Vipers Sports Club have announced parting ways with coach Michael Nam Ouma (in featured photo). “The Club has also dissolved the technical department with immediate effect,” the Club said in a statement on its official website. “Vipers Sports Club would like to thank Ouma and the technical team for the
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Kenyan gamblers have 48 hours to withdraw their money from betting companies or lose it, as the government intensifies its radical shutdown of the Sh200-billion-a-year industry. In response to a plea by leading telecommunication firm Safaricom to give gamers time to withdraw the money in their mobile wallets, the Betting
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Kenya's interior ministry has said it has not renewed the licenses of 27 betting companies including the country's biggest, SportPesa. In a letter to telecoms company Safaricom, the government says that the companies have not met the "outstanding renewal requirements". But, correspondents say, it is not clear what exactly these
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The vice-president of the Burundian football association, FFB, has been arrested pending an investigation after the apparent disappearance of bonus money for the national team players who were recently in Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations finals. The BBC understands that Aimable Habimana, also known as Marandura, has been
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Rebecca Kadaga has lashed out at Government for sidelining the National Netball Team- The She Cranes, wondering why the same financial support given to the national football team- Uganda Cranes hasn’t been extended to the netball team at the Netball World Cup tournament that is underway
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A former Egypt coach called for a military officer to head the Egyptian Football Federation (EFA) after the host nation was knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations. Egypt’s 1-0 loss to South Africa on Saturday led to an immediate purge of Egyptian football officials, taking the gloss off
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More government agencies continue to be hit with money related scandals. The latest is the discovery that Shs10bn mysteriously disappeared from Finance Ministry’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS). While looking at the 2017/2018 budget performance by Ministry of Finance, MPs on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) discovered that whereas
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President Yoweri Museveni Monday evening welcomed the National Soccer Team- The Cranes, from Egypt where they represented the country so well. Museveni said making it to the last 16 out of the 53 countries is a commendable job. He advised the players to plan for old age. “Our sports people
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Uganda coach Sebastien Desabre has said they are more than ready to face Senegal in their round of 16 clash at Cairo International Stadium on Friday. “We are not afraid of any opponent. Senegal have played in the World Cup and it is our chance to play a good team.
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Uganda's players ended their boycott of Africa Cup of Nations training after being promised an extra $6000 dollars each by the country's Football Association (FUFA). The squad took to the pitch three hours behind schedule on Wednesday, after securing the extra cash. They are due to play Senegal on Friday
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