The Monitor (Uganda) articles from April 2011

The Monitor (Uganda) archives from April 2011

Besigye Admitted At Nairobi Hospital.
April 30, 2011... Byline: Richard Wanambwa & Martin Ssebuyira Opposition Forum for Democratic Change leader Kizza Besigye was last night admitted at Nairobi Hospital after Uganda government, reportedly pushed by foreign diplomats, dramatically reversed a...

We Have Seen the Images; They Look Obscene From Every Angle.
April 30, 2011... Byline: Bernard Tabaire Dr Kizza Besigye has run for President three times. Quite obviously, he wants the job that bad. He has run all those times against the same man - Yoweri Museveni, the same one who was once Dr Besigye's patient and...

NCDC Prefers Continuous Assessment to PLE.
April 30, 2011... Byline: Patience Ahimbisbwe The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has proposed continuous assessment in Primary seven instead of the traditional exams set by the examining body. Every year, candidates in their last primary...

Hundreds Stranded in Western Region.
April 30, 2011... Byline: Rajab Mukombozi Hundreds of Kampala-bound passengers are stranded in different parts of the southwestern region after in emerged that Kampala was on fire and no vehicles were moving. Many of them Saturday Monitor talked to said...

Walk-to-Work Demonstration Victims Face Uncertain Future.
April 30, 2011... Byline: Michael J Ssali Whereas a lot of publicity has been made about the infant that was reportedly shot dead by police during last week's walk-to-work demonstration in Masaka Town, there is hardly any attention being paid to other victims...

Blick Faces Dicey Vote.
April 30, 2011... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo William Blick is planning to travel to London next month as the Uganda Rugby Union (URU) representative to finalise preparations for the visit of the England counties here come 2012. For him, the trip is a...

League Matches Put Off.
April 30, 2011... Byline: Abdu Wasike The Ecobank Super League yesterday called off the three games that were supposed to be played on the day citing security reasons. This followed chaos that erupted in parts of the city yesterday morning, spreading across...

Hammam to Double Fifa Grant to $500,000.
April 30, 2011... Fifa presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has vowed to double the current financial assistance to member countries to $500,000 (Shs1.2b) per year. Since 1998 when Fifa launched the Financial Assistance Programme (FAP), member countries...

Kobs Keen to Wrap Up Tanzania Date.
April 30, 2011... Byline: James Ssekandi Uganda Kobs will try to protect their one-goal margin when they face Tanzania in the All Africa Games qualifiers return leg in Dar-es-Salaam today. The 2-1 advantage in Kampala a fortnight ago came on the back of a...

Besigye Tormentor's Wife Collapses Over Husband Actions.
April 30, 2011... Byline: John Abimanyi The wife to Gilbert Arinaitwe, the security operative who used his gun's butt to knock out the windscreen of Dr Kizza Besigye's car window before unleashing pepper-spray and tear gas directly on the opposition leader's...

Big Brother Five Kicks Off Tomorrow.
April 30, 2011... Byline: Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya The sixth season of Africa's biggest reality TV show Big Brother kicks off tomorrow at 8p.m. on M-Net. Sharon Salmon has been selected as Uganda's representative in the house, which will have 14 members drawn...

Unmasking Besigye's Tormentor.
April 29, 2011... Byline: Richard Wanambwa It played out like a scene in a horror movie. A staccato of hits with the butt of a pistol and a hammer rapidly struck windows of the luxury V8 Toyota Land Cruiser, crumbling the glass shield in a pile. Uniformed...

Police Rough Up Monitor Journalist, Destroy Photos of Protests.
April 29, 2011... Byline: Mike Ssegawa In the brief morning scuffle between military police and the mechanics at Kirinya Road in Jinja town on Friday, security personnel roughed up a Daily Monitor correspondent, Mr Denis Edema, destroying photographs he had...

Is the Country Returning to the Days of Amin?
April 29, 2011... Byline: Editorial The manner of Dr Kizza Besigye's arrest yesterday, the fourth this month, should leave a bitter taste in the mouth of any Ugandan who professes faith in democracy and the rule of law. A man who, only a few weeks back,...

Workers, Defend Your Civil Liberties.
April 29, 2011... Byline: Denis H. Obua Fellow countrymen and women; particularly the workers of Uganda, I salute and congratulate you on the important occasion, the International Labour Day, which will be celebrated on Sunday. This is a day observed all over...

