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QUEEN OF KATWE not impressive at box office U

ganda is back on Hollywood screens thanks to Queen of Katwe, the true life story of chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi.

Even if you haven’t watched it, by now you know the storyline of the girl from Katwe slums who beat all the odds to become a chess champion.

With Hollywood heavyweights academy award winner Lupita Nyong’o acting Phiona Mutesi’s mother Harriet Nakku and David Oyelowo whose previous role was acting as Martin Luther King in the critically acclaimed Selma, the world was expected to be anticipating Queen of Katwe.

Couple that with rave reviews (91% score on Rotten Tomatoes) and you most likely have a box office hit on your hands, but this was far from the truth for the Mira Nair directed film.

Queen of Katwe that had its Ugandan premiere in a glitzy affair at Acacia Mall last weekend has been a disappointment when it comes to box office sales. The Disney film has so far grossed only $3m, a bad return to its $15m investment.

In its first week, it grossed $305,000 in 52 theatres and last weekend it was screened on 1242 screens, grossing about $2.6m.

The focus has now moved from the rave reviews to the dismal box office performance.

“Despite rave reviews and a consistent drum beat that this was worth your time and “the kind of movie you say you want,” the picture earned around $706,000 on Friday for a likely $2.1 million weekend, giving the film a poor $1.7k per-screen-average. That will give the $15m Mira Nair-directed offering a $2.6m domestic cume.

Thanks a lot, moviegoers…” Forbes magazine reported.

Forbes, one of the most respected magazines hinted on the race issue as the reason of the poor performance, noting that most Disney heroes and heroines are white. On the contrary, Queen of Katwe had an entirely black cast.

“To be grimly fair, most of Disney’s prior minority-focused sports dramas had a white movie star as the audience surrogate/ entry character (John Candy in Cool Runnings, Jon Hamm in Million Dollar Arm, Kevin Costner in McFarland, USA, etc.)”

However, Forbes admitted that it is a good movie that could do well with time.

There is a worry that the film might not return its $15m budget. The good thing is that it is expected to do well during the awards season, Our Reporter writes.

Nalwanga and Oyelowo in one of the triumphant scenes.

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“Despite rave reviews and a consistent drum beat that this was worth your time and “the kind of movie you say you want,” the picture earned only $2.6m in 1242 cinemas .”

“The good news is that it’s a great movie that will slowly find its audience.”

“Queen of Katwe is a well-reviewed movie with critically acclaimed actors.

That makes the numbers mediocre,” Indie Wire reported.

“Queen of Katwe was ignored.

It struggled to find an audience,” KUTV reported.

Will Queen of Katwe flop?

Hollywood is brutal and a movie is considered a flop if it fails to match its budget in revenues during its box office running, which is usually four weeks. But other revenues including TV screening rights and DVDs sales are also considered.

Queen of Katwe’s production budget was $15m. About half of that figure is estimated to have been used in promoting the film, which would bring the total cost to $22.5m.

Movies usually last an average of four weeks in theatres depending on performance. Those that do well are screened a little longer.

If Queen of Katwe made $2.6m last week, it is expected to close revenue in the region of $11m.

However, the trend indicates that revenue drops every week and the figure could be less for Queen of Katwe. There are a few films however whose revenue increases in subsequent weekend screenings.

These are however very rare occurrences and maybe Queen of Katwe could be among them because it is a good film that people are likely to recommend their peers to watch.

The movie was compared to Slum Dog Millionaire by critics, but they are in different financial leagues. Both films cost $15m to make but Slum Dog Millionaire had a $377m revenue which Queen of Katwe cannot even dream of making.

Mira Nair’s ghosts Director Mira Nair, a wife to Makerere University don Prof. Mahmood Mamdani is as good as one of the people who carry the Uganda flag in Hollywood. However, she has not registered much box office success. Imagine Queen of Katwe had been directed by Steven Spielberg; the figures could be very different. Mira Nair’s previous film The Reluctant Fundamentalist was a major box office flop. Shot for $15m like Queen of Katwe, it only grossed $2m at the box office. Queen of Katwe has so far managed $3m and it is still screening, which means she is doing much better than her previous offering.

Mira Nair’s 2004 film Vanity Fair was another flop, earning $19m compared to its $23m budget.

But her’s is not entirely a career of flops as Mira Nair’s 2001 release

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Monsoon Wedding earned $30.8m, which was a killing compared to its paltry $1.2m budget.

Oscar buzz Queen of Katwe received rave reviews from critics and despite sluggish box office sales, critics words really matter when it comes to the awards season and it is expected to pick up a couple of nominations.

Never know our own teen star Madina Nalwanga could be on the Oscar nominees’ list.

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The previous Hollywood movie shot in Uganda, The Last King of Scotland had a $6m budget and it grossed $48.4m and a Best Actor Oscar for Forest Whitaker.

Nalwanga as Mutesi with Lupita Nyong’o as her mother in the film.

better if government had incentives for attracting films here and that wouldn’t have called for a lot spending money in South Africa. Government was instead interested in over taxation, leading to them moving some scenes like chess tournaments to South Africa. Those could have had Ugandan actors, meaning more more for Ugandans.

Information available to us indicates that Phiona Mutesi was paid $19,000 (Shs63m) for the rights to her story.

That is peanuts in Hollywood, but it means so much for a girl from the slums

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of Katwe who at one time couldn’t afford a meal.

Several musicians were paid in the regions of $1,500 (Shs5m) and $2,000 (Shs6.6m) for the rights of their songs.

A Pass had four songs in the movie.

Actors, caterers, fashion designers, transport providers, hotels, fixers and the government all had a piece of the $15m which means it was a good thing for Uganda.

The movie opens in Ugandan cinemas this weekend. Hope you watch it and boost the box office figures.

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Ugandan connection: Disney Vice President Tendo Nagenda convinced Mira Nair to direct the film.

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People who overuse sophisticated words have got to be kidding

Einstein Kalyegira: Here’s why a maven needs only 20 minutes to see the crap in a film LETTER TO MY MANGO PEOPLE

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’m one of the people who can hold a grudge on objects. In fact my inanimate begrudging goes way back when as a little girl I broke a comb with my bare hands because I did not want my hair plaited. Of course it didn’t work for a while. Mom just went to the neighbour and borrowed another comb.

My hair was to be shaved off marine style later that year. So it worked after all.

Call me short tempered but what will you call me when I tell you that I carry the same amount of love and respect for objects as I do grudge? I hope then you won’t call me an objectophile- Oh God I really hope you won’t. But, even if you did, I’ve been called irrational in so many different ways I’m beginning to suspect it could be true.

All this came to me when I was seated at my desk with pen in hand and just staring at a blank piece of paper. How I’d fall in love with this paper if it magically filled with words, sentences, and paragraphs. All put in such a way that when I’m done reading through, it would be like a mind blowing orgasm.

Back to my inanimate grudging, I have realised that with my love for papers filled with well-articulated words, comes a passionate detest for papers full of over-compensated words, a vice that is slowly but steadily taking place especially on social media.

Although social media has done a great job to improve our writing skills, some have gone way across sanity lines to classify themselves as word geniuses. I have come across several people who write in such a way that you’d need a dictionary for every third word written in a wordcount of 200 or more.

I often wonder if they get off using the hardest word in a set of synonyms; if they looked down at those inflexible words they’ve written, would they fall in love? Otherwise, they have got to be kidding.

Yes we know you know sophisticated words, we know them too. But could you maybe not try so hard to make the rest of us typical Ugandans feel inadequate? Why the show? One can only take so much sophistication before they feel trapped in a futile haze.

