Dancing to the tunes of Barbed Wire Thong
Members of the band got the audience excited. PHOTO BY EDGAR R. BATTE Only a few years ago, live music was not a big thing. Your favourite artiste would get on stage, tell the deejay to play his tracks one after More...
Kenya: Sounds from the past celebrate culture
It is said that old wine is sweeter than new and the Konoin Traditional Choir is living up to this mantra through its age-old tunes. Every time they take the stage to belt out one of the tunes composed more than More...
Schools set for development programme
Dan Tamwesigire Eleven sports federations will directly benefit from the Ministry of Education and Sports high performance development projects in schools. The ministry last year passed a sports policy that includes More...
Masaka trip first on menu for Ssimbwa
Sam Ssimbwa Sam Ssimbwa starts his second stint as Express coach with an away Ecobank Super League encounter against struggling Masaka today. Ssimbwa was reappointed on Sunday to revive Express’ fortunes More...
Inside story of Raila’s no nonsense negotiations with incumbent Gbagbo
African mediators, Benin President Boni Yayi (2nd left), Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma (3rd left), Cape Verde President Pedro Pires (2nd right), which are representing the 15-nation Economic Community of More...
Violence defines SC Villa revival
SC Villa players For the umpteenth time in this Ecobank Super League season, SC Villa was involved in violence at Wankulukuku Stadium on Friday evening. Unlike the previous games against Fire Masters, URA, More...
Will Busoga be the swing vote region in polls?
Dr Kizza Besigye, UPC president Olara Otunnu and President Museveni The battle for the Busoga vote is as intense today as it was in the 2006 elections. NRM presidential flag bearer Yoweri Museveni, while campaigning More...
SC Villa’s Muwema to axe under-performers
Fred Muwema In a bit to revamp their title quest, 16-time league champions SC Villa will this Saturday layoff under-performing players and reignite the squad with new players. “We have to cut them off to create More...
‘Rusha roho’ snarls at 106 -year old taarab
The modernised Taarab music Taarab has ceased to be solely a coastal Swahili music following its structural changes that borrow heavily from pop elements. The new fusion has changed names from time to time from More...
South Sudan eyes big finds from French oil firm
South Sudan Impoverished South Sudan, which relies on oil for 98 per cent of its government income, is counting on big new finds in a so far untapped concession held by France’s Total to change its fortunes. Since More...
