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Express, URA to know CAF opponents tomorrow

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URA FC captain SHafic Kagimu in action against Express in the UPL

Express FC and URA FC will get to know their continental opponents when the draw for the preliminary rounds of the CAF interclub competitions takes place tomorrow Friday 13th August in Cairo, Egypt.

54 clubs have committed to participate in the 2021/2022 CAF TotalEnergies Champions League, while 51 clubs have registered for the 2021/2022 CAF TotalEnergies Confederation Cup.

The 12 best-placed national associations in the CAF ranking are authorized to enter two clubs in the different competitions. These are South Africa, Algeria, Angola, DR Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zambia.

Uganda will be represented by Express FC in the Champions League and URA FC in the Confederation Cup.

Express will represent as the 2020/21 Uganda Premier League champions while URA who were second on the log will represent in the Confederation Cup; after the season was cut short during when the country was under lockdown for 42 days.

The clubs have until August 15 to register their players. The group stages will begin in February 2022.

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U.S. Gambling Laws

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The US gambling laws represent a somewhat complicated subject. After all, there are more than fifty different states within the union. While federal regulations are imposed on all states, the states still maintain a high degree of autonomy when dealing with their respective legislation. So, we can’t talk about gambling laws in all of the United States, as this would greatly surpass the scope of this review. What we can do is take one state, say, California, and compare the gambling laws there with some of the gambling laws that are enforced in Europe.

That being said, California is known for the relative laxness of its gambling laws. There are many casinos in the country. However, it’s important to note that all of the land-based casinos in California are tribal casinos. You can play games like roulette, blackjack, keno, craps, video poker, and more. There are also separate card rooms where the players can play games against one another, such as the top-rated Texas Hold ‘Em card game.

Also, it’s important to note that online gambling is completely legal in California. If you’re interested in the developments in the gambling industry, then chances are that you’re well aware of the fact that, at one point, online gambling was completely banned in the United States. So, it’s always refreshing to know that online gambling is legal in the state of California under current laws. It’s easy to find an online casino that accepts gift cards and play there completely legally. However, there’s one important limitation that you must be aware of when it comes to gambling in California – it’s that you need to be 21 years of age at least to be able to gamble legally.

Accepting bets and wagers on sports is illegal in California, while sports betting is legal. Dog racing is illegal. Horse racing is legal, but only with pari-mutuel betting. That being said, the somewhat rigid sports betting laws in California may change soon as there is a petition that would make sports betting legal in the tribal casinos. Also, there is a state lottery in California with bingo and other games.

European Gambling Laws

But how do the laws in the United States and California compare to European gambling laws? It’s important to note that there are also many countries in Europe, each with its own respective gambling laws. Typically, gambling laws are a lot more relaxed and less strict in Europe than the gambling laws in the United States.

There are more than 200 different casinos on the territory of the EU member state France. Many different forms of gambling are legal, including online gambling. However, only horse racing, poker, and sports betting are legal when it comes to online gambling. In Germany, gambling establishments are spread across the entire state. There are more than 9,000, which is quite a big number. There are 60 casinos in total. Online gambling is legal in its many forms. However, playing online slots is still illegal. 

Italy is another country in Europe with relaxed gambling laws. Italy was one of the first countries in Europe that enacted lax laws on online gambling. Milan is Italy’s biggest gambling hub, with dozens of different gambling sites and establishments.

In Conclusion

The most important thing to note when distinguishing between US and European gambling laws is that the former tends to be much stricter than the latter. However, there seems to be a trend of making gambling laws laxer all across the world. So, it appears that gambling will become legal in many different forms in many different countries worldwide.

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Emirates resumes flights from Entebbe to Dubai

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Geoffery Serugo
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Emirates Boeing 777-330ER

The airline has reinstated flights from Entebbe to Dubai with five weekly flights starting this month. Flights have been scheduled to connect seamlessly with Emirates’ network in the United States, the UK as well as West Asian points.

The reinstating of flights follows UAE’s decision to ease entry protocols for 12 countries. In line with the easing of restrictions, the airline will be restoring capacity across 29 cities on its network on over 270 flights as well as fine-tuning its schedules to boost frequencies and capacity as demand proliferates for international leisure and business travel.

By October, the airline will increase its services to 73 weekly flights to the UK, including six times a day London Heathrow operation; double daily A380 flights to Manchester, ten weekly services to Birmingham and daily services to Glasgow.

From today, Emirates will begin serving London Heathrow with three daily flights, all operated by its flagship A380. Throughout August and September, Emirates will gradually increase its operations to London Heathrow, and by the middle of October, the airline will have restored its operations to six daily flights, of which four will be served by the A380. The multiple daily flights served by the airline’s flagship A380 will provide significant connection opportunities to one of the highest demand leisure and business markets in the world.