I hope I don’t sound too vociferous but, if I do, please don’t take any umbrage. I’m simply a demure person although intrepid when it comes to morose types like you (Pun intended).

Like it is with fetishism, everyone has one that makes sense only to them. In the case of words, some soul will get off on words that are too hard you need a tenderising hammer to navigate, another with words so soft you don’t realise you’re having an orgasm.

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“I hope I don’t sound too vociferous but, if I do, please don’t take any umbrage. I’m simply a demure person although intrepid when it comes to morose types like you .”

-renekatjay@gmail.com.

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ear Tim Kalyegira, I had a torrid night debating with my pillow on whether to write to you or not. I thought you have been dewormed enough already, but then every time I was about to give up the idea, you kicked like a baby stretching in the womb. By the time Mr Sleep took over my brain, I had resolved to write to you.

However, waking up this morning, I thought about my ex, an Igbo from Nigeria, and what she would have said if I responded to your emotive decision to despise an art while subtly veiling it as criticism. I once raised my voice at Enu, the Igbo girlfriend, and she said nothing. Later, I would confess that I had been taken aback by her silence and she said, “If a dog barked and a man barked back, the two would be alike.”

That had hurt. But I fought the urge to hit back when I thought, “Well, if a dog bites a man and a man bites back, the man would have bitten a dog!” So I swallowed my humble pie.

Enu and I parted ways later.

So I decided to ignore the reverent journalist Timothy Kalyegira and instead write to my Mango People. My dear ones, Tim is a maven. Einstein.

Yes, if you use an elite’s scope to assess Tim. However, using the “typical simplistic Ugandan scope and ‘maalo’ to assess Tim, he passes for a typical witchdoctor: so good at advancing the lot of the Mango People through posterity while holed up in some dingy shrine that also acts as their only earthly possession.

Tim is like that witchdoctor who regales you on how you can buy a private jetliner because he is traumatized by your poverty but very comfortable to live in the same poverty himself. This maven called Tim has not advanced anything beyond smartphone, shoes, handbags and cars that he ridicules the lot of us for being fixated with. I mean, if he doesn’t live in the smartphoneshoes-handbags-cars mentality like the lot of us Mango People, where does he stand?

A child who despises its mother’s cooking will always accuse other kids of farting when they belch,Enu had

said this to me back then. I’m sure if this scrawny Einstein called Kalyegira had written his sick anecdotes of the Queen of Katwe while dating Enu and, she would have told him that night, “Tim, a child’s fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.”

Sure, art thrives on criticism but we must draw a line between criticism and disdain. Not every visual art production is spellbinding from start to finish. Some start slow, others start from the end, whilst others still get you hooked from the word go.

There can be deliberate mediocrity, as there would be thrillers.

They call it stylistic device. But if you are going to give it 20 minutes or two chapters of a book and walk away, the best you can say is “it bored me.” You cannot claim to have seen it all in just 20 minutes

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and label it “just another Ugandan TV drama” with only “cinematography—the camera angles, use of light and shadows, close-up shots” worth talking home about. This isolates the rest of the 100 minutes you couldn’t stand watching.

Sure, I know in Uganda even a President can be declared with only 20% of the results tallied after scrapping opposition stronghold results, but Kalyegira and Kiggundu only blend in Letter K and their bald heads. Besides, does this maven Tim know something called foreplay? I guess he detests it. He is an impatient man whose mantra goes like “unzip, thrust and head for Facebook.”

But dear Mango People, let’s give credit to Tim for I can finally say I have seen someone so brilliant they can critique a 120-minute runtime film after just watching for

20 minutes while nursing a terrible mood cramp. How did he pull this off? Simple: The maven is the only one to have done all Elizabethan and Victorian era literature, slapped contemporary works on those and studied them so well that the lot of you Mango People are merely some tiny species like in Gulliver’s Travels when juxtaposed with his genius.

That is why he defends everything by shoving it down our throats how we can’t comprehend a thing and our world of literature so limited we shall never be like Europeans.

Heck! So all along I didn’t know that I was born to abandon my good heritage and aspire to live like Europeans. That we should act like that, click their accents and probably bleach to look like them. I think I now have some figment of idea who put Bad Black up to her new look.

“The acting by the Ugandans was the typical one -- simplistic expression, overdone, overstated dialogue, the Bukedde-2 TV or Ebonies’ “That’s Life Mwattu” level of acting, Ugandan “English”, and so on,” the genius says. Well, I would be offended if Hollywood directors shot a Ugandan film about a Ugandan native in Uganda using some cast from Uganda but premised it on Hawaii.

The maven who claims to have done so much literature that he alone can comprehend himself appears to fail to understand that Katwe is a Ugandan slum and had to be depicted very much like one. “The atmosphere of low-brow, the lack of mental and emotional depth, the lacklustre culture, the slowness, the childish sense of humour, the halfliterate mindset, the mediocrity, the “maalo” that is our African cultures.”

Yes, all these things the maven treats with disdain, they are our characters down in Katwe. You can’t write about Donald Trump and describe him as a “humble, introverted man with much respect for women.” Katwe is Katwe.

Period.

My Mango People just can’t abandon all that because a European is in town and because a one Timothy Kalyegira will be “traumatized.” Just be proud of that heritage, my Mango People. The film is not there to take us to the attention of Europeans, but to tell the unique story of a Uganda talent.

Oh, maven Tim, lest you forget, when movie directors shout “cut” don’t mean “crap”!

-jeyseaman@gmail.com

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In the limelight: Esther Tebandeke (Sara) and Taryn Kyaze (Night) interviewed by international press.

Main men and women: Robert Katende, Martin Kabanza, Mira Nair, Madina Nalwanga, Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo and Phiona Mutesi at the Uganda premiere.

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Queen of Katwe, finally premiered in Kampala where it was made on Saturday. Despite having been shot in the slums of Katwe, of course the premiere was at the upmarket Century Cinemax cinema at Acacia Mall in Kisementi. Hollywood stars David Oyelowo, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and the stellah Ugandan cast walked the red carpet at the event that was gracd by the Nabagerekka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda and former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

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Floral suit: Music supervisor Zohran Mamdani.

Finally dressed up: Sheebah in a in a full dress!

Queening: Nabagerekka Sylvia Nagginda.

Dapper: Maurice Kirya suited up.

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Photos I Events I Going Out

Party on the streets.

Kampala was fun that day.

On duty: Comedian Afande Kerekere cracks ribs.

Emperor: Aziz Azion dressed like a royal.

Young at heart: Girls enjoying a ride on a merry go round.

Free style: A drummer playing his own tune.

Mo Kash: MTN went for a gollira float to portray the primate on 50k notes.

Bump and twist: Youth Minister Nakiwala Kiyingi shaking it.

On the Scene

Cleaned up: The Ghetto Kids entertain festival goers.

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Gossip

Who I What I Where

Winnie Nwagi wants UBL’s King Saha fights journalist for taking Roy Tumwizere on her a photo of him on backup dancers team R a boda boda G

oing by the softness of his voice in his songs, one would think King Saha couldn’t even hurt a fly; but not so fast; you gotta pay some respect to the saying‘never judge a book by its cover!’

We were equally shocked when we bumped into Saha manhandling a photo journalist who tried to take photos of the singer riding on a boda boda after his performance at the KCCA Carnival over the weekend.

According to onlookers, hell broke loose when the photographer snapped in Saha’s direction as he rode on a boda boda with a friend.

“May be Saha could have taken the camera flashes without incident, but what sparked off his anger were the people that hurled insults at him and telling him that he is broke and can’t afford two boda bodas,” a source told us.

The Mwana Gwe singer jumped off the boda boda and grabbed the photographer’s camera as he threatened he could sue him.

