At least 10 local swimming teams have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Swimming Genocide Memorial tournament slated for Saturday, April 15, the Swimming governing body (RSF) has announced.

The tournament, which will take place at Green Hills Academy’s pool, was organized to honor athletes killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Many sports personalities, including players and administrators, were killed during the Genocide, a culmination of decades of systematic division and hate propagated by the pre-1994 regimes.

For that reason, Swimming federation Secretary-General, James Bazatsinda told Times Sport that they will use the occasion to pay tribute to victims who lost their lives during the Genocide.

Participants will compete in three various categories namely elite men, elite women and juniors.

Mako sharks Swim club, a Kigali-based club which trains from Green Hills Academy, is among the 10 teams that confirmed their participation as they look to defend the title they won in 2022.

Other teams that will take part include Les Dauphins, Cercle Sportif de Karongi, Cercle Sportif de Karongi, Rubavu Sporting Club, Rwamagana Canoe and Aquatic club, Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle, Gisenyi Beach Swimming club, Aquawave Swim Club and Rwesero Swimming Club. By Damas Sikubwabo, The New Times

Map of Laikipia and its environs. /CFM

TURKANA, Kenya, Apr 12 – Thirty-two Kenyans face a 20-year jail term in Ugandan prisons for allegedly being in possession of illegal firearms and ammunition.

They were sentenced by the 3rd Division Military Court Martial based in Moroto District in the Northern region.

The 32 Kenyans, all residents of Orum, Loima Sub County, were convicted on their own plea of guilty and sentenced by the court presided over by the 3rd Division Court Martial Chairman, Col Benard Arinaitwe Tuhame.

According to the Monitor, on April 8, the UPDF together with police conducted a successful cordon and search operation in the areas of Lokiriaut, Nadunget sub-county where 31 guns and 752 rounds of ammunition were recovered from Turkana pastoralists in Moroto District.

“It was a well-executed operation after intelligence leads indicated that the kraal in the village owned by the Turkana pastoralists was a hideout for guns,” Brig Balikuddembe said.

Brig Balikuddembe said one warrior was killed during the operation while others were injured.

“Joint security forces minimized as much as possible the number of casualties despite the heavy crossfire that injured five warriors, one UPDF soldier, while one warrior was put out of action as he tried to flee the scene with a gun,” he said.

Brig Balikuddembe said that about 129 suspects were arrested in the operation, but the criminal files for the 32 suspects are the ones which were ready by Tuesday for prosecution. By KNA/Capital News

Thabo Bester, his girlfriend Nandipha Magudumana, and a third person believed to be a Mozambican national, were arrested on Friday night in Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border.

JOHANNESBURG - Tanzanian police remain tight-lipped regarding the details of where they managed to nab convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his partner Dr Nandipha Magudumana.

The duo were arrested in Tanzania at the weekend together with a Mozambican national, believed to be an accomplice.

They are currently being detained at a prison in Arusha - a popular tourist destination and home to Africa’s highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro.

Local media in Tanzania were nowhere closer to getting information about the arrests of Bester and Magudumana.

On Saturday, it was reported that the pair along with another accomplice were arrested while trying to flee the country into Kenya.

A journalist for the Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation, Gloria Michael, said Tanzanian authorities refused to divulge further information.

“The police in Tanzania work hand in hand with international police, Interpol, and according to their jurisdiction when they arrest somebody the international police take over.”

Bester and Magudumana were flagged on Interpol’s international red list of most wanted criminals soon after news broke that they could have possibly fled the country.

Police said they were working around the clock to ensure Bester and Magudumana are deported back to South Africa this week,. Eye Witness News