MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.
“The Digital Duty of Care will place the onus on digital platforms to proactively keep Australians safe and better prevent online harms,” Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said in a statement.
The proposed changes to the Online Safety Act were announced before the government next week introduces to Parliament world-first legislation that would ban children younger than 16 from platforms including X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
Critics have argued that removing children from social media reduced incentives for platforms to provide safer online environments.
Social media has been blamed for an increase in children taking their own lives and developing eating disorders due to bulling and exposures to negative body images.
Rowland said making tech companies legally responsible for keeping Australians safe was an approach already adopted by Britain and the European Union.
Digital businesses would be required to take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harms on their platforms and services. The duty of care framework would be underpinned by risk assessment and risk mitigation, and informed by safety-by-design principles, the minister said.
Legislating a duty of care would mean services can’t “set and forget.” Instead, their obligations would mean they need to continually identify and mitigate potential risks, as technology and service offerings change and evolve, she said.
The categories of harm in the legislation include harm to young people and mental well-being, promotion of harmful practices and illegal activity.
The government has not said when the duty of care legislation will be introduced to Parliament or outlined the punishment for breaches.
The Digital Industry Group Inc., an advocate for the digital industry in Australia better known as DIGI, welcomed government efforts to “future-proof” the Online Safety Act.
“DIGI’s members together represent some of the safest sections of the Internet, and their work to keep people safe on their services never stops,” DIGI managing director Sunita Bose said in a statement.
“While we wait for further details about this announcement, DIGI’s members will continue to deliver safety-by-design on their services and work constructively with the government to keep Australians safe online,” Bose added.
Swinburne University digital media expert Belinda Barnet described the duty of care as a “great idea.”
“It’s quite pioneering to expect that platforms that host Australian users would have a duty of care responsibility in terms of the content they show and the experiences they offer,” Barnet said.
“It’s making the platforms take responsibility and that just simply doesn’t happen at the moment. There’s an assumption that they’re a neutral third party. They’re not responsible for the impact of that content,” Barnet added.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips, a statement he quickly tried to walk back by saying he would like to instead “streamline” it.
Johnson made the initial comment while campaigning for a vulnerable New York GOP congressman in a district that is anticipating a large new Micron semiconductor manufacturing plant.
A reporter asked Johnson whether he would try to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act, which Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had disparaged last week. “I expect that we probably will, but we haven’t developed that part of the agenda yet,” Johnson replied.
Democrats quickly jumped on the Republican speaker’s comments, warning that it showed how Johnson and Trump are pursuing an aggressive conservative agenda bent on dismantling even popular government programs. The White House has credited the CHIPS Act for spurring hundreds of billions of dollars of investments as well as hundreds of thousands of jobs. Vice President Kamala Harris has pointed to the legislation on the campaign trail as proof that Democrats can be entrusted with the U.S. economy.
Johnson, who voted against the legislation, later said in a statement that the CHIPS Act, which poured $54 billion into the semiconductor manufacturing industry, “is not on the agenda for repeal.”
“To the contrary, there could be legislation to further streamline and improve the primary purpose of the bill—to eliminate its costly regulations and Green New Deal requirements,” the speaker’s statement said.
It wasn’t the first recent comment Johnson has had to walk back. Earlier this week he had to clean up comments he made saying he wanted to “take a blow torch to the regulatory state” and make “massive” changes to the Affordable Care Act. After facing political blowback, he said that repealing the health care law was “not on the table.”
The incident was emblematic of Johnson’s struggle working closely with Trump and at the same time campaigning for his House colleagues, especially those locked in tough reelection battles that are crucial to Republicans holding a narrow majority. The speaker was campaigning for Rep. Brandon Williams, a New York Republican who worked in the tech industry before running for Congress and supported the CHIPS Act.
Williams said in a statement that he spoke privately with Johnson after he suggested that the act could be repealed.
“He apologized profusely, saying he misheard the question,” Williams said.
Williams’ district is anticipating a large new Micron semiconductor manufacturing plant. The company has said it received grants of $6.1 billion from the CHIPS Act to support its plans.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said in a statement Friday, “Anyone threatening to repeal the CHIPS & Science Act is threatening more than 50,000 good-paying jobs in Upstate New York and $231 billion worth of economic growth nationwide.”
