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3rd July 2018
By Elly Karenzi
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In Ibanda
Ten Youth groups received the money and other project equipment under the youth livelihood program.
The town clerk, Ibanda municipality, Ms. Justine Barekye while giving out motorcycles to some of the boda boda youth groups at the Ibanda municipality headquarters on Saturday, asked youth groups to work as a team in order to recover the money in given time.
Among the ten groups that qualified to benefit include; Bukuuto II youth Boda Boda, Nyakabungo II youth Boda Boda and Bisheeshe central youth project amongst other groups.
After receiving motorcycles, Alex Muhumuza and Albert Ayebazibwe who are group chairpersons, promised to work hand in hand with other members to see the proper management of the funds.
Ibanda Municipality is among the best performing municipalities in the country in youth livelihood program since 2016 and 31 groups have so far benefited since the municipality was inaugurated.

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3rd July 2018
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In Kampala
A youth activist group known as ‘Sauti ya Vijana’ has given government a five day ultimatum to rescind the social media and mobile money taxes or else the outcomes will be dire.
There has been a public uproar since July 1 when the new shs200 per day tax for social media users and one percent on mobile money transactions came into effect.
Julius Bwanika, the group’s director of operations while addressing journalists in Kampala on Tuesday, said that the new taxes are not fair because they are only meant to cripple Ugandans financially and not helping the country develop. He added that the taxes infringe on the people’s right to access information and freedom of expression as enshrined in the constitution.
The group said the mobile money tax is only punitive and meant to discourage the public from using mobile money as opposed to traditional banking services, a thing they said is wrong.
They argued that mobile money services are accessed by many including those in rural areas, adding that putting a one percent tax on transactions would cripple a number of businesses.
The group thus issued a five day ultimatum to government to rescind what they termed as a diabolical tax policy adding that failure to do so would compel them to mobilize the people to protest against the unpopular taxes.
“Failure to do so, we shall mobilize Ugandans who are not able to afford these exorbitant taxes and offer them alternatives to forego the tax,” Mukiibi said.
A number of Ugandans have since the effecting of the social media and mobile money taxes expressed concern over what they termed as a deliberate move to deny citizens access to information especially through social media.
The Uganda Communications Commission Executive Director, Godfrey Mutabazi on Monday defended the social media tax as being a good one and will enable government benefit from “these American” companies that have been making billions of money through social media .
“We have been complaining that we are losing money. This decision by government is the right decision.”
He however noted that government will review the progress of the social media tax after two weeks of its implementation.

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Tuesday July 3, 2018
By Aiden Graw
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ENTERTAINMENT GOSSIP:
CINDY NOMINATED IN AFRICA MAGIC VIEWERS CHOICE AWARDS
Dancehall queen and actress Cindy Sanyu, has been nominated in the category of “Best Actress In A Drama ( Movie/TV Series) for her role in the movie, “Bella” alongside Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (Nigeria), Miriam Kayode (Nigeria), Agaba Joan (Uganda) and Keira Hewatch (Nigeria).
Other Ugandans that have got a nod in the prestigious awards include; Eleanor and Mathew Nabwiiso (Rain), Agaba Joan (The Torture), Kizito Samuel (The Forbidden), among others.
The announcement for the 2018 edition was made on Saturday by Nigerian comedian, Bovi, and Ghanaian actor, Joselyn Dumas, on Africa Magic channels on DStv and GOtv respectively. The 6th annual AMVCA awards will take place on September 1 and will be broadcast live on all Africa Magic channels.

ANNE KANSIIME REACHES YOUTUBE MILESTONE
Big things are always going for continental comedienne, Anne Kansiime. The comedienne has hit 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, making her the most followed Ugandan celebrity on the video sharing platform.
She has celebrated the milestone by thanking her fans for giving her their unconditional support, funding and sustaining all her production work, as well as the children at her Kansiime Foundation.
Anne who has had some personal family issues in the recent past has kept her head high, planning shows and connecting with fans at every available opportunity.

