Author: Wycliffe Kirunda

Summary of results  Game 1 UAE W v Kenya W UAE 84/9 Kenya 69/10 UAE won by 15 runs Game 2 Uganda W v Rwanda W Rwanda 61/10 Uganda 62/3 Uganda won by 7 wickets The Victoria series bowled off with two low scoring games on the scorecard that saw the hosts Uganda and UAE pick wins against Rwanda and Kenya respectively. Besides the weather that could have comfortably let UAE register a 15 run win over Kenya, they were too good with the ball after setting a low score of 84 runs in 20 overs. Despite Kenya winning the…

The second edition of Victoria Series that will see five countries compete against each other was launched today and all live actions will be happening at Lugogo cricket oval from April 16th- 23rd 2023. Host Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and UAE will be the teams to compete with UAE who are the best ranked team out of the five making her debut visit to the pearl of Africa. With UAE at 15th, they are followed by Tanzania at 16th, Uganda on 21st, Kenya at 23rd and lastly Rwanda at 26th. The tournament has T20 international status therefore there are ranking…

The countrywide show came to an end on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at the Serenity Oval in Kamengo with the West edition and being the fifth regional tournament played in the same format of ten overs a side by boys under the age of 19. A part from the North edition that was hosted at St. Joseph’s College Layibi, the rest of the tournament were broadcasted live on Batball.tv globally, something that will go on to stick on the players’ minds as they were seen live everywhere. Throughout the five competitions, there has been a social cause that has been…

The Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE), an umbrella association of employers in the country has re-elected National Water & Sewerage Cooperation Managing Director Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha as its chairperson at the 44th Annual General Meeting held at Hotel Africana in Kampala on Friday, March 24, 2023. Ms. Annet Nakawunde Mulindwa, was also reelected Vice Chairperson of the FUE Governing Council. The other Governing members elected include National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU), Uganda Christian University (UCU), Bioversity International, Brookside and Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. The Federation was registered on 18th…

Result Uganda 0-1 Tanzania Uganda Cranes continued with their poor run of results in Egypt in an East African derby against Tanzania with a 1-0 defeat at Ismailia. Uganda Cranes lacked proper answers to the asked questions by the Taifa Stars from the first minute of the game and Tanzania’s efforts later paid off through Simon Msuva who came off the bench to score the only goal of the game in the 68th minute. Despite the introduction of the young lads into the side, Uganda Cranes still lacked that player who could turn around results to help the team go…

Akasumagizi had a rough start to the competition but managed to put up a good show on day two with a proper commitment from the team players to register a clean sweep to win the tournament at the Lakeside Oval in Entebbe. Just like the other three opens, the central edition also had the same format of play with players under the age of 19 competing in nine games with Fighting Against AIDS as the social cause. Akasumagizi, Ensega, Kalooli and Naddibanga named after common birds in the central region were the fourth teams to took part in the tournament.…

After day one of the  anticipated Batball Open Central Edition, the hype matched what exactly happened at the Lakeside oval during the five games played with two teams fighting for a final spot of the tournament. Four teams constituting young cricketing talent under the age of 19 under four teams named after common bird names in central region of Uganda kicked off the tournament on Saturday in Entebbe. Naddibanga and Kalooli are still unbeaten after both picking two wins in the two games they engaged in, but will face off in the opening game of day two to decide who…

By Nankumbi Rebecca  A section of social media us-ers have held mockery jubilations over the demise of the former Minister of Security Gen. Elly Tumwiine. This follows Gen. Tumwiine’s warning in November 2021 riots that sparked off due to the arrest of NUP Leader and former NUP Presidential Candidate Kyagulanyi Robert alias Bobiwine. Gen. Tumwiine stretched out that police has a right to kill rioters if they reached a certain ex-tent of violence. The protest left over 60 people killed by Security Forces. Just like societal riots that are politically motivated, school riots/strikes are no different. And have been happening…

Result Qatar 250/9 in 50 overs Uganda 240/10 in 43 overs Qatar won by 10 runs After a painful 2022 that saw Cricket Cranes miss out on the chance of attaining an ODI status after finishing second behind Jersey on net run rate, the team has gone ahead to start the 2023 preparations with a tour to Qatar. Uganda won the toss and asked Qatar to bat first, but their small mistakes at both innings could have cost them as they lost by 10 runs. There was little for the pace bowlers to change as they picked no wickets in…

On Thursday, the Kyabazinga of Busoga HRH William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV launched the Eye Universal SRHR Project, a three-year project aimed at advancing the sexual, reproductive health and rights of adolescents and youth in the districts of Kamuli and Mayuge in Busoga sub region at Kamuli Youth Centre ground in Kamuli district. The project named, Eye Universal SRHR project will operate under the theme “My Body, My Life, My World” Kamuli and Mayuge will be the beneficiaries of the project where it envisions ensuring every adolescent and youth have access to sexual and reproductive health and rights information and…