The journalist managed to protect his camera from the irate singer. The journalist, who described the incident as ‘minor,’ also requested us not to reveal his identity as he had decided to forgive the singer!

oy Tumwizere has a great track record; dude has taken to the stage at any available opportunity during concerts. And every time he has been up on any stage, he leaves people wanting more.

However, after years of dancing without recognition, Roy seems to have clinched his breakthrough during the KCCA Carnival over the weekend.

Roy who happens to be the Smirnoff Ice brand ambassador, stepped on stage with Winnie Nwagi as one of her backup dancers. He went ahead to beat her two dancers at their game and the crowd went into a frenzy.

The chubby Roy pulled girly moves even to Nwagi’s shock! The video was posted on the social media pages of the brand Roy manages and it has since gone viral.

Well, news from close friends to Roy is that after her performance, Nwagi held very serious talks with the animated fellow trying to convince him to be part of her backup dancers.

“Of course he laughed it off! But he promised to join in whenever Nwagi is performing in his presence,” a source told us.

Former GoodLyfe member Bread Kenneth is new Bafana’s manager P

Singer Fille to hold concert next month O

ver the weekend, singer Fille Mutoni announced her annual ‘Fille Live’ concert that is slated for November 23 at Garden City Rooftop.

Fille last held a mega concert last year at the Laftaz Lounge. Fille’s lover/ manager MC Kats of NBS TV is overseeing the organisation of the concert.

However, as preparations for the concert get underway, Fille and Kats will have to answer serious questions about the wedding plans they had during last year’s concert.

Kats and Fille held a wedding meeting prior to the 2015 concert

and the couple collected millions of shillings from friends and fans. Kats told us back then, that their wedding was due in February this year.

February passed and the events host told us they had shifted the do to April! Fast forward, April wound up and Kats was no longer answering questions about their wedding.

Well, even as they announced the 2016 concert, Kats could only promise that Fille will give an answer about the wedding at the concert!

blicly slapped his manager over a simple misunderstanding. Well, we were not shocked when we received news that the two finally fell out!

According to sources, the two fell out over disagreements that majorly based on girls and money! Well, we received news that Bafana move on pretty fast and hired a new manager. We have been reliably informed that socialite and former Good Lyfe crew member Bread Kenneth is Bafana’s new manager.

According to sources, Ken started his duties a few weeks back and so far so good.

When contacted, Ken confirmed the development and told us that he hasn’t found any major encumbrances in working with the dancehall sensation.

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ast Friday comedian Kenneth Kimuli aka Pablo had his last show of the monthly Pablo Live comedy series at National Theatre. And while other revellers laughed the night away, we decided to have a chat with Pablo to find out what his next move might be.

The funny man disclosed that he is set to start an art centre where people interested in arts will be equipped with knowledge and skills in the different forms of art.

Pablo told us that his new innovation will be called Tangaza Art Centre and will be a one stop center for training and mentoring for different forms of art.

“It will be a centre for training, mentoring of arts like music, comedy, dancing and so many others. We shall also be teaching music instruments,” Pablo told us.

He was however tight-lipped about the exact location where he intends to set up the venture. All the best Pablo.

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Gossip

Kampala Sun editor Ssejjengo off the shelf

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hey might spill just everything about our society, but there are things the Kampala Sun will always close their eyes at! One of such incident was the event where the editorial boss- Emmanuel Ssejjengo exchanged vows with his sweetheart- Mariam Muwadda last weekend. Well, we are more than glad to extend a hand on this one!

Emma officially committed to spend his lifetime with Mariam at St. Charles

Lwanga Church in Ntinda last Saturdya.

The pair has been together for some time and they have a baby boy.

Emma and Mariam hosted relatives and friends to an amazing reception at Maria’s Place in Ntinda. And it wasn’t over yet; Emma’s close friends also hosted the newlywed couple to an after party where alcohol seemed like a nutritious drink. Congs Emma and Mariam!

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Shaking it: Wasswa Birigwa (above).

Middle is Ssewanyana and left is Joanita Kawalya.

Traditional: Afrigo members chose to wear kanzus to respect the royals.

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BALL AFRIGO BAND LIVE

Power and money: Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga (L), Jack Pemba and Godfrey Kirumira.

Remember our days: Mike Mukula (L) chats up the Birigwas.

Afrigo Band put up a great show at the Royal Ball held at the Kampala Serena Hotel last weekend.

Buganda’s Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga and his counterpart Busoga Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muvawala Nsekera were in the audience representing the royals as the legendary band made 41 years of entertaining Ugandans. Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga attended the show.

Respect: Ladies stand at attention as the Buganda anthem was performed by Afrigo.

Remembering the good old times: UBL MD Mark Ocitti.

Having a good time: Afrigo took them back in time.

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MAXI PRIEST TAKING US ON

A JAZZ AND SOUL SAFARI

TALKING MUSIC

Reggae legend Maxi Priest is set to highlight the ninth Nile Gold Jazz and Soul Safari happening this Saturday, at Lugogo Cricket Oval. Irene Namarah tells you everything you need to know about the multi award winning superstar.

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ax Alfred Elliot aka Maxi Priest is an English reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He was born on June 10, 1961 in Lewisham, London to parents who had moved to London from Jamaica in pursuit of better opportunities for the family.

As a child, Maxi Priest grew up listening to gospel, reggae, R&B and pop music which influenced him to later become well known for fusing reggae music with R&B; a genre which was known as reggae fusion. He became one of the first international superstars to pull the most successful reggae fusion acts of all times.

He started his music career by singing in church where his mother frequented as a Pentecostal missionary. His love for music was further enhanced by listening to Jamaican legends such as Dennis Brown, John Holt and Gregory Isaacs as well as other music sensations like Marvin Gaye, the Beatles, Phil Collins and Frank Sinatra.

He was also a founder member of Saxon Studio International with which he began performing at neighborhood youth clubs and house parties along with his cousin, Jacob Miller, the frontman in the popular reggae group Inner Circle.

His debut album self-titled Maxi Priest which was released in 1988 established him as one of the top British reggae singers. Maxi Priest and UB40 are the only two British reggae acts to have an American Billboard number one.

Priest also favours working alongside other artistes such as Shaggy, Shabba Ranks, Beres Hammond, Roberta Flack, Shurwayne among many others.

His 2014 album Easy to Love entered the Billboard top Reggae Albums Chart at no.2. His hits include That Girl, Wild Wide, Close to You, Some Guys Have All the Luck, Best of Me, Crazy Love, Strolling On, Easy to Love, Just a Little Bit Longer, The Art of Seduction and You’re The Only Human.

We shall see him this Saturday along with other international artistes like Lin Rountree and Jackiem Joyner alongside local acts like Afrigo Band and Lillian Mbabazi in the concert organised by Nile Gold in partnership with Black Roots Unlimited.

Showbiz

THE SHOW

Venue:Lugogo Cricket Oval Date: Saturday, October 8 Tax: 130k for Gold, 250k for Platinum and 2.5M for the VIP tables.

Gates: Open by 4pm

Money Concert What: Independence Music Festival by Gravity Omutujju When: Sunday, October 9.

Venue: Freedom City Mall.

Tax: Gen-10k, VIP-20k.

East African Badminton Challenge What: East Africa’s premier Badminton challenge.

When: Friday, October7.

Venue: Lugogo indoor Stadium.

Tax: Free.

Uganda WASH media awards What: Uganda Water Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) Media Awards initiative is aimed at recognising and encouraging excellence across the media fraternity in raising awareness of the importance of WASH issues.

When: Friday, October 7.

Venue: Sheraton Kampala Hotel.

Tax: By invitation.

