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Why museveni, besigye are afraid of bobi wine

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Mbakooye, the #FreeBobiWine song that Kenzo released....P.8

All about the Social Media Party every socialite attended..P.9

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Social Media I Trending I Vibe

NEWS DIGEST Bobi Wine’s first video since arrest and torture report Jamie Jamie Even when you watch it you can simply see that he isn’t fine at all!! Please museveni free Bobi wine! Jemba Denis Our president Bobi Wine is in a lot of pain!!. M7 and all those who did it shall pay the price!# Free Bobi Wine Kyagulanyi!

Deputy Speaker visits bedridden MPs, says both are in a lot of pain

Blake Led that video z fake...y does he hav a double person n brown ...ts weird

Deputy Speaker, Hon Jacob Oulanyah yesterday visited bedridden MPs, Hon Robert Kyagulanyi at Makindye Military Barracks and Hon Francis Zaake at Rubaga Hospital. Oulanyah said both of them are in a lot of pain. “What I have seen is that both of them are in pain. I talked with Hon. Kyagulanyi but he is in a lot of pain. He is however in a uniquely humorous mood and we were laughing with him,” Oulanyah stated. He condemned the acts of brutality and violence saying they should never happen because they drag the country into turmoil.

Hassan Husseink We wanna see real images not blurred images Matovu Bukenya Bt yyy wen pipo visit Zaake with camera he shows dat he z in more pain dat bobi whom dey say hz “kidney”” problem, fr mi wen I see him on TV n Facebook videos alaga nti affa nnyo hihihi hi hi Elizabeth Odoa I can’t understand to me he looks like he was about to cry and remember he can’t walk. They are producing this video to calm down the situation for tomorrow’s court session coz still i can bet they won’t show him to PEOPLE #FREEBOBIWINE #Freezaake and all the political prisoners unconditionally and why is it so short this is an edited video to hide the truth Jamie Jamie A lot of tears are rolling into my eyes! Aggie K Cadribo At least we know his alive Kevin Keri That doesn’t mean he’s fine,,,,,,free him Tony Mubiru Jr. Lets wait for him tomorrow and see J’ackson Mills So they can’t allow his wife and family to take pics of him and then go on and allow the same people who serve the government that tortured him to record a videos. The thunder that is going to strike these people is coming with disco lights.

We are monitoring social media — Police

Ochola refutes resignation reports

Rotary Cancer run 2018 on this Sunday

Since the arrest of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, legislators and Arua MP-elect Kassiano Wadri, social media users are dedicating their efforts to mobilising and creating awareness about the on-going tensions in the political atmosphere. Police spokesperson Emilian Kayima has stated that the force is closely monitoring social media messages. This comes after one pseudonymous account warned people to restrain from going to work if they were not interested in joining the protests.

Over the weekend, rumours circulated on social media claiming that IGP Okoth Ochola had asked to resign but President Museveni threatened him saying ‘resignation is not an option’. Addressing the press, IGP refuted the claims. “There are rumours circulating in the social media that I tendered in my resignation and the President refused, that information is false. The public should disregard that falsehood. Why should I resign when the security situation in the country is calm?” Ochola asked.

The annual Rotary Cancer run 2018 is on this Sunday, August 26 starting 7 am at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. This year’s raised funds will aid the construction of the two bunkers at Nsambya Hospital set to kick-off in November this year. The run will not only happen in Kampala but 33 other major towns across the country. Tickets are available at Shs20,000 at Capital Shoppers, Bulange Mengo, and Rotary Office on 9th Floor NIC Building, Game Stores Lugogo, select Centenary Bank branches and Airtel shops countrywide.

