Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

1 day ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

What you need to know:Two-time Paralympic swimmer Husnah Kukundakwe will lead first-timers Condoleezza Nakazibwe Thembo and Enock Sekitende, who will have to first undergo classification before diving into the competitive pool. When the Para Swimming World Series start this Thursday, April 24 in Indianapolis, USA, Uganda may have three participants—a milestone in the country’s history of para-swimming.

3 days ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

With the pomp and buzz around Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi’s birthdays — the run that attracts tens of thousands in Buganda and abroad, the merrymaking that draws all the media attention —it’s easy to think that’s the norm. But have you ever wondered what his birthdays were like during the 70s and 80s, when Ronald Mutebi was only a Prince in exile? To those familiar with both times, the contrast is as stark as day and night.

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

What you need to know:The new Sports Act allows only one national association or federation to govern a sport. An association governs only amateur sport, while federation governs both. Members of Uganda’s boxing fraternity have petitioned the state minister for sports, and the general secretary National Council of Sports (NCS) on what they called the illegal operations of the Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) “in contravention of the National Sports Act, 2023 and the Statutory Instruments no.

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

National sports associations and federations may need more than three months to be fit for registration under the National Sports Act 2023. The new Act was signed into law in September 2023, but its implementation was delayed until the sports minister signed the Statutory Instruments on March 14, 2025. The law requires all sports bodies to register again, for which the minister set a June 20, 2025 deadline.

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi

What you need to know:Senganda, who has himself lived with a disabled right leg, wanted to know more about the boy. He was Joram Kiberu, born with his right palm missing. His peasant grandmother in Kitagobwa, Wakiso District also struggled to pay his school fees, among other basic needs. During a Confirmation ceremony at Kitagobwa Church in 2022, Jaffer Senganda spotted a humble little boy with one palm seated amidst his pupils.