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Irene Mutyaba named Corporate Banking Director at Absa Bank Uganda

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Irene Mutyaba Kabiri

Absa Bank has appointed Irene Mutyaba Kabiri as its Corporate Banking Director in Uganda.

The seasoned Banker with over 16 years’ experience in the banking industry, she was previously the Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Uganda.

She has vast experience across all segments having served in various positions as Head, Global Corporates, Head of Local and International Corporates, Head of Commodity Traders and Agriculture among others. Irene started her career as a Banking officer and has grown through the ranks to her current position.

Irene brings along her international experience having worked in markets like Ghana, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates.

Irene holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Makerere University and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Business Administration from the Durham Business School in the UK.

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New Bailiffs Association Executive sworn-in

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New Bailiffs Association Executive Sworn-in

The newly elected executive of the Uganda Court Bailiffs Association (UCBA) has been sworn into office.

The Chief Registrar, who was represented by Deputy Registrar, Ayebare Thadius Tumwebaze, on Friday congratulated the five-member Executive upon their election.

The Executive members are Mr. Brian Kanyesigye (President), Komugisha Sarah (Vice President), Nankunda Evas (Publicity Secretary), Crenima Brandon Mutalya (General Secretary), and Murinze Nelson (Treasurer).

Mr. Kanyesigye pledged to serve with diligence.

The Chief Registrar commended the Association for the timely election of the Executive despite the challenges posed by Covid-19.

In a speech delivered by HW Tumwebaze, the Chief Registrar emphasized that the duty of bailiffs to the court and public is to execute court warrants and execute orders issued by the court. “Your work in the enforcement of judgment is undoubtedly complementary to the justice system and helps court in the enforcement of the rule of law”.

She further urged the new UCBA leadership to work as a team with its members to ensure the ends of justice are met.

After taking the oath, the new Executive was reminded that their primary duty was the enforcement of the judgment.  “If the duty of execution is neglected, the work of court will be rendered incomplete,” HW Tumwebaze said.

The bailiffs on their part committed to improving their internal disciplinary mechanisms to ensure efficiency and compliance of court orders.

The ceremony was witnessed by the Chief Registrar’s Personal Assistant, HW Allan Gakyaro, among others.

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Ugandan football agent detained in Kenya over match-fixing

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Kenyan Police have been given five more days by a Kisumu Court to detain Ugandan Mugisha Ronald Mwine Fred alias Ronnie Santos pending completion of investigations after he was arrested on Sunday on allegations of match fixing.

Over the weekend, Western Stima Chairman Laban Jobita told Goal that he was approached by some of his players about an individual who had asked them to fix the game.

“So, I told my players to play along, but ensure they have recorded whatever was happening. I also told my team manager to ensure he has called me so that I follow up on the conversation in secrecy,” Jobita told Goal.

“I heard everything that was going on in the room and how he wanted to make a down-payment of Ksh70,000.

“He had promised to pay Ksh 600,000 once the deal goes through as planned. It is at this point that we stormed the hotel and the man was arrested,” he said. Mugisha was later remanded at Kisumu Central Police Station.

The Ugandan appeared before Senior Magistrate Wilfrida Kemunto on Monday morning where he was set to answer to corruption charges after allegedly trying to bribe Western Stima players to influence the result of their match against KCB.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) objected to the idea of releasing him on bond with the investigating officer saying he is a flight risk and had initially asked for a seven-day window to compete their investigations.

The investigating officer had sworn an affidavit stating the extent of the match fixing menace, noting it had potential to derail football development in the country and he needed time to dig into the roots of the vice.

According to the police report, Jobita had promised Mwine to go talk to the players and instead swung to the police who devised the plan to net the agent. On his arrest, it was also established that his immigration status in the country had expired.

He had promised to pay the players Sh550,000 if they lost the game and had also allegedly offered Sh10,000 during the meeting where he was arrested as ‘lunch’.

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AFCON U-20: Uganda drawn in Group A

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Uganda Hippos

The U-20 Uganda national football team, known as the Hippos have been drawn in Group A of the Total U20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament following the draw conducted in Yaounde, Cameroon on Monday.

The Hippos have been pooled with hosts Mauritania, former champions Cameroon and Mozambique.

Two former title holders Ghana and Morocco were drawn in a tricky Group C to play Gambia and Tanzania after the event conducted by CAF Head of Competitions, Khaled Nasser and assisted by Cameroon legend Emmanuel Maboang.