Just forfor laughs Just laughs

Molly TheBossbae I don’t trust this video, these guys had to first target him smiling but fortunately we can tell that this is a painful smile. Moses King Please guys we all know bobi wine is the man of smile even if he’s in pain you can see he tried to laugh but it was too much painful

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MANG’ONG’O@JoshuaOkumu4 What M7 thinks is that @HEBobiwine is just a Ugandan citizen, you’re wrong sir he’s a Pan African with support across the continent if Uganda will not hold you accountable the entire Africa will. Hii Mchezo inafanyika EA lazima ikomeshwe . #FreeBobiwine #ReleaseBobiwine #ReleaseBobiwine @Ugaman01 I have been informed that Kenyans will have a peaceful demonstration heading towards the Ugandan high commission demanding the release of @HEBobiwine. Thanks for standing with Bobi . #FreeBobiwine #ReleaseBobiwine Faisal@PyeparFaisal You know who else was charged with treason? Late NELSON MANDELA & yet right now, is is the most respected man in Africa #ReleaseBobiWine

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Analysis I FDC

News

Is it Blue or Red? FDC stuck in party colour dilemma of the party’s colours by other opposition parties was in violation of the multiparty rules and bringing UPC’s brand to disrepute. Electoral Commission weighs in According to the Electoral Commission,

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he era of Togikwatako is long gone. The Constitution that the opposition forces donned the red colour in solidarity to protect was amended (touched) in December 2017. As if that was not enough defeat, the Constitutional Court sitting in Mbale on July 26, put the last nail in the togikwatako coffin when it upheld the amendment to remove Article 102(b) from the constitution. The party’s four-time flag bearer, Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye has been sighted in every part of the country campaigning for the party’s

candidates in different elections while wearing red never mind that FDC’s official colour is blue. When he was announcing the contentious reshuffle in the party leadership, FDC President, Patrick Amuriat was in red but the official party colour since its inception is blue. This even prompted a warning from the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) the official custodians of the red colour as their party symbol to have their colleagues desist from using their (UPC) colours for their own activities. The party’s President, Jimmy Akena, said at a press conference that the continued use

ting on red to signify their intention to shed blood; and they have been putting on Army red berets to signify their intention of using military means.” Uganda has 29 registered political parties all of which have unique symbols and colours. “The rationale behind this is not to confuse voters during elections and to have so harmony just like the case is in football. When Arsenal is wearing Red, Liverpool cannot also wear red in the same game. It confuses players and fans as well,” Paul Bukenya, the deputy EC Spokesman told Matooke Republic.

Is the intention to shed blood? In one of his missives about the election violence in Arua, President Yoweri Museveni said the opposition forces who attacked his convoy were wearing red colours. He was not referring to FDC but to Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi’s group that supported FDC’s runaway candidate, Kassiano Wadri. “This group has been putting on red to signify their intention to shed blood; and they have been putting on Army red berets to signify their intention of using military means. We have ignored those threatening signals,” Museveni said. FDC speaks out But according to Buhweju MP, Francis Mwijukye, FDC Members of Parliament (MPs) have not adopted red as their new dress code but it is an expression that what transpired in Parliament last year still haunts them and have therefore not healed from the defeat. “We are still hurting and mooting how to move forward when our constitution has no safeguards for good governance. If our colleagues in UPC moved on faster that we could, that is good for them but they should not blame us,” he explained. Mwijukye added that there are MPs like Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) who are neither FDC nor UPC but are using the red colour. It is change that they associate with.

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Insight I Bobi Wine

Why Museveni, Besigye are afraid of Bobi Wine BY ALEX TAREMWA

egend Bob Dylan’s 1964 Classic, ‘The Times They A Changin’ would best describe the political situation in Uganda now. Robert Kyagulanyi, a political toddler by any standards, has shaken the political tree and causing a lot of rotten mangoes to fall. Formerly a music star, Kyagulanyi decided to step into the political in June 2017 when he vied for the Kyadondo East by-election – a seat he comfortably won beating seasoned politicians who had the backing of the individuals that have dominated the political arena for over 20 years – Forum for Democratic Change’s founding President, Col Dr Kiiza Besigye and incumbent Ugandan president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Since then, Kyagulanyi, known widely for his music stage name Bobi Wine has become a new force to reckon with in Uganda’s politics. Whenever Museveni and Besigye are mentioned in a sentence, one can easily predict that the next name in line is Bobi Wine. As Phillips Odwakacen, a political science lecturer at Uganda Christian University (UCU) put it; “Bobi Wine is now a permanent fixture in Uganda’s political mixture.” This explains why both Besigye and Museveni are wary of the rising youngster whose popularity among the youth has made him a global sensation. Besigye accuses Bobi Wine of dividing the opposition while on the other hand; Museveni looks at him as a threat to his power grip on Uganda. In every election where both Besigye and Museveni have met Kyagulanyi on the opposite side, they have lost. Bobi Wine and Besigye both campaigned for FDC’s Paul Mwiru who won the Jinja

