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Wed August 17  Men’s 5000m round 1 – 4.05pm Jacob Kiplimo, Phillip Kipyego and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Women’s 800m round 1 – 4.55pm Halimah Nakaayi and Winnie Nanyondo Men’s Steeplechase final – Jacob Araptany Jacob Araptany finished 2nd in his heat on Monday to qualify for Wednesday’s 3000m steeplechase final. Araptany …

With the Pensions scam and the Katosi Road scandal as high pro- file corruption cases that come  to mind, Irene Mulyagonja, the Inspector General of Government, recently told her staff to ‘tighten their belts’ as Uganda now faces a new form of corruption that requires innovative strategies to deal with …

Top lawyers reveal details of land grab plot Top land lawyers are warning that land grabbers could be behind claims that the government intends to amend the Land Act and start acquiring land before compensating its owners and politicians are saying it could lead to war or worse. “These two …

Gold: Mo Farah (GBR) Silver: Paul Tanui (KEN) Bronze: Tamirat Tola (ETH) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Sunday  Britain’s Mo Farah overcame a dramatic mid-race fall on Saturday to take a second straight Olympic 10,000m title and extend his remarkable record at global championships. The 33-year-old produced a …

KCCA Football Club’s Joseph Ochaya was Friday named Azam Uganda Premier League (UPL) Player of the Year 2015/16 in a colorful ceremony at Serena Hotel, Kampala. Chief guest was Special Forces Commander Major Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba who handed Ochaya keys to the top award, a Subaru Forester. Ochaya edged out Erisa Ssekisambu of Vipers and URA’s Robert …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Uganda announced Friday it would not contribute troops to a regional brigade designed to bolster the UN mission in South Sudan, hours before a Security Council vote authorising the deployment. A key ally of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, Uganda’s government said it did not …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Ugandan officials raided a prestigious private school Thursday to seize copies of British children’s author Jacqueline Wilson’s “Love Lessons”, as a minister who has led several similar crackdowns threatened to close the establishment. Minister for ethics and integrity Simon Lokodo said the book exposed children …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP |  Kenya on Thursday withdrew a second athletics coach from the Rio Olympics in five days over a doping cheat bid. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it had launched disciplinary proceedings against the coach who media reports said had impersonated an athlete for …

COVER STORY: Land mafia pounce With the government pushing for the immediate amendment of the Land Act for it to be able to start acquire private land before compensating its owners, top land lawyers warn that land grabbers could have a hand in the scheme. LAST WORD: Weapons of the …

Lusaka, Zambia | AFP | The front-runners in Zambia’s presidential election on Thursday are incumbent Edgar Lungu and rags-to-riches businessman Hakainde Hichilema — two adversaries who battled it out only last year. Lungu won that election by fewer than 28,000 votes, securing the right to complete the final months of …