The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has officially confirmed two iconic figures in Tanzanian football as Draw Assistants for the 2025/26 CAF Interclub Preliminary Draw, scheduled to take place on Saturday, 9 August in Tanzania’s capital, Dar es Salaam. The draw will be held at the state-of-the-art Azam Media Studios, home to CAF’s strategic broadcast […]
The Japanese Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Takuya Sasayama, on Tuesday visited the Kampala Traffic Control Centre at City Hall, praising the growing cooperation between Uganda and Japan that has made such modern urban traffic solutions possible. Ambassador Sasayama was received by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director, Sharifah Buzeki, and her deputy, Benon
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The Kampala City Festival is back and with it comes the colour, rhythm, and excitement that many city residents have sorely missed for nearly a decade. Following an eight-year break, the 8th edition of the festival is set to take place on October 5, 2025, just three days before Uganda’s 63rd Independence Day. Organised by
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Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Head Coach, Godfrey Sapula has admitted that they have been placed in a tough group following the draw for the Codfrey Sapula The competition is a ticket to the prestigious continental final – the CAF Women’s Champions League. Banyana ba Style have dominated the regional tournament – winning it in 2021 and
Dubai’s flagship carrier has come up with the new rules to prevent lithium battery-related incidents onboard flights Using any kind of power bank is prohibited onboard Emirates’ flights, effective from October 1, 2025, the airline has said in a statement. Emirates customers are still permitted to carry one power bank onboard with specific conditions listed below, but
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Speaker Anita Among intracts with MPs The country’s poor state of road infrastructure and rising fatalities dominated the plenary sitting in Parliament, with MPs demanding urgent action from government to address funding gaps, stalled road works and worsening road safety conditions. During plenary on Wednesday, 6 August 2025, Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among,
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Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has fired or transferred 82 employees with questionable educational qualifications, following a Presidential directive, Authority Director General Fred Bamwesigye has told MPs. Bamwesigye, who led UCAA officials to the House Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to answer queries in the Auditor General’s Report for the financial
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The committee chairperson, Hon. Abed Bwanika A report by the Committee on Government Assurances and Implementation has faulted government for “dragging its feet” on the construction of the long-promised Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, which continues to operate in deteriorating infrastructure. The committee chairperson, Hon. Abed Bwanika, said the hospital is serving a huge population under
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans for a new military push in the Gaza Strip have raised warnings from the army leadership, opposition from hostage families and concerns that more Palestinians will be killed. They also risk isolating his country even further. Ahead of the security cabinet meeting where proposals to take over Gaza City were
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United States President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin [File: Saul Loeb and Pavel Bednyakov/AFP] Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the United Arab Emirates is one possible site for his meeting with US President Donald Trump. Synopsis Vladimir Putin has indicated that the United Arab Emirates could be a potential location for
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