East MP seat and moved together to Rukungiri where Betty Bamukwatsa Muzanira also FDC won the Woman MP by-election. The Besigye-Bobi Wine point of departure came during the Bugiri byelection with Besigye supporting FDC party flag bearer, Eunice Namatende and Bobi Wine backing JEEMA’s Asuman Basalirwa – the eventual winner. In the recent chaotic Arua Municipality by-election, the Bobi Wine-backed independent candidate, Kassiano Wadri took the day despite the fact he was in jail and so was Bobi Wine. According to analysts, this shows - like in Kyadondo East – that Bobi Wine does not

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“Besigye and Museveni both don’t know how to deal with a man with no political experience but is making them have sleepless nights.”

need Besigye’s blessing to take on Uganda’s longtime president, Yoweri Museveni. “Besigye and Museveni both don’t know how to deal with a man with no political experience but is making them have sleepless nights. Museveni is now resorting to his old tactics; threaten, cajole, torture, bribe or even kill,” Andrew Karamagi, a lawyer and activist said. Karamagi was referring to Bobi Wine’s arrest and subsequent in Arua that has left him and several other MPs, civilians hospitalised. Bobi Wine is being charged in the General Court Martial for illegal possession of guns and bullets which were reportedly found in

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Bobi Wine I Insight

his hotel room in Arua – the same hotel where his driver – Yasin Kawuma was shot dead by security forces. Bobi Wine who is currently being detained in Makindye Military Barracks is before Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti’s court as you read this despite his health condition which the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah who visited him yesterday described as “painful and unacceptable.” Besigye’s approach Unlike his bush war comrade, Besigye’s approach towards Bobi Wine is more diplomatic and political. “It is to discredit him as a force that can beat Museveni in an election and therefore who should not be taken seriously,” Charles Rwomushana, a political pundit and

former spymaster said. According to Rwomushana, Bobi Wine is going against a big tide and how he deals with it is what will make him or break him politically. “They NRM occupation will rob him of his family, his money, dignity as they will slap him with several crimes. If this doesn’t break his spirit, it will give him the political capital he needs to cause regime change,” he added. While commenting on a recent television interview in which Besigye said Bobi Wine cannot defeat Museveni in an election, Rwomushana wondered what authority Besigye has to make such a claim considering that he has himself failed not once but four times. “Besigye thinks him as the only opposition figure capable of this task but he has failed Ugandans four times. He refused to support Amama Mbabazi, Mugisha Muntu and now he is already finger pointing at Bobi Wine. It says a lot about him.” Is Bobi Wine the ‘Third Force’? The former ISO Director however admitted that Bobi Wine’s People Power pressure group was threatening to tear the opposition apart into the ‘third force.’ Rwomushana pointed out the Arua by-election in which former FDC President, Gen. Mugisha Muntu and an avalanche of FDC MPs defied their party’s candidate for the independent candidate Bobi Wine was backing. “FDC is now weak and People Power is taking over. There is no need for Bobi Wine to join FDC. That is why FDC members are joining him instead. He is the Third Force in my opinion,” Rwomushana added. In a press conference on Saturday, August 18, 2018, Besigye told the media at his office at Katonga Road that he was ready to step aside for a new opposition figure to carry on the struggle. If that new figure is Bobi Wine is a matter that remains to be seen.

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YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARDS

2018

Winner: Overall winner Phy llis Kyomuhendo with her award.

Not every awards gala attracts the Deputy President of a foreign country or the President of Uganda himself. But the 2018 Young Achievers Awards organised by Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU) and sponsored by Johnnie Walker did. The biggest winner of all though was Phillis Kyomuhendo, the Co-founder of mSCAN, a technology that allows rural pregnant women to get ultrasound scans at low costs using a mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Ruto: Lifetime Achievement Award went to Ruto.

On point: RAHU boss Humphre y Nabimanya addressing the gath ering.

Rewarded: Anita Beryl took home the Fashion Award.

Queens: Miss Uganda queens at the red carpet.