VINKA TO HEADLINE MISS MADI GRAND FINALE
Founded by model Chandia Dorothy, Miss Ma’di beauty pageant is gaining more steam in its second consecutive edition. Buzz Teeniez Award Breakthrough Artiste of the Year winner, Vinka has been confirmed to headline Miss Ma’di grand finale slated for July 7, Mayor’s Garden, Adjumani!
The Chips Na Ketchup singer will be backed by performances from the area’s top stars and of course, the showcases that will have a new beauty queen crowned.
This follows a successful unveiling ceremony that was held over the weekend at Penthouse Moyo. The vibrant ceremony attracted a great crowd as ten contestants vying for the crown were unveiled.
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Tuesday July 3, 2018
By Aiden Graw
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SPORTS UPDATES
Belgium completed a remarkable revival as they came from the World Cup abyss and beat Japan to reach the quarter-finals.
Roberto Martinez’s side were trailing 2-0 when he brought on Marouane Fellaini and Nacer Chadli in the 65th minute, and Fellaini scored the equaliser before Chadli netted a 94th-minute winner.
They now face Brazil in the last eight on Friday.

Japan looked on their way to a famous win in Rostov after Genki Haraguchi ran onto Gaku Shibasaki’s long ball, which Jan Vertonghen should have cut out, to open the scoring.
Takashi Inui’s 25-yard strike made it 2-0 and looked set to take the Asian side into their first quarter-final.
Belgium’s Premier League stars – their golden generation – had put in a disappointing performance, and Martinez turned to the oft-ridiculed Fellaini and West Brom winger Chadli in his hour of need.
Their fortunes changed after that as Vertonghen scored a looping header to get them back into the game.
Fellaini then headed in Eden Hazard’s cross to level before Chadli converted Thomas Meunier’s pass to finish off a flowing move and help the Red Devils avoid being the latest victims of a World Cup of shocks.
Belgium are the first team to fight back from two goals down to win a World Cup knockout game since West Germany against England in 1970.
Belgium clearly have the players – Hazard, Kevin de Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and Thibaut Courtois are some of the Premier League’s undoubted stars. They are now unbeaten in 23 games, but there are always questions about whether they are tactically astute.
Martinez and his players will feel they have gone some way to answering those, and finding a real winning touch, having looked dead and buried after an hour.
Chelsea winger Hazard had hit the post in one of their few good chances in the opening 60 minutes.
But they ground their way back into the game – even though the goal to give them hope was a bit of a fluke. Inui booted the ball up into the air and Vertonghen’s looping header flew over keeper Eiji Kawashima, who should have done better.
At 20 yards, it is the longest headed World Cup goal since those stats were first recorded in 1966.
Then the substitutes came to the fore. Fellaini, who signed a new Manchester United deal last week, powered in Hazard’s centre to level the scores after 74 minutes.
And the winner was a real team effort. Goalkeeper Courtois rolled the ball to De Bruyne, who had been quiet for 90 minutes but exploded into life when his country needed him.
The Manchester City playmaker carried the ball 60 yards before feeding Meunier, his cross was stepped over by Lukaku, and Chadli was on hand to steer it home.
Lukaku had scored 17 goals in his previous 11 Belgium games but his decision to not shoot on this occasion might prove more crucial than any of those.

Can Belgium now win the World Cup?
Belgium will feel a huge amount of spirit building after this fightback – and also when they reflect on the fact their last defeat was Martinez’s first game in charge, against Spain in September 2016.
Their past two tournaments – the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016 – have both come to an end at the quarter-final stage. The Red Devils, who have never won a major tournament, will be desperate to go at least one step further this time – but there is one huge problem.
Their next game is against the favourites to win the tournament, five-time champions Brazil, on Friday in Kazan. The winner of that game faces either 1998 kings France or two-time winners Uruguay for a place in the final.
They will not need reminding that if they had lost to England in the final group game, instead of beating them, no World Cup winners would have stood between them and the final.
“Belgium had to dig deep from within and they did it so well,” said BBC Radio 5 live’s Chris Sutton. “Belgium are not going to have a harder game than this all tournament. They were in a real scrap.”
Japan have taken big gambles in the past few months and after an hour in Rostov, it looked like they were paying off in style.
First they sacked head coach Vahid Halilhodzic and replaced him with Akira Nishino two months before the tournament started.
Then they controversially sat back in order to maintain a 1-0 deficit in their defeat by Poland in their final group game – even though a goal elsewhere could have knocked them out.
And it looked as if the Blue Samurai were going to become only the third Asian nation – after South Korea in 2002 and North Korea in 1966 – to reach the World Cup quarter-finals when they deservedly took the lead.
Haraguchi kept his composure to shoot across Courtois and give them the lead and then the impressive Inui blasted in a long-range second to put them in control.
In truth, they did not have a host of chances – with only four shots on target – and all the momentum had deserted them by the time Chadli placed the ball past Kawashima with seconds remaining.
“Japan will regret the last two minutes because they threw everything forward and they were a little bit too open at the back,” said BBC One pundit Jurgen Klinsmann, a former Germany international. “In the 94th minute, the players are tired and they are thinking about extra time, and that is when mistakes happen.”
What they said – ‘it was a tragedy’
Belgium boss Roberto Martinez: “You get pushed in games. Let’s congratulate Japan, they played the perfect game. They were clinical on the counter and so solid. It was a test of character and you see the reaction of our subs coming on to win the game. It tells you everything about this group of players.
“No negatives today, it was about getting through. It is a day to be very proud of these players. Keep believing in Belgium. In the World Cup you want to be perfect but it’s about getting through, it’s about winning.”
Japan coach Akira Nishino: “I am devastated. Yes we took the lead but we couldn’t win. It might have been a very small difference but I felt there was nothing in it.
“Maybe it was my decisions as a coach or my tactics, and we couldn’t keep up with Belgium, who upped their game.
“I don’t want to admit it. I do feel that it was a tragedy but I have to accept the defeat as a fact.”
Man of the match – Takashi Inui (Japan)

