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How Man Utd's Europa League draw impacts Antonio Conte and Tottenham in Champions League battle Manchester United are going to have an incredibly hectic schedule in the final few months of the season that could potentially benefit Tottenham in the top-four race Tottenham fans could only watch on as the draw for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals took place in Switzerland on Friday. Exiting the competition just over a week ago after a 1-0 aggregate defeat against AC Milan, Spurs will have to wait until September for their next opportunity to play in the competition. Antonio Conte's side now have 11 games remaining in their Premier League campaign to secure a top-four finish , with Newcastle United, Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion also in the mix. Tottenham's recent cup exits means that their main focus is now on the top four, although everyone connected with the club would no doubt have liked a few more games on the calendar in their quest to f...

NEWS What you need to know: Before the surgery, which lasted for three hours, Dr Epodoi reveals there was a short prayer led by a reverend sister who was part of a team of 15 physicians who helped in the surgery. When Joyce Alinga, a Senior Three student, gave birth to conjoined twins by caesarean section during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2021, the ability of health practitioners to ably avail and manage surgical supplies would be tested. Alinga gave birth at Amuria Health Centre IV in Amuria District but was referred to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital due to the complications, after failing to get a place at Mulago Hospital. “Seeing how hapless the grandfather was moving around with conjoined twins, one of them dead and another living, we had to do something,” recalls Dr Joseph Cuthbert Epodoi, a senior consultant surgeon at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. He adds: “By then, the dead child’s skin was peeling off and he was beginning to give off a pungent smell.” Dr Sr Mary Margaret...

NEWS What you need to know: Speaking at the funeral service of Court of Appeal judge Kenneth Kakuru at All Saints Church Nakasero last Friday, Gen Otafiire said the Luweero war heroes “appointed themselves” to serve mankind and would only retire when they stop serving the people. The minister of Internal Affairs, Gen Kahinda Otafiire, has said he will serve the people until the day he dies. Speaking at the funeral service of Court of Appeal judge Kenneth Kakuru at All Saints Church Nakasero last Friday, Gen Otafiire said the Luweero war heroes “appointed themselves” to serve mankind and would only retire when they stop serving the people. “I will retire last post. Last post means when I follow [Justice] Kakuru,” Gen Otafiire said, adding, “I don’t want to be mistaken, but my calling is to serve the people. I went to the bush not aware that I will retire. I could have retired there. [But] I am here. When my biological past catches up with me and I go from active service, I will go into ...

NEWS What you need to know: President Museveni has often rejected his government’s comparison to the “low-calibre”—Amin and Obote regimes accused of egregious human rights abuses. But with time, pundits and political observers, have noted an uncanny repeat of history, including the capture of the state by the ruling elite by using disproportionate and unacceptable levels of influence to secure undue benefits for themselves. A report by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) released last month reveals that Uganda’s security forces too have been ensnarled, writes Frederic Musisi Two years after the high-octane 2021 presidential election campaigns that pitted President Museveni, against pop star turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, unidentified security personnel continue to roam and abduct civilians in the Central region and cart them off to unknown locations. In various speeches, President Museveni has called upon security agencies to offer accountability for miss...

NEWS The project targets mainly organised farmer groups, model farmers and the cattle corridor  #Water sources #Irrigation #Livestock #Ministry of Water and Environment #Water Week In a move to deal with climate change effects in the country, the Government is to set up community water sources to help farmers in boosting production.  The project targets mainly organised farmer groups, model farmers and the cattle corridor areas.  Julius Odeke, who is working with the Ministry of Water and Environment in the department of water for production, said they target to have at least an irrigation system in every parish.  They intend to establish huge valley dams and tanks to help in the sustainable supply of water, which farmers can use for irrigation and livestock production.  The current water project in the ministry is running under Nexus Green, with a targeted coverage of 682 sites countrywide for both irrigation and water supply.  The systems will be mainly s...

NEWS Any man with the intention of hitting on singer Sheebah Samali Karungi must know that there are some do’a and dont’s that one must put into consideration. Sheebah Karungi who is known for fronting the feminism agenda says she is not easily lured into a relationship because of money. She notes that someone who really wants to be her partner should be very intelligent and wise when it comes to approaching her. Queen Karma stresses that the person looking forward to dating her should be very creative and hungry for success. Sheebah explains that what she looks for in a man is not his money but his intellect and cooperation in terms of development and handling different life situations as they may arise. The former TNS singer also advises those intending to shoot their shots to understand that it’s always going to be a daunting challenge for them to impress an independent lady. To me, a man can’t throw me money and you can’t buy me. I already have that. I need a person who has what I ...

Music manager Robert Jackson Nkuke Mutima counted his blessings as he showed off a refurbished house he built for his parents on Sunday. Nkuke, popularly known as Mutima, has been Jose Chameleone’s manager since Wednesday 14th May 2014 when the Leone Island boss officially signed him onto his team after years of scouting. Mutima who is also an events organizer and businessman says he has always dreamed of developing his parents’ house On Sunday, he showed off the newly refurbished house as he shared photos of it before and after across his social media platforms. To the photos, the low-voiced manager added a caption in which he thanked God and pledged to always do more for his father and mother. “Nothing has given me more joy than seeing my parents smile, even more fulfilling when am the reason. With God’s grace and in my small way, I managed to build my parents a new house,” he wrote. “A much better one than that (which) grew us as kids. In my same small ways I pledge to do more, God ...