For Emirates customers wishing to travel to the UK, the airline has optimized schedules to create the best connection options from its network, particularly across major cities in Africa like Johannesburg, Cape Town and Lusaka, and in West Asia including Karachi, Islamabad, among other cities. The latest travel requirements to the UK are available here.

Emirates currently flies to 12 cities in the United States on over 70 weekly flights, and will be adding additional frequencies to Houston, Boston and San Francisco over the course of August to accommodate for the seasonal influx of travelers.

The airline will also be boosting capacity on its four weekly services to New York JFK to its flagship A380 from 13 August, improving travel options for customers connecting to/from the major US city from across the airline’s network. Emirates will continue to make schedule and capacity adjustments to match its services with customer travel trends.

Emirates has increased flights to Johannesburg from daily to 11 weekly flights, with the addition of four linked flights with Durban, and the airline also flies to and from Cape Town with three weekly services. Customers flying in and out of Emirates’ three South African gateways can safely connect to an array of onwards connections to Europe, Middle East, West Asia and the United States.

Flights to/ from South Africa have also been scheduled to allow for convenient connections and additional access to Emirates’ four gateways in the UK, as well as Emirates’ extensive US network.

As international borders reopen and travel restrictions ease, Emirates continues to expand its network safely and sustainably, matching capacity with demand in line with market dynamics and operating conditions. The airline has resumed passenger services to over 120 destinations, recovering close to 90% of its pre-pandemic network.

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Low roll-out of #Covid-19 vaccines hinder sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery – Experts

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Covid-19 vaccine

Economic experts have revealed that the low rate of vaccination against covid-19 in sub-Saharan Africa hinders economic recovery prospects of the region’s countries.

Insights from the Global Dashboard for COVID-19 Vaccine Equity show that 1 in 74 people or 1.36% of people in low- and lower-middle-income countries had been vaccinated as of 4th August 2021. This is a sharp contrast to the 1 in 2 people or 51.15% of people that had been vaccinated in high-income countries by the same date.

In Uganda, with a population of over 42 million, a total of 1,123,221 vaccine doses had been administered as of the 8th August 2021, according to the World Health Organisation.

While recently presenting the Absa East Africa Macro Outlook for the second half of 2021, Ridle Markus, the sub-Saharan macroeconomist at Absa Group said, “With regard to economic growth, it has been noted that sub-Saharan Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world, in part due to a low rate of COVID-19 vaccination standing at about 3 doses per 100 people.”

The World Health Organisation blames this on COVID-19 vaccine inequity and attributes it to a high price per COVID-19 vaccine dose and delivery costs.

This has affected economic recovery in low- and lower-middle-income countries as many are still implementing lockdowns and partial lockdowns to stem the spread of the Coronavirus – which in turn have negative impacts on the socio-economic wellbeing of the population.

Markus, however, said that in spite of this, East Africa is expected to record the fastest growth cycle when compared to West Africa, the islands and southern Africa, as there are sectors in the region that will further push growth in the economies.

While speaking to the outlook for Uganda, David Wandera, Head of Financial Markets at Absa Bank Uganda attributed this optimistic stance to, among others, the country’s favourable agricultural conditions, the Central Bank’s interventions to stimulate borrowing and recent developments in the oil and gas sector, which signal some positivity in the coming months with the hope that they will help counter the negative effects of COVID-19.

He added, “The developments in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, means that a lot of businesses that were dormant are being given tenders, and with the expected signing of the Final Investment Decision at the end of the year, this could prove to be a transformative period for Uganda. Overall, the outlook is positive, but we are maintaining a ‘wait-and-see’ strategy.”

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Museveni to address the nation on security

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President Yoweri Museveni

President Yoweri Museveni will address the nation this Saturday on matters concerning security.

This was revealed by the senior press secretary to the President Lindah Nabusayi Wamboka in a post on her social media.

“Kaguta Museveni will address the nation to give a Security Situation brief to the country on Saturday August 14, 2021 at 8pm,” Lindah Nabusayi, the senior press secretary to the President said.

The address will be live on all Televisions and Radio Stations.

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Museveni gifts Olympic medalists with new cars

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President Museveni has congratulated and gifted brand new cars to the 2020 Olympics medal winners Joshua Cheptegei, Jacob Kiplimo and Peruth Chemutai.

Museveni handed over the cars to the three in a function held at Kololo Independence Grounds in which he welcomed the Uganda Olympics team and officials returning from Tokyo, Japan.

“In my happiness, for the people who have won medals, I will give each one of them a brand new vehicle,” Museveni said in part of his speech.

In addition, Museveni said that he will build a house for the parents of the Olympians who won a Gold medal (Cheptegei and Chemutai).