Democrats are hoping that the comments give them a late boost as they try to retake the House majority.
Viet Shelton, spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said, “Most politicians usually go to a community promising to create jobs in the town they’re visiting… Mike Johnson, ever the trendsetter, decided to visit a town and promise to kill jobs in that town.”
Jessica Arevalo is hitting the gym in her two-piece workout gear. In a new social media pos the fitness model flaunts her amazing body in a sports bra and leggings during a rigorous sweat session. “DO THING’S THAT YOU DON’T WANT TO DO & ACT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!” she captioned the Instagram video. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
Jessica discussed her workout method with Simply Shredded, revealing “The Arnold Way,” is her to-to. “The way my dad taught me, it’s the basics but I’ve done it consistently for 2 years and I’m always progressing. I feel all these fancy ways are too complicated. I like to go in there, lift heavy and isolate each muscle group!” she said. She works out five days a week, taking rest days on Thursday and Saturday.
When trying to cut down she prefers normal cardio over HIIT, “but for my bikini athletes and weight loss clients I do switch it up to both kinds of cardio as they both do work,” she says. “Cardio varies if I’m in comp prep or not. In prep I do 5 days of 20 minute cardio sessions and off-season I do no cardio at all to make maximum size gains.”
Jessica revealed her three favorite exercises to Simply Shredded.
Lunges: “I love lunges because they are the best for keeping those glutes in shape!” she says.
Pull Ups: “Because I love to measure my strength that way and it makes me feel very strong when I can pull my own weight multiple times,” she added.
Plyometrics: “I love plyos because it’s a great full body workout,” she revealed.
Meal 1: ½ cup Oats, Fruit & 6 Egg Whites
Meal 2: 6 oz. Red Meat, 4 oz. Yams, ½ cup of Vegetables
Meal 3: NLA Her Whey Protein, 1 Banana & 1 scoop of Cashew Butter
Meal 4: 6 oz. Chicken or Fish, ½ cup of Brown Rice, ½ cup of Vegetables (Asparagus/Broccoli)
Meal 5: 5 oz. Chicken & 4 oz. Yams
Meal 6: 6 Egg Whites or NLA Her Whey Protein
In a September 15 post Jessica revealed she was 3 months sober. “When I started this journey I never knew it would bring me here 3 months later. So grateful for the strength God has given me everyday on this journey. I often get asked if I will ever drink again and the honest answer is I dont know. I dont plan on it but I take it day by day.🙏🏼I don’t miss the black out nights, hangovers & drama that can come with drinking. I feel so much happier, clear minded and 100% myself sober. Looking forward to this sober journey and all it has to offer!” she wrote.
Jessica Arevalo is hitting the gym in her two-piece workout gear. In a new social media pos the fitness model flaunts her amazing body in a sports bra and leggings during a rigorous sweat session. “DO THING’S THAT YOU DON’T WANT TO DO & ACT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!” she captioned the Instagram video. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
Jessica discussed her workout method with Simply Shredded, revealing “The Arnold Way,” is her to-to. “The way my dad taught me, it’s the basics but I’ve done it consistently for 2 years and I’m always progressing. I feel all these fancy ways are too complicated. I like to go in there, lift heavy and isolate each muscle group!” she said. She works out five days a week, taking rest days on Thursday and Saturday.
When trying to cut down she prefers normal cardio over HIIT, “but for my bikini athletes and weight loss clients I do switch it up to both kinds of cardio as they both do work,” she says. “Cardio varies if I’m in comp prep or not. In prep I do 5 days of 20 minute cardio sessions and off-season I do no cardio at all to make maximum size gains.”
Jessica revealed her three favorite exercises to Simply Shredded.
Lunges: “I love lunges because they are the best for keeping those glutes in shape!” she says.
Pull Ups: “Because I love to measure my strength that way and it makes me feel very strong when I can pull my own weight multiple times,” she added.
Plyometrics: “I love plyos because it’s a great full body workout,” she revealed.