Barbie doll: Anita Fabiola came out all looking chic and innocent.

Interpreters: Sign language experts were in attendance.

Smart: Dressed like an achiever, she came.

Focused: Attentive guests following the proceeding.

Winners: She Cranes took home Sports Award.

Wendy: Performing lovey dovey songs.

Sleek: Fik Fameica dropping rhymes.

Hmmn: How you look at your award.

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Events I Party Time

On the Scene

SOCIAL MEDIA

PARTY Last weekend on Saturday, party people enjoyed the maiden feel of the Judith Heard’s party premier themed “Social Media Revolution Party” that happened at Sky Lounge Rooftop, Kisementi. Downpour of party goers graced the funfilled event that had various local artistes perform and top city DJs spinning favourite jams. The event was sponsored by Johnnie Walker, Liquid Telecom, EBC, UBER among others.

Boys’ time: Bazukulu enjoying peace and liquor.

Elegant: Judith Heard wrapped up in a designer dress.

Star-attraction: Male fans with Judith Heard.

Cheei: ‘Head-mistress’ comes to party. Grand arrival: Abryanz knows a thing about treating a woman right.

Chineke: When you can’t vibe hot chics because you are haunted by many debts.

Yes: Chameleone was in the house.

TomBoy? : These are the babes that won’t return your sweaters and jumpsuits

Duh: She’s probably blue-ticking.

Same person, different colours: She tried to hide the ‘darker secrets’.

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Who I What I Where

Wendy – the new kid on the block keeping Radio’s legacy alive

Anita Fabiola, the queen of red carpet events I

am kidding you not! Wherever there is a red carpet event in town, there a 95% chance that Anita Kyalimpa, call her Fabiola is around somewhere. If she is not in front of the cameras, then she is somewhere near a cocktail glass but still attracting the cameras. The TV Personality was at it again at the Young Achievers Awards – this time round as the red carpet host. One would easily tell why ‘Kyalimpa’ has been globetrotting hosting such galas. If it is not her dressing, then it is perhaps her somewhat Chinese eyes. Some men’s cocktails had a hard time flowing down their throats because of her eyes. Way to go Kyalimpa!

Kenzo disses government in #FreeBobiWine song African artiste to be ddy Kenzo, the first East l stage – at least acrecognised at the globa d international fame to cording to him has use r – Bobi Wine. nto me fight the freedom of his tired of you), Kenzo (I’m oye ako Mb In his new song erns as he hit out at the gov holds no punches back ed ibit exh e hav y the ce an ment for the bad govern over the years. about “I honestly feel so bad ntry, cou my in ing en pp ha what’s all of us for s these are such bad day so many t ou ab nk thi and it made me nt spe I ppy ha l fee ’t don I things... told nzo Ke all night in the studio,” Matooke Republic. ieve that Kenzo added that, “I bel tal s ent to God blessed me with thi s so this sse ma communicate with music ppy ha not is it time around l sad fee I se au bec sic mu but sad s is thi all y wh inside and I wonder happening. watch “Why would we have to we en fellow humans suffer wh find d an le tab could all sit on a ndings solutions for misundersta God and I feel like for some “for to “for ed orm my country” transf ause bec ch” ma sto God and my ” ss. ne fish sel d an ed of gre In other news, Kenzo is ards your Young Achievers Aw ry of ego cat the in r ne 2018 win Performing Arts.

ou have probably seen the viral video of young girl doing a tribute of Legend Mowzey Radio’s songs on YouTube. Well, you should see her performing them. Guests at the Young Achievers Awards 2018 were given a special treat by Wendy, the breakout artiste signed to UG Records who did a tribute to the slain GoodLyfe vocalist, songwriter and maestro. With her powerful voice, mastery of art and stage performance, Wendy walked the guests down the memory lane with the music that made the GoodLyfe a music powerhouse in Uganda. In an interview with Matooke Republic, Wendy said she has music of her own that is set to be released soon. In her, the legacy of Radio lives on and a new dawn in the Uganda’s music industry is on the horizon.