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Fashion

Trends I Slaying I Killing It

WHAT IS HOT ?

Adam Gashe Model The off shoulder trend

celeb style

How would you describe your style?

Well, I would describe my style as timeless because I happen to be a guy of all seasons.

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t’s sexy. It’s very wearable and it’s the in thing.

What is the one fashion item you cannot live without?

I cannot live without my watch, a hankie and a deodorant as an enhancement of a classic man.

The off shoulder trend is the new cut out band wagon to jump on.This trend can be worn on tops and dresses and is the perfect way to ooze sexy with your look.

What is your worst buy ever?

It was a pair of sneakers I bought online only to try them on and they were way not fitting at all. So, that was a waste of cash.

To your pair of skinny jeans, you can add a booboo style off shoulder top. You can also step out for a fun event like Blankets and Wine, or a boat cruise in a maxi with this shoulder detail.

What styling trick works for you all the time?

I love polo T-shirts, chino pants and loafers. These always make the cut for me, any day.

There isn’t much with the rules when it comes to this trend. All you need to look out for is getting the right size, particularly with the bust area.

Any item we would not find in your wardobe?

You wouldn’t find V-neck T-shirts or Timberland boots.

Do add fun to the look with some prints and fun pastels.

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Campus Buzz

BOBI ENTERTAINS FELLOW STUDENTS AT IUEA CLUB DOME

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obi Wine is a student of Law at Kansanga based International University of East Africa, but that doesn’t take away the fact that he is one of the biggest musicians in the land. The singer swapped the suits that he regularly wears to the lecture rooms for an all denim ensemble and hit the

stage to entertain his peers as the Club Dome moved to IUEA last Friday.

Maro, Vampino, dancers Eddy Wizzy and Tabu Flow plus a host of other entertainers worked the students in the Club Pilsener promotion. The dome could be moving to your university next.

Watch the space.

Most famous fresher: Students cheer Bobi Wine as her performs.

Rn’B tunes:Maro entertains the students.

Busitema holds grad

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Smart wire: Vampino e. performs his latest tun

Shaking it: Tabu Flow dance crew on stage.

OUR CRUSH

usitema University held its seventh graduation ceremony on Monday. There was conferment of Degrees and award of Diplomas and Certificates to over 1014 graduands.

Several students graduated in disciplines of Engineering, Education, Natural Resource Economics and Animal Sciences. It was also the first time for students to graduate in the field of Mining engineering and that the university officials claim could lead to higher employability.

While officiating over the function, guest of honour, the State Minister for Higher Education Dr.StephenMuyingo implored the students to use skills acquired from the University for the Socioeconomic transformation and sustainable

Matooke Republic’s crush this week is Riety Robin of Uganda Christian University Mukono.

Kyambogo sets up iron sheet lecture rooms

development of Uganda.

Busitema is known for holding all its graduations on October 3, due to the fact that it is the day the first cohort of students joined the university way back in 2007.

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yambogo University has once again thrown us anothershocker. After very many complaints from lecturers, students and guild leaders about inadequate lecture space which seemed too small to accommodate the huge numbers of students that the Kyambogo recruits annually, the university administration through the Estates Department decided to set up temporary structures to accommodate students as the construction is going on.

Students are now conducting

lectures in “ekibaati” (old rusty dirty iron sheets) and timber as lecture rooms. The makeshift structures were set up right behind the university’s administration block that will be accommodating students for the mean time. Students were left cursing when they were told they would be studying in iron sheets structures. “Putting up temporary lecture rooms is a very good thing but with these very old rusted iron sheets it, is not okay at all,” a disappointed Angella, a second-year student lamented.

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Body & Soul

Living I Relating

HEALTH

CHASING AFTER A SHORT TERM

Get rid of stretch marks

E

very human especially women will naturally develop stretch marks at some point in life. This is when the skin loses its elasticity and forms marks in form of lines on some parts of the body. Stretch marks can develop; during or after pregnancy, sudden weight loss or gain, genetically based, very light skin, adolescence etc.

Although stretch marks are harmless, they tend to be itchy or sore, not forgetting how unattractive they look. Here are home remedies that may help to get rid of them.

aging properties which help in enhancing blood circulation.

Massage the affected area with cocoa butter at least twice daily.

Water

Egg Whites

A well-hydrated skin is required in order to allow regular detoxification of skin pores. Drink at least 10 glasses of water daily to keep the skin soft and maintain its elasticity.

Egg whites are also highly effective in getting rid of stretch marks since they’re rich in proteins and amino acid.

Thoroughly wash the affected area with clean water. With a soft brush, apply a thick layer of egg whites and let it dry completely. Wash it off with cold water and add moisturizer. Repeat the process daily until the scars disappear.

Lemon Juice The acid present in lemon juice helps in most skin conditions including stretch marks. Simply squeeze some fresh lemon juice onto a cotton swab/cloth, massage gently in a circular way onto the affected area for about 10 minutes. For better results, add cucumber juice into the mix. Clean with warm water and repeat the procedure daily until the stretch marks fade.

Sugar Because sugar is very effective in exfoliating the skin, it is one of the best home remedies to get rid of stretch marks. Mix the sugar with some drops of almond oil or/and lemon juice. Using cotton swabs, rub it directly on the stretch marks for 10 to 15 minutes. Wash off with warm water and repeat the process daily until the stretch marks disappear.

Cocoa Butter Cocoa butter is well known for its anti-wrinkling and anti-

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CHILDISH

Potato juice Because potatoes are rich in minerals and vitamins, potato juice is very effective in restoration and growth of skin cells.

Cut into slices a medium size potato. With one of the slices rub gently on the stretch marks until the juice dries up. Wash the affected area with lukewarm water and repeat the process daily.

Oils Along with either of the above remedies, for at least twice a day use oil moisturisers such as; Lavender oil, almond oil, tee tree oil, olive oil, aloe Vera, and glycerin. These oils are rich in anti-viral, anti-biotic and anti-inflammatory properties not to mention rich in vitamin E.

Vitamin K Boost your meals with foods rich in vitamin K to prevent scars on dermis. These foods are mainly vegetables like cabbage, spring onions, cucumber etc.

relate Unlocking the matters of the heart

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et’s not lie to ourselves, a short term relationship including a one nightstand, can be so passionately devastating especially if you’re the one who had been emotionally invested.

You haven’t been given fair chance to show what a perfect lover you can be and it sucks.

This is mostly because you had loads of expectations since well, it was a new relationship; lots of mystery, intrigue, anticipation, adrenaline rush and all those fuzzy feelings of experiencing something new. Then the thing goes and ends before you have the time to take it all in, bummer right?

Unfortunately this type of relationship happens to the best of us, no matter how principled or how long it takes to give in. You will at one point meet that person who will make you feel like the search for love is over; few months down the road you realise that you’ve fallen victim to a short-term meaningless romp.

Self-loathing consumes you even

Irene M. Namarah

beauty essentials

Exercise Control your body weight to avoid sudden weight changes and take enough rest to give the skin enough time to selfrestore.

more than if it had been a long relationship. You see, in a long relationship, at least you have a recollection of what could have gone wrong. You assure yourself (and rightly so) that you did everything you could but it just had to end.

With a short term relationship, you had just started to warm up. You can now tell friends, put on his T-shirt without having to ask, call him or send him a sweet text without feeling pushy or guilty, in other words this is when all the good stuff is supposed to be happening and all of sudden you are back to zero.

You’re more likely to suffer from intensive emotional setbacks because well, you were aboard a roller-coaster of testosterones and it was stopped midway before it comes down to something normal. Naturally, you’ll feel rejected and helpless and because you’re in denial, you will want to pursue the relationship even further. Not a good move.

