We always follow actress and actors and try to copy their fashion but we always forget that it is very easy to look good and fashionable on screen.
The reason is very obvious. This is due to number of reasons ranging from availability of whole team of designers who design costume as per the demand of the scene to the stylists and photographers with a job to make one look so good and excellent on screen. But is it the same off-screen. I believe this is not the case as off-screen you are at your own. Off-screen selection of attire entirely depends on your fashion sense.
In real life, very few people match excellence in fashion and attire. Among those, Mr. Katsha De’bank is one such fashion celebrity who changed the definition and style in fashion industry. He is considered as best dressed businessman in business community.
Mr. Katsha De’bank is the real ambassador of fashion when it comes to wearing smart casual. De’bank wore a suit like he was born and raised in it. This doesn’t end here. His classical attire comes when he wore a shirt and tie with crisp blazer. It is not easy to look classic in such attire but his fashion sense has helped him shaped this toughest dress code looks like a breeze. His choice of ties speaks about his taste in looking decent and fashionable at the same time.
Therefore, despite having dressed up in such a hardest way, he always look stylish and casual at the same time. It is not exaggeration, if we termed him as an epitome of fashion in today’s world. That is why, he has a particular knack for looking cool and comfortable in anything he wears from casual jeans to well fitting tailored three piece suiting. His dressing sense speaks volume about his focus on finer details on what he wears. Further, whenever he is seen wearing some version of jeans or chinos and T-shirt, it looks like he has converted this ordinary style of dressing into something extra ordinary as he lift his dressing with a seemingly endlessly section of really excellent outerwear. Does this style come without any effort? when we asked Mr. De’bank, he smiled and answered in his unique polite way: It is not easy but you can do it through practice as this requires time and effort to develop such fashion sense which creates aura of attraction.
No wonder, this is the reason, he was our best dressed man in 2018 and will continue to be as he has changed the definition of fashion and style of our times.
Rugenza said he left her woman in Mbarara according to Sunday Vision
Mark Rugenza, the husband of the late Marina Tumukunde who was killed on Thursday night did not expect his wife in Kampala, it has been revealed.
In an interview with the Sunday Vision,Rugenza noted that he travelled with the wife from Kampala to Mbarara on Tuesday.
Merina Tumukunde (RIP) with her hubby Mark
“I then travelled back to Kampala on Wednesday leaving her at home in Mbarara. But I am now getting to learn that as soon as I left, she teamed up with friends and travelled to Kampala without my knowledge,” Rugenza, the owner of Desert-bar in Mbarara and Gabiro Lounge in Bugolobi said.
He told Sunday Vision that he was called on Thursday night and informed that his wife had been shot dead in Kampala. “I quickly called a friend in Mbarara to go and check at home and see whether she was actually there. The friend later called and informed me that she didn’t spend the night at home.
Tumukunde was gunned down together with Joshua Rushegyera Nteireho at Nambigirwa Bridge in Kajjansi town council along Entebbe-Kampala expressway, as they headed towards Entebbe. Security investigations so far reveal that the duo were shot by somebody who was travelling with them in the same car.
Tumukunde was seated behind the co-driver and had a bullet on the head and nothing to show it came from outside the car. The vehicle was well parked and nothing to show it skidded from the road.
A police officer, Davis Taremwa, has since been arrested. The Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, says: “On friendly terms, Nteireho requested Taremwa who was on guard duties, at Hidden Treasure, Hotel Entebbe, to escort him to Millennium Hotel in Zzana, where he had an arranged business transaction.
Star singer Eddy Kenzo is yet to come to terms with the departure of his girlfriend Rema Namakula who hooked up Mulago Hospital doctor.
Now fans of the music star have told him to stop crying for the already spoilt milk (Rema) when there is fresh one in yummy Lydia Jazmine.
Lydia Jazmine
Of recent, there were reports that the star singer was two timing fellow singer Rema with another diva Lydia Jazmine.
Rema
Now with the departure of Rema who is set to introduce her new lover Dr. Sebunya Hamza in early November this year, Kenzo can claim bragging rights over the ‘Ebintu Byange’ star who is still single. Watch the space!!!
Meet the girls who have bonded traveling world over
You might have seen them on social media posting their pictures on holiday at some of the best destinations across the world, they are not Europeans, Americans or Chinese but our very own girls from here.