Burkina Faso will play Tunisia, Namibia and Central African Republic in Group B in the event attended by top officials of CAF and Africa football legends.

CAF interim President, Constant Omari, Executive Committee members, acting General Secretary Abdelmounaim Bah and Deputy General Secretary Anthony Baffoe were amongst those in attendance.

The draw was conducted in Cameroon at the ongoing TOTAL African Nations Championship (CHAN).

Hosts Mauritania will play the opening match of the 12-team competition against Cameroon on 14 February in Nouakchott.

The tournament will be played in the two cities of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou.

Nouakchott will host two groups at the Stade Olympique and Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya while matches in Nouadhibou will be played at Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou.

This is the first time the Total U20 Africa Cup of Nations has been expanded to 12 teams instead of the eight in previous tournaments.

The tournament will be played from between 14 February 2021 and 4 March 2021.

Group A: Mauritania, Cameroon, Uganda, Mozambique

Group B: Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Namibia, Central African Republic

Group C: Ghana, Tanzania, Gambia, Morocco

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Court orders security operatives to leave Bobi Wine’s home

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Geoffery Serugo
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Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine hails from Buganda.

The High Court has ordered for the immediate restoration of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s personal freedom.

The patron of people Power movement, a political pressure group in Uganda has been under house arrest since January 14th 2021 when he returned home from freedom square polling station where he cast his vote. Since then security was beefed up round Bobi’s home not allowing any one in or out of the gate.

According to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) Justice Simon Byabakama, the singer lost the election to the incumbent Yoweri Museveni who got 58.64% of the total vote as his closest opponent Bobi Wine won 34.83% of it.

And in tandem, the singer, through his lawyers led by Medard Sseggona, petitioned the court challenging the government’s decision to detain their client at unlawful custody.

In his ruling, Justice Michael Elubu ordered that all security personnel surrounding Kyagulanyi’s home at Magere in Wakiso district must vacate immediately.

“If the state has sufficient evidence that Kyagulanyi committed any offences and that he is a danger to society, due process should be followed to formally arrest him and detain him in a gazetted centre where he can be taken to court and charged,” he ruled.

The judge also ordered the restoration of Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi’s rights be immediately restored and that the state should pay her and her husband the costs they spent to file the application. Kyagulanyi has been held in his home since 14th January 2021.

“The continued indefinite restriction and confinement of Bobi Wine is unlawful and his right to liberty has been infringed and orders that he be released and security personnel vacate his premises with immediate effect,” he ruled.

Bobi was ordered to observe Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) peddled at curbing the spread of Covid-19.

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Chelsea sack manager Frank Lampard

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Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after just 18 months in charge.

Former Chelsea midfielder Lampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League table after last week’s defeat at Leicester City, having won once in their past five league matches.

His final game in charge was Sunday’s 3-1 FA Cup fourth round win against Championship side Luton.

Lampard was appointed on a three-year contract when he replaced Maurizio Sarri at Stamford Bridge in July 2019.

He guided them to fourth place and the FA Cup final in his first season in charge, and a 3-1 win against Leeds at the start of December put the club top of the Premier League.

However, the Blues have suffered five defeats in their past eight league games, as many as they had in their previous 23.

In a statement, Chelsea said: “This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the board have taken lightly.

“We are grateful to Frank for what he has achieved in his time as head coach of the club. However, recent results and performances have not met the club’s expectations, leaving the club mid-table without any clear path to sustained improvement.

“There can never be a good time to part ways with a club legend such as Frank, but after lengthy deliberation and consideration it was decided a change is needed now to give the club time to improve performances and results this season.”

Owner Roman Abramovich said Lampard’s status as an “important icon” of the club “remains undiminished” despite his dismissal.

“This was a very difficult decision for the club, not least because I have an excellent personal relationship with Frank and I have the utmost respect for him,” said Abramovich.

“He is a man of great integrity and has the highest of work ethics. However, under current circumstances we believe it is best to change managers.”

Lampard became the 10th full-time manager appointed by Abramovich since the billionaire bought the club in 2003. Thomas Tuchel has been lined up as replacement

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Ugandan Embassy in Saudi Arabia in dire state as it runs out of funds

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Migrant workers

The chairman of Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) Baker Akantambira says the Ugandan Embassy in Saudi Arabia has run out of resources and funds to handle the distressed cases of migrant workers, leaving a number of them unattended to.

