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Museveni warns corrupt officials at Uganda Airlines as he boards country’s bombardier CRJ900

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Geoffery Serugo
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Museveni arrives in Tanzania aboard Uganda Airlines

President Yoweri has warned corrupt officials at Uganda Airlines saying they will face dire consequences for mismanaging the airlines.

Museveni said moments after he boarded the newly acquired bombardier CRJ900 regional jet. The president was going to the United Republic of Tanzania on invitation of Samia Suluhu Hassan to witness the signing of the Host Government Agreement (HGA), a great step towards the construction of the oil pipeline.

“I had not flown using the Uganda Airlines, until yesterday. The crew is very good. When they were landing, I did not know we had landed. Regarding the alleged corruption in the airline, some elements in management and the board MUST face the consequences,” he said.

“I arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania aboard our own Uganda ‘Crane’ for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). I continue to call upon all travellers especially fellow Ugandans to support the Uganda Airlines”

Recently, the Minister of State for Transport Joy Kabatsi threatened to suspend the Chairman of Board of Directors for Uganda airlines Pereza Godfrey Ahabwe for failure to take action against board members after they declined to have a meeting with her to streamline the operations of the Airline.

In retaliation Mr. Ahabwe suspended a number of board members in reference to a decision they took to shun their meeting with the minister. The meeting was scheduled on April 20, 2021

In a brief statement Ahabwe said; “The board of directors of Uganda Airlines wishes to inform our esteemed clients and the general public that some members of the management team have taken leave and during their absence the airline roles will be performed by the organisation in line with human resource policies.”

The suspended officials include Cornwell Muleya, the Uganda Airlines’ chief executive officer (CEO). Muleya was handed a three months suspension together with Paul Turyacayisanga (finance director), Joseph Ssebowa (head of human resource), Harvey Kalema (manager ground handling and operations), Bruno Origi (director safety and compliance), Moses Wangalwa (head of procurement and assets disposal) and Alex Kakooza (first captain), to pave way for an internal investigation.

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Judith Heard sets off to represent Uganda in Miss Elite World 2021

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Geoffery Serugo
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Judith Heard

Ugandan socialite and model Judith Heard has set off to represent Uganda in the Miss Elite World 2021 which kicked off on May 19th till May 30th in Egypt.

Judith Heard was seen off by the Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Miss Uganda, Brenda Nanyonjo. “We wish Judith Heard all the best as makes Uganda proud,” she said.

Miss Elite is an International Beauty Pageant, one of the largest and most prestigious around the globe. With 34 contestants from the entire world competing this year in Somabay, a modern town resort at the Red Sea and Grand Finale at the Fairmont Nile City, Cairo, Egypt.

Apart from the Miss Elite title, four runner-ups will also be announced along with some special awards like, Miss Congeniality, Best Model, Miss Popularity, Best National Costume and Miss Photogenic.

Founded by Stefano Douaihy, Miss Elite aims to find the most exceptional representatives to celebrate women’s beauty.

The jury panel will consist of renowned icons, judging the participants on their physique, potential individuality, intellect, beauty, and most importantly the ability to captivate the audience with their performance.

“Each contestant presents her own nation’s identity along with distinctive beauty, culture, tradition and ethnicity as a world platform. Through this competition we aim to celebrate the unity of all nations by bringing them together to the cradle of all civilizations, our beloved Egypt,” Douaihy said in a statement.

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GOAL, MasterCard Foundation partner in $24m programme to support youth in the agriculture sector

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Geoffery Serugo
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Ugandan farmer in her vegetable garden

Irish humanitarian aid agency, GOAL, has launched a transformative programme which will enable 300,000 young rural Ugandans to access dignified and fulfilling work in the agricultural sector over the next five years.

Under the Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works in Uganda – Markets for Youth Programme, GOAL will target 210,000 young women and 90,000 young men between the ages of 16 and 35 years in 18 Districts in Uganda. This includes 30,000 refugees and 15,000 young people living with disabilities.

