The Monitor (Uganda) articles from December 2010

The Monitor (Uganda) archives from December 2010

Clubs Share Honours, Rugby Cranes Decline.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo A fainthearted pundit could have equated MTN Heathens' dominance of local rugby to an unwelcome habit. So dominant was the Kyadondo RFC-based giant in 2009 that it was easier to forget about challenging them. ...

Shilling Depreciates By 22 Percent.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Martin Luther Oketch The Uganda Shilling has lost value of 22 per cent against the US dollar in the period running between November 2009 and November 2010. Bank of Uganda said the depreciation had minimal impact on the national...

Commonwealth Should Promote Prosperity for All.
December 31, 2010... Byline: David Howell The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has said that he wants to put the C, for Commonwealth, back into the FCO (Foreign & Commonwealth Office). But why bother, some ask. What has the Commonwealth got to do...

MV Kalangala Finally Reaches Mwanza for Inspection.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Martin Ssebuyira MV Kalangala ship that has been grounded for four months has been taken to Mwanza for the annual inspection and renewal of its licence. Ministry of Works and Transport public relations officer, Mr Susan Kataike,...

Mao Blames Electoral Commission On Museveni Bias in Ntungamo Campaign.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Mercy Nalugo and Rajab Mukombozi The Democratic Party presidential candidate, Mr Norbert Mao, has petitioned the Electoral Commission protesting what he called President Museveni's interference in his campaign programme. In a...

Demgroup And Aspiring MPs Want Sh20 Million Payout Stopped.
December 31, 2010... Byline: John Njoroge The Democracy Monitoring Group (Demgroup) and several aspiring MPs have reacted sharply to reports that Parliament requested Shs6 billion for Naads monitoring by MPs. Although yet to be approved, each MP is expected to...

Court Reinstates Lukwago's Appeal Against Ssematimba.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Anthony Wesaka The complaints raised by Kampala mayoral aspirant Erias Lukwago against his rival Peter Ssematimba for allegedly not having necessary academic papers to run for the seat are to be heard following yesterday's High Court...

Betonde, Karama to Usher Kabale Club Into New Era.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Innocent Ndawula Kabale Sports Club (KSC) re-opened to the public early this week but Uganda Golf Union (UGU) official Dr George Bagambisa reckons the standards of the facility can be made better. "We have revitalized the club, the...

Ssimbwa to Manage U-23 Team.
December 31, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi You cannot keep a good man down, so they say. Barely months after losing his job at Kenya's Sofapaka, coach Sam Ssimbwa has found himself a soft landing in the national team set-up. Ssimbwa has been appointed...

SC Villa Run Riot.
December 31, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi, Abdu Wasike and Oscar Balyejusa Eight-time Bell Uganda Cup champions SC Villa starred prominently on a ruthless first round evening to rout Kagulu 7-0 yesterday. In all, 28 goals were scored in just nine games with...

Use to Increase Trading Days Next Year.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Walter Wafula Starting January 2011, the Uganda Stock Exchange will open for business five days in a week, in line with other major regional markets Daily Monitor has learnt. Currently the trading floor opens only on Monday,...

Government Spending Increases By Sh494 Billion.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Martin Luther Oketch Government expenditure for the month of November went up by Shs494 billion suggesting that cost outlay for both development and recurrent budgets is on track. Bank of Uganda said during the release of the...

China Pledges More Support for Nation's Oil and Infrastructure.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Isaac Khisa and Agencies China will continue to assist Uganda in the development of its infrastructure and oil industry, Mr Sun Heping, the Chinese ambassador to Uganda has said. "The Chinese government has attached great...

Good Security Critical to Elections.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Felix Kulayigye An election is a formal decision-making process by which a group of people, a community, an association or a population chooses an individual or individuals to hold public office(s). Elections were used as early as...

Candidates Require Sign Language Interpreters.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Barry Peter Oluoch According to Uganda's Constitution, the government is required to protect and promote the development of sign language as other languages of Uganda. Articles 32 and 35 are both against discrimination of Ugandan...

Museveni, EC Interfering With Our Campaign Schedule.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Norbert Mao According to the programme unanimously approved by all presidential candidates on October 29, 2010, I was scheduled to be in Ntungamo District on December 29. The programme also schedules candidate Yoweri Museveni to be in...