These seven girls have built a friendship discovering the world and their bonding is for like biological sisters.
While many girls who travel across to those luxurious holiday destinations are under sponsorship of some misters, to these ones it’s passion built out of their personal savings.
Tinah Teise, the Login Extra on NTV Uganda presenter recently shared that for her she is aiming at promoting tourism especially for Africa to the world.
As a group, they have travelled to Dubai, Seychelles, US, Spain, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Ethiopia and many other parts of the world.
Well, many people think that travelling is expensive, an assumption these two cannot help debunking. “It is actually not, especially if you are in a group of people you consider friends,” says Asha one do the girls.
“You need to find the opportune time and also book beforehand. For example, during the summer tickets and hotel fares are hiked. You cannot afford to travel during that time or you will pay double what you would have paid if it was not summer.”
“It helps if you are with friends. There are things such as money that are very tricky to discuss. You would not be comfortable on a trip with people you barely know. What if you run out of cash, and you are not comfortable with the people around you,” Teise shares.
“Because of budgets and sometimes itinerary hiccups, you might find yourself sharing a room or even a bed in a strange city after a night of heavy partying. It becomes quite tricky to share a bed with people you do not know, yet in this case it can help you keep within your budget,” Asha adds.
“You also need to have a leader whose role is not to boss you around but to keep tabs with the travel agency,” says Teise.
“Travelling is fun when you have all things under control. Someone should be there to tell you that you have to leave because if you do not, you might miss your flight, which will mean incurring an extra cost.”
Asha shares that to add a little more fun to the mix, if you choose to travel as friends, get a joint theme which guides you on everything from the clothes you will wear to the kind of pictures you will post.
“It works for us like magic.”
Their goal? It is quite clear — to have fun. “We want to travel the world, see all the beautiful places away from home and basically have as much fun as we can,” Teise notes.
These girls are;
Fatumah Asha
Asha is a renowned fashion designer with a very successful label. She runs a fashion school called Tesi Fashion School where she trains and mentors upcoming designers. She also operates and manages a string of other businesses.
Stacy Kyomuhangi
She is a businesswoman running an Internet café, gym and a salon. She is also a real estate dealer.
Mwaj Ahmed
Ahmed is a fashionista who owns a fashion retail shop called Mwajz Store at Equatorial Mall. She also operates a wholesale shop downtown.
Umy Lynn
Owns and manages a travel agency.
Tina Teise
Teise hosts the Login Extra show on NTV. She also owns and manages her own production company and a fashion house.
Gloria Namulindwa
Namulindwa is a money lender.
Prim Asiimwe
She a radio personality at Galaxy FM and events MC.
The Minister of State for Finance in charge of Investments Hon. Anite Evelyn has today met with investors from Tecno Mobile who planning to invest in the country.
The Minister after revealed positive news from the meeting. The group wants to establish a handset assembly plant in the country. She said plans are final touches to establish the plant.
“I had a productive meeting with investors from Tecno mobile who are planning to establish a handset assembly plant in Uganda. The plant has the potential to reduce the cost of phones for the millions of subscribers in the market & also create jobs for youth in the labor force.
Model and fashionista Sasha Ferguson is back onto our screens, we can confirm.
Information reaching our desk has it that Sasha is now with the Dream Tv, a Christian station owned by Pastor Sserwadda.
She will be presenting a show called ‘Tik Tak’ which airs from Monday to Friday 10am to 12pm. Its an entertainment show mixed with celebrity gossip, song requests (strictly gospel songs) and the big story where the presenters get to discuss about relationship problems.
Sasha will be presenting the show for the next two weeks. “I am excited to be on the screen, it’s always a dream for me to do so,” Sasha told us.
Meanwhile she is also set to launch her hair collection soon. Watch the space!!!
Pilsner Lager has committed UGX50 million towards the fifth coronation anniversary celebrations of the Kyabazinga of Busoga, His Majesty William Gabula Nadiope IV.
The celebrations will be held at Butagaya sub-county Headquarters, Jinja District in Butembe Chiefdom under the theme “Preparing a Youth based on Busoga Cultural Norms and Virtues”.
Speaking at a press briefing at Uganda Breweries, the Prime Minister of the kingdom, Dr. Joseph Muvawala thanked Pilsner for the support towards the ceremony intended to uphold the culture and traditional values of the people of Busoga.