Citi Bank Grows By Sh1.5 Billion.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Viola Nabimanya and Clare Balondemu Citi Bank Uganda has posted a profit growth of Shs1.5 billion for the year ending December 31, 2010. According to results released yesterday the bank's profit portfolio grew to Shs26.2 billion in...

Stanbic Profits Drop By Sh23 Billion.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Walter Wafula Dividends to shareholders of Stanbic Bank will be much lower than their 2009 payments after the bank declared a Shs23.2 billion reduction in its 2010 profit. Stanbic will pay out a final dividend of Shs7.03 per share to...

Victors Keep KCC's Title Hopes in Check.
April 28, 2011... Byline: James Ssekandi Kampala City Council blew a golden opportunity to reduce URA's lead at the top of the Ecobank Super League table with an insipid barren stalemate against Victors at Nakivubo stadium yesterday. After URA's 2-1 loss to...

Seeds Prepare for Lido.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Innocent Ndawula With four international events on the calendar, all top seeds will be heading to Lido Beach, Entebbe for the second leg of the Club National Beach Volleyball Cricuit this weekend in a bid to win berths on the various...

Pipeline Shambles to Blame for High Fuel Prices.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Daniel Kalinaki Government officials say the high cost of fuel is driven by external factors, such as rising global crude oil prices and the high cost of transporting it from port to pump, over which it has no control. Under pressure...

Kobs Looking to Rectify Gaffes Against Tanzania.
April 28, 2011... Byline: James Ssekandi Uganda Kobs could have easily sealed their place in the next round of the All Africa Games qualifier had it not been for some wasteful finishing against Tanzania in the first leg at Namboole a fortnight ago. Carrying...

Road Safety to Improve With Launch of World Bank Campaign.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Walter Wafula Safety along the Northern Corridor in expected to improve, following the launch of African Road Safety Corridor Initiative by World Bank in Malaba yesterday. Speaking during the first anniversary of a decade of Action...

Don't Tax Commercial Farmers, Give Them Subsidies.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Anthony Masake This first quarter of 2011 has been quite action-packed. Most events are by all means regrettable while others were rather amusing. From the walk-to-work campaign to the request for a 24-hour shutdown of Facebook and...

Who Said Government Cannot Intervene in Rising Commodity Prices?
April 28, 2011... Byline: Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba Recent events have posed a huge test to the government on how sensitive it is to the needs of the people of Uganda. Commodity prices have skyrocketed while fuel prices have now become unaffordable by the...

Institutions Failing Survivors of Gender-Based Violence.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Salome Atim Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Persecution (SGBV/P) among forced migrants who include refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, smuggled and trafficked people is high. Statistics from UNHCR (January...

EAC Revenue Bodies Urged to Grow Domestic Tax Bases.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Faridah Kulabako The East African revenue authorities have been urged to institute tax reforms that are geared towards generating domestic revenue so as to address development challenges within the region. Speaking at opening of a...

Nankyama Face Stern Test in Arua.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Sande Bashaija Bishop Nankyama will have to dig deep to defend the Copa Coca-Cola Championship, which got underway in Arua yesterday. The Luwero representatives are among 50 secondary schools that qualified for the 10-day tournament,...

Big Row for Star Omondi Looms.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo and Sean Solomon Oseku A few days to the MTN-Fuba League tip-off, the future of Richard Osano Omondi is far from sorted with Falcons and Miracle Eagles both claiming to have binding contracts with the mercurial...

Kayihura Reverses Mutabazi's Suspension.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Andrew Bagala Following public outcry, Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has reversed the suspension of the Jinja Road Police Station commander in charge of operations, Inspector Alphonse Mutabazi. Mr Mutabazi, who was...

Government Rejects Pleas to Reduce Taxes On Fuel.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa and Mercy Nalugo Finance Minister Syda Bbumba yesterday rejected pleas to reduce taxes on oil imports and asked Ugandans to bear with the situation. Ms Bbumba's stand on a matter that has caused protests against rising...

Vice-President Bukenya Denies Involvement in Election Fraud.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Anthony Wesaka Vice-President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya has denied involvement in poll malpractices during the February 18 general election that saw him retain the Busiro North seat. In his defence filed before the High Court in Kampala...

Police Quiz Jinja Boss Over Land Giveaway.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Abubaker Kirunda and Andrew Gulumaire Jinja Central Division LC3 chairman Mubarak Kirunda was yesterday interrogated by police for several hours over alleged giveaway of public land in the municipality to small scale business people...

LRA Survivors Want Marshal Plan for Region.
April 28, 2011... Byline: James Eriku April 20 is usually an important day in the lives of former displaced persons living in Atiak Sub-county in Amuru district. And for the Acholi sub-region, the day was set apart to commemorate the gruesome massacre of over...