Meal 1: ½ cup Oats, Fruit & 6 Egg Whites
Meal 2: 6 oz. Red Meat, 4 oz. Yams, ½ cup of Vegetables
Meal 3: NLA Her Whey Protein, 1 Banana & 1 scoop of Cashew Butter
Meal 4: 6 oz. Chicken or Fish, ½ cup of Brown Rice, ½ cup of Vegetables (Asparagus/Broccoli)
Meal 5: 5 oz. Chicken & 4 oz. Yams
Meal 6: 6 Egg Whites or NLA Her Whey Protein
In a September 15 post Jessica revealed she was 3 months sober. “When I started this journey I never knew it would bring me here 3 months later. So grateful for the strength God has given me everyday on this journey. I often get asked if I will ever drink again and the honest answer is I dont know. I dont plan on it but I take it day by day.🙏🏼I don’t miss the black out nights, hangovers & drama that can come with drinking. I feel so much happier, clear minded and 100% myself sober. Looking forward to this sober journey and all it has to offer!” she wrote.
I’m not sure what perfection looks like in a person but I learned so much from my friend and colleague Herman Ouseley, who sadly passed away on Thursday, aged 79. I learned how to conduct myself publicly and privately. I learned how to speak in certain rooms. I learned how to control my anger. I learned how to have certain conversations, even when I suspect the people at the other side of the table are not listening to a word I’m saying and resisting the urge to roll their eyes.
Those are just some of the things I learned from him and they are very strong and powerful qualities for any individual to be blessed with and able to pass on. He had thatmuch of an impact and that much of an influence on me. Most people knew him as Lord Ouseley because that was his official title but I was privileged and honoured enough to know him as just “Herman”.
When he became the chairman and chief executive of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) in 1993, Herman gained a certain amount of power and influence that enabled him to make change. He took on the role just after the murder of Stephen Lawrence and he became a very good and helpful friend to Stephen’s family. An avid football fan – Manchester United for his sins, as well as Millwall because he moved to south London from Guyana as a child – he wanted to have an influence on the game. He was sick and tired of witnessing racism in the stands and on the terraces, of hearing stories about John Barnes and the banana at Goodison Park, or the cacophony of monkey noises that soundtracked West Brom’s Cyrille Regis, Brendon Batson and Laurie Cunningham at Old Trafford. He was angry that football didn’t care.
A year after the Premier League was formed he set up Let’s Kick Racism Out of Football, as it was called in its early incarnation. It was significant because the Premier League was this glossy new product that was being given the hard sell, but Herman felt it would never address incidents of racism unless someone gave the hierarchy a nudge. He decided to become that someone and his new campaign group meant an organisation existed that became a mouthpiece for players to challenge the Premier League, the Football League and others.
Back then, football didn’t want to acknowledge there was a problem with racism. Nineteen of the 22 clubs in the original Premier League were not on board because they didn’t think an anti-racism campaign was necessary. Herman forced their hand by inviting some very influential people to Kick It Out’s launch and started putting his life and soul into the campaign, to try to provide support, guidance and help to players who were being victimised on the field of play.
It was a very important time in his life, because he was chair of the CRE and simultaneously trying to get Kick It Out off the ground. He deserves particular respect because he took no money from his new organisation, which later became a registered charity. He felt that taking a wage or expenses would have made for bad optics and hindered progress. So for the 25 years that he was chair, he didn’t ask for any money. That shows his dedication to a cause he wanted to get up and running, without making anything off the back of it.
Herman was a very calm man but if you got him angry you saw another side to him. Photograph: Antonio Olmos
While I still don’t think football’s in a great place, without Herman’s influence back then and throughout his involvement in Kick It Out I don’t know where we would be. I am very grateful to him because he stood up to be counted when others were just talking a great game. He stood up when the industry was failing. Others might not want to acknowledge his contribution but it was a very important thing for him to continue to do until 2018, when he stood down. It would have been easy for him to do nothing but Herman wasn’t like that. He believed that if you’re there for the right reasons, because you’re seeing injustices wherever you tread and you’ve got the power, the influence and the knowhow to try to make change then you’re going to make the effort. Herman didn’t have to but he did it anyway because he felt it was his duty.
I’ve seen Kick It Out’s role in the fight against discrimination described as a thankless task but Herman never wanted thanks. He wasn’t in the game to be patted on the back or for people to laud his name, he was in it to make change. Kick It Out is just a small charity that is trying to make football a better experience for all and Herman was at the forefront of knocking on doors, going into boardrooms and telling important people how things were. He let it be known that he wasn’t going to go away unless they spoke to him and tried to understand the situation as he saw it.
