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1 week ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
What you need to know:Along the way, she discovered a talent in football. She used the sport to hide her pain, forge a way forward with a smile alongside her peers who had suffered the same painful war experience. Esther Lakica Joseph, 16, is a refugee from South Sudan. She came to Uganda in 2017, fleeing from a raging inter-tribal wars in her home country. She was resettled in Palorinya Refugee Settlement but couldn't afford to go to school because of financial hardships.
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1 month ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
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1 month ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
There is no senior men's rugby team in Uganda without a player that has gone through the magical hands of Peter Ochol, who popularly goes by the name "Coach Sky". That is the man's contribution that dates back 25 years ago, and will be celebrated on Sunday at Kyadondo Rugby Club, which has been home to him all his rugby life. Sky has been there and seen it all. Born in the neighboring Nakawa Estates, he saw Kyadondo when it was still just a swamp and forest.
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1 month ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
In a move that will shake but barely shock the rugby fraternity, rugby referees under the Kampala Association of Rugby Referees (KARR) have downed their tools citing disrespect, working under threats from some circles within the Uganda Rugby Union (URU), among other grievances. This comes ahead of the men's league final on Saturday at King's Park Arena. The women's league still has a number of games left. The decision was reached at last night.
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1 month ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
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1 month ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
What you need to know:In 2019, Lekuru enrolled for a International Rugby Program (IRP) at St. Bede's College in Christchurch, New Zealand. Monday night on X, Daily Monitor Sports broke the news of Black Pearls' Emilly Lekuru's move to Japan's Hokkaido Barbarians Diana on a four-month professional contract, becoming the first Ugandan woman to ever put pen to paper on a professional rugby contract. The rugby fraternity took it on in their droves.
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2 months ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
What you need to know:Lekuru, last season's top try scorer with 69 tries in the 15s league, was on course to chase the same numbers or better them but had to cut her current season short at 46 tries in nine games. She is arguably the best female rugby player in Uganda in the back seeable past. And the gods keep smiling down on her; opening door after door.
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2 months ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
Flashback: July 20, 2024. Uganda Rugby Cranes vs Zimbabwe Sables. Namboole stadium. Rugby Africa Cup quarter finals. The stage is set. The home fans are quenching their thirst on Nile Special. Continental rugby returns to the Pearl of Africa for the first time since 2021. Uganda are down 22-00 at halftime. Everyone's head is in their hands. Fans turn into coaches, pinpointing the team's frailties in a fashion that would make Rassie Erasmus look and sound like a novice.
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2 months ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
Climate change is for real. That is a fact. Gone are the age-old planting and harvesting seasons we grew up accustomed to. Today, the country's climate is unpredictable, to say the least. And to a farmer, that is a dangerous thing. Mitigating factors like irrigation are the way to go; where farmers can go about their business uninterrupted by climate change and its associated effects. That is where Atari irrigation scheme comes into play.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
monitor.co.ug | Swaib Raul Kanyike
For a number of years now, the annual Ticad Cup has become a permanent fixture in women's football, bringing together refugee girls from different settlements under one roof to celebrate their journeys and open opportunities through the beautiful game.