“I brought a suggestion that if you Gold medal at African level, commonwealth and Olympics, then you must get Shs 5 million per month, Silver Shs 3 million and Bronze Shs 1 million but it has not yet been implemented,” Museveni said.

Uganda finished in second position on the Africa medal ranking with a total of four medals behind neighbours Kenya.

Joshua Cheptegei won a gold medal in the 5,000m race and silver in the 10,000m race while Peruth Chemutai won gold in the 3,000m Steeplechase final, whereas Jacob Kiplimo bagged bronze in the 10,000m race.

The Inspector General of Police, Martins Okoth-Ochola, also promised to promote the athletes in the Force as an appreciation for their excellent performance.

The team returned home yesterday to a heroic welcome. They were received at Entebbe International Airport by officials led by the minister of state for sports Denis Hamson Obua.

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Activists call for enacting laws and imposing punitive actions to curb the trade of wildlife

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Lion

World Animal Protection has raised concern over the plummeting numbers of wild African lions. The decrease is alluded to global wildlife trade. Africa’s lion population has almost halved in the past 25 years.

Habitat loss and fragmentation, wildlife trade, bushmeat poaching and human-lion conflict continue to threaten lions across Africa, which are now classified by the IUCN as Vulnerable, with the West African subspecies Critically Endangered.

For many years’ African countries have been the go-to tourist destinations to experience safaris with the key target being spotting the African lion in the wild. These scenarios may not be the case in the near future if nothing is done to end the captive lion breeding industry where lions are bred and raised in captivity for commercial purposes, including canned trophy hunting, cub petting, walking with lion experiences and trade in lion bones for traditional medicine. Captive lion industry threatens the survival of lions and has a negative impact on tourism, public health and safety.

Edith Kabesiime, wildlife campaigns manager at World Animal Protection said; “It is encouraging to see some African countries like South Africa making commitments to shift away from the practice of breeding and keeping lions in captivity, using captive lions or their derivatives commercially.

World Animal Protection commends South Africa for this important step forward and hopes that this declaration will be fully implemented and other African states who are considering legalising commercial lion breeding can halt the process.”

Lions suffer at every stage of their life in breeding farms. Intensive captive conditions increase the risk of zoonotic disease transmission. Ending the trade in wild animals is not only good for the animals, but also for the people. As the world struggles to respond to the current global health pandemic, it is more important now than ever to be aware of public health risks from contact with wild animals and to reduce risks wherever possible.

There is a need for states to take bold steps through enacting and operationalizing laws that heavily punish those involved in wildlife trade. Wild animals can no longer be reduced to commodities simply to be cruelly exploited by humans, without any regard for their lives or welfare.

Countries need to enact animal welfare and environmental policies that protect individual wild animals and allow them the right to a life in the wild. Wild animals are sentient beings, and their intrinsic value should be recognized as an essential component in ensuring the survival of species as well as the protection of the environment. This is the real ‘new deal’ for wildlife, people and the planet.

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Kasole says gov’t should look at private school owners as investors, praises Kampala Parents for remaining a top performer

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Mr. Kasole Bwerere during an earlier interview with Eagle Online at his Buloba home on Thursday February 9, 2017.

 

Mzee Edward Bwerere Kasole, the former proprietor of Kampala Parents School has said government should find a meaningful solution to cries of owners of private schools because they are subsidizing for the same government.

Kasole said though Finance Minister Matia Kasaija was right in his response to cries by private school owners, his response was rather unfriendly and suggested there was nothing much government would do to save schools being auctioned by financial institutions.

“Government has nothing much it can do to save the situation because that is a private undertaking but maybe for nationalism, that if the education system collapses what will happen to all the children? Secondly owners of these schools are partners with government because they are rendering a service meant for government and therefore, government should sit down with owners of the schools and find a solution”? Mr. Kasole told Eagle Online in a telephone interview today from his Mubende home.

Kasaija is quoted to have said that school owners should instead asset to repay bank loans, a statement that seem to have annoyed school owners.

Kasole who is considered a pioneer of private education in Uganda says the reasons why private schools owners are suffering is because they have never been considered as investors by government. He says school owners too need incentives like other investors in other sector because they create employment, pay taxes, educate children and therefore, in situations like this, there is need for government to talk to financial institutions.

“I started a school but they never saw me as an investor  and so how will government help them when they don’t see them as investor?” Kasole asked.

Kasole further advised school owners to avoid expansionist policy because it is the reason some of the schools are in debts. He said both sides need to initiate meaningful discussion through interfacing with all school owners in the country.

“There are schools that have performed very well and if they collapse what will happen? Government is the first parent and therefore, should help where it is necessary. Let government put a committee in place to listen to school owners

He revealed that he was happy his former school Kampala Parents was still performing well saying it has kept the legacy of helping an average Ugandan.

