Five players of Eritrea’s U-20 team have disappeared from their Hotel in Jinja ahead of the semi finals of the on-going Cecafa U-20 Challenge Cup.
Eritrea will face Kenya’s Raising Stars in one of the semi final games at the Fufa technical Center today, while Tanzania battle Sudan in the other match in Gulu.
The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa) Aimable Habimana has confirmed the disappearance of the players.
People Power Leader as well as leading opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has criticized and denounced the government’s move to ban the civilian use of red berets, a signature symbol of his People Power movement.
“This beret ban is a sham. It is a blatant attempt to suffocate a successful threat to the autocratic status quo,” the 37-year-old said.
“But People Power is more than a red beret, we are bigger than our symbol. We are a booming political movement fighting for the future of Uganda and we will continue our struggle for democracy.”
Bobi Wine’s statements comes after the news emerged from the Uganda Government lately on Monday to have decided to gazette the red beret as official military clothing that could land civilians who wear it in jail.
In a statement late on Monday, after news emerged over the government’s decision in September to designate the red beret as Military attire that could land civilians who wear it in jail, Bobi Wine called the ban a “sham”.
The red beret was included in Uganda’s first-ever gazette of all military clothing, dated on September 18. People who wear or sell the red beret and other designated pieces of military attire would be prosecuted under military law, authorities said.
“The dress code for the UPDF [Uganda People’s Defence Forces] has been gazetted. The action was endorsed by the top organs of the army which also commended the dress committee for concluding the task assigned to it years back,” army spokesman Richard Karemire said on Monday
Ultimate News has this evening learnt of an executive order sent to all District Police Commanders(DPCs) in Uganda not to arrest any one found in the trap of idol and disorderly.
In a circular that this investigative website has landed on, the Inspector General of Police on orders from the president of Uganda has directed all DPCs not to arrest people for idol.
“H.E the president of the Republic of Uganda has directed that no person should be arrested for the crime of “idol and disorderly”. The president has also directed that all those arrested for this crime be released immediately and prosecution discontinued”- Reads part of the directive.
Many youths are rotting in police cells over this case of idol and disorderly where the president has always directed no one should be arrested but police has defiantly continued to case Ugandans especially youths because at the end, for one to get out pays some amount of money between UGX 40,000 to UGX 100,000.
Let’s hope police will respect the directive and release all those arrested and halt arrests as directed.
When Michael Peres was a child, he was diagnosed with ADHD and other learning disabilities. Born into an orthodox Jewish community in Montreal, Quebec, he was prescribed medication to deal with the condition, which turned out to be a double-edged sword. The medication, which was 100mg of extended-release Ritalin, would sometimes work and sometimes not. When it did work, he felt like he was unstoppable; when it didn’t work, he experienced heart palpitations, depression, a sense of coldness, and sporadic lapses in concentration.
The difficulties didn’t end with Ritalin, however. On account of the Jewish community in which he grew up, Peres wasn’t able to focus on science and found that like-minded individuals were few and far between. He had a deep passion for computer science, and worked with what he had available to make it happen. Because he couldn’t connect with those around himself, locking himself in his room for hours on end, and learning about — as well as building — computers became a daily ritual. In the same vein, he spent his bar mitzvah money on the materials needed to build eight computers, and found a way to connect to the internet. This became his window to the outside world. As a youth, he helped his high school to build and repair their computers, as well as helping out other members of his community with their technological needs.
These early lessons in independence would prove useful in the years to come. Throughout elementary and high school, Peres often had to leave class when his teachers walked in and head over to JEM, which was a program that helped kids with disabilities — it was there that he received tutoring in Mathematics and English Literature. When he graduated high school, he took a year off to spend in Israel, where studied in religious school and was exposed to the world.
When he returned, Peres discovered that he was far behind some of his peers in terms of a secular education. Unable to go to class because of difficulties focusing and having had such a poor highschool education that he couldn’t do basic trigonometry or algebra, he was forced to pursue some unorthodox methods of learning. Peres would wake up early every morning and go to school in order to spend as much time in the libraries as possible, only attending classes for exams — this earned him the nickname of the ‘library guy.’ It wasn’t an uncommon occurrence for Peres to turn up to his first exam, only to meet with teachers who wondered whether or not he was even enrolled in the class.
His college career wasn’t destined to end in disaster, however. By studying in the library and working with a friend, he taught himself everything he needed from the ground up, from courses relating to Calculus, Linear Algebra, Physics, and Java Programming. This turned out to be a breakthrough point, as he discovered that he worked better with systems of his own devising than he did with the standard learning models that were in place at the time. It was also at this point that he began to taper off of Ritalin. Peres graduated in Computer Sciences in Montreal, Quebec.
After taking up an internship at an app development company in New York City, he realized that working in a cubicle wasn’t for him. He returned to school in the same city, and pursued a degree in Mathematics from Yeshiva University, Washington Heights. During the course of this program, he barely attended class, having figured out that he learned best on his own, prompting the return of the ‘library guy’ moniker.
Once he’d graduated again, Peres booked a flight to San Diego, where he began to set up tech-based companies. Today, these are known as Hecto Fox and Hexa Tiger — businesses focused on web hosting and web development, respectively. Peres works as a travelpreneur, traveling full-time while building his current projects. He’s also working on creating a 10-step program designed to help people do exactly what he did, known as Breaking 9 To 5.
Today, Peres currently operates according to an unorthodox set of work standards. By coordinating team members across different time zones, it’s possible to get nearly 24 hours of work done in a day — and it is precisely these unorthodox methods that have allowed him to build a portfolio of nearly 400 clients in three years.
As a final point, especially during ADHD Awareness Month, Peres has defied the limits imposed on him by his disability and grown professionally in a way we might all hope to emulate some day. ADHD isn’t a death sentence, nor is it a disability. In truth, all it is is a lens, through which people can see the world differently. If you’re able to harness the energy that ADHD provides, it’s possible to come up with unique, personalized solutions to the problems that life will inevitably present. Peres — and his followers — have come to realize that by defying the rules society dictates to us, it’s possible to craft a meaningful life that doesn’t need to play the field according to anyone else’s game plan.
In the latest developing sad news indicate that Residents of Timuna Village in Kasangombe Sub County, Nakaseke District are in shock after finding their fellow resident’s body lifelessly lying down in mad, reportedly killed by UMEME live electricity lines.
The deceased has been identified as a one Kiwanuka who died together with other animals which also were killed by the live electricity wires.
According to residents, electric poles fell on Friday due to heavy rains but since then Umeme Ltd hadn’t worked on them despite being informed by residents!
People Power pressure group principal Robert kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has joined the rest of Ugandans to mourn the death of former Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) president Joseph Bbosa who passed away today in Hague, Netherlands.
In his brief statement posted on his official Facebook handle, Bobi Wine poured his heart-felt condolences to the widow (Lady Justice Solome Balungi Bossa), his family, and the UPC membership.
“I have learnt of the passing of mzee Joseph Bbosa, former Vice President of the Uganda People’s Congress political party. I send heartfelt condolences to his wife (Lady Justice Solome Balungi Bossa), his family, and the UPC membership. May his soul rest in peace.”
Bobi Wine statement
Joseph Bbosa’s death was announced by the Uganda Judiciary on Tuesday morning.
We regret to announce the sudden passing of Mr Joseph Bossa, the husband to the Hon. Lady Justice Justice Solome Balungi Bossa of the International Criminal Court, which occurred in The Hague, Netherlands. The funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course.
— Judiciary Uganda (@JudiciaryUG) October 1, 2019
Bossa served in the opposition party under President Olara Otunnu, however his cause of death remains unknown.
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