Stop beating yourself hard. Whatever the reason the relationship ended, it was not your fault. The douche probably didn’t know his mouth from his behind much less knowing what he wanted. You’ll know this when he starts telling you that you guys were just too different. Typical cliché! Why not just say that the chemistry went AWOL after seeing you naked?

Anyway, a long relationship, you can fight for. Too much time and emotions involved. Plus the chances of you hating yourself after pleading to take you back only to be dumped again are limited. But, after a short term relationship ends, your best and only option is to deal with it ASAP. Whatever you do, do not push for closure. It’s usually never worth the try.

You will be glad to know that as much as it’s enormously painful to end a relationship that had only just begun, it’s equally very easy to get over it. It was just hormones but you’re still the same perfect lover. You will probably not remember the loser’s name in a week or so.

How to apply eye make-up like pro

W

hen it comes to applying eye make-up, a slight brush of the hand in a wrong direction may go unnoticed in the mirror but very noticeable in front of someone else. Always remember that a good eye makeup is never rushed.

Here are a few steps that might help you get those eyes amazingly popping.

n Learn where each type of eye

makeup goes. These types include; mascara, liner, shadow, contour, highlight etc.

n Consider just trimming eyebrows to give them shape.

n To make your eyebrows look more defined, apply white eyeliner under-

neath your brows and blend.

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Find the perfect eye liner that matches your skin complexion and eyes. Brown eyeliner works best for light skin and black eyeliner is best on dark skin.

n To make your eyes look wider and more awake, when applying eyeliner do not connect the top eyeliner with the bottom one.

n Before applying eye shadow,

always apply base cream so that the shadow has something to stick to.

n

To avoid smudges when applying mascara, consider using a spoon as a guard between the lashes and eyelid.

n For a more sexy effect, use two

mascaras instead of just one. A thickening mascara to cover the roots and a lengthening mascara to lengthen the tips of your lashes.

n For thicker eyelashes, apply your

first coat of mascara; dust a little powder over the lashes before applying the second coat of mascara.

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18

Kids I Mums I Dads

barbie kyagulanyi

Parenting

PARENT TO PARENT

A CHILD BEING TINY DOESN’T

MEAN THEY ARE SICK N

ot all well fed children are fat. Your baby may be tiny but healthy. I have very small daughters. They are tall but small. Before I accepted the fact that they were in good health even when they were not fat, I used to worry.

Every day, I hoped they would wake up a bit fatter than yesterday.

I bought all kinds of porridge, local herbs and anything else my fellow parents code named the secret to a fat healthy baby. I tried my best but there was no change.

Then, I started appreciating the difference between them and the chubby babies. I started realising that being tiny was actually not a disease. My babies ate everything and their appetite was really good.

They never fell sick, they were happy and lively. Slowly I gave up on forcing recommended medicines and herbs down their throats.

If your child is tiny but healthy, relax.

They are not sick.

That’s their nature.

If they are not happy most times and look sickly, that’s not alright. Some parents mistake a sickling to a withdrawn child. Yes a child may be quiet but not sickly. If you can’t tell what is actually happening in their lives, keep a keen eye on their body features.

They will have brown unhealthy hair, a dry skin, poor immunity

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“If your child is tiny but healthy, relax. They are not sick. That’s their nature.”

and whitish sunken eyes if they are not just withdrawn but also sickly and unhealthy. These symptoms could be as a result of poor feeding and their anti-bodies may be lacking something.

Fat babies are cute. I pinch their

cheeks every time I get in contact with them. They are unavoidable.

Their skins portray everything they eat. They instantly show that they are well fed. All glowing and oily. I love this look. However, if your child is fat and has a poor appetite, watch out.

Observe how they respond to food

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Terrible twos I

love children and everything about them but it has come to my attention that every time one of my children clocks two years, I feel like I would give them up for adoption until they turn four years. I had to ask a great number of mothers if they feel the same in order to come to terms with this and yes, it’s very normal.

My current last born is making two years in a few weeks’ time but my oh my! The tantrums, bullying, imitation, busy movements, name all. I just can’t keep up. Jasmine will go round and round the living room until you (the spectator) end up dizzy.

Even though the “terrible twos” is a trying period, this is an important time for your child to develop independence. Try to make this stage in their life as positive as possible. I have seen a great transformation on how my daughter is very much interested in everything that goes on around her. Why? Because I take the time to explain what it is or how it functions.

I have also realised that much as it is just a stage and it will all pass someday, how I handle it as a mother also matters and greatly contributes on my child’s character and attitude towards life. I know most mothers at this stage have lost their voice because they find themselves screaming all day and

the house turns into some sort of battlefield.

That should not stop you from providing support when your toddler gets frustrated, and help them find an outlet for frustration. Take your child on walks, or run around outside. Teaching your toddler how to deal with his or her emotions now will pay off for them in the future.

Toddlers have an innately trusting spirit -- they see all new, kind faces as friends. This willingness to play with and smile at anyone they come across is a trait that many grown-ups including myself, could benefit from developing. They are quick to laugh, easy to entertain, and at a prime stage to learn

about loving relationships, healthy boundaries, and acts of kindness. By embracing their naturally sweethearted personalities and nurturing them with patience and gentle guidance, we can empower tots to have successful interactions for the rest of their lives.

Me and my toddler have a routine: Every morning I let her sit on my legs as I swing her back and forth (she calls it monkey, monkey), my little lady delights in life’s smallest pleasures. You get two big windows of opportunity in your life to do stuff like build castles, watch Sofia/Winnie the Pooh, and just plain play: the first when you are a child, the second when you have one. Don’t get too busy or wrapped up in the grown-up stuff to miss it.

Whether they are digging in dirt, painting your spotless walls or decorating a homemade card, it’s the simple pleasures that give any toddler the most joy. So go on and be part of the fun.

put on their plates before them and deal with the response accordingly.

In all aspects, whether your child is fat or small, pay attention to their feeding habits and consistently watch their diet. That’s when you will know whether they are actually healthy or not.

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Business

Money I Trade I Executives

Stanbic launches App and

FOREX RATES Currency Buying Selling USD 3,384 3,394 GBP 4,352 4,365 EUR 3,804 3,815 KSH 33 33 TSH 1.55 1.56

airport priority pass

briefing

Emirates show cases its 370 seater Airbus at Entebbe Airport

BY WILLIAM KASOBA

S

tanbic Bank has launched the Stanbic App, an upgrade of their Internet banking offering.

The App gives customers a view of accounts, allowing them to make payments to people even if you only have their cell phone number, withdraw cash at an ATM without a card, date future and make recurring payments.

“Our objective is focused at giv-

ing our clients increased control of their banking experience, we believe digital platforms will play a central role in making this possible, ” said Stanbic Bank Chief Executive Patrick Mweheire at the launch.

The bank also launched the Airport Priority Pass that will allow Stanbic Private Banking customers access to 850 airport lounges worldwide and enjoy a wide range of benefits therein.

“In addition to being able to access the 850 lounges in 120 coun-

tries across the world regardless of their class of travel, our priority pass holders will be able to use the business facilities, enjoy complimentary refreshments and use conferencing facilities without a need to make cash payments as the fees are billed to their accounts later,” said Josephine Kabaga, Stanbic Bank’s Head of Private Banking.

She continued, “The pass will allow you to escape the crowded departure halls and wait for your flight in peace and comfort.”

Akiba named Uganda’s best startup at Seedstars Kampala “Regarding losing staff, those in HR know that if you train, you must also have a retention policy and if you have trained your staff and they are good, make sure you retain them because labour movement is free.”