Evicted Residents in Mukono Strike.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Fred Muzaale At least 1,000 residents in Kasawo and Namuganga sub-counties in Mukono District yesterday held a violent demonstration to protest against a move by their landlord to evict them. The irate protestors led by Mr...

Police Issue Directives On New Year Celebrations.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Andrew Bagala and Flavia Nalubega All fireworks companies will be allowed to display fireworks for only five minutes at the stroke of New Year tonight, the police have ordered. The Force expect every entertainment centre to cease...

Museveni's Sh10 Billion Request for Youths Angers Opposition.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa Officials in the Ministry of Finance are demanding for more than Shs10 billion to facilitate jobless youth, market vendors and rated small business operators-- citing fresh directives from President Museveni. The...

Minister Attacks VP Bukenya Over Bill.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa Allegations that some clauses in the cultural leaders Bill were fiddled have put the Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, in the spotlight after a Cabinet minister accused him of making a U-turn on resolutions arrived...

Vaccine Awaited as 12 More Catch Yellow Fever.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Flavia Lanyero As the health ministry waits for vaccines to arrive, yellow fever, which has broken out in northern Uganda, continued to spread, affecting 12 more people--but with no new deaths recorded. The number of those infected...

IPC Accuses EC of Failure to Rein in Museveni's Hate Speech.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Gerald Bareebe The Inter-Party Cooperation yesterday reacted angrily at the failure by the national electoral body to rein in President Museveni's continued use of "hateful" language against his opponents. Addressing journalists at...

Lukwago Wants Seat of Government Relocated to Entebbe.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Mercy Nalugo Kampala city mayoral candidate, Mr Erias Lukwago, has promised to work with the central government to ensure that Parliament and all government ministries are relocated from the central business district of Kampala to...

Mbarara-Katuna Road Gets Sh325 Billion.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Faridah Kulabako and John Njoroge The European Union has extended a Shs325 billion grant to the Ugandan government for the reconstruction of a 125 kilometre road-stretch from Mbarara to the Katuna, Rwanda border. Speaking at the...

Stats Bureau Launches Crackdown On Fake Liquor Manufacturers.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Joseph Kiggundu The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has launched an operation to crack down on substandard and fake liquor manufacturers. Mr Tom Lule, the UNBS market surveillance officer said the crackdown aims to bring down...

Nation's Remittances to Hit Sh2 Trillion - National Bank.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Walter Wafula Dr David Kihangire, the Bank of Uganda executive director, has said Uganda will this year receive Shs2.2 trillion up from Shs1.7 trillion received last year from Ugandans working abroad. "Projections show that...

We Should Never Succumb to Fear-Mongering.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Charles Mwanguhya Campaigning in northern Uganda, a region that has borne the brunt of two decades of war, Mr Yoweri Museveni, the ruling NRM candidate, warned that some candidates should not be voted for because they cannot guarantee...

Leaders Must Learn to Respect National Institutions.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Mohammed T. Yusuf December 10 was International Human Rights Day, a day the world commemorates the adoption of the UN Declaration of Human Right in 1948. It is absurd that as we celebrated the achievements in protection, promotion...

Politics Too Important to Leave to the Politicians.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Daniel Kalinaki Imagine for a moment that the Kabaka of Buganda went around the country promoting a government-run vaccination programme. There would be cheers, right? Now imagine if the Omukama of Bunyoro, while on a tour of the...

Has Nation Given Up Too Early On the International Criminal Court?
December 30, 2010... Byline: Karoli Ssemogerere In East Africa, you would think the year would belong to any of Kenya's neighbours conducting elections: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda's coming up in February 2011. Kenyans approved by a resounding majority a...

Beat Water Shortage With Water Tanks.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Sarah Tumwebaze When we were still young, whenever there was a water shortage, we would walk a distance of approximately 10km to get water. At times when we were not around, our parents had to pay a minimum of Shs500 to get a jerrican...

Medical Doctor Charged With Aiding Rebel Group.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Lydia Mukisa Two suspected terrorists, including a medical doctor, were yesterday charged and remanded to Luzira Prison by Buganda Road Court. Dr Ismail Kalule and Twaha Samiru alias Mugisha, who were accused of contributing...

Controversy Hits Sh20,000 Note.
December 30, 2010... Byline: John Njoroge Do you have a Shs20,000 note? Do you see an imprint of sculpture on the front left-hand-side? It turns out that the image was allegedly used without permission and the sculptress now wants to be compensated or to have the...