He did all this in a remarkable way. He wasn’t one to shout or holler; he was a very calm man but if you got him angry you saw another side of him. I will remember him as a person extremely dedicated to his work.
There’s so much I’ll miss about the sheer contribution of Herman as he battled to make football a better place. I’ll miss his presence, I’ll miss his calming influence, I’ll miss his words of inspiration and I’ll miss going places with him and standing in awe of how he conducted himself. Above all, I will miss him because he is no longer with us.
Snapchat failed to act on “rampant” reports of child grooming, sextortion and other dangers to minors on its platform, according to a newly unredacted complaint against the company filed by New Mexico’s attorney general.
Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed the original complaint on Sept. 4, but internal messages and other details were heavily redacted. Tuesday’s filing unveils internal messages among Snap Inc. employees and executives that provide “further confirmation that Snapchat’s harmful design features create an environment that fosters sextortion, sexual abuse and unwanted contact from adults to minors,” Torrez said in a news release.
For instance, former trust and safety employees complained there was “pushback” from management when they tried to add safety mechanisms, according to the lawsuit. Employees also noted that user reports on grooming and sextortion — persuading a person to send explicit photos online and then threatening to make the images public unless the victim pays money or engages in sexual favors — were falling through the cracks. At one point, an account remained active despite 75 reports against it over mentions of “nudes, minors and extortion.”
Snap said in a statement that its platform was designed “with built-in safety guardrails” and that the company made “deliberate design choices to make it difficult for strangers to discover minors on our service.”
“We continue to evolve our safety mechanisms and policies, from leveraging advanced technology to detect and block certain activity, to prohibiting friending from suspicious accounts, to working alongside law enforcement and government agencies, among so much more,” the company said.
According to the lawsuit, Snap was well aware, but failed to warn parents, young users and the public that “sextortion was a rampant, ‘massive,’ and ‘incredibly concerning issue’ on Snapchat.”
A November 2022 internal email from a trust and safety employee says Snapchat was getting “around 10,000” user reports of sextortion each month.
“If this is correct, we have an incredibly concerning issue on our hands, in my humble opinion,” the email continues.
Another employee replied that it’s worth noting that the number likely represents a “small fraction of this abuse,” since users may be embarrassed and because sextortion is “not easy to categorize” when trying to report it on the site.
Torrez filed the lawsuit against Santa Monica, California-based Snap Inc. in state court in Santa Fe. In addition to sexual abuse, the lawsuit claims the company also openly promotes child trafficking and the sale of illicit drugs and guns.
Charlton Athletic should be looking to extend Miles Leaburn’s contract, with the striker’s current deal due to expire in the summer of 2025.
Miles Leaburn is one of the most exciting young strikers in League One, having scored 15 goals in 48 appearances in the third tier for Charlton Athletic at just 20 years of age.
The promising forward, who is the son of former Charlton striker Carl, broke into the Addicks’ first team on the opening day of the 2022/23 season, marking his debut with a goal against Accrington Stanley before going on to score a further 11 times in the league over the course of the campaign.
He continued his good form into the start of last season, scoring seven goals in all competitions during the first few months of the campaign, before suffering a serious hamstring injury in Charlton’s win over Cheltenham Town at the end of November last year.
The club reported at the time that, following successful surgery, Leaburn would be sidelined for up to five months, but now, almost ten months later, he is still yet to have featured again in a first team matchday squad.
The youngster spent six weeks on a rehab programme at St George’s Park over the summer, and started for the Addicks’ under-21s against Leeds United under-21s at The Valley last week, so he could be in line for a return soon.
Charlton Athletic should try and keep hold of Leaburn
Charlton should look to take advantage of the fact that Leaburn has been sidelined for so long by tying him down to a new contract before his stock rises again once he returns to first team action.
Prior to his hamstring injury last year, Premier League clubs including Chelsea and Brentford were reportedly interested in making an offer for the physical striker during the January transfer window.
Leaburn has also attracted interest from Aston Villa, while Charlton rejected an offer of £3 million from an unnamed Bundesliga club for his services in the summer of 2023.
With his contract set to expire next year, Charlton should do everything they can to try and agree fresh terms with Leaburn, or they will risk losing him for a cut-price transfer fee in January, or worse, seeing him leave for a compensation figure in the summer.