IBRAHIM KADDUNABBI, INSURANCE REGULATORY AUTHORITY CEO

BY OUR REPORTER

S

eedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes brought its Uganda round to a successful close during Seedstars Kampala.

The event took place last Friday in Outbox Hub, and 11 selected startups were invited to present their ideas in front of the local jury panel.

The local winner, Akiba, that aims to transform finance by making it collective, granting people the tools for

practical and transparent management of their finance, was selected the best startup in Uganda. “We started this company because my mom was having difficulties trying to make a difference in her community.

We are very happy to see that this has transformed into a business,” explains Ivan Mworozi of Akiba.

DusuPay Ltd, a platform that aims to streamline how African businesses are paid online, came second and Panya, a business that leverages chatbot technology to enable local firms to market and transact products and services

directly within Facebook Messenger took third spot.

Akiba will be participate at Seedstars Summit, scheduled for April 2017, in Switzerland, a weeklong training programme. The final day of the Summit will be dedicated to pitching in front of audience of 1000 attendees, with the possibility of winning up to the $1m equity investment.

The Ugandan competition was carried out with the support of local lead partner, Stanbic Bank Uganda and local ambassador Outbox Hub.

BY PAUL JJEMBA

E

mirates last week showcased its award winning facilities and on-board products to Ugandan journalists during a static tour of its Boeing 777-300ER. The airline which operates on the route between Dubai and Entebbe previously operated a smaller Airbus A330-200 on the route but upgraded to a larger Boeing 777 in October last year, which offers more seats and enhanced comfort for customers.

Geofrey Kubinga the Entebbe Emirates Airline station manager explained the facilities and travel experience offered on board for all the classes. ‘’The Aircraft is a three cabin configuration which constitutes of the First class, Business class and Economy class,’’ Kubinga said.

First class chambers have eight luxurious private seats, the seats recline from upright position to a full-flat bed. The incorporated mini bar is electrically controlled and offers passengers a variety of refreshments at anyt ime with a room service feature.

Business/second class also has 42 seats that can also convert into fully flat beds giving a comfortable rest to customers in case of long hour travels.

The Economy class has 310 spacious seats.

The Emirates will be offering special fares for its Ugandan customers to selected destinations across its global networks until the 8th of October 2016.

STRIVE MASIYIWA

Selling your business: Don’t procrastinate when facts are obvious

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o be honest with you, the first time I sold a business, it felt like my heart had been ripped out of my body! Selling a business for the first time is never easy and can leave you emotionally devastated. However, the important lesson of this series is this: The capacity to sell a business is a “rite of passage” to maturity as an entrepreneur! If you’re unwilling to consider selling, let alone actually sell when you have

to, then you’re not cut out for the big leagues…

Now let’s talk: It took me about five years to build my first business. I started building it before I was married and had children. It was everything to me. It was not unusual for me to spend 48 hours at the business non-stop. I was young and bursting with energy, drive, ambition, passion... and I poured it all into my little business. It grew quickly, and soon people heard about me. I had what they call in Africa “a name,” and it was because of my business.

Over the last 20 years, there’s been a lot said and written about my high-profile dispute with the government of Zimbabwe in those years, as I tried to convince them to let me set

up the first mobile phone business.

Today is not the time for me to go over that ground again. However, my decision to take the matter to court resulted in the government refusing to do any business with me whatsoever. And my business at the time relied on a lot of government contracts…

Whilst I thought that the government’s decision was unfair, it was what it was. I had either to wait until the business collapsed, or sell it. I had no option, so I moved quickly to find a buyer.

I wasted no time, and I did not procrastinate about it. Don’t ever procrastinate when the facts are obvious!

I sat with my accountant and my lawyer, and advised them of my deci-

sion. We drew up a list of potential buyers. The buyers knew the challenges I was facing. I also made sure I disclosed everything, so that I did not mislead them.

A few weeks after starting the process, it had been sold and I was out. I said goodbye to my staff and went on my way. It was tough, very tough, particularly as I had sold as a “distressed seller,” which meant I had little room in the negotiations. I did my best to get the best deal.

From that day forward, I was never the same again. I had acquired a tough inner core: I had become a better entrepreneur!

Today, I have sold many businesses, for any number of reasons. And I shall talk about some of them in this

series. I did the right thing, each time.

Selling a business is not always because of a crisis; it’s just part of good business. It’s like selling soccer players to other teams is part of the business side of owning a soccer team.

A soccer team that won’t sell any of its players is not a serious team. An entrepreneur who will not sell a business or assets to deal with a problem they face, is also not serious.

I know investors who won’t put a cent into your business unless you assure them that you’re willing to sell, if that’s the best option for the business!

In this discussion, I’ll examine a number of issues relating to when to sell, and how to sell.

To be continued. . .

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Work I Innovation I Enterprise

Business

growing wealth

Makobage says farming

is in the blood

He thought he would end up as an engineer, but brought up by a farmer father, he soon discovered farming might be his destiny, writes William Kasoba

C

harles Makobage was an early witness to the beauty of farming. His father was and is one of the most influential farmers in the entire Kira community. Although he came from a farming background, however, Makobage’s dream was to become an engineer. After finishing his O’ Levels in the 90s, a young and energetic Makobage

joined Kyambogo University where he attained an advanced certificate in Mechanical Engineering.

After finishing his studies he hunted for jobs to support him earn a living, working with various companies as a technician including TATA Uganda and Tairo Motors but things did not work out as he had anticipated. So he

approached his father for advice.

“My father just encouraged me to join productive agriculture,” said Makobage.

“I slowly started picking interest in farming since he always showed the wealth he had attained in all his farming projects,” he said. His father had already allocated him his piece of land, he decided to clear one hectare of

land where he would establish his project.

“One of the most selling crops during that time was tomatoes, so I decided to grow that with the guidance of my father,” Makobage narrated. Unlike recent times where tomato seeds are costly, Makobage used very little capital—only Shs90,000 to purchase the seeds. Tomatoes take only 75 days before they are ready for harvest and the main requirements required for a good harvest is regular spraying and mulching the stems to prevent the tomatoes from rotting.

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Today, Makobage harvests 100 boxes from his garden on average, and sells most of his produce in and around Kyaliwajjala, Kireka, Banda and Nakawa markets. Over the years his project has expanded thus prompting him to employ four part-time workers who take care of activities like watering, spraying and weeding.

What Makobage say has kept his farm expanding is that he has no off seasons, “Since my farm is near the swamp, I always pump water during the dry seasons,” he said.”

Farming is in my blood and I love what I do” Makobage added.

Despite his gaining many rewards from his farm, Makobage has encountered various challenges, although he has no intensions of quitting. “Like this season the market has been too bad, many people have joined [this] business thus flooding the market.Government has to help us expand the market” he said.

The other challenge is that prices always fluctuate depending on the season. “A box used to cost more than Shs300,000 but now it’s at Shs60,000”. The cost of pesticides, tomato seeds and transportation also tend to be high, which affects the profit margin.

Makobage advised anyone with a desire to join farming to always aim at producing best quality yields in order to secure a market. He also warned farmers to avoid obtaining massive loans since farming seasons can be unpredictable and yet according to Makobage, this is something a farmer cannot explain to a credit institution.

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Working

Careers I Jobs I Networks

career guide

It’s okay if you don’t have friends at work

T

hese days, being the right person for a job tends to involve a lot more than just showing up with a strong skill set and a passion for the field. More and more companies also want to find someone who’s a good culture fit. What this means varies across organisations and industries, but it suggests that no matter how rock-solid your resume, how airtight your interview answers, if you aren’t deemed the right fit, you may not get an offer.

