The Monitor (Uganda) articles from February 2007

The Monitor (Uganda) archives from February 2007

Mukono Officials Survive MoB.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Muzaale POLICE was on Thursday forced to shoot in the air to save a group of Mukono district officials from being lynched by a mob at Ssenyi landing site, Ngogwe sub-county. The...

New Buganda Ministers Sworn in At Mengo.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Robert Mwanje Three new Mengo ministers were on Monday sworn in at Mengo before Kabaka Ronald Mutebi, who cautioned them to serve the interests of the kingdom. The new ministers are Lutaaya...

Peter Miles Unplugged.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya Forget the relentless album launches. The in-thing for musicians these days is an unplugged show. And not just any unplugged show, but the Club beer sponsored show that...

Country's Debt Drops to $1 Billion.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Muhereza Kyamutetera & Stephen Kibuuka UGANDA'S foreign debt has dropped from nearly $4.5 billion to $1 billion, thanks to the World Bank's $3.7 billion debt waiver that started on July 1,...

Over 162 Police Officers On Peace Missions Abroad.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Uthman Kiyaga & Andrew Bagala Over 162 police officers have in the last 18 months been sent to various countries on peacekeeping missions, according to police records. The most recent is a...

Prof Latigo - Between a Rock And a Hard Place.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Gyezaho ADOLF Mwesige the minister of general duties in the Prime Minister's Office watched in disgust, his face grim and cheerless with rage. He sat at the front bench, sitting-in...

Country's Lucrative Washington Affair.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Angelo Izama Ugandan troops are set for Somalia but the debate on US-Uganda relations will continue for a while. In Parliament even if the US government was putting up the money for the...

Ask Your Local Leader.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Muzaale Prince Ibrahim Kateregga is the Mityana district vice chairman. Fred Muzaale interviewed him recently and below are excerpts. Qn. What inspired you to join politics? ...

Amin Was Not an Easy Study.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rev. Can. Dr. John Magumba The column by Mr Timothy Kalyegira in Daily Monitor of February 24, titled "Do we really understand Idi Amin's true persona?" seemed hard work. If by persona...

Who is Who in Entebbe Sub Region.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Politics Hajji Muhammad Ssali Jjakira Salongo is the chairman of Entebbe Division A. He has served since Entebbe Municipality was divided into two divisions in 2001. The simple and soft spoken man...

Flowers And Frowns.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) First, the flowers... Our flowers go to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Mr F. X. Lubanga who last week announced a March 14th headcount for all students enrolled for the government...

Tough Choices - Governing Water Resources.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Oweyegha Afunaduula As we continue to rape or defile the environment in the name of "development", we are confronted with blindness, which has its roots mainly in governance (styles),...

Front Page Bails Out She Cranes.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sande Bashaija & Abou Kisige FRONT Page Micro-finance has bailed out the national netball team - She Cranes that was on the verge of pulling out of the Africa Zone 5 Senior Challenge Cup....

Does Bukenya Have a Place in the Queue?
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Gawaya Tegulle Is there anything like a "succession queue" in Uganda - specifically within the ruling National Resistance Movement? Of course - every prudent political organisation world...

Dramatists Awarded.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya He might not have received an Oscar nomiation, but actor Abby Mukiibi received a cheque of Shs1m from the Golden Drama Foundation (GDF) for his "tremendous" role in the...

EA Referendum for September 2009.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Agness Nandutu A REFERENDUM on the creation of an East African Federation will be held in September 2009. First deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs Eriya Kategaya...

MPs Threaten to Censure Suruma Over Cars.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo & Mercy Nalugo Members of Parliament have given Finance Minister Ezra Suruma up to Friday to give them Shs35m meant for vehicles or else they move a censure motion against...

Ouma Taunts Spinks.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas Bugingo FORMER International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior middleweight king Kassim 'The Dream' Ouma has told current champion Cory 'Next Generation' Spinks that he is the right...

Amin Film Gets Shs180 Million Tax Exemption.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rodney Muhumuza Makers of "The Last King of Scotland" benefited from tax exemptions worth at least $100, 000 (about Shs180m), President Museveni's media adviser John Nagenda revealed...

Writers Selected for Commonwealth Prize.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Evelyn Lirri Twelve African writers have been shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth regional Writers Prize to be announced on March 12 in London. The Commonwealth Writers' Prize...

