Alex Otto
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City Oilers To Face Kenya's USIU In Semis

6 Oct 2016, 13:19 1968 Views Kampala, Uganda Sport Analysis

In short
Stanley Ocitti made 18 points while shooting guard Ben Komakech made 18 points for the oilers.For the Rwanda side Bienvenue Ngandu made 13 points.

Uganda's City Oilers will this evening face Kenyan University side USIU 's in the second semi final at the on-going FIBA Zone 5 Basketball Championship in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Coach Mande Juruni's team City Oilers on Wednesday beat Rwanda's ESPIOR 74-34 to book a place in the last four.

Stanley Ocitti made 18 points while shooting guard Ben Komakech picked 18 points for the Oilers. For the Rwanda side Bienvenue Ngandu made 13 points. Debutants Rwanda Patriots were the first team to qualify for the semis.

Meanwhile, Uganda Christian University Lady Canons also stopped Tanzanian side JKT  73-35 on Wednesday. They will face Ubunwe (Rwanda) in a group game on Thursday.

 

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Alex Otto
“Journalism that changes lives is my goal,” Alex Otto has said on more than one occasion. That is his career’s guiding principle. Has been since he was a radio journalist in the northern Ugandan town of Gulu in 2009.

Otto passionately believes his journalism should bring to the fore the voices of the voiceless like the shooting victims of Apaa. Otto tries in his journalism to ask tough questions to those in positions of authority.

Based in the Kampala bureau, Otto is especially interested in covering agriculture, politics, education, human rights, crime, environment and business. He has reported intensively on the post-conflict situation in northern Uganda.

A URN staff member since 2014, Otto previously worked with The Observer Newspaper from 2012 to 2013 and later the Institute for War and Peace Reporting IWPR based in Gulu.

He was the URN Gulu bureau chief 2014-2016.