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Music I Going Out

TALKINGMUSIC WITH TREVOR TAREMWA

RUYONGA X ABAASA S

easoned word Smith and gospel advocate Ruyonga teams up with sensational vocalist Abaasa Rwemereza to bring Christian hip hop to life. Loosely translated, mubiri refers to the human body, a third single off his Glory fire studio Album. Ruyonga delivers his usual fast flowing poetic genius that gushes of the divine. On the track, he explains the abstract spiritual dynamics of the human body being God’s temple. A concept of the church. He lets his inner poet off the leash straight from the word go as he effortlessly quotes from the gospel of John, “Fifteen verse five”. He tags along his inner philosopher as he attributes the basic humam ability to God’s genius. The song is soothing and easy flowing all thanks to Abaasa’s effortless vocal prowess whose adlibs and presence on the chorus prevails calm and serenity to the song. This song is simply excellence at play. Way to go Abaasa and Rru!

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Music I Going Out

ROLEX FEST Owaaye: When chilli hits your eyes as you attempt to copy an Asian’s recipe.

All ages: The young came out to have a great time.

The ‘rolex’ has for long been one of our most highly praised delicacies in the land. In 2016 after it was announced a fast foods tourist attraction in Uganda, people from all walks of life could not wait for the rolex festivals that followed. This year’s rolex festival that took place on Sunday at the Uganda Museum pulled a very huge unexpected crowd. Many bounced at the gate due to lack of space at the grounds. The rolex and fun hungry crowd started arriving as early as 9 am. By 2 pm, there was no way through for even an insect.

Made in Uganda: Chinese enjoying something authentic.

Cheers: We feast on rolex guys, don’t fear to vibe us.

Dance: How to digest a rolex.

The crowd: Rolex satisfies all colours of people.

Juicy juicy: Washing down a heavy rolex meal.

Hosts: Prim & Kyamagero.

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Study I Chillax I Live It

MAK BABE THREATENS TO WALK NAKED IN #FREEBOBIEWINE CAMPAIGN

Makerere University female student in the names of Print Martha has taken it to the University’s whatsapp and Facebook groups to call upon her fellow Makerere ladies not to sit down while the whole country is striking for the continued arrest of Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine. Unlike the usual burning of property and roaming around the streets, Martha plans to match naked around the university while rocking bras and knickers alongside her well-endowed campus mates.” I request all Mak ladies not to sit down while our #BobiWine is still detained unlawfully. Tomorrow we are going to match naked around the university

only bras n knickers pliz. Let’s meet very early by 6am at Freedom square n match naked around muk to show our discontent.” Martha posted. Before unveiling the bra and nicker strike, Martha had requested Makerere students to come up with a leader who will champion the University’s version of ‘Free Bobi Wine’ campaign. “But can’t we just get one Makererean to lead the protest against the unlawful detention of #BobiWine?? What kind of food do u kids feed on nowadays?? Cant u kids even think that Makerere is the summary of Uganda?? It is, therefore, our duty to rise up and not continue with lectures like everything is fine!!” Martha posted earlier on. Campus Bee

MUK TO ESTABLISH A TRAINING FOREST PLANTATION IN MASINDI

ew days after Nyabyeya Forest College (NFC) in Masindi handed over ten (10) hectares of land to Makerere University in a bid to enhance practical forestry training, Makerere has unveiled plans to use the land provided for the establishment of a training forest plantation which will help in enhancing practical training and research. The land was handed over by the NFC Principal Mr Godfrey Akubonabona to the Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe on 15th August 2018. The ten-hectare land handover was followed by a Memorandum of Understanding which signed between the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and Nyabyeya Forestry College. Shortly after receiving the land, Prof.

Nawangwe described Nyabyeya Forestry College as a centre of excellence in training foresters and went ahead to thank the college for training Makerere

“I must commend those who have been resilient to keep this place in difficult times. I also commend the Principal Nyabyeya Forest College for the transformations during his two years in office,” Nawangwe was quoted last week. Among the officials that witnessed the handover of ten hectares of land to Makerere include Director Legal Affairs Mr Henry Mwebe, the Principal CAES Prof. Bernard Bashaasha, his deputy Dr Gorettie Nabanoga, the Dean School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Prof. Mnason Tweheyo, Deans and Heads of units from CAES. Campus Bee

students over the past years.