Mr Baker Akantambira, who has been in Saudi Arabia since 18th January looking into matters of the migrant workers and assessing their condition observed that the Embassy is in a dire state and needs urgent government intervention.

According to UAERA, the Ambassador’s rent has since expired and there is no money to renew it, putting the diplomat in total jeopardy.

Mr Baker says rent for over 47 girls also expired on 31st Dec 2020 and was not renewed and they have resorted to sleeping under the tree outside the Embassy for over two weeks and at their offices in Saudi Arabia.

He adds that two of the girls became depressed and have run mad due to sponsors abuses and lack of medical attention. The medical bills have also accumulated and now the embassy has no credit facility not even health assurance.

The situation is so bad that the embassy staff have resorted to pulling their own personal resources to send critical cases to hospital.

The embassy is now asking for funds to help them handle these workers and UAERA has suggested to local companies each 300 dollars for fixing issues there.

Currently there are 200 companies in Labour Export business and the booming business brings in approximately 200 Million US Dollars revenue to the country.

UAERA is an association that brings together all legally registered labour externalisation firms.

However, a number of labour recruiting companies under their umbrella body are not willing to fund the embassy, saying Government benefits more from foreign remittances and therefore should fully fund the embassy.

“Following our resolution at the members GM that each company advances at least US$300 for fixing a few things in Saudi….I took courage and travelled here expecting that you (members) would have paid by now!” he said.

Baker says that together with the embassy, they calculated the immediate things to fix and they need at least USD 50,000. Short of that, the Ambassador has already written to Min of Gender, Labour and Social Development to close this business until funds are availed to them.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has also gone mute on the issue.

Mr Baker requested all who care about the labour exporting business to come out and take action.

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Troubled EOC boss changes names from Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi to Sylvia Muwebwa Nabatanzi

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Geoffery Serugo
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Sylvia Muwebwa

The troubled Chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi has changed her name a few months after being charged with corruption.

According to deed poll, EOC boss renounced and abandoned the use of the name Sylvia Ntambi as it appears on her national identification card and in the lieu assumed the name Sylvia Nabatanzi Muwebwa. Previously EOC boss was using Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi but now she has dropped Ntambi and replace it with Nabatanzi hence adoption of Sylvia Nabantazi Muwebwa

“In the pursuance of my side change of name as fore said, I shall hereby declare that I shall of all time thereafter in all records, deeds, and instruments in writing and in all actions, proceedings and transactions, and upon all actions whatsoever go by, use and sign the said name in lieu of the name Ntambi Sylvia renounced as fore mentioned,” reads in part of the deed poll.

“I therefore request and authorise all persons at all times thereafter to designate and by my assumed name Nabatanzi Sylvia Muwebwa,” she said.

Sylvia is grappling with corruption charges which were leveled against her in 2020.

The charging of Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi and nine others follows the lunging of complaints to President Yoweri Museveni calling for his intervention. According to a petition dated 22nd May 2019, the whistleblower accused her of causing financial loss of over Shs 200 million through termination of workers contracts and forcing workers to resign and replace them with her relatives and friends.

Since she took over the chairperson-ship of the commission, the whistleblower said Mrs Ntambi has unfairly dismissed over 11 staff, terminated over 10 staff contracts, and four contracts have not been renewed. In 2017/ 2018, the Auditor General advised the commission to employ people on permanent contracts however the chairperson declined and this has since led to financial losses.

They accused her of directing the collection of Shs100 million which they had approved in the commission meeting and the said money was to be used as kickbacks for individuals who worked hard for passing of the commission budget in 2018/19.

“It was paid and collected through individual bank accounts. It was collected and handed over to her at Kampala International University (KIU), Kansanga on 7th March 2019,” the whistleblower said. Despite being chairperson of the commission, Mrs Ntambi is averred to have forced her secretaries to pay her as consultant in production of various reports.

“The money was paid to Prof. Sunday Nicholas Olwor (Shs 14M), Kamahoro Enid (Shs 13M), Nassanga Sarah (Shs 5M), Atukunda Susan (Shs 6M), Mugisha James (Shs 12M), Kwesiga Ronnie (Shs 12M), Kwesiga Ronnie (Shs 10.55M), Sarah Nassanga (Shs 9M), Kwihangana Manasseh(Shs 13M), Prof. Sunday Nicholas Olwor (Shs 9.8M), Kwesiga Ronnie (Shs 9M) and sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi (Shs 13M),” payment slips indicate.