Man Jailed for Defiling Daughter.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Robert Muhereza A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for defiling his 10-year-old daughter. Kabale High Court judge J. W Kwesiga said prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Paul Imaniraguha defiled his...

Government to Summon Envoys Over Besigye, Mao Visit.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo The government is making preparations to summon the Dutch, Irish and other European nation ambassadors to formally protest their envoys' visit to two opposition leaders held in a Nakasongola prison. However, the...

Kitgum Civil Servants Threaten Demo Over Accounts.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Stephen Komakech Civil servants in Kitgum town have threatened to demonstrate over the manner in which the town council affairs are handled. Those who talked to this paper on Tuesday said if their offices cannot access funds to carry...

34 Bugweri FDC Members Held Over February Polls.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Yazid Yolisigira At least 34 Forum for Democratic Change supporters in Iganga District, including an assistant to Bugweri county MP Abdu Katuntu, were arrested yesterday for allegedly engaging in election-related violence during the...

Mbarara Fights Deadly Weed.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Sheila Nduhukire Agriculturalists in Mbarara are grappling with the deadly congress grass that is spreading in the district like bush fire. The grass is said to have been imported by florists who mistook it for flowers. The deadly...

Government to Increase Funding to Primary Teacher Colleges.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Robert Muhereza and Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa The government has said it will increase by Shs500 capitation grants for students under the free education scheme in primary teachers' training colleges to enable the institutions meet their...

Opposition MPs Walk Out As NRM Pass Jet Fighter Billions.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa and Isaac Imaka Opposition MPs walked out of Parliament yesterday protesting Speaker Edward Ssekandi's refusal to allow a motion seeking to halt what they described as illegal supplementary expenditure of Shs1.5...

Poacher Killed During Battle With Army.
April 28, 2011... Byline: David Mafabi Uganda Wildlife Authority wardens in a joint operation with the army yesterday killed a poacher during a two-hour fire exchange with heavily armed Didinga warriors in Kaabong District. Sources said heavy gunfire rocked...

Cyclist Held Over Defilement.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Yazid Yolisigira The police in Bugiri are holding a 47-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The boda boda cyclist was arrested yesterday from his home in Musongola Village as he attended the burial of his mother....

Police Block Sironko Walk-to-Work.
April 28, 2011... Byline: David Mafabi A joint deployment of police and the army in Sironko yesterday blocked a planned walk-to-work protest by residents a day earlier than the planned Thursday (today) walk. A section of FDC leaders led by district FDC...

Army Gets New Third Division Commander in Karamoja.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Steven Ariong The army leadership in eastern Uganda including Karamoja sub-region has a new face with the long serving Brig. Patrick Kankiriho handing over command of the UPDF 3rd Division to Brig. Burundi Nyamunywanisa. Brig....

Museveni Agrees to Talks with Besigye.
April 28, 2011... The crippling effects of the rising cost of living on the country are expected to form the highlight of talks between President Museveni and opposition leaders, including his main opponent, Dr Kizza Besigye, which officials say are scheduled for...

Mulago Suspends Heart Surgery.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Stephen Wandera Heart patients are lying helpless at Mulago after the national referral hospital said it was temporarily suspending open-heart surgeries. The decision was taken after aluminum pipes that channel oxygen to the...

Elgon Flyer Halts Service After Two Accidents.
April 28, 2011... Byline: David Kazungu Elgon Flyer Bus Company yesterday suspended business for a week after two of their buses were involved in accidents. One person died and 13 others were severely injured in two separate accidents at Mbiko and Iganga in a...

U.S. Condemns Government Threats to Close Facebook, Twitter.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Risdel Kasasira The US government has condemned the reported attempt by the government to block communication on social media networks and live broadcast of the walk-to-work protests against high fuel and commodity prices. US...

Annual Road Accident Deaths Incease to 2,954 - Police Report.
April 28, 2011... Byline: Andrew Bagala The number of people who died in road accidents increased to 2,954 in 2010 up from 2,734 in 2009, representing an eight per cent rise despite rigorous traffic measures to reduce road carnage. According to the annual...

Govt Arrests Opposition Leader Besigye Again.
April 28, 2011... Opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye has been violently arrested again. This is the fourth time he is being detained in relation to the walk-to-work campaign against high fuel prices. Soldiers, police and military intelligence personnel used...