The ninth last-minute winner of this World Cup – match stats
Belgium are the first team to come from two or more goals down to win a World Cup knockout stage match within 90 minutes since Portugal beat DPR Korea in the 1966 quarter-final (0-3 down, 5-3 win).
Belgium have reached the World Cup quarter-finals in successive tournaments for the first time.
Belgium have never kept a clean sheet in their 12 World Cup knockout round matches, shipping 28 goals in total.
Japan have scored six goals at Russia 2018, their highest ever tally in a single World Cup tournament.
There were just four minutes and 16 seconds between Japan’s two goals, and just four minutes and 30 seconds between Belgium’s brace to level the scores.
There have now been nine 90th-minute winning goals in the 2018 World Cup. There were just 10 in the previous five tournaments combined.
Eden Hazard has been directly involved in 19 goals in his 18 games for Belgium under Roberto Martinez, scoring 10 and assisting nine.
Takashi Inui is only the third player to have scored multiple goals in a World Cup tournament for Japan, after Junichi Inamoto in 2002 (2) and Keisuke Honda in 2010 (2).
Both of Marouane Fellaini’s World Cup goals for Belgium have been headers.
Nacer Chadli scored his first goal in 11 games for Belgium, his previous effort coming against Estonia in June 2017.
WORLD CUP RESULTS:
BRAZIL 2-0 MEXICO [Neymar 55’, Roberto Fermino 88’]
BELIGIUM 3-2 JAPAN [Haraguchi, Inui, Vertongen, Fellaini, Chadil]
WORLD CUP FIXTURES TODAY:
ENGLAND V COLOMBIA
SWEDEN V SWITZERLAND

3rd July 2018
By Sylvia Kugonza
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In Kabarole
Kabarole leaders have expressed their dissatisfaction over the poor policies and guidelines governing the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) Porgram.
OWC replaced the NAADS Program with the aim of fighting poverty among the household and its manned by the UPDF.
During the district council at Kitumba over the weekend, Peter Bazira the councilor representing Kicwamba sub county doubts the design of the program when he see officials have continued to distribute technologies to areas and people that have not demanded.
Joseph Mashuhuka chairperson Production and Natural Resources wants the parliament to revise the guidelines and incorporate other stakeholders and technocrats in the selection of beneficiaries and distribution of items to avoid wastage and for easy monitoring.
Richard Rwabuhinga the chairperson LCV wonders why the government has continued to distribute the beans and potatoes that do not enable our people get out of poverty. He notes that he had reminded the president about it when he visited Karamba but continues to see technologies coming.
Alex Ruhunda MP Fort Portal amused council when he revealed that OWC officials called him to pick maize for planting when he had not registered to benefit. He explains that urban dwellers like Fort Portal need technologies like piglets, poultry, rabbits and goats, not cassava, tea and maize because they lack land.
The councilors resolved that the MP tables their demand on flow of parliament to have the guidelines revised and Ruhunda promised he would meet the president to discuss how to change the policies for the program to benefit our people.
Several times people and sub county leaders have complained that the OWC officials and suppliers dump the technologies at sub county headquarters without their consent while other say the deliveries come late and when they are not requested for.

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