EU to Maintain Standards.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Martin Luther Oketch A joint research done by three renowned institutions has revealed that the European Union will not lift or reduce standards set on agricultural exports from Uganda. ...

Nokia N-Series Musical Launch.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya Five months after Nokia unveiled music editions of three Nokia Nseries multimedia handsets - Nokia N70 Music Edition, Nokia N73 Music Edition and Nokia N91 8GB in New...

The Politics of Nakasero, Owino Markets.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Angelo Izama Judging by recent events, it is easier to be served a dose of teargas that a bunch of vegetables from Kampala's Nakasero or market. It's even more likely that you will be...

Kagame And His Women.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Angelo Izama There is a difference, other delegates and I to the Rwanda Women Parliamentarians conference in Kigali last week, were told between a Rwandan woman and a woman of Rwanda. " A...

Okello Still in Intensive Care Unit.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas Bugingo & Yasser Kalyango TITLE holders Uganda Revenue Authority FC are without the services of striker Fred Okello for today's Super League encounter against Bunnamwaya FC after he...

Economy Upbeat- BoU.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Martin Luther Oketch UGANDA's trade transactions with other countries are on a positive trend as the country continues to register increase in balance of payment. The monthly Economic...

Kayunga Council Split Over Cao's Fate.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Muzaale SHARP divisions have emerged among Kayunga district councillors on whether or not to ask the Ministry of Local Government to suspend the chief administrative officer. One...

Coffee Faces Global Warming Threat.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Elias Biryabarema UGANDA'S coffee industry, a key pillar of the economy, could be entirely wiped out in the next few decades if the local temperatures rise by just two degrees centigrade,...

Bright Managers Who Fail.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Martin M. Lwanga THOSE who knew him expected he will be a roaring success. Ever since he had begun school Kagezi had been at the top of his class. In fact, he simply sailed through school...

Police Disperse Mityana Federo Demonstrators.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Muzaale POLICE on Friday dispersed a group of youths who were demonstrating against the government's refusal to grant Buganda a federo system of governance and the district's refusal to...

Remove Barriers to Women Empowerment - Cherie Blair.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Olanyo Mrs Cherie Booth Blair wife of the British Prime Minister has urged the government to remove barriers to women empowerment saying 70 per cent of the world's poor are women. ...

2011 - the Succession Debate Begins.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Charles M. Mwanguhya & Risdel Kasasira The next general elections in Uganda are four years away today. The last election is exactly 340 days ago (one year five days) but already a debate is...

Sematiko Out to Advance Vegetable Farming.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Muzaale Mityana North MP Gordon Sematiko's mission is to promote commercial vegetable farming and horticulture to increasing the household income of his people. Mr Sematiko says that...

Flight of Capital Should Worry Investment Body.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) In a globalised environment where beating off stiff competition is becoming imperative for businesses to survive; it is an easier option for companies to relocate to other climes where production costs...

Is This Country Now Becoming Every Conman's Paradise?
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) A few days ago I received an astounding message on my computer. "CONGRATULATIONS! Your application for a home loan has been approved! Please fill in the form which appears below. You will be able to...

Buganda to Fight Mailo Land Abolition.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa & Robert Mwanje THE Buganda Lukiiko (Parliament) yesterday resolved to fight the government's proposed national land policy that calls for the scrapping of the Mailo...

NRM Party Discipline is Vital.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Nina Mbabazi Rukikaire I read Mr Morrison Rwakakamba's article "NRM must rethink its strategy on the youth" published in last Sunday Monitor in which he attempted to slur me and the party...

Carnival Comes to Rouge.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya Kampala, the city of night life welcomed the undisputed king of parties the Brazilian Carnival, with a Ugandan version at Club Rouge on Saturday night. Like it is...

EABL Profits Up.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Muhereza Kyamutetera & Grace Natabaalo EAST African Breweries Limited has announced a 14 per cent increase in its interim first-half gross profit. EABL, the second most profitable...

Getting the Best of Out USE.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Mwanguhya The schools are flooded, the kids are yearning and parents have faith. The launch of the Universal Primary Education (USE) benefiting all secondary school joining students...

