The Uganda Government through the Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (LGRB) has drafted tough advertising guidelines to betting firms in a move orchestrated to minimize on their activities, Business Focus exclusively reports. According to the leaked Gaming and Betting (Advertisement) Directives 2019 seen by this website, the new rules shall
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The Corporate Games 2019 season finally came to an end in style after nine months of fun and entertaining games with the introduction of two new games. Darts and Three-legged race made their introduction in the final day of the season. Corporate Games happen every first Sunday of the month
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One word you are most likely to find in media reports about Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the British tycoon whose company sponsored Eliud Kipchoge’s Ineos 1:59 Challenge, is “reclusive”. This is because Ratcliffe is such a publicity-shy man that even the notoriously aggressive journalists from his home country find it hard
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Uganda FA (Fufa) president Moses Magogo has been suspended from all football-related activity for two months and fined $10,000 (Shs36m) by Fifa for his role in the resale of World Cup tickets. The Fufa president was sanctioned by Fifa for reselling tickets relating to the 2014 World Cup. Mr Magogo
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It was fun, entertaining and networking as Uganda’s richest man, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia captained the taxpayers in a mouthwatering charity game played against Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) that was captained by the taxman’s Commissioner General, Doris Akol. Ruparelia Group of Companies founded by Sudhir is one of the biggest taxpayers
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The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) on Monday announced Johnathan McKinstry aka Johnny the new Uganda Cranes head coach, replacing Sebastien Desabre who quit for greener pastures after Afcon 2019 tournament. Announcing Johnny, FUFA CEO, Edgar Watson said: “We selected a coach who fits in our vision of being
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The search for Uganda Cranes head coach is over after the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) on Monday unveiled Irish Johnathan Mckinstry. Mckinstry replaces Sébastien Desabre who now manages Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC after quitting the Cranes job in July this year. The Irishman is former coach
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Uganda won the southern African Cosafa Women's Under-17 Championship trophy on Sunday after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over South Africa in Port Louis. Uganda struck first after the break through Fauzia Najjemba on 56 minutes with Batwana hitting back from a Tiffany Kortjie header 18 minutes later. The winner for
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Betting firms SportPesa and Betin have finally thrown in the towel in Kenya, Daily Nation reports. The two firms have halted their operations in Kenya and are set to send home thousands of their employees after a prolonged tax standoff with the Kenyan government. The betting firms, which control more
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Today, WorldRemit and Arsenal announced that 16 applicants from Africa have been shortlisted for its Future Stars programme. Of these 16 coaches, eight are women. Among the shortlisted are three Ugandan coaches. WorldRemit and Arsenal launched the second edition of the Future Stars programme in August to recognise the valuable
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