whoever plotted the FDC primaries for 2012 might have been a genius. From our understanding November 2012 is different from February 2016 in the FDC ranks.

November 12^th (date for FDC election of a person to replace Col. Kiiza Besigye as party president) is about who does the lead work in FDC between now and 2016. In fact all the three candidates may not even be picked for the FDC party race in 2016. And woe unto the one that gets picked now, but fails to perform and wants to make a shot at 2016, they will not even have a chance.

The winner of the FDC primaries will have the unenviable task of building a strong party into a winning party. He (they are all men: Leader of opposition in Uganda parliament Nandala Mafabi, Tororo MP Geoffrey Ekanya and Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu) will have the duty of steering the FDC boat through shark infested waters and you know what I mean.

His followers are many but the poorer type who is only rich in the clarity of how they want to be governed. Others have different interests ranging from posturing for 2016 Parliamentary seats, to getting jobs that are none existent.

It is a real tall order and is like requiring a person to build a tower in a swamp without the proper tools. Guys there little to eat and more to do just in case you were not aware.

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The head coach of Hippos Paul Ntanda says that he is now sharpening his boys ahead of Friday’s Africa Youth Championship U-20 qualifiers.

He says that his dream is to make hippos striking line much better. Ntanda’s main hopes are in Hippos key striker Julius Ogwang. The coach says Ogwang has exhibited great zeal ahead of Friday’s game.

We hear striker Ogwang wants to make great impact in the qualifiers in order to attract the attention of Uganda Cranes head coach, Bobby Williamson. Ghana’s Black Satellites are the Africa Youth Championship U-20 winners of 2009.

Ogwang was one of the leading strikers in the recent Uganda Super League and this same player says that he is out to prove himself against Ghana.

The winner of this coming game will face the winner of the other game between Morocco and Gambia in second round of the tournament set for September and October 2012.

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Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award: Nominations are now being accepted for the Human Rights Defenders Tulip award.

Anyone can nominate a candidate for the human rights defenders award.

The award, an initiative of the Dutch Government, will be presented by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs on 9 November.

The Human Rights Defenders Tulip is an expression of appreciation intended to acknowledge persons who have shown exceptional moral courage in protecting and promoting the rights of fellow citizens.

Only individuals can be nominated for the award; organisations are not eligible for consideration.

They should be human rights defenders who work full-time to promote or protect human rights.

They should have faced or be at risk of facing negative personal consequences as a result of their work.

The individual nominees are activists who could benefit from the recognition and visibility associated with winning the award.

The winner receives an official commemorative statuette, the Human Rights Defenders Tulip, and an individual cash award of EUR 10,000.

He or she also has the opportunity to submit a proposal for a project to the value of up to EUR 100,000, to be used to intensify the winner’s work as a human rights defender.

Deadline: 23rd August.

For more information and application , visit: Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award Website

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OPEC Fund Scholarship Award: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) is pleased to announce its Scholarship Award to support undergraduate students from developing countries in pursuit of higher education.

Through its scholarship scheme, OFID aims to help highly motivated, highly driven individuals overcome one of the biggest challenges to their careers – the cost of advanced professional or graduate training.

The winner will receive a scholarship of up to $100,000, spread over a maximum of two years, toward the completion of a Master’s degree, or its equivalent, at an accredited educational institution, starting in the autumn of the academic year.

To be eligible the candidate must meet ALL of the following criteria:

• Must be between the ages of 23-32 at the time of submitting his/her application.
• Must be a graduating student with a Baccalaureate from a four-year, accredited college/university, or its equivalent.
• Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 rating system, or its equivalent.
• Must be matriculated at an accredited university for the upcoming academic year starting September, and must maintain full-time status for the duration of the Masters Degree.
• Must be a national of a developing country
• Must select a subject of study that pertains to OFID’s core mission, such as: economics of development (poverty reduction, energy and sustainable development), environment (desertification), or other related science and technology fields.

For further details and application materials, see: OPEC Fund Scholarship Award Website

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OPEC Fund Scholarship Award: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) is pleased to announce its Scholarship Award to support undergraduate students from developing countries in pursuit of higher education.

Through its scholarship scheme, OFID aims to help highly motivated, highly driven individuals overcome one of the biggest challenges to their careers – the cost of advanced professional or graduate training.

The winner will receive a scholarship of up to $100,000, spread over a maximum of two years, toward the completion of a Master’s degree, or its equivalent, at an accredited educational institution, starting in the autumn of the academic year.

To be eligible the candidate must meet ALL of the following criteria:

• Must be between the ages of 23-32 at the time of submitting his/her application.
• Must be a graduating student with a Baccalaureate from a four-year, accredited college/university, or its equivalent.
• Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 rating system, or its equivalent.
• Must be matriculated at an accredited university for the upcoming academic year starting September, and must maintain full-time status for the duration of the Masters Degree.
• Must be a national of a developing country
• Must select a subject of study that pertains to OFID’s core mission, such as: economics of development (poverty reduction, energy and sustainable development), environment (desertification), or other related science and technology fields.