Walk-to-Work Victim Survives Head Surgery.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Philippa Croome When 21-year-old Gerald Kato arrived at Mulago Hospital last week with a bullet embedded in his head, he called out for his twin brother. "He wanted to tell me something, but I wasn't there," said a still visibly...

Kyenjojo Boss Resigns Over Change of Allegiance.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Monitor Team The Kyenjojo District chairman, Mr James Byamukama, has bowed to pressure from his opponents and vacated his seat on grounds that he is ineligible to be in the office after he switched camps. Mr Byamukama, also the ruling...

Opposition Insists On Quick Release of Jailed Politicians.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Mercy Nalugomercy Nalugo Opposition leaders yesterday made a rallying call for the immediate release of FDC president Kizza Besigye and his DP counterpart Norbert Mao, now jailed in a government prison in Nakasongola. The call came as...

We Have No Issues With Monitor, Says Media Council.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Anthony Wesaka and John Njoroge The Secretary to the Media Council yesterday told court that as a media regulator, they do not have issues with Daily Monitor after it published the correct version of Museveni's letter on...

Iganga Steel Workers Lay Down Tools.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Yazid Yolisigira Police in Iganga District deployed heavily yesterday at Tembo Steels Uganda Limited following a sit-down strike by workers protesting low pay and poor working conditions. The strike started at about 8am when the...

MPs Accuse Kigozi of Stalling Namanve Project.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Isaac Imaka The Uganda Investment Authority boss, Ms Maggie Kigozi, is on the spot over the alleged mismanagement of the Authority and the stalling of the Shs80 billion Namanve Industrial Park project. The parliamentary Committee...

Will the New Labour Policy Curb Growing Joblessness?
April 27, 2011... Byline: Charles Mwanguhya It is not the demonstrations or the opposition politicians mobilising them, that is government's biggest headache as destructive riots threaten to ruin President Museveni's fourth elective term in office. ...

Activists Urge Fast-Tracking of Property Rights Bill.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Flavia Lanyero Activists have urged Parliament to pass the Industrial Property Bill as a matter of urgency to enable Ugandans access medicine at affordable price. As the rest of the world commemorated the Intellectual Property...

Budaka to Get Hospital.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Mudangha Kolyangha The Ministry of Health has earmarked Shs2.5 billion towards upgrading Budaka Health Centre IV to a district hospital, the Chief Administrative Officer, Mr Elias Byamungu, has said. The move comes after President...

Is It Economically Viable to Keep Local Breeds of Cattle?
April 27, 2011... Byline: Fred Muzaale It is still a common practice for farmers in Uganda to keep big herds of indigenous breeds of cattle like Nganda, Zebu, Sanga (Ankole) and Boran for milk and beef. In some societies, farmers keep big herds of cattle for...

Sides Gun for First Bamburi Super Series Title.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo and Innocent Ndawula Yet to skip the semifinal hurdle for the past two years already, the two local franchise sides set to feature in the regional Bamburi Rugby Super Series are hopeful that winning the first...

Walk-to-Work Violence is 'Good'; And Besigye Wins Sweet Victory.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Charles Onyango-Obbo There is something truly "wonderful" about the walk-to-work protests. The government's insanely brutal and absurd response to it has resulted in some of the most thoughtful examinations of the current state of...

Propaganda War As Government, Opposition Fight for Youth.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Andrew Bagala New developments indicate that opposition and government are now perfecting their propaganda machinery to win over the masses, three weeks after the walk-to-work campaign began. Each side has in recent days paraded...

30 Arrested While Bringing Food to Imprisoned Opposition Leader.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Gerald Bareebe and Dan Wandera Thirty residents of Luweero District were yesterday arrested by police when they tried to take food to Forum for Democratic Change president Kizza Besigye who is being held at a prison in the...

New Practice to Curb Increasing Vegetable Prices.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Steven Ariong Following the high prices of vegetables across the country, the Karimojong have found another way of escaping them by planting their vegetables in sack mounds. Sack mound gardening is the process where farmers use a sack...

League Warns Fufa On TV Deal.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Patrick Kanyomozi The Uganda Super League Limited (USL) has sent out an early warning to local soccer governing body Fufa to avoid impromptu national team engagements that have led to numerous league fixture changes before. ...

Sc Villa Triumph, Express Shocked.
April 27, 2011... Byline: James Ssekandi and Abdu Wasike A first brace from striker Emma Kalyowa helped SC Villa edge relegation-threatened Utoda 2-1 at Nakivubo stadium. The Jogoos had to come from behind after Yasin Mubiru had given Utoda a surprised lead...

