Anthony Kushaba
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Alex Isabirye Returns to Nyamityobora FC

18 Feb 2019, 12:06 1504 Views Sport Analysis

In short
He replaces Asaph Mwebaze who quit the club last week amid pressure to fight relegation. The team has registered 13 losses in 19 matches and is now positioned 15th on a 16-team table.

 Mbarara based Uganda premier league side Nyamityobora Football club has signed coach Alex Isabirye on a three-year contract. Isabirye, who was named the technical director of the club, will work alongside the team's interim trainer Juma Ssekiziyivu.

He replaces Asaph Mwebaze who quit the club last week amid pressure to fight relegation. The team has registered 13 losses in 19 matches and is now positioned 15th on a 16-team table.

The former Uganda Cranes international told our reporter on phone that he is excited to join the team he once served while in the Federation of Uganda Football Association big league. He left Nyamityobora for Soana FC last year

Prior to his return to Nyamityobora, Isabirye, also known as Trezguet was coaching Kyetume FC, which he led to the Uganda Cup quarter finals with a 1-0 win against Kitara FC on Sunday.

Isabirye beat Muhammed Kisekka Jackson Mayanja and Kefa Kisala to the job.

 

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Anthony Kushaba
For Anthony Kushaba, journalism is not just a job; it is a calling. Kushaba believes journalism is one of the few platforms where the views of the oppressed and margainalised can be heard. This is what his journalism aims to do: bring to light untold stories.

Kushaba is the Mbarara region URN bureau chief. Mitooma, Ntungamo, Bushenyi, Sheema, Isingiro, and Kiruhura districts fall under his docket. Kushaba has been a URN staff member since 2012.

Kushaba is a journalism graduate from Uganda Christian University Study Centre at Bishop Barham College in Kabale. Before joining URN, Kushaba worked with Voice of Kigezi (2008), Bushenyi FM (2010) and later on to Voice of Muhabura.

Kushaba's journalism interests centre on conflict, peace and electoral reporting. Kushaba occasionally writes on tourism, health, religion and education. He describes himself as highly driven and will pursue a tip until it yields a story.