“Kingdoms survive on the good will of the people and we are grateful for this support from Pilsner Lager. We intend to use this coronation to bring together the people of Busoga to celebrate their culture but also ensure continuity of our cherished traditional norms to the youth,” the Prime Minister said.
The coronation anniversary involves a number of activities including the launch of Busoga Masaza Cup at Kakindu Stadium by the IsebantuKyabazinga, a tour of Bugabula Chiefdom by the Kyabazinga, Gabula Day celebrations at NamasagaliCollege, a Farmers Forum at Butagaya sub-county, a health camp, a symposium on Teenagers by Speaker of Parliament at Butagaya Primary School and the official coronation anniversary presided over by the Kyabazinga.
While handing over the contribution from Pilsner, Juliana Kagwa, Marketing and innovations director said the support towards the kingdom was apt since Pilsner lager has been purposed to be at the center of celebration of culture in Uganda.
“Rooted in its tag line the “The King’s Beer”, Pilsner has over the time associated its self with celebration of cultural traditions across Uganda and more profoundly today are proud to be celebrating with the people of Busoga on the Kyabazinga’s 5th coronation anniversary,” he said.
As part of the coronation festivities, the Kyabazinga will also launch a tree planting initiative aimed at encouraging the people to plant and grow trees in Busoga.
The Minister of ICT and National Guidance Hon. Frank Tumwebaze has today met with Isreal State Consortium of IT security.
The two parties discussed cyber security issues between their sectors and state agencies.
The minister said the meeting outcomes were very positive and more discussions will continue in November.
Hon. Mike Mukula led the Isreal to the ministry of ICT.
“Comrade Mike Mukula led a delegation today from the Isreal state consortium of IT security to meet me at Ministry of ICT offices. We discussed cyber security issues and possible areas of collaboration between our sector and their state agencies. Follow up discussions will continue in November,” Frank Tumwebaze said.
Login Extra on NTV Uganda presenter Tinah Teise aka Kabale Juice doesn’t only stop at giving us entertainment on the show but also serving us optically.
Her bikini photos are a hit and surely we love starring at them.
The television personality looks stunning in bikini photos taken during her vacation across different places around the world. Enjoy!!!
Boston based entrepreneur Juliet Zawedde has spoken out about her success and humanitarian work.
The American based Ugandan born lady has had a successful career in the United States where she owns around six companies mostly dealing in health care.
Juliet is the President and owner of Convenient Homecare Services which has 6 branches that provide home care health services. The companies have doctors, nurses and therapist who provide general home care to those in need from their homes. They also do hospice services.
While speaking to Josephat Sseguya of Bukedde, Zawedde said she has been in the health business for the last 16 years and because of her excellent services, she has a continuous contract with the Federal Government of the US to provide services to her citizens.
She said they are totally professional in their business actions and are supervised by Medicare Industry which has always been found them excellent in their dealings.
Her companies employee 600 people with 400 on full time jobs.
Zawedde said she has lived in the United States for the last 21 years and is proud to have made it in life.
She advised people to always get closer to those who are already successful so that they can learn from them other than talking ill of their success.
“When you become successful, people will always judge you most especially we Ugandans instead of asking them how to get there, people should learn to seek for guidance from those already there,” she said.
On charity Works, Zawedde said she is a good hearted person who was born with a golden heart.
“I these days prefer helping groups than individuals, it’s what am working on especially to help disadvantaged children, women and elderly,” she said.
President Yoweri Kaguta has issued a statement regarding recent kidnaps and murders in the country. And again he has described the criminals responsible for the murders as pigs. The president also sent his condolences to the bereaved families and among the victims was his nephew Joshua Rushegyera. Below is the President’s full statement;
Fellow Ugandans and, especially the Bazukulu.
First of all, Condolences on the killing of the young Bazukulu Nagirinya and Kitayimbwa by the criminals as the two were at the gate of the former’s residence at 23:49 hours on the night of August 28th, 2019.
Also condolences on the murder of Joshua Rushegyera and Tumukunde Merina on the night of 5th of September, 2019 between 22:28 and 23 hours on the Entebbe Expressway. Joshua Rushegyera was my nephew, being a son of my cousin Kyohairwe, who was married to an NRM supporter in Bushenyi by the names of Rushegyera. There have been other killings reported in the Lyantonde area.