In addition, the $24m programme will reach 600,000 people indirectly by partnering with the private sector to expand and adapt their business models to develop new products and services for young farmers.

Under its wider Young Africa Works in Uganda strategy, the Mastercard Foundation has committed $USD200 million over the next 10 years to support three million young women, men, and refugees in Uganda with access to work opportunities in agriculture, tourism and hospitality, and construction/housing.

Under Young Africa Works, GOAL will work with a range of private sector partners, including small and medium enterprises, corporate businesses, and social investors to adopt a market systems development approach to improve people’s lives.

The programme will support young people in: – accessing financial services and products; – skills training in practice and management of farm enterprises;  accessing and participating in activities in the agricultural market system; and,   collaborating to increase purchasing and influencing power in the agricultural market system.

GOAL CEO, Siobhan Walsh, said today: “We are delighted to partner with the Mastercard Foundation on this important initiative, which will empower hundreds of thousands of young people in Uganda, and provide them with long lasting opportunities. Uganda currently has the second youngest population in the world with over 78% below 30 years of age, second only to Niger’s 83%, according to the United National Development Programme (UNDP). There is important alignment between GOAL and the Mastercard Foundation in supporting communities that have limited access to opportunities, especially women, refugees, and people with disabilities. We look forward to enabling young people to create new futures through access to dignified and fulfilling work.”

Speaking at the programme launch in Kampala Samuel Yalew Adela, Country Head, Uganda, at the Mastercard Foundation, said: “Young people in Uganda are among the most enterprising in the world. With the right support, they are ready to bring that energy and innovation to the agricultural sector—an engine of our economy not just to improve their own lives, but to improve the lives of their families, the well-being of communities, and the resilience of the country.”

The Programme Director for Young Africa Works in Uganda, Netsaalem Gebrie, said: “Agriculture provides the biggest opportunity for employment in Uganda. By applying a market systems development approach, GOAL is aiming to transform the sector, so agriculture becomes an attractive business venture for young women and men all over the country.”

Today’s launch event was attended by senior representatives from the Mastercard Foundation, the Regional Director for GOAL, local and national Government officials, NGOs, development partners, and youth representatives.

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We have sent a liaison team to DR Congo-UPDF

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Our Reporter
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UPDF spokesperson Brig. Flavia Byekwaso

KAMPALA-The Uganda People’s Defence Forces has said they have sent soldiers in DR Congo to liaise with their Congolese counterparts in intelligence sharing.

The UPDF Spokesperson, Brig   Flavia Byekwaso denied that they had deployed soldiers in the DR Congo to fight the rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces which was designated by the U.S government in March as a terrorist group.

“We sent a liaison team for coordination purposes on information and intelligence sharing not for deployment [of soldiers],” She said.

She said the team is in Beni, eastern DR Congo where the ADF rebels have been attacking and killing people since 2014.

Brig Byekwaso said officials from both DR Congo and Uganda met in March and agreed to share information and intelligence on the ADF which is now designated as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC).

“The agenda is about intelligence sharing following a meeting held by both countries in March this year,” she said.

But sources say the troops were deployed on May 17 under the command of Maj. Gen. Kayanja Muhanga, who is now the commander of the Mountain Brigade based in Rwenzori.

According to sources, the deployment is intended to flash out the rebels in the area before the construction of three roads connecting Uganda and DR Congo to smoothen business between the two countries.

In October last year, Uganda’s cabinet approved plans to build the roads jointly with DR Congo but the opposition politicians have questioned why Uganda should spend money to build roads in her neighbour in the west.

One road will run from Kasindi to Beni (80km) and another will integrate the Beni-Butebo axis (54km). The third will stretch for 89 kilometres from the border town of Bunagana, through Rutshuru to the strategic city of Goma, the capital of the North Kivu Province in DRC.