“On my former school, Kampala Parents, I wanted a school where an average Ugandan would access better education and so far, I am happy with the progress of the school” Kasole said of the school he started before selling it to the Ugandan tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia who has since transformed it.

Kampala Parents School was in 1975, and it was the first private school and this alone landed Kasole in prison for a week when President Idi Amin questioned how a Ugandan could start a first private primary school.

 

 

 

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Kyambogo distances itself from online examination news circulating on social media

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Ronard Shabomwe
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Kyambogo University Senate

Kyambogo University has distanced itself from the news making rounds on social media platforms, saying that the end of semester one exams will be conducted online.

Professor Eli Katunguka, the Vice-Chancellor of the University while addressing Journalists on Monday afternoon at Kyambogo University, says that the University Senate has not discussed any issue concerning online examinations at Kyambogo University.

A fake letter bearing the signature of Vice-Chancellor and a stamp started spreading on social media platforms informing students and Kyambogo community to get prepared for the end of semester one exams which would be conducted online.

The letter read in part “All students who have completed registration and tuition requirements will do end of semester exams which will be conducted online due to the current pandemic situation in the country”.

Professor says that this information has been spreading widely which prompted many people to call the university officials, seeking for the clarification about this information is making rounds.

“Many people have called us regarding this information. You know information on social media spreads like wildfire; please consider that information as fake news. The university has not considered conducting online examinations.”

Reuben Twinomujuni, the University Senior Public Relations Officer, notes that they are aware of the falsehood circulating online exams and calls upon whoever comes across such information to ignore it, adding that the University will keep students informed about any developments at the university”.

Many students have been worried wondering how they will manage to do examinations online, yet they are still failing to have learning online.

Allan Makumbi, a first-year student from the Faculty of Special Needs argues that for him if what is circulating is true, he has given up on the semester. Makumbi says that he has failed to attend lectures online, then how possible can it be for him to do exams from there.

According to Dorcas Namono also a first-year student in the Faculty of Engineering, the University should find all ways to help students to have an examination at the university because everything about accessing online learning material is stressful.

Furthermore, Professor said, the University is planning to hold its first virtue graduation in September on 21st to 23th 2021. This will be the 17th graduation and according to Vice Chancellor Katunguka, over 7000 students will be graduating.

“This graduation will be a virtue with a limited physical presence. Senate is discussing how this will be done, but we expect that officers of the university will be here. Chancellor, the procession, graduate students, and the guest of honor. The rest will be attending online” Vice Chancellor adds.

The university has so far postponed the graduation two times due to the Covid-19 situation in the country that stopped most students from finishing their studies in time. Students, who had to do school practice and other internship practice had to halt until the situation normalized.

Kyambogo University last had graduation two years back in 2019, which was conducted on 11th to 13th, since then, graduation has been on hold until now that the university has decided to follow suit and do it virtually like other universities.

Kyambogo University is currently conducting all classes online, using ODeL-Open Distance and eLearning, and Google meet to reach out to students which the professor has asserted that there are a number of challenges associated with using those methods, like lack of data, electricity, and gargets to enable students to study effectively.

According to Professor Katunguka, the University is in the process of procuring over 40 zoom allowances each allowing over 50 students to interact with the lecture. These will be given to departments to help them, access students.

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Express FC reach 2021 CECAFA Kagame cup final

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Express players celebrate after final whistle winning CECAFA championship

On form midfeilder Muzamiru Mutyaba and forward Erick Kambale scored the goals for Express FC as they booked a spot in the 2021 CECAFA Kagame Cup final.

The Red Eagles fought from 1-0 down to win 2-1 against Zanzibar’s KMKM on Tuesday evening at the Azam Complex Chamazi in Dar-es-Saalam, Tanzania. Ibrahim Abdullah Hamad scored for KMKM.

“We’ve managed to win and reach the kagame cup finals, we came from behind to win because they led the game in the first half but we told the boys to focus and concentrate because the referee surely didn’t help matters but also the reason why we’re in the finals is because we play as a unit so now that we’re in the finals our focus is to win the trophy,” Wasswa Bbosa, the Express Head Coach said after the game.

Express will now face the winner between Azam and Malawi’s Nyasa Big Bullets. The final will take place on 14th August 2021 at a venue yet to be confirmed. The winner will pocket US$30,000.

Express Starting XI: Joel Mutakubwa, Enock Walusimbi (C), Arthur Kigundu, Issa Lumu, Murushid Juuko, Mahad Yaya Kakooza, John Byamukama, Muzamiru Mutyaba, (Abel Etrude 79’), Erick Kambale, George Senkaaba, (Charles Musiige 85’), Martin Kizza.

Unused Substitutes: Denis Otim (GK), Chrispus Kusiima (GK), Denis Mubuya, Joseph Akandwanaho, Ivan Mayanja, Daniel Shabene, Faisal Ssekyanzi.

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