As I told you before, these criminals are pigs. Anybody who kills people outside war is a pig. Moreover, many are stupid. They forget that all crime leaves clues and, eventually, the criminals will be captured. Up to the killing of Kaweesi, Kiggundu and Abiriga, the security infrastructure had lagged behind. You remember after those killings, I presented to Parliament a 10 points anti-crime plan on the 20th of June 2018. Although we have only partially implemented it, many of the killers in recent times have been arrested. The Masaka gang of Kiddawalime was wiped out (killed or arrested), Serugo Paul and his Syndicate in Masaka, Kanyesigye Juilius alias Mwesigye Amon in Rwizi and Kampala and the Usafi mosque criminal syndicate were neutralized.
With the modest investments we have made in the anti-crime infrastructure, the criminals are in trouble. Why? They are leaving behind many clues which was not the case before. Secondly, they are helping us to expose the weaknesses of the Police or their allies in the Police. Take the case of Nagirinya. When she was kidnapped, the relatives, immediately, informed the Police of Kibumbiro Police post at Nateete, by about 00:43 hours. The officer there should have informed all the Police units and patrol cars and the camera centres about the type of car that had been hi-jacked.
The cameras then would track that vehicle and those criminals would have been arrested or killed before they abandoned the car at Nateete, after dumping the bodies of the victims in Mukono. The officer at Kibumbiro Police post- Busega says that she tried to contact the 999 but the 999 was not picking until 00:50 hours. What is this- criminal negligence or collusion? Whatever it was, we are slowly moving forward. On account of the cameras and other technical means, we are now able to know who did not do his work. The Policemen in the camera centres were asleep, only waking up to “retrieve” pictures from the memory of the cameras. Rubbish. You are not only supposed to retrieve pictures that happened some hours ago. You are supposed to watch live and tell the patrol vehicles to act promptly. All these have been arrested. I have directed that all involved must be tried, sentenced, punished and dismissed from the Police. Moreover, they should never work in any Govt department ever, again.
There are many Bazzukulu who are looking for jobs and if those who are in uniform today cannot do their job, there are plenty who will replace them. This is all before we introduce the other measures, such as the digital (electronic) registration of all vehicles and motorcycles so that we electronically track every vehicle. It will tighten the rope around the neck of criminals. Even in the case of Rushegyera and Tumukunde Merina, there are signs of negligence by the Police. I am awaiting details. Criminals always leave clues. With better technology, like what we are acquiring, identification becomes easy. In the USA, as you normally hear, there are mass shootings every other week. However, identification is always fast. That is where we are heading.
RIP: Tumukunde Merina
You may commit a crime, carelessly taking away the lives of others; however, you will also lose your own life. We need to make this clear to the Courts. It must be an eye for eye. Nothing less will be acceptable to the freedom fighters that I represent and the entirety of the electorate of Uganda that I represent.
Otherwise, using the still incomplete technology of the cameras and other methods, the suspected criminals in the following cases have been arrested and presented to the Courts:
1. The Susan Magara case, 9 suspects have been arrested. They are already in the High Court. Two suspects are known but are still on the run.
2. In July 2018, robbers attacked Muto Hardware shop in Masaka and robbed Sh. 400m. Two people were shot. A gun from a Reserve Force Personnel was robbed. The gun has been recovered plus 2 other illegal guns from that group. 8 suspects were tried in Court Martial and 3 have so far been convicted to 40 years each. Others are awaiting their sentence.
3. In Ssenge Wakiso, criminals attacked a veteran, Mrs. Bakari; the Police responded to the neighbour’s alarm, one robber was shot dead. The Police recovered a telephone hand-set on site. 3 other suspects were arrested. They are in Court.
4. The arrests in the Ssenge, Wakiso case, led to another robbery in Kiboga of Shs. 33million at Bukomero trading centre. Those robbers, were riding on motor-cycles. They tried to escape on motor-cycles. The wanainchi chased them and killed one of them. Another one was injured in the robbery, he could not run and his colleagues killed him so that he is not captured by the Police and reveal information about them. Nevertheless, from the clues left by the criminals, one of them was arrested in Namutumba and another one in Bukomansimbi. The gun they were using was recovered from a hotel in Kiboga. Apparently, these 2 robbers were also linked to the crime in Muto, Masaka.