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Ailing MP Ssegirinya swears in

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Our Reporter
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The ailing and frail Kawempe North legislator (elect) Muhammad Segirinya has been sworn in to represent the people of 11th parliament.

The MP who was flown in last night was accompanied by Sauda Madada and other members of the National Unity Planform (NUP). According to NUP sources, he arrived last night from unrevealed USA hospital where he was allegedly admitted over unconfirmed illnesses.

Ssegirinya was admitted to Nairobi hospital a few hours after he was released from Kitalya prison. He later opted to go for further treatment in the USA. However, he is facing charges of inciting violence after he allegedly led an unlawful peaceful protest demanding for the release of detained NUP.

Ssegirinya defeated nine other candidates in the just concluded parliamentary election. He polled 41,197 votes against his closest rival Sulaiman Kidandala garnered 7,512 votes.

His win has been challenged in High Court on grounds that nomination papers were invalid because he did not have the requisite academic qualifications to contest for a parliamentary seat.

According to the petition, Kidandala avers that Ssegirinya’s nomination was not accompanied by the names and signatures of a minimum of ten persons who are registered voters in the Kawempe North constituency as required by the law.

Kidandala said Ssegirinya’s nomination paper was not signed and countersigned in accordance with the Parliamentary Elections Act.

The Principal Judge is yet to allocate file to judges who will hear and determine the matter. According to the law, the Court has up to six months to hear and dispose off all election petitions.

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Museveni, Samia Suluhu witness the signing of final oil deal in Tanzania

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Our Reporter
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President Samia Suluhu and Museveni at the past event at State House Entebbe.

Uganda and Tanzania have signed a final oil deal that will see the construction of a US$3.55 billion-crude export pipeline that would pump Ugandan oil for export.

The 1,445 km-project will run from Uganda’s western oil rich district of Hoima, where crude reserves were discovered in 2006, to Indian Ocean seaport of Tanga in Tanzania. If completed, the project will become the longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline in the world.

The final signing of the Tanzania Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) took place today in Tanzania’s capital, De-er-salam.

Total is one of the owners of Ugandan oilfields, alongside China’s Cnooc after Britain’s Tullow Oil sold its shares to Total. The Uganda HGA was signed on 11th April 2021.

Recently, Uganda and international oil firms French Total E&P, and China’s Cnooc earlier signed off four key agreements for commercialization of the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), bringing to end years of negotiations and setting on course Uganda’s oil project for the next phases of development and production by earliest 2025.

Speaking of the signing, president Museveni said the EACOP is an important regional infrastructure that will see the thriving oil sector.

“Tanzania and Mozambique have more gas than other countries. We have gas but yours is more. We need gas for steel industries to get steel from iron ore.” Museveni said that Uganda has a market but has no gas.

Museveni said the pipeline can be used to take gas to Uganda. Uganda estimates overall crude reserves at 6.5 billion barrels, while recoverable reserves are seen at between 1.4 billion and 1.7 billion barrels.

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu applauded Uganda for making a final step to the exploration and exportation of oil. Uganda’s oil is expected in 2025.

She said Tanzania agreed to waive taxes, offered to take up shares in the pipeline project and charge a tariff of US$12.2 per barrel to make the project feasible.  According to agreements, 60 % of the taxes will go to the government of Tanzania and Uganda will take 40%.

“The EACOP will create over 15,000 direct jobs and temporary ones will peak to 30,000.” She said

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Former Minister Maria Kiwanuka appointed to the Board of Standard Chartered Bank

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Geoffery Serugo
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Ms Maria Kiwanuka

The former Minister of Finance Maria Kiwanuka has been appointed to the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Uganda as an Independent Non- Executive Director.

Mrs. Kiwanuka is a senior economist with 14 years’ experience at the World Bank, where she focused on East Asia, Southern Africa and Uganda and took part in a number of projects aimed at improving transport and power infrastructure as well as urban studies, among others.

