diverse educational backgrounds who are passionate about marketing.

According to Emmy Hashakimana, the Marketing and Innovations Director at UBL, the trainees will have the opportunity to work in an environment that encourages creativity and innovation at Uganda Breweries, the home of iconic brands.

“This is a great program for young graduates who are interested and passionate about pursuing a career in marketing. We offer an enabling and conducive work environment that has seen our talent grow and flourish, taking up opportunities to work in global markets.”

He says the trainees stand an opportunity to leave a mark on UBL’s renown brands including Bell Lager, Uganda Waragi, Tusker, Johnnie Walker among others.

“UBL being a part of Diageo Plc is a great place to work providing great opportunities for career growth, with some talent being exported to work in global markets. Estella Muzito Stella started at UBL and then got the opportunity to further her career at Diageo before landing her current role as the Marketing and Innovations director at Guinness Ghana Breweries,” said Hashakimana.

He also cited Maureen Rutabingwa, whose success with innovations including Uganda Waragi Coconut and Pineapple has since seen her take on a role within Innovation at Diageo.

In a bid to share experiences and knowledge, UBL will host a virtual discussion on 27th December between 5PM and 6PM under the topic “Marketing career at UBL”.

The discussion which will be held virtually via Zoom will feature Rhona Namanya, the Head of Spirits, Babuleka Matilda, the Brand Manager Bell Lager, Muzito Stella, Marketing and Innovations director at Guinness Ghana Breweries and Maureen Rutabingwa, the Head of Spirits and Innovation Diageo Africa.

“Under this program, the successful applicants are introduced to the world of business and given the opportunity to demonstrate their drive and creativity. They work with business leaders and other graduates across sister companies within Diageo. They are normally supported by an experienced manager, dedicated mentor and “buddy” who will help them successfully navigate the career,” says Hashakimana.

He notes that each year, the graduate trainees get the opportunity to work in another part of the business and at the end of the three-year period they are always ready for a management role within the business.

Emmy Hashakimana says that at UBL, they believe diversity is one of the keys to the company’s success in the market and is embedded into our DNA. This, he says, goes beyond age, gender, disability, religion or ethnic origins.

“Our commitment to diversity is the basis of how we perform business today and in the future. We strive to help all employees reach their full potential and our support comes through in our values, policies and benefit programs, which have helped to create an inclusive environment where differences are valued and respected,” he notes.

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Uganda receives 742,000 doses of #Covid-19 vaccines from the Danish Government

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#Covid-19 vaccine

The Danish government has donated a total of 742,000 vaccine doses to the Ministry of Health to assist Uganda in its fight against COVID-19. A shipment of 258,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca doses arrived on 14 December 2021, with an additional shipment of 484,000 Moderna doses scheduled for arrival on 30 December. Both donations are being shipped through the COVAX facility – the global partnership for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines.

These shipments mark an important step towards the goal of ensuring the fair and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. Uganda is currently engaged in an accelerated push to vaccinate all individuals 18 years and above, comprising approximately 22 million people, or half of Uganda’s population.

“These donations from the Danish government to Uganda are a deeply appreciated example of global solidarity in action,” said the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng. “All partners need to work together to end the pandemic. We want to thank the Government of Denmark for the critical support to COVAX that made this donation possible.”

COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, and the World Health Organization (WHO), with UNICEF as a key implementing partner. UNICEF, which is the largest single buyer of vaccines in the world, is engaged with manufacturers and partners on the procurement of COVID-19 vaccine doses, while supporting freight, logistics and storage at the global and local levels.

“Denmark is proud to be able to assist Uganda with much-needed vaccines to help enable the country to further reopen including the crucial reopening of the education sector,” the Danish Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Nicolaj A. Hejberg Petersen, said. “Our support with vaccines follows a number of earlier support packages that have been provided in close partnership with our strong partners, the Ministry of Health and the UN family in Uganda.”

“As a key COVAX partner, UNICEF Uganda is grateful for the dose-sharing by the Danish government,” said Dr. Munir Safieldin, UNICEF Representative to Uganda. “I urge other governments to consider sharing a portion of their vaccine supply with countries in need to ensure equitable and fast access to COVID-19 vaccines.”