5. On the 11th of June, 2019, responding to information, the Police recovered 2 guns from Lugala, Masanafu. One person was arrested, but another one ran away. When the guns were taken to scientific analysis, it was found that they had been used in 5 robberies and murders as follows:
I. The case of Kikumbi Zone, Bunamwaya, where a Turkish national was robbed of his medicine bag, thinking that it contained money;
II. On the 14th of May, a mobile money dealer known as Mwesigwa was going home in the area of Kabusu, was robbed of sh. 610,000 and a student of Uganda Martyrs’ University was shot dead. The catridges recovered from the scene, matched the gun recovered;
III. On the 17th of May, 2019, a mobile money agent known as Nalukwago Sanyu in Kajjansi C-cell Zone was fired at and they robbed Sh. 18million from her; they had been trailing her using vehicle Toyota Wish Reg. Number UBE 418A;
IV. On the 10th of May in Mbale, the Police planned to intercept these criminals; in the process, one Police officer was killed and others were injured; and
V. On the 10th June, 2 young women, Nakabubi and Nalwadda, were killed at Zzana Cell, Ssabagabo. All these were crimes by the group that was using the guns of Lugala, Masanafu. Those that are arrested are:
1) Lance Corporal Mubale, formerly of UPDF;
2) Private Anican Bob, formerly of UPDF;
3) Private Mwangusho of UPDF, formerly;
4) Ntale Issa alias Ganja – a boda boda rider.
What is most annoying, is that 3 of these had been soldiers at Kabamba and in 2006, they robbed a car only to find somebody who knew them- whom they decided to kill in order to conceal their crime. They were discovered, tried and sentenced to death by the Court Martial. The Civilian Court reduced the Sentence to only 18 years and, recently, the same Civilian System released them. As a consequence of the actions of those Civilian courts rubbishing the work of the guardians of peace, a total number of 4 Ugandans have died needlessly and the freedom fighters had to, again, burn the midnight candle so as to arrest these killers, again. They are now in the Court- Martial, again.
As I write now, the killers of Nagirinya have all been arrested, including the red-jacketted character,that was driving Nagirinya’s car after killing her.
Therefore, two issues on crime, Number one, the criminals will all be caught, even the killers of Kagyezi Joan, the Moslem sheikhs etc.
It is a matter of time. We have clues on all these. Secondly, the Political leaders must harmonize with the Courts on the issue of the fundamental concept of Justice. The NRM concept, for most of the time, is an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth. It is only in politics where we adopted reconciliation as a strategy. Part of the reason for being soft in reconciliation is that we had already punished our opponents seriously in war. It is, therefore, not correct to say that those mistake- makers were not punished. They were punished in the conflict. With peace, it was in the national interest to reconcile. This is totally different from the phenomenon of Civilian Courts condoning, aiding and abetting crime by, contrary to the wishes of the country, exonerating criminals. This is promoting impunity.
Even in the case of Nagirinya and Kitayimbwa, the police have already made some arrests. The criminals will all be found. We need to work on the courts. They need to move quickly on the cases of murder, rape and terrorism, the big backlog of cases notwithstanding. The punishments must also be severe, including the hanging of Killers. The NRM always believes in the Law of Moses: An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
American music star Mýa Marie Harrison popularly known as Mya is set to perform in Kampala this year.
The Singer, Songwriter, CEO, Actress, Instrumentalist, Fashionista, Grammy and MTV Award Winning, Multi Platinum Selling Soul-R&B Princess will be headlining the Soul-R&B Session at The 30th Anniversary All Music Safari on Saturday 30th November 2019 in Kampala.
The events organizer Tshaka Mayanja confirmed to us that the start singer is coming to perform live in Kampala although he is yet to confirm the host venue.
So Kampala bless yourselves, the music princess is coming to town to rock you.
Who is Mya?
Mýa Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979), known mononymously as Mýa, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and actress. Born into a musical family, before entering the music industry she appeared on BET‘s Teen Summit. Signed in 1996 with Interscope Records, she released her eponymous debut album in April 1998. A critical and commercial success, the album produced her first top ten single “It’s All About Me.” Subsequent singles, “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)” and “Take Me There” continue to raise her profile and attained chart success worldwide, with the former garnering her first Grammy nomination. Fear of Flying, her sophomore album, was released in April 2000 and became a worldwide success, boosted by the success of its singles “Case of the Ex” and “Free.”