She served as the Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development of Uganda from 2011-2015 and thereafter as a Senior Advisor to the President of Uganda on finance matters.

She is a non-state expert in the 17-member governing council of the Global Green Growth Initiative, an intergovernmental organisation which aims to promote a green growth paradigm to balance macro-economic growth objectives of member nations. Mrs. Kiwanuka is the founder and General Manager of Radio One and Radio Two in Uganda as well as the founder / member of the International Africa Media Leaders Forum.

She also previously served as Vice Chairperson of the Local Government Finance Commission and the Chairperson of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau, the Presidential Investment Round Table (Business Climate) and the Chairperson of the Board of United Bank of Africa. She additionally served as a Board member of Stanbic Bank Uganda from 2009 to 2011.

Mrs. Kiwanuka graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Makerere University and a Master of Science in Business Administration from the London Business School.

Mr. Albert Saltson, Standard Chartered Bank Chief Executive Officer while announcing this appointment said: “We are very delighted with the addition of Mrs. Kiwanuka to our Board. She is an exceptionally qualified professional who brings to our Board a wealth of experience, knowledge and unique skill set that we require propelling us to the next level as the leading digital bank of the future. Whilst we are still navigating the impact of the pandemic, this is a time of unprecedented potential as technology continues to evolve at an extraordinary rate, accelerating change, expanding reach and enabling the development of exciting and innovative solutions that were previously unimaginable. As a Digital First Bank, we need agile leadership skills and people who will provide strategic value that supports new ways of doing business and will help us deliver our purpose – “Driving commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.”

Commenting on her appointment Mrs. Maria Kiwanuka had this to say: “It pleases me immensely to join and also make a contribution to an innovative, forward-moving digital and dynamic International Bank like Standard Chartered Bank Uganda that has served this country diligently for the past 109 years. I know and appreciate the economic whirlwinds and risks we are faced with and I acknowledge that although the road ahead is steep with the global and local downturn, the economic opportunities abound. I look forward to working with my colleagues on this board to drive revenue growth, manage costs, and harness a culture of ethics which is values based by ensuring there is clear accountability and responsibility within the organisation so that we can deliver economic value to all our stakeholders. I am ready to serve, and I thank Standard Chartered Bank for this opportunity to participate in the ever-evolving financial sector of Uganda.”

Standard Chartered Bank Uganda currently has a Board of seven members with Dr. Robin Kibuka, a senior economist with 20+ years of experience at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and extensive international experience with macroeconomic policy heading it as Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director. The other Independent Non-Executive Directors include; Eng. Dr. Dorothy Kabagaju Okello, Mr. John Muhaise Bikalemesa and Mr. Matthias Nalyanya who serve alongside three Executive Directors who include; Mr. Albert Saltson, Mr. Kelvin Musana and Mr. Godfrey Ssebaana.

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Oulanyah swears in as he warns ‘today is the beginning of another journey’

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Geoffery Serugo
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Outgoing Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.

 

Former Deputy Speaker of the 10th Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has been sworn in as Omoro County Legislator. He also revealed that the swearing makes another new begining.

He accompanied by family and relatives, the Lawyer was sworn in earlier on Tuesday morning.

Speaking at Parliament, Oulanyah said he is willing to be a back bench member in case he doesn’t win the Speakership race.  “Since my main job at Parliament is to represent Omoro County, I would certainly not abdicate my main task at Parliament.” he said

“I was elected MP for Omoro County and that journey starts today, anything else is a bonus. In my honest assessment of Parliament, the next five years shouldn’t be like the last five, there are things that we must change whether I’m there or not,” he said.

He added “Today is the beginning of another journey … A journey in which we must achieve a few things; more focus on improving service delivery and the over all goal of achieving social economic transformation of our people. I thank the people of Omoro for giving me this mandate”.

Oulanyah is yet to pick expression of interest forms at the National Resistance Movement (NRM) secretariat for the Speakership position.