“The COVID-19 crisis is a child rights crisis,” Dr. Safieldin added. “Few children around the world have been spared, and Uganda is no exception. The longer the pandemic continues, the more disastrous its impact on women and children.”

Vaccination is essential to protecting children and families, while building safer communities and societies that are free of harmful vaccine-preventable diseases. As UNICEF deploys vaccines against COVID-19, it has emphasized the importance of children having continued access to existing vaccines to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases alongside COVID-19.

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Kyambogo gets new University structure

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Ronard Shabomwe
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Prof. Eli Katunguka, Vice Chancellor Kyambogo University. Photo by Ronard Shabomwe.

Kyambogo University has become the first among the public universities, to receive a new structure, leaving the one they have been with since 2006.

The university academic structure has changed through relocation and creation of new Faculties, Schools, Departments, and academic units. According to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Eli Katunguka Rwakishaya, the university had six Faculties and two Schools, and now the schools have increased from two to six and one Institute.

In a new structure, the university will be with six schools which include; School of Built Environment, School of Vocational Studies, School of Computing and Information Science, School of Education, School of Art and Industrial Designs, School of Management and Entrepreneurship, and one Institute-Institute of Distance Education, E-learning and Learning Centers.

The Vice-Chancellor, while addressing the press on Wednesday afternoon, noted that a lot has changed in addition to the massive growth of the university, and therefore, the restructuring has come at the right time.

He explains that the university had grown in stature, size, and programs, and the structure the Kyambogo has been using was that of 2006 which was old and no longer helped the university to achieve its mandate.

“Kyambogo University has grown massively and I think this new restructuring is due. We are ready for it and we shall work hard to make sure all has remained well with this University” Vice-Chancellor Katunguka said.

The restructuring has also seen the number of academic Departments increasing from thirsty -three-33 to fifty -six-56 in the new academic structure.

The new university structure was approved by the university council in August 2020 and later by the Ministry of Public Service in November 2020 as part of its plan to restructure Public Universities.

Professor Katunguka says that the validation of teaching staff has been completed and soon staff will be given letters indicating where they will continue to serve the University. He adds that this has been dictated by the qualifications and competencies of academic staff.

Professor further remarked that the university has started the Graduate Fellow Scheme to identify young talented people, the best in different disciplines for training and retention. He said Kyambogo has recruited sixty five-65 Graduate Fellows and forty seven-47 have completed their Masters degrees and have been absorbed as Assistant Lecturers, some have completed their PhDs, and a number of them have registered for doctorates.

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UCC fines Sanyuka TV, orders presenters to apologise to Omulangira Suuna

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Geoffery Serugo
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Omulangira Suuna

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has directed Sanyuka TV, a subsidiary of Next Media Services to pay a fine of USD 520 for distributing prohibited content contrary to UCC regulation 2019 and non-compliance with broadcasting standards.

In August Omulangira Suuna (OS) petitioned UCC calling for action against Sanyuka TV, its three presenters and their Guest Isma Olaxes aka Isma Kalevu.

He averred that on August 27, 2021 during their Morning Express gossip show on Sanyuka TV, the four said he is a witch doctor and not the rightful owner of a storeyed building and a pine tree plantation that he recently showed off. TV journalists include: Isaac Kawalya Semulondo aka Kayz, Williams Makuliro aka Mako, and Brian Kennedy Wako.

UCC however directed both parties to file their submissions about the matter. Upon analyzing their submissions, UCC said the Sanyuka TV didn’t comply with the minimum broadcasting standards and other applicable laws.

The Commission directed Sanyuka TV to retract statements which were made against OS during the Morning Express Show that aired on 27 August 2021.

“Retracing should be affecting an unconditional apology to the Suuna during the same program. The presenters should ensure that the apology is made with an equivalent degree of prominence and timing in accordance with Regulation 12 of UCC Regulations, 2019.” UCC said in a letter to Sanyuka TV.

“The TV should provide space and time to OS and his lawyers on the same show to give their side of the story in response to the allegations which were made against him.” UCC said.

The regulation body urged the TV Station to ensure that all the content broadcast during the show comply with the minimum broadcasting standards and other applicable laws.

The regulation body directed the station to pay a fine of USD 260 for distributing prohibited content contrary to UCC regulation 2019 and another USD 260 for non-compliance with broadcasting standards.

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