In between recording those two albums, she launched her own independent record label Planet 9 and competed in Dancing with the Stars – season nine; finishing in second place.
Now fully independent, Harrison continues to regularly release music. Beginning in 2014, she released a trio of R&B-rooted EPs, With Love(2014), Sweet XVI (2014), and Love Elevation Suite (2015). In 2016, Harrison released her seventh album, the Grammy nominated Smoove Jones. The follow-up, TKO (The Knock Out) arrived in April 2018 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of her debut album.
Aside from a music career, Harrison branched out into acting; making her feature-film debut in 1999’s thrillerIn Too Deep starring LL Cool J and Omar Epps.
She has endorsed several brands such as Coca-Cola, Gap, Iceberg, Tommy Hilfiger, and Motorola. Harrison’s contribution to music has earned her many accolades in the fields of popand R&B music categories.
In 2009, Billboard listed Mýa as one of their Hot 100 Artists of the 2000s; placing her in the 97th position.
As of October 2009, she has sold over 3.2 million albums in the U.S. and 7 million albums worldwide
The Western Uganda Youth MP Hon. Mwine Mpaka is surely doing well in Parliament. In a space of two years, he has done quite well. The following are some of the works he has done in two years and six months.
He worked on Youth development bank bill,
Motion to stop landlords from charging rent in dollars
-motion to ban pyramid and Ponzi schemes
-graduate scheme bill
-championed and ensured compensation of sacked Nira employees
He was on select committee of 9 MPs to investigate sexual violence in schools
Mpaka was also chairperson Uganda parliamentary forum on youth affairs
He investigated and caused the proper
implementation, distribution of the presidential pledge of 16 heifers to youth per district in western, central, East and northern regions.
He challenged student loan scheme to incorporate arts and not entirely sciences only
He was a representative of Ugandan youth at world bank parliamentary forum in Washington, US.
He hosted commonwealth youth ministers meetings under Uganda parliamentary forum at Speke Resort Munyonyo.
He was not in agreement with mobile money tax and voted against it
He was a member of international young leaders assembly in New York representing Uganda
He represented Uganda and parliament twice at the African, Caribbean and Pacific states ( is a group of countries in Africa whose main objectives are sustainable development and poverty reduction within its member states, as well as their greater integration into the world’s economy. All of the member states, except Cuba, are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union.
He led members of parliament of the Uganda parliamentary forum on youth affairs to investigate and close labour export companies that were operating without licenses eg Dubai explorer company limited.
Under Gender committee of parliament, he advocated for quick processing of minimum wage bill which was moved in 9th parliament
Mpaka also Initiated first ever youth business forum Serena Kampala (every year in November)where youth meet to share and discuss issues concerning cheap and affordable financing
He Tasked Ministry of Trade to ban sale of sachet waragi and to stop factories like Coca-Cola from importing fruit concentrates and instead buy our fruits
He Tasked ministry of ICT to put tougher measures on SIM card swap and cyber crime
He also tasked ministry of Internal Affairs to bring an action plan to curb girl child prostitution in western Uganda
He was a member gender committee of Uganda’s parliament, member East African appointments committee of Uganda’s parliament, member ICT committee and member equal opportunities committee
He is currently member on Committee on trade and cosase
He has promoted sports in western Uganda
(Club president and chair of Mbarara City FC)
By the way, western Uganda had spent 11 years without a club in the Ugandan premier league but that came to an end when Mbarara City FC was established and promoted from regional league to Div 2 and now Div 1.
Kigo: Absa, parent company to Barclays Bank Uganda, today flagged off the Uganda Golf Open with a sponsorship package of 50 million shillings.
The Open, to be held at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa over the next four days, has attracted players from over 14 countries includingCameroon, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India and others.
With players teeing off as early as 8 am, the beautiful scenery of Lake Victoria made for an amazing experience for all those present throughout the day.
The players and well-wishers were thereafter hosted to a cocktail evening, with lots of bites and drinks accompanied by the soothing sounds of guitar and sax duo Omega Peter and MichaelKitanda.
Speaking at the Awards ceremony, Barclays Uganda Executive DirectorSteven OdongoOpio, said, “It gives us great pleasure as a brand to make a contribution towards the growth of golf as a sport, in addition to the development of the players in this country.”