Patients Get Free Heart Treatment.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu Before undergoing surgery at International Hospital Kampala, Ms Zainab Muyobo was not sure her daughter, Habiba Namono, would live to see the New Year. According to Ms Muyobo, her daughter's condition was getting...

MPs to Get Sh20 Million Each for Naads.
December 30, 2010... Byline: John Njoroge Government is quietly considering a request to give MPs Shs20 million each to supervise NAADS activities but sources say the money is likely to be diverted into campaigns. While the money is officially meant to...

Otunnu Says Museveni Must Not Cling Onto Power.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Alfred Nyongesa Wandera and Richard Wanambwa Uganda Peoples Congress presidential candidate Olara Otunnu yesterday hit back at President Museveni following his statement in Rukungiri on Monday that he will not leave power just a few...

Buganda Explains Why It Opposes Cultural Bill.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa Even as President Museveni concedes that someone in Cabinet may have stuffed the new cultural leaders Bill, Buganda Kingdom yesterday released a brief, detailing why they insist the now contentious piece of proposed...

Mengo Asks Museveni to Withdraw Bill.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa and Mercy Nalugo Buganda Kingdom yesterday opposed President Museveni's directive to the Attorney General to amend the Institution of Traditional and Cultural Leaders Bill, 2010, by expunging its more...

Opposition Leader Vows to Press Museveni to Hand Over Power.
December 30, 2010... Byline: James Eriku, Stephen Komakech and Gerald Bareebe The Inter-Party Cooperation presidential candidate, Dr Kizza Besigye, has said he will use all means at his disposal to ensure that President Museveni hands over power if he defeats him...

Year of Grave Misfortune in Parliament.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Gyezaho If there was any event that would define business in Parliament in 2010, what would be it? Would it be the multitude of loan requests that MPs passed or the contentious supplementary budgets approved? It will be...

Bogere Conquers Hearts.
December 30, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi Four years ago, Sharif Bogere was among seven Ugandan boxers stranded in Nairobi, Kenya. The national team pugilists had travelled to participate in the Africa Zone 5 Championship but event organisers refused to...

Kipsiro, Nambawa Stand Out in Good Season.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Sande Bashaija Moses Kipsiro was the best athlete in 2010 by a mile. With the two gold medals he won at the Commonwealth Games in October and the World Cross-country bronze, Kipsiro should easily walk away with the Athlete of the Year...

Rudisha Dictates Pace As Bolt Fights Injuries.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Sande Bashaija A young Kenyan provided athletics' biggest breakthrough in a year when injuries and American Tyson Gay bested Usain Bolt. Twice in one week, David Rudisha, 21 at the time, shattered the 800 metres world record that...

Mutundwe Lions Upset Lule's KCC.
December 30, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi and Oscar Balyejusa Mutundwe Lions lived up to their pre-match hype by eliminating Super League leaders Kampala City Council (KCC) from this year's Bell Uganda Cup yesterday. A brace from skilful striker Ismail...

EAC Vehicle Leasing Firms in Search for New Markets.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Victor Juma Players in the vehicle leasing market are searching for new demand in regional markets to grow their earnings and cover for sluggish sales. Vehicle and Equipment Leasing Limited (Vaell) and CMC Motors are targeting...

Hoops Conquer Barriers in Power-Ful Season.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Ismail D. Kigongo In last season's MTN-Fuba Basketball League, many Ugandans found a totally new love. Some that made their first appearance at a basketball game during the dramatic best-of-seven final series between DMark Power and...

Pals Ssebuguzi, Desh Set for New Year Sprint Duel.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Fred Musisi Kiyingi Friendship will be put aside when Desh Kanunura and Ronald Ssebuguzi go head to head during the New Year Challenge Sprint at Uganda Motor Sports Arena (UMA), Busiika this Saturday. "I want to prove that my recent...

Fuba Lose Zone Five to Rwanda.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo The continued closure of Lugogo Indoor Stadium over a dilapidated playing surface is costing basketball dearly. After heavily affecting the MTN-Fuba League play-offs over the past month, Uganda lost the hosting...

Odongkara, Isinde Join Player Exodus.
December 29, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi As he comes to terms with the ongoing player exodus, Cranes coach Bobby Williamson has been left puzzled by the choice of dealings involving the country's rising stars. The Scot was bewildered after learning that...