Campus Buzz

OUR CRUSH

Matooke Republic’s crush this week is Linda Barbra Namara of UMU Nkozi

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Fashion

August 23-29, 2018

Trends I Slaying I Killing It

TREND ALERT! Brian White 2018 VMAS FASHION I

f itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Hollywood event, featuring major A listers, then expect nothing short of fashion glory. The much anticipated MTV Video Music Awards happened this week, in New York, with many artistes walking away with their moon man accolades including Jennifer Lopez. And of course we had our attention on the red carpet, to see who brought their A game. These are our top three looks from the affair. Cardi B The TV star turned rapper shone on the red carpet in a fuchsia off the shoulder gown by New York based designer Nicholas Jebran. Her pixie hair do and matching ankle strap heels are all the accessories she needed for this look to pop. Gucci Mane There is nothing that turns me on like a man that knows how to wear his prints. And Gucci Mane was scoring major style goals in his stripped tuxedo stripped jacket, styled with matching slacks and bow tie. The look is a little too much for the VMAs if you ask me. But he wore it well. Plus he had the perfect accessory by his arm, his wife.

ow would you describe your style? I love to keep it casual, but anything that makes me look so smart finds its way in my wardrobe. What is the one fashion item you cannot live without? A watch. I spend big on watches and I have many of them. What is your worst buy ever? I once bought a suit at $3,000, but when I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel smart, I gave it out to a friend. What styling trick works for you all the time? I have no particular style trick, not even a design label. Anything that makes me look smart wins my heart. Any item we would not find in your wardrobe? Khaki and bright colors.

street style

@tracey_joy_love Looking for a new colour trend to try out? How about some burnt orange?

@wendya_ A good kimono will always come in handy.

Socialite

@q_senior_fashionkiller We do love a man who knows how to dress up his denim.

CELEB STYLE

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Living I Relating

SCI-FACT

Smokers are less attractive, according to science

Body & Soul

THE TROUBLE WITH THE SAPIOSEXUAL MALE

Blowing your chances: Research confirms that smoking makes you less attractive.

Not that you needed another reason to but you really, really need to give up smoking. Seriously.

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Yea, really seriously

Let’s face it. If you are still sneaking out from work (or the restaurant, or the club) for a puff in 2018, you are already not doing yourself any favours. Still, the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom has just delivered yet another reason why you need to give up smoking pronto. In a new study conducted by the university, researchers found that people find smokers less attractive. The paper involved over 500 participants examining the faces of 23 sets of identical twins, plus a male and a female prototype. It had two aims: to see if people could determine if someone was a smoker based on their facial features, and whether it impacted their attractiveness. Enlisting the identical twins was designed to give the researchers the control they needed for accurate results, eliminating differences in age, sex, appearance and environment. The prototype faces, created by averaging out all the real faces in the experiment, made things even more accurate, getting rid of the slightest potential differences in expression, pose or lighting. And the results of the experiment were conclusive, to say the least. 70% of people could identify which twin was a smoker, and then 70% again picked the non-smoker as the more attractive looking. Telling stuff, and it proves all those terrible “smoking makes you look bad, kids” ads weren’t half wrong. It is young people the researchers have in mind with these results.

So a quick question… How

does a smoker with wads of cash on them rate on the attractiveness scale?

HEALTH

BY IRENE M. NAMARAH

here are very few things that I pride myself in. One of them is/was the fact that I have never been dumped. The other day I was busy evaluating my love life and it dawned on me how so wrong I’d been this whole time. One of the disadvantages of being a sapio girl is that an intelligent man will dump you without dumping you. It’s not that he’s a chicken. Nooo. Far from that. It’s that his balls are so huge they need pants of their own. He wants to have his cake and eat it. He knows that there will be a rainy day and he is counting on his smarts for shelter.

