The NRM Secretary General, Rt. Hon Richard Todwong, on Sunday officially opened a 10-day retreat for secondary school heads who hail from Northern Uganda, at the National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi. Rt. Hon. Todwong commended teachers for their great contribution towards the uplifting of education standards in the country. He also called upon the participants to prioritize patriotism in their course of duties.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) last week announced the launch of the Africa Super League. While launching the league, the continent’s governing body stated that the Africa Super League is set to give smaller clubs improved hopes of continental glory.
The new competition is scheduled to start in the 2023-24 campaign, running from August to May alongside the existing African Champions League.
Each of the 24 clubs participating in the Africa Super League will receive $2.5m (£2.06m), with the winners getting $11.6m (£9.56m), and all Caf’s 54 member associations will pocket $1m.
Reports indicate that the dominance of the top-tier Champions League by North African sides – who have won 10 of the past 12 titles – has in part been attributed to their clubs being well funded.
President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander in Chief of Uganda’s armed forces last week held a meeting with Army Generals from the Democratic Republic of Congo, led by the FARDC Chief of General Staff, Gen Célestin Mbala Munsense, and their Ugandan counterparts led by Gen.Wilson Mbadi. A tweet by President Museveni at the weekend indicated that he meeting discussed issues pertaining to the security of both countries.
Last December Uganda sent hundreds of soldiers into Eastern DR Congo to join the Congolese military in an assault on the bases of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel outfit that has operated between the two countries.
Uganda’s deployment of at least 1,700 soldiers constituted the largest foreign intervention in Congo in over a decade, apart from a United Nations peacekeeping operation.
The ADF began as an uprising in Uganda but has been based in Congo since the late 1990s. It pledged allegiance to ISIL (ISIS) in mid-2019 and is accused of killing hundreds of villagers in frequent raids over the past two years.
Action at the CAF Women’s Champions league qualifiers got underway on Sunday with She Corporate of Uganda taking on South Sudan’s Yei Joint Stars in their opening game at National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Ugandan stars bossed the game and ran out worthy 6-0 winners.
