Two silver medals for Uganda as Kipyeko defies Kenyans

Phillip Kipyeko (FILE PHOTO UAF)

New kid on the block Phillip Kipyeko grabbed a silver to deny Kenya a clean sweep of the medals at the 4th Africa Cross Country Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon.

It was gold-silver-bronze in the junior women and senior women's races for Kenya before Kipyeko halted another 1-2-3 finish, only edged to the men's title by just one second.

James Rungaru won the men's senior 10km race gold in 26mins 34 secs, Kipyeko grabbed got silver in 36 mins 35 secs with bronze going to Kenyan Charles Yosei in 26 mins 46 secs.

Ugandans secured a Team silver medal (results of best four) when Mande Abdallah came in 8th in 27 min 15secs, followed by Daniel Rotich in 27 mins 38 secs and Thomas Ayeko 11th in 27 min 55 secs.

Kipyeko is a 2014 world junior mountain-running and Uganda's reigning national cross country champion. He is one of nine athletes who have already hit the Olympic qualifying time.

Those who have hit Rio 2016 qualifying times are marathoners  Stephen Kiprotich, Jackson Kiprop, Solomon Mutai and Alex Chesakit, Adero Nyakesi in the women’s marathon, Joshua Cheptegei and Tim Toroitich in the 10,000m, Kipyeko in the 5,000m and Ronald Musagala in the 1500.

Results via @SaddiqueShaban 

Kenya swept gold in all the team titles, junior men and women and senior men and women races.

In the women's senior race, Stella Chesang was 10th in  32 mins 42 secs in another race that had a Kenyan 1-2-3 finish. Race was won by Almice Naworirina 29mins 52 secs.

In the women's junior race, best placed Ugandan was Janat Chemusto in 14th place, while in the Junior men's race Mande Burshendich came 11th in 22 mins 41 secs, in a race again won by Kenyan Isaac Kipsang in 21 mins 33 secs.

The last edition was held in Kampala in 2014 African Cross Country, where Uganda won three medals, a silver for senior men and two bronze, senior and junior women.

LEADING RESULTS
Senior men 10km
1 James Rungaru (KEN) 26:34
2 Phillip Kipyeko (UGA) 26:35
3 Charles Yosei (KEN) 26:46
4 Cleophas Ngetich (KEN) 26:52
5 Geoffrey Koech (KEN) 27:09
6 Getaneh Tamire (ETH) 27:13

Senior men team
1 Kenya
2 Uganda
3 Ethiopia

Senior women 8km
1 Alice Aprot (KEN) 29:52
2 Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 30:44
3 Beatrice Mutai (KEN) 31:08
4 Dera Yami (ETH) 31:13
5 Daisy Chepkemei (KEN) 31:29
6 Nancy Nzisa (KEN) 31:30

Senior women team
1 Kenya
2 Ethiopia
3 South Africa

Junior men 8km
1 Isaac Kipsang (KEN) 21:33
2 Ronald Kiprotich (KEN) 21:44
3 Aron Kifle (ERI) 21:48
4 Anthony Kiptoo (KEN) 21:56
5 Andrew Lorot (KEN) 21:59
6 Nixon Kiplagat (KEN) 22:11

Junior men team
1 Kenya
2 Ethiopia
3 South Africa

Junior women 6km
1 Miriam Cherop (KEN) 18:31
2 Gloria Kite (KEN) 18:39
3 Winfredah Mbithe (KEN) 18:40
4 Lucy Cheruiyot (KEN) 18:42
5 Muliye Dekobo (ETH) 18:52
6 Tersit Desalgn (ETH) 19:02

Junior women team
1 Kenya
2 Ethiopia

3 Morocco

LIVE: Amicus Curiae time!

Uganda's SUPREME COURT is hearing an Amicus Curiae application by Makerere dons and Civial Society Organisations. They want to be friends of court in the ongoing Uganda Elections Petition 1 of 2016.

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 Latin for "friend of the court." Frequently, a person or group who is not a party to a lawsuit, but has a strong interest in the matter, will petition the court for permission to submit a brief in the action with the intent of influencing the court's decision.

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Uganda's Sudhir drops off list of Forbes Billionaires

Forbes Billionaires in the world - 1810

Forbes Billionaires in Africa today - 20

Forbes Africa Ex-billionaires - 6

Uganda's Sudhir

Six African billionaires, including Uganda's Sudhir Ruparelia, have fallen off the Forbes List of the world's richest. Africa remains with only 20 Forbes billionaires.