That is why he will stop calling you but will always pick up your calls. He will stop texting you but will always reply to your texts. He doesn’t block you. That is for shallow guys. The ones who cannot see that there will be rainy days. But this dude, the one whose brains wet your pants, well, he’s got a different story. When you ask him if he has dumped you, he will swear how he will never stop loving you. You are just being paranoid. It’s just this project that’s up to his neck. Everything is fine, babe. So, you give him some space. You don’t want to be the annoying girlfriend. Three days. No hearing from him. Then you call or text and he

replies. You wonder... if he has the time to reply to your text how can he not have time to text?! At least to say hi. You also make yourself busy. One week, nothing. Two weeks, nada. Not even a whistle from him. One month. That’s it! Your drama bells ring. You start sending him 50-word paragraphs. Not less than 10 paragraphs. All telling him how it’s over. That you cannot wait for him forever. He will read those heavy paragraphs. He will read them all. And then send you one line. “If that is what you want, then there’s nothing I can do.” Then it dawns on you: Mr. Sapio called the shots all along. You just had your ear plugs on the entire time to read the notice on his door.

Six tricks to take care of your voice BY PAUL ISABIRYE

ou probably never realise how important your voice is to your livelihood until you lose it even for a few days. Then all of a sudden, your presentation at a client’s is no longer possible, or that MC gig is off, or if you are a lawyer or a teacher… you get the point where this is going, right? That is why you need to take special care of your vocal cords and here is how:

Drink water to keep your body well hydrated.

Your vocal cords vibrate very fast, and having a proper water balance helps keep them lubricated. Also important note: Foods that contain large amounts of water are excellent hydration-conscious snacks, such as apples, watermelon and grapes. Furthermore, avoid alcohol and caffeine.

Allow yourself several “vocal naps” every day.

For those whose jobs entail a lot of speaking, vocal naps (breaks) are recommended especially during periods of extended use. For

example, if you are a teacher, avoid speaking during the breaks between classes and find quiet ways to spend your lunch time, rather than talking some more in a noisy staff room with colleagues.

Don’t clear your throat too often.

When you clear your throat, that action is like slamming your vocal cords together. Doing it too much can injure them and make you hoarse. Try a sip of water or swallow to quench the urge to clear. If you feel like you

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Avoid yelling or screaming, and try not to talk loudly in noisy areas...

have to clear your throat a lot, seek a doctor’s advice. Pay attention to how you speak every day. Even people like artistes who have good singing habits can cause damage when they speak. Many skilled singers don’t continue their healthy habits when they speak yet it is advisable that they have much more breath flow when they speak.

Don’t abuse or misuse your voice.

Avoid yelling or screaming, and try not to talk loudly in noisy areas. If your throat feels dry or tired, or your voice is getting hoarse, reduce your voice use. The hoarseness is a warning sign that your vocal cords are irritated.

Keep your throat and neck muscles relaxed. If

you sing, keep your muscles relaxed even if doing high notes and low notes. Some singers tilt their heads up when singing high notes and down when singing low notes, straining muscles and cords in the process.

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Currency Buying Selling USD 3,751 3,761 GBP 4,786 4,799 EUR 4,289 4,300 KSH 37.22 37.32 TSH 1.64 1.65

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Government to change revenue collection tactics “We are looking at raising extra Shs700 billion more. This can be realised if we improve our administrative efficiencies and at this point in time, it is hard to expect more revenue from policy initiatives. We already have common external tariffs that binds us. Taxes on fuel are already there. So, we need to look inward to collect more. URA commissioner customs, Dicksons Kateshumbwa

MTN Senior Manager Brand & Communications, Martin Sebuliba prepares to pay for his shopping using MoMoPay

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TN Uganda’s subscribers will now be able to pay for various goods and services at places like supermarkets, restaurants and bars after the telecom company introduced a cashless payment solution called MoMoPay. MoMoPay allows customers to pay for goods and services at no extra costs. Retailers like supermarkets, wholesale traders, shop keepers,

pharmacies, restaurants as well as bars are among others the merchants that accept payments using MoMoPay. Unlike the ordinary mobile money transactions, a user will not incur withdrawal charges with MomoPay. “When we introduced MTN Mobile Money, it revolutionised money transactions in the country. However, there is still one problem we need to solve; reducing cash transactions by taking out withdrawal charges, which make [MTN mobile