On top of the sponsorship, Absa will additionally award the best Amateur players in the Pro-Am competition with ten (10) tickets to the prestigious Magical Kenya Open, to be held on March 2020.
Emirates awarded a Five-Star Global Airline Official Airline Rating
Kampala: Emirates has clinched its third consecutive award for Best Entertainment at the 2020 Passenger Choice Awards held during the APEX EXPO in Los Angeles, USA on Monday.
The airline was also given a Five-Star Global Airline Official Airline Rating, the highest rating in the first airline rating program based solely on verified and certified passenger feedback.
Emirates’ winning streak has been due to its continual innovations in inflight entertainment, setting the benchmark for customer experience. The airline has been at the forefront of the industry from being the first airline to install TV screens in every seat in 1992 to allowing customers to create and sync bespoke entertainment playlists on its mobile app since last year.
Today, Emirates provides one of the most comprehensive and state-of-the-art entertainment and communications services in the skies. ice, its award-winning inflight entertainment system, now offers over 4,500 channels of entertainment, including well over 1000 world movies – more than any other airline. Customers across all classes are treated to the largest screens in the industry for each cabin at 13.3 inches for Economy Class, 23 inches for Business Class and 32 inches in First Class.
In addition to the unmatched variety of content, Emirates has also been investing to provide connectivity and Live TV for its customers. Over 176 Emirates aircraft are equipped with Live TV and at any time 70,000 passengers and sport enthusiasts could be watching global sporting events live at 40,000 feet. Customers can also enjoy a selection of international news channels live such as CNN, BBC World News, Sky News, Euro News, CNBC, and NHK World.
Wi-Fi connectivity is available on all Emirates aircraft. Customers in all cabin classes receive 20MB of free Wi-Fi data or unlimited use of messaging apps for 2 hours allowing them to log on and stay in touch with friends, family or colleagues. Emirates Skywards members enjoy special benefits depending on their membership tier and class of travel, including free Wi-Fi when travelling in First Class or Business Class.
The APEX Passenger Choice Awards are based on passenger feedback gathered through APEX’s partnership with TripIt® from Concur®, the world’s highest-rated travel-organizing app. Using a five-star scale, more than one million flights were rated by passengers across nearly 600 airlines from around the world between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019.
Kampala International University Western Campus (KIU-WC) is organizing a 3-day Research Dissemination and Innovation Conference (KRIC 2019) tagged – Multi-SectoralCollaboration Towards The Prevention And Management Of Non-Communicable Diseases,for Staff and Students in Higher Education Institutions as well as the entire public., The event has been scheduled to take place from 11th to 13th September 2019,at New Biomedical Block, 3rd Floor, KIU Western Campus in Ishaka-Bushenyi, Uganda.
The key note speakers for the event will be Prof. Andre Renzahoof Western Sydney University, Australia, Dr. Gerald Mutungi; Commissioner Non-Communicable Diseases Uganda, and Prof. Fred WabwireMangen of the College of Health HealthSciences,Makerere University. Also, gracing the occasion are delegates from the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation, Uganda, among other notable personalities to mention but a few.
Why KRIC
The Kampala International University Research Dissemination and Innovation Conference (KRIC) is slated to become an annual event aimed at growing and strengthening a research and innovation culture among all students and staff at KIU Western Campus and other universities
Over time, students have been involved in scientific research and innovation on various local and international platforms. However, only a few students have been able to share their innovations on these platforms owing to lack of enough publicity and access to the media. So far, two outstanding innovations have been shared extensively with the science community, the Petograph App; an application and software that can be used by health practitioners to improve diagnosis, management and follow up of pregnant mothers with pre-eclampsia (Tsamiya, 2016) and the HDA App; an offline application that helps patients to verify drugs, medical personnel and health centres. Aside the huge strides made by these two innovators, a number of other students have not been given the opportunity to share their research or innovations. Thus, being the reason for the KRIC initiative, as it will go a long way to showcase our home-grown innovations locally and internationally.
More so, Africa has previously been challenged by infectious diseases; however, the continent is now currently facing a new challenge of non-communicable diseases. In Uganda for example, according to the 2018 WHO report on non-communicable diseases, a death rate of 33% was accounted for due to the prevalence of non-communicable diseases.Consequently, there is an urgent need for Africa to start addressing thischallenge and develop interventions towards these diseases that are suitable for resource limited settings.