She is also accused of irregular approval of allowances of various members of the commission, using commission vehicle for doing private businesses, irregular recruitment of staff without embracing commission procedures. It is said that she illegally recruited Betty Namazzi, Juma Waira and Petau Isabirye Babirye.

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Dr. Kisamba Mugerwa eulogized for improving livelihoods in slums

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Ronard Shabomwe
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A group of over 30 Ladies learing how to run sewing machines at Ghetto Research Lab in Chamuka in Kamwokya.

Micro Finance Support Center Limited together with seven youth livelihood groups have lauded the good works done by late Kisamba Mugerwa when he was still alive, for improving livelihood programs in Slums.

The former Agriculture Minister died at the age of 75 years at Mulago National Referral Hospital of suspected #Covid-19 infection, is also celebrated to be a champion for access and use of credit by smallholder farmers in Uganda.

During the launch of seed capital in Kamwokya on Friday evening, Hellen Masika the Acting Executive Director of Microfinance Support Center Limited-MSC said late Mugerwa had the passion of working with ghetto communities.

Masika who handed over a dummy cheque of Shs50m million to seven groups, recommended Dr Kisamba Mugerwa for his contributions towards ghetto youth.

Dr. Mugerwa who was the Board Chairperson of Microfinance Support Center helped many youths in slum areas by identifying ghetto communities and started working with them.

Masika says these groups are creating employment opportunities for many youth in slum areas because of the economic activities they are venturing in; therefore, they need to be supported from where Mugerwa left them.

“Dr. Mugerwa had a great passion for these communities; he identified these communities and encouraged us to work with them. He introduced them to a microfinance support center and as we talk to today, we are working with them”. Masika, the acting ED of MSC said.

Masika further said that they are working hard to fulfill what he started as a person who loved seeing everyone succeed regardless of their level of education and family background.

The ghetto community livelihood groups that received the seed capital support included,  creative arts 256 group, Zik performers group, Clear wall of dreams group, Innovator light hub group, Echo youth group, ghetto research lab group and slum life survival group.

Jumah Walusimbi, the board member of Microfinance Support Center said, by the time he died, he had made sure that groups in slum areas are funded by the government because it is where the most vulnerable people stay.

Edward Butimba, the founder of Creative Arts 256 group which is one of the beneficiaries, said that he managed to register his community based organization because of Dr Mugerwa who went ahead to give him support financially, adding that he had failed to raise money for starting up this organization.

Like Butimba, Samuel Bossa, the chairperson of Echo youth group, a group with 150 members testified that Kisamba’s contributions towards their groups is a great reminder that he was a wonderful patriotic leader this country has ever had in history.

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Maj. Oliver Zizinga was a straight forward patriot-Otafiire

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Geoffery Serugo
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Maj. Zizinga (middle) pose for a photo with young NRM party supporters after trekking with President Museveni in 2020.

East African Affairs Minister, Gen. Kahinda Otafiire  has described the National Resistance Army historical member Oliver Zizinga as a patriot who was straight-forward during the busy war struggles.

“It is unfortunate she has passed on. She was a very Jolly, hardworking and straight  forward patriot during our struggle. The country will miss her dearly” Gen. Otafiire told Eagle Online by phone this evening.

Otafiire joins Uganda People’s Defence Forces in mourning Ms Zizinga who died at the rank Major.

UPDF spokesperson, Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso said Maj Zizinga died Saturday at Medipal Hospital Kololo in Kampala.

“The UPDF family commiserates with the family of our NRA historical Maj Oliver Zizinga who passed on today at 10:00am at Medipal Hospital Kololo. Your struggle to liberate Uganda was not in vain. May the Lord rest her soul in perfect peace,” Brig Gen Byekwaso tweeted Saturday.

Maj Zizinga is one the better known women whose contribution helped bring the current government into power.

She’s one of the women who were actively deployed in battles against the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) between 1981 and 1986.

Three of Zizinga’s children were killed in 1980 by UNLA soldiers. That incident made her vow to support anyone who would fight them. She joined the NRA as a mobiliser doing clandestine work.

Maj. Zizinga and Gertrude Njuba were charged with taking care of the NRA rebel leader Yoweri Museveni and they were among a few female combatants who joined the Luwero bush war.

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