For further details and application materials, see: OPEC Fund Scholarship Award Website

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Premio Daniel Carasso Prize: The Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation is currently inviting entries for Premio Daniel Carasso Prize, an international award offered to a researcher with outstanding basic or applied research work on the topic “sustainable food and diets for long term human health”.

This prize was started in memory of Daniel Carasso who dedicated his life for openness and concern for the well-being of all. The prize is awarded every two years to a project displaying clearly stated objectives, a rigorous approach, robust methodologies and study design, sound analysis, and relevant conclusions.

Objective

The Premio Deniel Carasso Prize is an international award that recognizes and supports a researcher, who has achieved outstanding basic or applied research work on the topic “sustainable food and diets for long term human health”.

Eligible scientific domains include basic and applied research in: Nutrition, Food Studies, Food Sciences and Technology, Agriculture, Agronomy, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Agro-ecology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Environmental Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Implementation Research, Nutrition/Food/Agricultural policies (Toxicology is not included).

Prize Amount

The winner of the Premio Daniel Carasso wins €100,000. The Prize may, exceptionally, be awarded to two or more entrants (in which case the Jury will determine what amount will be awarded to each winner).

Selection Criteria

• Applicants will be judged on their capacity to innovate and lead, the relevance and multi-disciplinary nature of their scientific approach, and for the potential practical application of their research work.
• Entrants must work for a not-for-profit institution and be actively involved in research.
• Entrants must have published all the eligible research work that they submit and be its authors/co-authors.
• They must also hold rights over their published work permitting them to authorize the Foundation Daniel & Nina Carasso to proceed as provided in Section 8.

Online entries should comprise

• The entry form that clearly states the name and contact details of the entrant and at least two sponsors.
• The following uploaded documents:

1. An academic curriculum vitae (Word or PDF file, max. 4 pages).2. A succinct presentation of research work eligible for the Prize (max. 3 pages), and an optional 1-page summary of on-going and future projects, in the same file (Word or PDF file). 3. A list and brief summary (Word or PDF file) of between 5 and 10 research-related publications in any media: print (books, scientific and general interest journals and magazines), the Internet, audio, video, multimedia, etc.4. A copy of each publication in PDF format (max. 3MB per file). If publications cannot be uploaded for technical reasons, three hard copies of each publication should be sent by post together with the duly completed and signed entry form.

All documents should be submitted in English.

For more information, see: Premio Daniel Carasso Prize

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She says hundreds of fans entered her show and she collected millions of money. Namubiru says that her show moved revelers and many were heard singing her name in ecstasy.

The ‘birowoozo’ star singer says that many people requested her to stay inSouth Africafor a while but her schedule could not allow this to happen. She had to go toFranceto meet with her family. She will return toUgandain a week’s time.

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She says hundreds of fans entered her show and she collected millions of money. Namubiru says that her show moved revelers and many were heard singing her name in ecstasy.

The ‘birowoozo’ star singer says that many people requested her to stay inSouth Africafor a while but her schedule could not allow this to happen. She had to go toFranceto meet with her family. She will return toUgandain a week’s time.

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Besigye in a letter he has written to Mwiru today alleges that NRM, the party Nabeta subscribes to has lost public trusts so Nabeta to survive in politics he should think of joining FDC.

Besigye in the letter told Nabeta that FDC is a good party that is why the winner of the last Thursday polls in Jinja East Paul Mwiru has forgiven Nabeta over issues of his academic qualifications, and the costs of the case which Nabeta lost to Mwiru.

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The team manager of Crested Cranes, Mariam Kaliga says that they have started preparations for their 2^nd leg meet with the Democratic Republic of Congo at Njeru technical centre play ground in Jinja.

Kaliga says that 25 women are undergoing training and they are in good health condition. Kaliga says that the head coach of the team, Majidah Nantanda and her assistants are doing a great job to improve on the players’ scoring techniques.

Crested Cranes last week met Democratic Republic of Congo in 1:1 match at Nakivubo stadium. Kaliga says that Crested Cranes prepares to score first in the second leg in order to disorganize their counterparts ofCongo. Crested Cranes will leaveUgandaforCongoon Wednesday 25th January.

She further says that Crested Cranes is going to rely mostly on Fatuma Luwedde, Ritah Kivumbi and Shamim Nantege to teach DR Congo a lesson.  Kaliga told this journalist in Njeru on Saturday that the winner of the match between Crested Cranes andCongowill qualify for the finals (world cup).

She says that in the beginning the winner was supposed to meetEquatorial Guinea. However because Equatorial Guinea is going to host the finale, the winner between Congo and Uganda will qualify directly to play in the world cup due to take place in November. Kaliga said that 16 teams will qualify to play in the world cup.

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