And yet, because fit can be difficult to determine throughout a couple of interviews or in-person meetings, plenty of individuals find themselves joining companies and quickly realising that it’s not working— and not because they don’t know how to do the job. It’s because they just can’t find or make friends at work.

If you have a few jobs throughout your career, you may discover that not all of them fit you the same way. If you like the work you’re doing, it should not be a big deal that you don’t really have any friends at your workplace.

Sometimes, you can force yourself into a circle. You can drag yourself to events that are way outside your scope of interest just to try to forge a bond with your coworkers. You can engage in conversations on topics that mean nothing to you. You can try to be your bubbliest self in the face of all those extroverts when really, deep down, you’re as introverted as they come.

There’s plenty you can do to fix your situation, but at the end of the day, you might be happiest admitting that it’s not going to happen. This is not to suggest you put up with a cliquey environment or allow yourself to be bullied by your co-workers. Thing is, if everything else lines up, maybe it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a tonne of friends at work.

Instead, ask yourself: Are your ideas heard? Do you feel respected? Do you believe your colleagues are open to including you in things even though you’re not interested? Are you learning from your boss and teammates— even though you’re not hanging out with them?

Plus, if you don’t fixate on this issue, no one else will either. Down the line, one of two things is likely to happen: You move on and land in a role at a company where you 100 per cent fit in , or, you stay long enough that things start to change and you begin to feel like more of an insider over time.

Mujuni started work AT 15 Raymond Mujuni is an investigative journalist with NTV Uganda When did you join the employed ranks?

I started working at the age of 15 as a writer for a magazine; I didn’t get employed formally until I was 18 years of age, on the first day after my high school. I reported then, for Uganda Radio Network, a radio news agency.

What exactly were you doing?

Much of my time then was apprenticeship, learning the way news works, how to break news, how to handle digital spaces and how to cope with a newsroom. Many - actually all - of my colleagues were way older than I was and the newsroom wasn’t attractive to young people. It required thick skins and long hours of work.

How did you start rising through the ranks?

It was largely passion. The more passionate I got, the better I got at the trade. I started to break news, talk to sources that would help me develop my niche. I was categorical, in my formative years, I settled largely in investigative reporting and security reporting. This ‘beat’ (as the newsroom calls them) had few people but was largely for experienced and top reporters. I remember, I got my biggest nod when the UPDF choppers crashed and I had many contacts and sources that placed me ahead of many reporters both local and international.

What have been the greatest challenges you have encountered in your career?

‘Ageism’, if I can call it that. Many times I have had to list my entire CV to get

on the job interviews with people who think I am too young to be in the newsroom, too young to be doing my job basically. I also have to work almost thrice as hard to get what I want pushed through the newsroom ranks because we are a society that values age.

What are your future career plans?

I’ll be doing journalism for a while. I have been asked many times to skip to international TV’s but it’s something on my shelf for now. We still have a lot of Ugandan stories to tell and tell them well. I am thinking hard and long on new forms of story-telling Who do you look up to in the career world?

This is tough, I can’t limit myself to one.

There’s a host of them; Charles Onyango Obbo, Daniel Kalinaki, Jeff Koinange, Maurice Mugisha, John Allan Namu

(particularly this one) What motivates you in your work?

Impact. I am moved a lot by the impact the stories I tell have on people. If I must play my part in being the change I want to see in the world, and I do that every day through telling stories that matter.

What books do you read?

Haha, that’s a whole library of them. I banned fiction books from my library so I am engaged by creative non-fiction and particularly stories on Africa. My current read is The Looting Machine By Tom Burgis. I read at least four books each month so I have a host of titles.

Tell us about yourself.

I am 22 years old, an awarded investigative journalist and columnist. I am also a social media junkie and avid reader.

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Thursday, October 6-12, 2016 MATOOKE REPUBLIC

Digs I Gardening I Improvement

Tips on choosing the

RIGHT FLOOR

A

rchitects do not study long and hard just to pass time, so if you’re looking to choose a floor for your house, do not feel daunted by how many beautiful options are out there. Choosing the right floor combines personal taste, cautiousness and professionalism. At the beginning of the project, consider the key elements to help you zero in on the most perfect choice. After all, it’s the base of not just a house but a home where long-time satisfaction must be definite. Take a look at some of the tips you need to keep in mind.

Looks/type Determine the design or type of floor you want before anything else. Floors are not like clothes that if you purchase them and find that you don’t like them the way you thought, you simply give or keep away. Will you go marble, granite or porcelain tiles? Plain cement, or will you go classic traditional wooden?

Knowing what you want will come in handy especially when planning and budgeting.

Budgeting What will make you smile is that, flooring is a project which if given

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Space Consider the size and shape of the rooms when choosing the floor colour.

Whether the rooms are bright with big windows or darker with smaller windows should matter a lot. A dark/ toned down floor will lend a big bright room some warmth and character, whilst a light sharp colour floor will make a small room feel more spacious and also lighten the dark areas.

Consider the furniture Are you more traditional and prefer plain flooring or are you more modern styled and oozing with ideas of decorated floors? Figuring this out should help you think of how you will furnish

Colours Neutral and natural floor colours are always the most recommended as they are friendly to your current décor.

They are also easy to incorporate should you feel the need to change or update your décor over the years.

Needs Knowing what you need the room for can go a long way in choosing the type of floor to use. Rooms like toilets and bathrooms could use different flooring from other rooms in your home.

Be practice Do not take any chances with your precious house. Plan in advance. Accept that you don’t know everything so you can get better advice. Touch and feel the samples when shopping to purchase. Know cost of maintenance. Trust your instincts and always remember that future modifications could be an option.

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your house after the flooring is done.

You do not want your furniture to blind clash with the floor. For the best results, either the floor or furniture can have decorative patterns; never both because the house will look clattered. patience, it will always turn out like you dreamt.

If you’re short on budget, do not cut your dream short as well. You could go room per room. Your home is not going anywhere anyway, so it might as well wait for you to give it the best.

ring some extra comfort to your compound today with a hammock.

It is a good place to relax and unwind after a long day’s work.

You needn’t worry about space because hooks can be placed at the extreme ends and it can be unhooked whenever not in use.

I would advise that natural materials like polyester and cotton be used as these are more comfortable.

It is important to replace the material when it starts to wear it for safety purposes.

Of course the most ideal place to place your hammock is under a tree for shade purposes. Add some extra pillows for comfort.

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WHO IS ENGLAND’S CARETAKER COACH GARETH SOUTHGATE

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areth Southgate, born September, 3, 1970 is a former England international. He was a defender during his playing career and he won two League Cups with both Aston Villa (1996) and Middleborough (2004). He was captain on both occasions.

Southgate also captained Crystal Palace to win their First Division championship in the 1993–94 season. At club level he made 504 appearances scoring 26 goals. Southgate made his international debut for England when he came on as a substitute against Portugal in December 1995. He played in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 scoring only twice for his national team.

Southgate retired from football in 2006 and in the same year he was handed his first managerial role at Middlesbrough as club manager replacing Steve McClaren who had left to manage the English national team. Southgate’s appointment brought controversy as he did not have the required coaching qualifications (UEFA Pro License) to manage a top-flight club. However, he was allowed to stay on as manager by the English FA after Middlesbrough’s board of directors argued that Southgate had recently been an international player, and had had no opportunity to undertake the coaching courses.

In his first season in charge, Southgate guided Middlesbrough to 12th position in the Premier League. His biggest win as a manager was an 8–1 victory against Manchester City in May 2008. In the 2008-09 season, Middlesbrough finished 19th and was relegated to the Championship.

On October 20, 2009, shortly after a 2–0 victory over Derby County, Southgate was dismissed from Middleborough, which was then in the fourth place of the Championship. He put his managerial career on a halt after he got a job as a soccer pundit on Sky Sport.