Considering his latest injury, there will of course be concerns about Leaburn’s ability to stay fit, but the Addicks seem to have become better at looking after their players since the arrival of Dr Will Abbott from Brighton & Hove Albion, with Chuks Aneke’s improved availability a vindication of the impact that he has seemingly had in his first year at The Valley.
Abbott arrived at Charlton a few days after Leaburn sustained his injury. If the Addicks can tie the striker down to a new deal and keep him fit for an extended period, they will have a valuable asset on their hands as well as a talented striker.
Miles Leaburn may want to continue his development at Charlton Athletic
Leaburn left Chelsea’s academy prior to joining Charlton as a teenager, so there could be a chance that he is happy to stay in SE7 and continue his development in a first team environment.
His pace and physicality make him the ideal profile of striker for Nathan Jones’ system, so if he stays, it would be no surprise if he becomes one of the first names on the teamsheet under the Welshman once he returns to full fitness.
Leaburn’s mother, Tracey, is Player Liaison Officer at Charlton, and she plays a key role in looking after the players, which could potentially increase the chances of her son extending his stay at the club.
Chelsea signed striker Mason Burstow from Charlton for £1.5 million in January 2022, and Leaburn has done more for the Addicks than he had at the time, so it would be a real disappointment if he left the club for a lower fee. Therefore, it is vitally important that the club tries to negotiate a new contract over the next few months.
Talk about multi talented athletes and you will fill a book. Basically, there is nothing new. But like one wise man said, there is no concept that has ever been told and exhausted. Everyday, the same stories will be told, albeit differently.
Last season, a new face emerged onto the women’s league scene and took the league by storm. Mary Nakato was the name. Aggressive, stout and super fast, Nakato blasted out like a super turbocharged machine. Problem is, she was on and off.
It turns out she was chasing careers in both rugby and football, missing games on either side.
Nakato is surely not the first woman to play football and rugby in Uganda. The likes of Racheal Kakaire, Hadija Namuwaya have been there before.
Growing up in the talent hub of Walukuba in Jinja means Nakato lived amongst talented peers. Walukuba has arguably produced the biggest number of athletes in Jinja’s history. Boxing. Football. Rugby. Name it.
At a young age, Nakato simultaneously hopped between football and tag rugby with ease, and this earned her a spot in Exuba Academy, which predominantly focused on young girls and focused mainly on football, netball, basketball and tag rugby.
But when Exuba Academy went down, Nakato crossed to Samba Africa, whose football program was for boys. But she was unfazed and as time went on, she was joined by other girls.
Back to rugby All this time, Nakato was still playing tag rugby. Her colleagues like Hellen Acanit Jeniffer Musanabera and Mary Gloria Ayot had fully concentrated on rugby and had their careers starting to be recognized.
Acanit and Musanabeera in Black Diamonds, Ayot in Walukuba Barbarians (which later became Black Pearls) before she moved on to Thunderbirds.
“My friends kept calling me to join them but I wasn’t in a rush. I still wanted to play football and besides that, I used to hear people say the coach (Koyokoyo Buteme) is a very tough woman so I didn’t want to cross paths with her, until I found out that she’s actually a very good person,” explains Nakato.
In 2021, Ayot eventually succeeded in persuading Nakato to join Black Diamonds and it’s where Buteme saw her and took her through the basics of tackling safely, passing and hitting gaps.
Buteme remembers that it was a Thursday and there was a 7s tournament in Entebbe two days later. She included Nakato in the travelling squad.
Nakato goes for the try line. PHOTO/DENIS NAMALE
Welcome to rugby
Unfortunately for Nakato, Black Diamonds were the first team on the pitch. Remember, Nakato had never watched a full rugby match or trained on a full pitch. The only training session she had had two days prior was only quarter a pitch, marked by cones.
So she didn’t know how to score, which came to haunt her. With her speed and elusiveness, she got the ball deep inside their territory and danced past opponents. All she could hear from her teammates was “dduka osaze layini” (run and cross the line).
She obliged, duly crossed the try line, and threw the ball forward. What a mess! The whole pitch went mad with laughter and shock. Truth is, after crossing the line, she didn’t know what to do with the ball.
Her teammates demonstrated to her and Buteme had a lot of explaining to do to the fans.