He will be competing against Rebecca Kadaga who is seeking reelection, Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Semujju Nganda and Rakai District Woman MP Juliet Kinyamatama.

Oulanyah has been on the receiving end as Kadaga side has been hurling insults athim . Last month, Kadaga labeled him a coward, noting that during the age limit debate Oulanyah allegedly called her and said there was something he couldn’t handle and she came in straight into fire as the Deputy ran away.

In retaliation the deputy speaker said his senior lost support and she should not be campaigning if she has support of the 300 MPs as she alleges.

The two and others are expected to pick express of interest nomination forms from the electoral commission of their mother party, NRM. The NRM MPs will therefore proceed to choose who will represent them in the Speakership race.

The election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker is scheduled to take place on the 24th May 2021 at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.

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Kadaga applies to contest for Speaker of 11th parliament

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Geoffery Serugo
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Kadaga

Kamuli District Woman MP Rebecca Kadaga has formally applied to the Electoral Commission of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) expressing her interests to stand for the office of Speaker of the 11th Parliament.

Kadaga, who was sworn in yesterday for another term, was received by the party’s chairperson of the Electoral Commission Tanga Odoi.

Speaking at party headquarters, Kadaga promised to ensure that the works of parliament are independent so that they can benefit the people at the grass-root level.

“I will carry on from where she stopped in the previous parliament if elected speaker again,” she said.

On Monday, CEC chaired by National Chairman of the ruling party, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni resolved that the election of the speaker and deputy speaker of the 11th parliament will take place on 24th May 2021. The election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker is scheduled to be held at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.

They also resolved that eligible Party candidates will go through the party’s election body before being endorsed by CEC. This according to political analysts, peddled at cooling off political pressure created by Rebecca Kadaga and Jacob Oulanyah who are vying for the same position.

Kadaga, who has been in parliament since 1989, now awaits the decision of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) top organ, the Central Executive Committee (CEC) to endorse her or any other candidate.

According to article 81(4) of this Constitution, no business shall be transacted in Parliament other than an election to the office of Speaker at any time that office is vacant.  Article 82 (2), the Speaker and Deputy Speaker shall be elected by members of Parliament from among their number.  A person shall not be qualified to be elected a Speaker or Deputy Speaker if he or she is a Vice President or a Minister.

The deputy and Speaker of Parliament is mandated to carry out a number of duties, and key among them include presiding at any sitting of the House, preserving order and decorum in the House and making pronouncements on questions of order and practice.

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Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022: Dates and new qualification pathway announced

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Our Reporter
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Uganda rugby 7s in action in 2018 USA tournament

World Rugby and hosts South Africa Rugby confirmed that the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town will take place from 9-11 September, 2022.

The eighth edition is the first to be hosted in Africa with organisers anticipating a very special and record-breaking event at the iconic 57,654 capacity Cape Town Stadium.

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 will be contested by 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams.

The top eight men’s teams and top four women’s teams from the hugely successful RWC Sevens 2018 in San Francisco, USA, have already secured automatic qualification for the tournament in 2022.

The qualified teams for the men’s event are defending champions New Zealand, England, South Africa Fiji, Argentina, USA, France, Scotland, while defending champions New Zealand, France, Australia and USA have already booked their tickets to the women’s event in Cape Town. South Africa’s women will join them as the host nation.

Teams that have not qualified automatically will do so via their respective regional tournaments held in Europe, Oceania, Asia, North America, South America, and Africa. With 16 places available in the men’s tournament and 11 in the women’s from regional competitions.

The tournament is expected to build on the massively successful 2018 edition hosted at AT&T Park in San Francisco, which attracted record attendance for a rugby event in the USA with a total attendance of more than 100,000 fans. The Uganda Men’s Sevens featured in that tournament and are looking forward to another opportunity at the global stage.

The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series will no longer form part of the qualification pathway for Rugby World Cup Sevens. Regional qualification is expected to start in August of this year with further details to be announced at a later stage.

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