He got back to soccer management in August 2013 after he was named manager of the England under-21 team,

signing a three-year contract. In Southgate’s first game, his team beat Moldova 1-0.

Southgate also successfully led England to the finals of the U-21 European Championship in 2015 where his team lost to Sweden.

He is now the new English football senior team caretaker coach.

Southgate got this job last week following Sam Allardyce’s resignation after just managing the team for one game due to a scandal with the English Football Association, where he was caught on camera by the Telegraph investigation team advising businessmen on how to get around FA rules.

Despite him getting this new role, Southgate is still the manager of England’s under-21 football team.

Southgate’s first game as England caretaker coach will be a friendly against Spain. In his squad, he has recalled new faces like Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Glen Johnson that had been omitted

by Sam Allardyce in his only game in charge.

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f the ideas coming out of Fifa this week are anything to go by, then the world football governing body replaced a fraudster in Sepp Blatter with a jester in Gianni Infantino.

The new Fifa president wants to take the World Cup to new heights (in his head) but those of us watching from a distance genuinely believe he is doing his best to take sport’s biggest event to new depths (in reality). As if it wasn’t bad enough that Infantino ascended to office on the promise to increase the number of teams playing at the World Cup from 32 to 40, he now wants to squeeze in an additional eight teams to make it 48.

One of the confederations that would get their slots increased is Caf, so if Infantino has his way, we will have seven, not just five, African teams embarrassing themselves at football’s biggest showpiece every four years. I cannot say I am entirely surprised by these kinds of moves by Fifa. Commercial pressures and political calculations often make these sorts of decisions the rule, rather than the exception in most if not all international football dealings. Caf, Uefa and Fifa have taken turns increasing

Picking between a thuggish Fifa and a foolish one the number of teams competing at the major tournaments they organise. The 2016 Euros are the latest piece of evidence that getting more teams in gives you more fan parties (sometimes even more confusion) but not necessarily more quality.

The possibility that our torture at the World Cup (as African football fans) is about to be extended by two teams is not the only low point, however. There is the greater loss that football is about to suffer.

With the proposed new format that entails teams at the World Cup engaging in a miniknockout of 32 teams to join 16 seeded teams, what the proposed World Cup format risks costing us is the opportunity for a CameroonArgentina (1-0; 1990), a BulgariaGermany (2-1;

1994), Senegal-France (1-0; 2002), or a Costa Rica-Italy (1-0; 2014). If we are going to have some of these teams sieved out in the preliminary knockout, then it is only natural that these upsets are most likely to become a rarer commodity, yet it is results such as these that make football so appealing—the sheer unpredictability of it all.

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The big money finds its way back into local football, a million at a time

BY EDWARD KALEMA

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t feels like a lifetime since corporate firms were falling over themselves to sponsor Ugandan football clubs. Their exit from the local football, as expected, coincided with the exodus of fans who, on one hand were disgusted by the farce the local league had become by 2004, and on the other hand found themselves completely disarmed by the charms of the English Premier League.

This season, however, promises different. There have been club sponsorship deals majestically unveiled and many times quietly withdrawn in the one and a half decades that Ugandan football has lost to its unrestrained anarchy. Sponsorship deals often came in the form of a drizzle, where in more advanced football markets they take the form of a downpour. Finally, this is changing for Ugandan clubs.

Judged through the lenses of a filthyrich English game, for example, the sums involved in annual sponsorships for local football clubs may be nothing more than what is required to pay a month’s wages for the lowest earner in Chelsea’s squad. But for clubs that have gladly signed sponsor-

ship deals worth Shs20m a year in the recent past, a deal worth Shs200m—even if this runs for two years—is not something to be taken lightly.

Vipers SC, the latest Uganda Premier

and that follows closely on the heels of Onduparaka FC’s marriage with Betway which was activated by an initial Shs180m kitty.

“We want to give Onduparaka a national outlook and make it a club worth associating with. We are already setting the trend in terms of professionalism,” club chairman Benjamin Nakun said at the unveiling of the sponsorship. Onduparaka and Vipers join a list that has names like KCCA FC, SC Villa, Soana FC and BUL FC—of clubs that boast a corporate sponsor.

“This is not just a marriage of convenience.

We want to see a lasting marriage that will be fruitful to all of us. As the Vipers family we must protect the interests of our partner,” club president Lawrence Mulindwa stated at the Hima Cement’s unveiling as official sponsor.

Viper’s Lawrence Mulindwa The latest deals took sponsorship for local receives a Shs632m cheque from clubs past the one billion mark for the first Hima Cement’s Patrick Mugyenyi. time; KCCA’s deal with Star Times alone stands at Shs750m (over three years). Fans, too, are trickling back into stadia.

League club to ink a deal has secured a It may only be millions for now, but corpocontract worth much more than Shs200m of rate sponsors appear ready to make up with course. The two-year partnership the 2014local clubs again—investing one million at a 2015 league winners clinched with Hima Cement on Tuesday this week is worth Shs632m time.

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head of Uganda’s first game in the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifier against Ghana this Friday in Tamale, the Cranes can be quietly optimistic as they take on the Black Stars.

Although the first time Cranes played against Ghana we lost 4-1 in a friendly on October 10 1962, and this is an opponent the Cranes have not beaten away, our most recent away fixture was a creditable draw against a Ghana team straight from the 2014 World Cup—during the Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign that kicked off in the same year.

The Cranes went one better in the return leg by beating Ghana 1-0 at Namboole stadium, which was the last time the two countries met in a competitive fixture. Ghana however is a different proposition when it comes to World Cup qualification. In the two World Cup qualifiers, we have met in July 2004 and September 2005, we managed only a 1-1 draw at Namboole before losing 2-0 in Accra. Ghana went on to qualify for the 2006 World Cup that Germany hosted.

If it wasn’t bad enough that all the times Uganda has been drawn in the same group with Ghana, the Cranes have not managed to make it out of the group, the challenge is made more diffi-

cult this time by the fact that our group also contains nemesis Egypt, who Uganda have not beaten in a qualifier in decades, as well as the tricky Congo-Brazzaville.

Ghana has qualified for the last three World Cups, reaching the second round in 2006, quarter finals in 2010 in South Africa and bowing out in the group stages in Brazil in 2014. It is this stellar qualifying record Uganda will be up against in trying to get past the Black Stars, who are favourites to qualify ahead of the Egyptians that last qualified in 1990. Congo played in the World Cup in 1974 when they were still known as Zaire and Uganda has never qualified.

Final squad to face Ghana;Goal Keepers: Onyango Denis, Jamal Salim, Ochan Benjamin Defenders: Wadada Nicholas, Iguma Denis, Isinde Isaac, Juuko Murushid, Ochaya Joseph, Walusimbi Godfrey Midfielders: Wasswa Hassan, Kizito Geoffrey, Aucho Khalid, Mawejje Tony, Oloya Moses Attackers: Kizito Luwagga, Miya Faruku, Massa Geoffrey, Kiiza Hamis, Sentamu Yunus Ghana v Uganda, Tamale stadium Friday, 07/10/2016 at 6:30pm live on Supersport.

VITAL INFO Group E Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Uganda

Group fixtures 07/10/2016 Ghana vs Uganda 09/10/2016 Congo vs Egypt 07/11/2016 Uganda vs Congo 07/11/2016 Egypt vs Ghana 28/08/2017 Ghana vs Congo 28/08/2017 Uganda vs Egypt 02/10/2017 Egypt vs Congo 02/10/2017 Uganda vs Ghana 06/11/2017 Ghana vs Egypt 06/11/2017 Congo vs Uganda

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