KRIC 2019
The KRIC-2019, seek to avail a multidisciplinary platform for knowledge dissemination on non-communicable diseases(NCDs) to around 20,000 students in various universities within and outside Ugandawith the following mission and objectives:
Mission of KRIC 2019
Dissemination of research knowledge and presentation of innovations with the aim of providing a platform that promotes innovations by turning innovations into products that can benefit the community.
KRIC-2019 Objectives
1. To provide a platform for your researchers to share the outputs of their research
2. To provide a platform that will stimulate young scientist to develop new interventions to manage non-communicable diseases
3. To create a platform that avails local medical students opportunities in development and progressive education in research and innovations through the launching of the KIU-WC Innovation’s Hub.
4. To create an awareness on non-communicable diseases that will in turn promote healthy lifestyles that are essential towards the fight against these diseases
5. To Increase the investment in research and development through public funding and encouraging the investments of the business sector in research and innovation in non-communicable diseases
6. Advocate for the inclusion of health promotion and public health approaches to the global burden of non-communicable diseases in health science school curricula.
Sub Themes
Within the framework of the KRIC-2019, a number of subthemes have been selected, which are:
➢ Nutrition based Interventions
➢ Community initiatives in prevention of non communicablediseases
➢ Workplace Initiatives in prevention of non communicablediseases
➢ Alternative Medicine for Non communicable Diseases
➢ Access to Health Information and Health Care Delivery
➢ Environmental Health in Mitigating Non-Communicable diseases
➢ Life style and Non-communicable disease
➢ Drug and substance abuse and mental health
Through this conference, we hope to contribute towards fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goal 3, which aims at ensuring healthy lives and promoting well being of all ages. It is believed that when research findings are shared with the scientific community, the industry, policy makers and the community at large, there are higher chances of developing new interventions towards a number of challenging diseases.As over 2,000 studentsfrom universities across the country, policy makers, pharmaceutical companies, industries, research organisations, funding agencies and the community, are expected to participate in the conference.
The conference will be packed with Pre, Main, and Post Conference activities that will challenge the thinking of all participants as well as enable them explore the heights. Side attractions like KRIC Run, Hub of Science Tour, Game Drive, among others, have been enshrined in the programme to make the event rewarding and memorable.
Come, Interact and Learn from Researchers,Innovators and Industry Players!
Kampala’s prestigious club, Guvnor is back again with a fun packed night dubbed Ciroc Pop Night. The night which is in its fifth edition happens every second Friday of the month and voltage music duo Kent and Flosso will be the headline artists of the night.
The music pair is currently undergoing mixologist training classes and will be serving their fans a signature cocktail prepared by them. Aside from the cocktails, the duo is set to entertain the revellers with a performance of their club bangers.
In a video already circulating on social media, Voltage music has promised to keep all revellers entertained with a cocktail of drinks and hit music .
“We shall be representing 100% Voltage music, don’t be anywhere else, just be at Guvnor and witness us make history, expect hit after hit,” they said.
Voltage music came to the limelight after their Byafayo song became a club banger and have had arguably the biggest song in the country in recent days, collaboration with Fille called ‘Squeeze’.
The duo has also featured on songs with female stars like Vinka, Fille, Ray G among others.
Emburara Farm Lodge is taking things international as they continue to provide excellent services, we can confirm.
The Emburara Safaris Team in a bid to sell the services of the farm lodge is currently exhibiting at Moscow expo in Russia. The team set up expo stand in Russia-Mosco showcasing their activity ’Life On The Farm’ and the great heritage of nature gifts that Uganda (The Pearl of Africa) is endowed with.
The participation will sure play an important role in increasing the lodge’s international clientele.
For your safari bookings contact them on www.emburarasafaris.com or call +256776200080.
Socialite and entrepreneur Dorothy Cashie Madam is totally enjoying life out of marriage.
The loaded businesswoman who quit her marriage to Herbert Shonga early this year is totally enjoying her new life.
She went to say unmarried life is the best and that when there, you aren’t in prison.
“When it finds me in my best mood, i dance like there is no tomorrow. I swear unmarried life is the best ever, you do what you want and when you want, there is no prison,” Dorothy posted.
She said this as she partied with friends on a night out. The mother of three doesn’t look forward to being married again. Watch the space!!!