money] quite costly,” said Christopher Ssali, the firm’s Senior Manager, Mobile Financial Services Products. For several months, MTN has been recruiting merchants like supermarkets, garages, shops and restaurants among others. There are now in excess of 25,000 merchants that customers can use to receive payments. Upon a merchant being approved, they receive a special merchant code to indicate they accept MoMoPay. Customers can make a payment by dialing *165*3# or use the MyMTNApp, enter the merchant code and pay the exact amount for the goods they have purchased. No withdrawal fees “Currently, when customers want to make payments using mobile money, they will be asked to add withdrawal fees to the amount. With MoMoPay, the customer pays the exact amount for the goods purchased, providing that incentive not to move around with cash,” Mr. Ssali added. MTN Mobile Money currently boasts more than 8.8 million customers, and has transacted more than Shs30 trillion since inception in 2008. With the introduction of MomoPay, the telecom said the cash transactions that put customers and merchants at risk when moving the money will be reduced while Uganda’s cashless economy will be boosted. “The risks of carrying money by both customer and merchant are high, unlike MoMoPay. The merchant will receive payment directly into their mobile money account and they will be able to use it for several other features like making salary payments, transferring it to their bank account, purchase airtime for customers, among others,” said Elsa Muzzolini, MTN’s General Manager, Mobile Financial Services. Merchants will be charged 1% on each transaction for an individual and 2% on a business merchant payment. “Merchants can even pay suppliers with MoMoPay. For instance, a hardware shop may want to restock cement. Using MoMoPay, they will transfer funds directly to the account of the supplier and the cement will be delivered,” Muzzolini added.

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This is the potential of the #AfricanGirlChild...

here is a Chinese proverb that says: “If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” To that I would add, if you are planning for lasting change in this world, educate girls! A few days ago I was so thrilled to hear that five Nigerian girls from Regina Pacis Model Secondary School (Onitsha, Anambra State) won the 2018 Technovation World Pitch competition in Silicon Valley, California. Need I say more? Wow... The young winners (ages 12-14), competing in a team they named “Save a Soul,” were: Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo and Vivian Okoye. Their team came out on top of 12 finalists (chosen from about 2,000 teams from 115 countries) who were invited to travel to California this month, eventually defeating other finalist

teams from countries like the USA, China, Spain, Turkey and Uzbekistan. Wow! Per the specs of the competition, each team developed a mobile App to solve a problem they had identified in their own communities. Wow, wow, wow, again! Huge congratulations to the #TeamSaveASoul, and their mentor, Mrs Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu, founder of Edufun Technik STEM, who was invited into the school to tutor and train these young girls. What was the problem identified by these five young African techno-stars? They were worried about the high number of deaths in Nigeria resulting from use of fake drugs. (Nigeria is seen to have one of the world’s largest markets for counterfeit drugs, they said). They developed the “FD-Detector” (Fake Drug Detector) mobile app which scans a barcode to help confirm that the drug is not fake, and also checks its expiration date. Working with their mentor (with support from global sponsors like Oracle), it took the young students about five months to design this mobile App, also using coding and robot-

ics insights, in designing their solution. The Technovation World Pitch competition is a program of a US NGO called Iridescent that offers girls ages 10-18 in 100+ countries the opportunity not just to learn programming skills, but also to put on a #SolutionMindset and imagine ways to use technology to help change the world... (sound somewhat familiar?) While 2018 was the first time ever that the Nigerian team made it to the junior finals (let alone win...) let me also say a belated congratulations to the Nigerian senior division girls team (ages 15-18) that took the gold in the same competition in 2015, for developing a mobile App to tackle waste disposal in Nigeria. Wow! I am sure you will be interested to know that this year’s senior division Technovation competition was won by a team from India who developed an App to track and dispose of electronic waste by linking recyclers with e-waste producers. Congratulations to them as well! This is really amazing work, but there is so much more to be done, across our globe...

According to official estimates (UNESCO) there are about 130 million girls in the world (ages 6-17) who are out of school. Of those, 15 million are of primary school age. They estimate that half of that number in sub-Saharan Africa will never enter a classroom...

Could this be true in this day and age?

The Proprietor of the amazing Regina Pacis Model Secondary School -- a school I would respectfully love to visit just as soon as my schedule allows -- is the Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev Valerian Okeke. He has remarked that “no sacrifice is too much in educating our children.” I couldn’t agree more. I look forward to visiting as soon as possible! Meanwhile my congratulations once again to #TeamSaveASoul, mentor Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu and her team, and everyone in Nigeria church, government and civil society who helped play a part in this victory last week as well as the international sponsors of this inspiring prize.

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