Eight football teams from Exploration Area 1 operated by Total E&P Uganda are participating in this year’s mini football league organized by the oil company in Buliisa District.

The teams from Kigwera and Ngwedo sub counties qualified to take part in this year 2015 Total E&P Uganda mini football league after successfully completing the qualifier games organized by Buliisa district football association.

The participating teams include Total E&P Uganda’s team comprising of the company’s staff and contractors, Kichoke FC, Lake Star, X-International FC, Ngwedo United FC, Ajio Central FC, Katanga FC and Nile Star FC. Referees selected from within Buliisa district by the district football association will arbitrated the matches.

The league which is ongoing  will run until November 27th, 2015 according to Chris Ocowun, the PRO of Total E&P Uganda. The league will be played in two grounds; Ndandamire primary school ground and Ajigo Rhino playground.

“Total E&P Uganda initiated this mini football league to bring together communities of Buliisa district and Total E&P Uganda as one family to foster free interaction while promoting and strengthening relationship within the Exploration Area-1,” Ocowun remarked.

He said the company also hopes to promote healthy living among the youth in the two sub counties of Kigwera and Ngwedo through such sporting activities. While flagging off the league, Buliisa District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Stephen Oloya commended Total E&P Uganda for initiating the football competition that he said has helped unite the communities in the area.

The chairman of Buliisa district football association, Saddam Rugadya stated that through the league; the upcoming football teams in Buliisa district will grow and become bigger to form one district team. “Engaging the youth in sporting activities like this make the young people busy and reduces crime rate in the community. Besides we expect the teams to be discipline and play fair games without hurting themselves and abide by the fixture,” Rugadya advised.

By Joshua Mutale

President Yoweri kaguta Museveni has arrived in Namboole Stadium where the NRM National conference is ongoing.

The president whose speech has been interrupted by the heavy down pour has congratulated the delegates upon having gone through the recent party primaries which many described as chaotic.

” i am very sure that our party NRM is on the right path to victory because you love and support it so much” said president Museveni. .

Developing story

By Joshua Mutale

The Supreme Court has ruled that a member of parliament cannot lose their seat if expelled from their party.

The move results from an appeal in which four MPs, Theodore Ssekikubo (Lwemiyaga), Wilfred Niwagaba (Ndorwa East), Mohammed Nsereko (Kampala Central) and Barnabas Tinkasiimire (Buyaga) are challenging the Constitutional Court’s decision that directed them to vacate their seats in Parliament.
In a six to one decision on whether expulsion of an MP from a political party amounts to vacating one’s seats in Parliament, the Supreme Court judges also ruled that the advice of the attorney general is not binding on the speaker of parliament as earlier argued in court.
“Political parties cannot subvert the will of the people,” ruled the judges, throwing court audience into jubilation.
Court was presided over by justices Jotham Tumwesigye, Benjamin Odoki, Galdino Okello, John Tsekooko, Christine Kitumba and Esther Kisaakye have issued a judgement.

On February 21, 2014, the court ordered the legislators out of Parliament and declared their seats vacant.
The group of Mp’s branded as rebel mps were expelled by the top organ of the ruling NRM after they were implicated over indiscipline and breach of the party code of conduct. They had, however, challenged their expulsion in the High Court.

The NRM party and two members, Lt Saleh Kamba (Kibuku Constituency) and Mariam Agasha petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, on the ruling that the four expelled MPs retain their seats in Parliament.
The NRM and the two MPs had argued that the May 2nd ruling by Ms Kadaga that the four legislators could not vacate their respective seats when they are neither independents nor members of the Opposition and in effect allocated them special seats, contravenes the Constitution.

By Christine Nabatanzi  & Joshua Mutale

Uganda Communications Commission has asked Uganda  Revenue Authority (URA) to stop allowing  analogue TV’s into the country, the communications  body Executive Director, Godfrey Mutabazi  has revealed. He notes that they do not  want the country to become a dumping site.

Mutababzi has also warned telecom operators who  will not have registered their customers sim cards  in 30 days, to not only face a fine but could  have their licenses revoked.

Bannayuganda bongedde okwewuunyisa ensi bwebakwatiddwa nga batambuliza omwenge mu ssanduuke y’abafu. Bavunaaniddwa mu Kooti ye Bungoma oluvannyuma lw’okukwatibwa ku nsalo ya Yuganda ne Kenya e Malaba nga bayingiza omwenge guno mu Kenya.

Abantu bano omunaana nga omu mukazi, baakwatiddwa ab’ekitongole kyemisolo ne Police mu Kenya .
Bano basangiddwa n’obupakiti 15000 omubalirirwa ensimbi za Yuganda 60.480/= .

Ekifaananyi kya Citizen TV

President Yoweri kaguta Museveni the official NRM flag bearer in the forth coming 2016 presidential race will start his campaign in Luweero come 9th ext month.
For all the previous presidential elections, president Museveni has started his campaigns in Luweero a place he often refers to as the Mecca of NRM.
According to the NRM secretary general Justine kasule Lumumba the people Of Luweero have always been a blessing to NRM and are a guarantee to victory.
“we have to go back to Luweero where we fought from in the 1980’s and we won, so we are going back so that our ancestral spirits can bless us and guarantee our victory in 2016” says kasule Lumumba.
By Joshua Mutale

Wildlife law enforcement actors from Natural Resource Conservation Network (NRCN) together with Uganda police officers has arrested one police constable attached to Kiira police station identified as Mugwaneza James together with Muhoozi Bill are known logger in Karuma and Resident of Gayaza this evening at Joka`s Hotel in Bweyogerere .
Mugwaneza was used as security to the seller who was possessing 2 long python skins measuring 6 feet each but had earlier promised to deliver 10 python skins and later changed his mind and delivered two to see if the buyers were Genuine.
According to Muhindo Laban the NRCN deputy publicist, Both are currently detained at Bweyogerere police post and charged with Illegal possession wild life products or trophies and will be produced in court soon.
Pythons often stay in rocky areas and ant-hills that are close to swampy areas where they easily hunt for prey. The pythons feed on small mammals and without them rodents such as rats could increase in population and overwhelm the farming population.
By Joshua Mutale

Ssaabawandiisi wa NRM Justine Kasule Lumumba alabudde abo bonna abaawanguddwa mu Kamyufu ka NRM obuteetantala kwesimbawo mu kalulu k’awamu akabindabinda mu 2016.
Lumumba agamba nti kasita baneetantala okwesimbawo bunaaba tebakyali ba memba ba NRM nga etteeka ly’ekibiina bwerigamba..
Wabula a asabye buli eyawanguddwa akkirizze nti yawanguddwa naye bwewabaawo yeemulugunya aleete Okwemulugunya kwe mu kakiiko. Lumumba era agamba nti bataddewo akakiiko akeetengeredde okukola okunoonyereza ku mivuyo.

Uganda is set to receive shs555b from the World
Bank to improve secondary education. The grant
will see setting up secondary schools in all sub –
counties that are lacking.
In Some technical colleges, infrastructure and
staffing levels will be improved, the funds will
also be used to implement the new secondary
school curriculum that is scheduled to start in
2018 and offer bursaries to secondary school
girls.
Minister of state for primary education, John C.
Munyingo revealed this development yesterday.
He, alongside a team of officials from the
ministry of education are on a working visit in
Washington, DC, USA.