Manchestr, United Kingdom: Marcus Rashford scored again as Manchester United stretched their winning run in all competitions to six games with a comfortable victory over a hapless Bournemouth in the Premier League. The England international tapped into an empty net after a Bruno Fernandes pass to score in a three successive Old Trafford league games for the first time. His goal rounded off the scoring after Casemiro latched onto a Christian Eriksen free-kick with a beautifully cushioned volley to put Erik ten Hag’s side ahead half way through the first half. They doubled their lead four minutes into the second…
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By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/ Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: Taking to his Twitter Account, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said “Otafire calls us ‘Mad’ people because we dare to ask the questions that even children understand. Let us teach Otafiire and his group that their time is ABSOLUTELY OVER! ‘…I came into this world to give sight to those who cannot see, and to take away sight from those who can…’ John:9:39”. And John 9:39 says Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” This came after…
Entertainment: Reports reaching Umoja Standard News editor indicate that Uganda’s melodious singer Lydia Jazmine Nabawanuka looks not to be in control of her Instagram account with allegations that it was taken over by unknown hackers. Lydia Jazmine’s Instagram Account is one of the most followed in the country amongst local musicians that stood at over 1.1 million followers. This amazing singer is a profound Social Media user and her Instagram and usually feeds it with her latest photos compared to the number of songs she releases in year that leaves some of her fans disturbed and confused. From her slumber…
By Umoja Standard Reporter. Greater, Masaka: Uganda’s Traffic officers stopped the group of 24 Burundians in the Mpigi locale last Thursday at Katonga Checkpoint in the Kayabwe Town Council, Mpigi district, around 10 p.m. ‘A taxi of Reg. No. UBM 711K (a grey drone) was charged with overloading because it had more than 26 passengers, including the driver’. According to the police, Police says. There were 24 Burundians in them: two Ugandans (a conductor and a driver) and one female. “Through our investigations, we were able to establish that the 24 Burundians came from various villages and provinces in Burundi…
By Charles Katabalwa/Umoja Standard. Makerere University: The outgoing Chairman of Makerere Convocation Tanga Odoi has refuted allegations that he was behind the chaos that merged at Makerere University convocation elections on Friday last week as the alumni and staff elected new leaders of their umbrella body, ‘the Convocation’. The chaos resulted from a standoff between former leaders who were organizing the election and some of the candidates led by former Ntungamo Municipality MP Gerald Karuhanga and Charles Odongotho, the group asked the current chairman Dr. Tanga Odoi and the returning officer Prof. Mukadasi Buyinza to postpone the exercise so as…
Nairobi, Kenya: Raila Odinga led Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition is facing political turbulence with Kenyatta, who heads its top decision-making organ, expected to relinquish the post next month. The Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition is facing political turbulence with former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who heads its top decision-making organ, expected to relinquish the post next month. With the former President’s imminent exit from the chairmanship of the Azimio council, coalition leader Raila Odinga is expected to oversee the possible appointment of a new chair or have the National Coalition Executive Council chairman Wycliffe Oparanya take up the role. According to…
Kampala, Uganda: House of Prayer Ministries International lead Pastor Aloysius Bugingo openly remarked that sitting Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni can lead for as long as he wants but should be prepared to be replaced by his son Gen. Kainerugaba Kainerugaba. In video clip, Bugingo said, “Your excellency, the president of the Republic of Uganda, let no one deceive you that Bugingo no longer supports you, and started supporting Muhoozi. If I told you that I don’t like Muhoozi, I would be a rascal, Muhoozi is next, but you can quit whenever you want.” Bugingo said in the video. The…
Additional reporting by URN. Kamuli, Uganda: Busoga North Police has ignited a search for one Waiswa Katende, who is alleged to have killed a seven-year-old boy; John Isabirye, after his parents failed to raise a Shs 50 million ransom. Waiswa is reported to have kidnapped Isabirye from his parent’s home in Bulyango village, on Saturday night at around 8 pm. He subsequently made phone calls instructing Isabirye’s parents to pay him the ransom before midnight or risk losing their son. Upon realizing that the parents had failed to raise the ransom fee, he instructed them to give him Shs 80,000,…
Moroto, Uganda: Reports indicate that parents in Moroto district regularly connive with suspects to kill defilement cases in exchange for bride price. Officials in the district have accused parents of the habit due to a number of girls who have been forced to marry, others being defiled and most of the cases go unreported as parents prefer to settle the cases with the suspects and their families. In this case, when parents discover their daughters have reached puberty, they force them to get married regardless of how old the husband may be so long as there are cows. William Lochodo,…
Kivu, DRC: A Tutsi-led group, the M23 has conquered swathes of territory in the DR Congo’s North Kivu province in recent months and advanced towards its capital Goma. “A withdrawal announced 10 days ago by the M23 rebel group from a strategic town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has not been effective”, locals said on Monday. Under heavy international pressure to cease fighting, the rebels delivered the strategic town of Kibumba to a regional military force on December 23, calling the move a “goodwill gesture done in the name of peace”. The Congolese army however promptly dubbed the Kibumba…