Nakato quickly learned from her mistake and, according to Buteme, she emerged the Top Try Scorer in that tournament and the others that came afterwards.
Solid debut season Nakato again went off the rugby radar. She had joined a new football team, Jinja City Queens, and needed utmost concentration.
She only bounced back at the beginning of the last 15s season, which Black Pearls won unbeaten. But still, she was caught up in dividing her time between rugby and football.
She ended up missing five of the 12 league games but whenever she played, she made her presence felt, managing to score 14 tries in seven games.
She has since developed into a fearsome try scoring machine that became a real menace to opponents, if last season’s heroics are anything to go by.
In the Black Pearls outfit where players adorn catchy nicknames, Nakato is known as “Boda Boda” for her ability to find her way through traffic and tight spaces, akin to the famous two-wheelers on our roads.
“During training she means business. She’s an aggressive person and gives 100% and with her speed, she is a real threat with the ball,” remarks Emilly Lekuru, her teammate and last season’s top try scorer (69 tries).
Division of labour
Nakato’s quest for careers in both football and rugby is confusing. Last season saw her miss rugby games to play football, and vice versa. Jinja City Queens plays in the Eastern Regional League and that means lots of traveling. Black Pearls play most of their games in Kampala, plus a few in Entebbe and Jinja.
Also, football training is Monday through to Saturday and Sunday is gamed day. Rugby training is Tuesday and Thursday and game day is Saturday.
“I try as much as possible to fit into both sides. But of course sometimes it’s tight to balance the two so I end up missing either rugby or football games,” she says, and emphatically adds: “I don’t want to lose out on either career because I love them both.”
Asked to compare the two sports disciplines, Nakato stresses that contrary to popular belief, rugby is actually easier than football.
“In football, I am a defensive midfielder and that means I stand between two departments (defense and midfield). That means I have to fetch the ball from my defense, pull it out and distribute it forward. Without the ball, I am the one to break the opponent’s move before they reach our defence, which is much more tiring than in rugby where I can actually enjoy some rest as a fullback,” she says.
Nakato’s brother, Peter Onzima, is a footballer at SC Villa, and a Uganda Premier League winner last season. Perhaps, that also pushes her to keep footballing and hoping that it pays off as it did for her brother.
Nakato’s brother Peter Onzima (in blue) is a league champion with SC Villa. PHOTO/EDDIE CHICCO
Double champions
On May 18, Black Pearls won the 15s league for the third season on the bounce. This was Nakato’s first and it came with deep emotions. Her team played early kickoff (2pm) on the very same day SC Villa were playing NEC FC in a do-or-die league closing match.
The league had gone to the last day and The Jogoos needed a win to lay their hands on their first league trophy in two decades.
“I was playing but my heart was restless. I knew we had all but sealed the league, and I wanted the same for my brother. So after our game I grabbed my phone and tensely followed the football game online. When Villa won, I jumped like a mad person around King’s Park,” she recalls.
That night the household of Simon Andiku and Sherina Avuko had two champions under their roof, which Nakato speaks about with untold pride.
“My brother has gone through a lot of pain to get to the top so when we both presented our medals to our parents, they prayed for us to keep progressing and that means the world to us,” she adds.
Off the pitch
Life has a way of shaping up in unexpected ways. Nakato remembers the flexing she had to go through with her mother, who, at the start of it all, was not in approval of her football and rugby careers.
Until she landed a football bursary from Primary Five to Senior Four. That opened the way for her mother’s nod and she has since become an important person in the family, channeling the small monies from her rugby and football careers to help out with the family’s demands. Her parents are both unemployed.
“There is not much money but the little you get in allowances can do something at home. I am not the kind that splashes money because I don’t have it. Every coin has to be carefully budgeted for,” she adds.
Nakato, a Senior Four leaver, has ventured into livestock farming, starting with five goats, hoping to change her family’s fortunes in future.
She believes that sports can actually propel one out of hardship if a career is well managed and planned for, but since the local sporting setting is still amateur, one needs to cast their nets elsewhere, hence the choice for goat rearing.
This season Nakato has already played some few games for the Black Pearls in the 7s league and also played for Jinja City Queens in their football engagements and is still believing that she can balance the two and keep on top. Until the day one completely outweighs the other.