Male-Kayanja Case is a Civil One, Don't Criminalise It.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Brian Semujju Solomon Male, pastor of Arise for Christ Ministry Church, was arrested on December 22 by the Police (CID) over allegations that Pastor Robert Kayanja, of Miracle Centre Church in Rubaga, sodomised young boys. According...

Traditional Leaders Should Only Play Cultural Role.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Yoweri Museveni The NRM cherishes traditional leaders and upholds cultural rights of all Ugandans. It is the NRM that restored traditional leaders and their institutions that had been abolished by the UPC government in 1966....

Cultural Institutions Can't Be Separated From Politics.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Beti Olive Kamya Tradition and culture remain the pillars of society in every nation world over and therefore cannot be discredited given the important role they play in building society. A society without cultural institutions is...

Nation's Corrupt And Poor Are Caught in a Deadly Death Dance.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Charles Onyango-Obbo I just spent a couple of days in the village. And I feel I was fortunate to get away from the big city and visit the countryside in the heat of the presidential campaign for the February 2011 Uganda general...

Farmers Too Need to Stay Healthy.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Michael J. Ssali We tend to talk more about food production than we do about how its contents and nutrients affect the human body. As farmers, it is important that we have some basic knowledge about the nutritional value of the food...

Farmers Should Prepare for Extreme Weather Next Year.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Lominda Afedraru Farmers engaged in growing various types of crops throughout the country this year had the opportunity of reaping big since the weather conditions in terms of rainfall were good compared to last year. According to...

Hold on to Your Food, Meteorologists Advise
December 29, 2010... Byline: Joseph Miti The meteorology department sound out a strong warning of an impeding drought that could cause famine if farmers don't take necessary precautions. The weather in 2011 could be grim as the moderate La Nina conditions,...

DP to Sue Govt Over Traditional Leaders Bill.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Robert Mwanje The Democratic Party (DP) has said it will sue the government over the cultural leaders Bill, 2010. DP Deputy National Spokesperson Keneth Kakande yesterday said the party National Executive Committee (NEC) has assembled...

Electoral Commission Tells Kayihura to Investigate Security Officials Over Intimidation.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, has been asked by the electoral body to investigate individuals in the army and police who are suspected of committing election- related crimes. The latest...

Revenue Authority Posts Surplus Collections in November.(Financial report)
December 29, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu Uganda Revenue Authority says it is on course to surpass its revenue annual collection target of Shs5 trillion. A statement from the authority sent to Daily Monitor yesterday showed that the tax body has been...

Top Police Detective Suspended.
December 29, 2010... The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, has suspended the Rapid Response Unit operations commander and instituted two committees to investigate allegations of extortion, torture and mismanagement of cases. The first...

Government Hits Back At Mengo Over Bill.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa State House yesterday responded to Buganda Kingdom, accusing it of double standards in its dealings with the central government as the debate surrounding the proposed law to regulate activities of traditional or...

Yellow Fever Deaths Reach 48.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Flavia Nalubega The number of people killed by yellow fever in northern Uganda has reached 48 and 187 are hospitalised, an official has confirmed. Dr Isa Makumbi, a commissioner in the health ministry, made the revelations last...

EAC Should Tap Into Nation's Investment Potential.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Rev. Titus S. Makuma President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi is the new chairman of the Heads of State Summit, the top organ of the East African Community. He takes over from Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete. Nkurunziza takes the torch when...

Mbale Municipality MP Aspirant to Revive Small-Scale Industries.
December 28, 2010... Byline: David Mafabi Small-scale industries that would have helped employ the unemployed in Mbale have had their structures rendered redundant and turned into residential houses, the area MP has said. Mr Jack Wamai Wamanga wants the...

Museveni Warns Against Sectarian Politicking.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Rajab Mukombozi President Museveni has warned politicians against campaigning for political posts basing on religion, clan and tribal sentiments, saying this will lead to sharp divisions among the electorate. The NRM presidential...

Lukyamuzi Campaigns for Daughter.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Mercy Nalugo The opposition Conservative Party president, Mr John Ken Lukyamuzi, has said the proposed Bill to regulate the activities of traditional leaders should be rejected as it will force the Kabaka into exile. Mr Lukyamuzi,...

Quiet Season for Kcc But Great Year for Volleyball.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Innocent Ndawula It was a jolly good year for volleyball. The administrators boldly got out of their shells to give a sport that had fallen behind other fast-rising disciplines a new image, and it paid off as they attracted plenty...