Man Attempts to Sell Son to Pay Off Sh15 Million Debt.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Mudangha Kolyangha A 23-year-old man in Butaleja District who allegedly attempted to sell his three-year-old son at Shs15 million will be charged later this week with intent to murder. The man wanted to sell the child to get money...

Debt Collector Selling Libyan Embassy Cars.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Walter Wafula Armstrong Auctioneers, a debt collecting company, is selling two luxury cars worth Shs310 million over non-payment of a Stanbic Bank loan by the Libyan Embassy in Uganda. The bailiffs are auctioning a Range Rover and a...

Government Angry Over Envoys' Prison Visit.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Risdel Kasasira A diplomatic row appeared to be brewing yesterday as government indicated it is protesting the weekend visits to Nakasongola Prison by diplomats from European Union nations. Government said it is investigating the...

Cabinet Considers Fuel Tax Cut.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa and sheila Naturinda Cabinet will today decide whether it can afford to cut taxes on oil imports as it seeks to defuse the ongoing protests against rising food and fuel prices. Cabinet sources told this newspaper...

Rice Demand Still High Despite Price Increase.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Sharon M. Omurungi Rice is one of the foods that is enjoyed by many Ugandans. The grain that is sold and eaten in Uganda comes from different parts of the world including Pakistan, Tanzania, Vietnam and from the eastern and northern...

EAC Defers Decision On Joint Tax Authority.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Faridah Kulabako The Council of Ministers of the East African Community is expected to commission a further study into the establishment of a single regional customs authority within a period of two months. The study will seek to...

Baby Girl Rescued From Trench.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Dan Wandera A day-old baby girl has been recovered by residents of Wobulenzi town after it was allegedly dumped in a roadside trench near Delta fueling station by a yet to be identified mother. The Child and Family Protection Unit...

Wildlife Authority, Rotary International Agree On Tourism Conservation.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Stephen Otage With the effects of climate change continuing to raise global tension, nature conservationists are channelling new measures through which they can mitigate environmental protection. As a result, Rotary International has...

We Owe Namboole Only Sh60 Million - NRM.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya Ruling National Resistance Movement have denied they owe Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, Shs200m for services rendered during the election period last year. Daily Monitor revealed last week NRM had not paid up...

500 Students Complete Business Course.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Patience Ahimbisibwe You make this call and the recipient sluggishly replies: "I don't know. Let me see." This, according to Ms Betty Bigombe, the chairperson Business Process Outsourcing board, is why many people lose out on jobs....

Kenyans Take Top Gongs At Scrabble Event.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Oscar Balyejusa Kenyan Manase Otieno beat his fellow compatriot Gitonga Nderitu to a score of 416-392 in the final game to clinch this year's East, Central and Southern Africa (Ecasa) Scrabble Championship that ended on Monday at...

Clergy Pay Homage to Besigye, Mao.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Samuel Kaweesi The day opposition politicians, including UPC president Olara Otunnu and MPs were blocked from meeting jailed opposition leaders Kizza Besigye and Norbert Mao, religious leaders in Nakasongola District were allowed to...

Government Earmarks Sh200 Billion to Upgrade Northern Roads.
April 27, 2011... Byline: James Eriku The government will embark on major road upgrade in northern Uganda to re-open those closed during the two decades of war and open new ones to meet new transportation demands. Officials from Uganda National Road Fund...

Police Chiefs Clash Over Walk-to-Work Arrest Figures.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Anna Nafula and Gerald Bareebe Acrimony is brewing in the Uganda Police Force with senior officials accusing each other of sabotage, bad-mouthing and incompetence. The Criminal Investigations Department head Edward Ochom and the...

Nakasongola Prison Tests Mao, Besigye Resolve.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Tabu Butagira "He was dressed in yellow shorts and shirt - the full prison uniform - and wore bathroom sandals. I said, 'Aaah! I wish I had a camera and could take this picture for history.'" This is how Kitgum District Woman MP...

Legislators, Pass Retirement Bill.
April 27, 2011... Byline: Sheila Naturinda A landmark Bill that seeks to fling open the door for major reforms in the pension sector was passed in Parliament yesterday. The Retirement Benefits Authority Bill, 2010 creates an independent authority to veto,...

Kabarole Man Accused of Killing Son.
April 27, 2011... The police in Kabarole District are holding a 28-year-old man accused of murdering his 10-year-old son. The Kabarole CID chief, Mr Joseph Ssentamu, said, the suspect, a resident of Kyangabukama village, Isunga Parish in Kasende Sub-county,...