Sudhir however remains among Africa's top 50 richest men.

As Forbes writer Chloe Sorvino put it, "Meet some of the 2015 billionaires too poor to make the cut this year." 

According to FORBES, the Commodities rout, equity-market mayhem and global economic uncertainty have all dented the wealth of a number of the world’s richest people. In the last year, 221 billionaires got knocked off the FORBES Billionaires list. "Not since 2009—when the credit crisis exiled 355 from the three-comma club—have so many gone down in one year."

Of the 221 dropoffs  in 2016, many of them are gone not because their individual fortunes fell below the billion dollar mark, but because according to FORBES, their fortunes were owned by extended family members too large and disperse to be included in their ranking. Their ranking is centered around wealthy individuals.

Forbes' 2016 report states that China tops the list of the ex-billionaires with 42 drop-offs. The U.S. ranked second, with 25 new ex-billionaires.  Brazil lost 23 billionaires, while 19 Russians and 15 from India got the boot from the Forbes list.

World's Richest

Bill Gates is still the richest person in the world with a net worth of $75 billion, but $4.2 billion poorer than a year ago.  Amancio Ortega of Spain 2nd at $67 bilion while Warren Buffett is third in the world at $60billion. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is 5th, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is number 6, all ahead of Google owners Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 12 and 13th with at 35 and 34 billion.

Africa's Richest

Dangote of Nigeria

Africa's wealthiest man remains Aliko Dangote of Nigeria, ranked 51 in the world with $15.4 billion. Source of wealth: cement, flour, sugar, salt.

He is now followed by Mike Adenuga, another Nigerian whose net worth is estimated at $10 billion. His source of wealth: telecom, oil, real estate.



The only East African on the list, at Number 1577 in the world is Tanzania's Mohammed Dewji $1.1 billion, while Kenya and Rwanda have none.

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LIVE: Thursday March 10 - Uganda Presidential Petition No. 1 of 2016

Day two of the pre-trial in the Uganda Elections Petition.
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The Supreme Court of Uganda set Monday, March 14, 2016 to start the hearing of the high-billed presidential election petition filed on March 1, 2016 by one of the former contestants, Mr. John Patrick Amama Mbabazi.

The nine Justices of the court, led by the Hon. Chief Justice, Hon. Justice Bart M. Katureebe, will however, meet with all the parties in the matter on Thursday March 10, 2016 for a pre-petition conference – a meeting where the time table for the petition will be agreed.

The eight other justices on the petition are honorable Justices: Jotham Tumwesigye, Dr. Esther Kisaakye, Mary Stella Arach-Amoko, Augustine Nshimye, Eldad Mwangusya, Rubby Aweri-Opio, Faith Mwondha and Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa Ekirikubinza.

Mr Mbabazi, the former premier, who came third in the presidential race, behind Rtd. Col. Dr Kizza Besigye and President Yoweri Museveni, petitioned the Supreme Court citing irregularities in the elections.
He sued the poll winner, President Museveni jointly with the Electoral Commission and the Attorney General seeking to nullify the February 18, 2016 presidential poll results.
The Conferencing programme that was earlier scheduled for Monday March 7, 2016 was interrupted by an application by the petitioner to be allowed to amend the petition. The three petition respondents sternly opposed the petition amendment, calling it unconstitutional and a time-wasting move by the petitioner.
The Court however, allowed the amendment, saying it has a duty to investigate the manner in which  the presidential polls winner was declared and could not suffocate the petitioner’s efforts in that regard.
Mr Mbabazi’ s team was allowed up to Wednesday (March 9, 2016) to serve all the parties to the petition with the amended petition, affidavits and summarized arguments supporting the petition. The respondents were given up-to Sunday (March 12, 2016) to file their response to the petition as well as their summarized arguments in reply.
The laws governing presidential poll petitions allow the court only 30 days to hear and determine a petition.
President Museveni was on February 20, 2016 declared the winner of the presidential race with 60.62% of the votes, followed by Dr. Besigye, (35.61%), while Amama polled 1.39% of the total votes cast.

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LIVE: Uganda Presidential Petition No. 1 of 2016

SUPREME COURT Pre-trial hearing of the petition by Amama Mbabazi challenging the election of President Yoweri Museveni.

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Nigeria's Buhari explains how war against Boko Haram will be won

Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari discusses the country's economic crisis and his fight against Boko Haram and corruption in this interview with Al Jazeera.