Eastern Teams for Cup.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Oscar Balyejusa Eastern Uganda sides are pumped up to win their opening games of the newly-initiated Uganda Cup that kicks off tomorrow in Jinja. Uganda's lone rangers on the continent this term, Victors, who will play in the...

Cranes Depleted for Championship of African Nations As Stars Go Pro.
December 28, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi Cranes coach Bobby Williamson will have to dig deep into the local league clubs for new players that will represent Uganda in the Championship of African Nations (Chan) due February in Sudan. This comes after many of...

Baby's Body Lands Family in Trouble.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Andrew Bagala The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Richard Buteera, has charged a man, his wife and son following the discovery of a baby's body near their home early this month. The suspects are residents of Bukoto, a Kampala...

Ministry Halts Teachers' Transfer.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Yolisigira Yazid The ministry of education has halted the transfer of secondary school head teachers until further notice. The change was announced at the weekend by the Director of Basic and Secondary Education in the ministry, Dr...

80 Held for Drunk-Driving.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Andrew Bagala Police have arrested and detained 80 motorists on allegations of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The suspects, who are being held at different police stations in Kampala, are expected to appear in...

MP Mafabi Takes Bugisu Union Fight to High Court.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Lydia Mukisa The chairman of the Bugisu Cooperative Union board, Mr Nandala Mafabi, has gone to court to challenge the decision by the Registrar of Cooperatives in the trade ministry to suspend him. Mr Mafabi, also the Budadiri...

Revenue Authority Replaces 14 Top Managers.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu The Uganda Revenue Authority board has approved promotion and appointment of 14 new senior managers to replace those leaving the organisation after their contracts expired. Those leaving include the commissioner...

EC Investigates Museveni's 'Bad Language' Against Opponents.
December 28, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa The electoral body is investigating President Museveni on allegations that he has been using "bad language" against his opponents ahead of the 2011 polls. The investigations that started yesterday, according to...

Museveni Offers Sh40 Million for Gabula's Palace.
December 27, 2010... Byline: Sam Opio Caleb President Museveni has said because the Busoga royal chiefs have failed to elect a Kyabazinga, the public is wrongly accusing him and the government of interference. The President, made the remarks during a visit to...

NRM Will Win Polls, Says Bukenya.
December 27, 2010... Byline: Ephraim Kasozi The Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, has expressed optimism that President Museveni will comfortably win next year's elections given the socio-economic progress that the NRM government has established. Speaking...

Five Star Fashion Show.
December 27, 2010... Byline: Edgar R. Batte The Five Star fashion show kicked its first edition last Wednesday at Cayenne, bringing together Viva Fashions, Stella Atal, Brenda Nambi, Monica Kasyate and Ex Options among other designers, sharing the runway as they...

Lwakataka Wins Champions Race.
December 27, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi "They are cowards. And they don't appreciate all the love these loyal fans show us," fumed Ponsiano Lwakataka after several top guns absconded from the season-ending Race of Champions Sprint at Botanical Gardens,...

Cricketers Have Their Work Cut Out.
December 27, 2010... Byline: Innocent Ndawula With a hectic 2011 looming, there will be no short cut to glory for new head coach Conrad Shukri and his national team troops. The New Year offers Uganda an opportunity for a big leap in their quest for a better...

Good, Bad And Ugly of the Super League.
December 27, 2010... The administrative wrangles aside, the 2009/10 Uganda Super League season was remarkable enough for Bunnamwaya as the Wakiso-based side lifted their first title in the club's half-decade history. But the next was to be that of make ups and...

Celebrating Christmas Away From Home.
December 27, 2010... Byline: Flora Aduk The bells jingled away as we jubilantly held our Christmas Carols at my local church. For our little community, Christmas festivities begun right from Monday 20, with all our places playing carols at full volume every day....

GNL Releases Sophomore Album.
December 27, 2010... Byline: Edgar R. Batte GNL Zamba is back with a new album titled Speaking Vernacular and not Kikankane which fans anticipated would be the title to his second album; rather, he chose to make it a bonus track. The Baboon Forest...

Namanve Investors Fail to Pay for Land.
December 27, 2010... None of the investors who were allocated land at Kampala Industrial and Business Park in Namanve have paid for it. The parliamentary committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises last week discovered that the 230...