Balancing Mengo's Mace.
February 28, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Karoli Ssemogerere Former Katikkiro Daniel Muliika, 63, and his principal legal adviser Godfrey Serunkuuma Lule, 72, returned their instruments to the Kabaka last week in untypical fashion....

Acholi Leaders Head to Juba to Save Talks.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Kabila pledges to deal with Kony A HOST of Acholi leaders and key players in the Diaspora are to meet on Thursday in the South Sudan capital of Juba in a last ditch attempt to revive the stalled...

Blame Chogm for Media, And Parties' Crackdown.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Onyango-Obbo When the government started beating down the opposition and unleashed a new crackdown on the media after the elections last year, we argued in this column that it was an...

Obbo Raised Interesting Questions About Coups.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rev. Amos Kasibante This article is written as a response to columnist Onyango-Obbo's, "Can another Amin grab power today?" (Ear to the Ground, Daily Monitor February 20) He was writing soon...

Put Kiswahili On East African Agenda.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Agnes Kabajuni This excerpt from a BBC website (February 8) in the words of a French MP Monsieur Myard on defending the French language from English dominance: "Respect people... all this...

You Will Not Have Free Lunches As 2011 Looms.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Nicholas Sengoba February 23 marked one year since the first multiparty elections were held under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government of President Yoweri Museveni. The...

Lakwena Followers Apply for Amnesty.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel O. Egadu EIGHT former Holy Spirit Movement fighters which was led by Alice Auma Lakwena have applied for amnesty. Daily Monitor has ascertained that they are part of the group...

Know Your Local Leader.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Tabu Butagira Fred Lirri is the manager of the successful and award winning Moyo Cooperatives Savings and Credit Scheme. The scheme won URA's most compliant taxpayer in Moyo/Adjumani...

Phone Companies Charge Highest Rates in Africa.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Risdel Kasasira & Steven Kibuuka Uganda has the highest phone call rates in Africa. According to research done by Research ICTafrica.net, an association of ICT researchers in Africa,...

Study Shows Nebbi Children Are Starving.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Warom Felix Okello Hundreds of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nebbi are starving. According to a report carried out by NGO's in the district, 77 per cent of the effected children do...

No Documents On Nakasero, Owino Leases.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa, Mercy Nalugo & Agness Nandutu KAMPALA City Council internal auditors yesterday confessed to Parliament that the controversial transactions on Nakasero and St. Balikuddembe...

Sadolin Power Ejected From Miracle Invitational Event.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sande Bashaija DEFENDING champions Sadolin Power found the going tough in the Miracle Invitational Basketball tournament over the weekend, losing to a resurgent Miracle B side 23-32. ...

High Costs Force Firms to Relocate.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Bamuturaki Musinguzi MANUFACTURERS in Uganda have taken advantage of the East African customs union to relocate their factories to neighbouring Kenya where production costs are cheaper. ...

Guns Fall Silent As LRA Truce Expires.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Frank Nyakairu TOMORROW is the last day of the truce between the Ugandan army and the rebel forces of the Lord's Resistance Army. And as Ugandans hold their breath, the army says it has...

Inzikuru Wins in Portugal.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sande Bashaija Current form, barring any hiccups, indicates that Dorcus Inzikuru is a hot contender for silverware at the March 24 World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, Kenya. ...

Court Dismisses Petition Against Njuba.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Lydia Mukisa THE High Court yesterday dismissed an election petition in which Sitenda Sebalu a former MP for Kyadondo East Constituency was challenging the declaration of Sam Njuba as the...

Gulu Walk Raises Shs900 Million.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Evelyn Lirri Canadian charity, Athletes for Africa, has raised $50,000 (about Shs900 million) to support children affected by the war in northern Uganda. The money was raised during a...

Amin Film Wins Oscar.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Serugo, Rafsanjan A. Tatya & Agencies FOREST Whitaker on Sunday won the Academy Award for best actor for his acclaimed performance as Ugandan ruler Idi Amin in "The Last King of...

Electro-Maxx Contests Tender Award to Jacobsen.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Elias Biryabarema The government has awarded the tender to install and operate a 50MW thermal power plant to Jacobsen Electro As, the Norwegian company that ignited contraversy in early 2006...

Nail-Biting Times for Express.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Yasser Kalyango & Douglas Bugingo New K. Mukono United coach Jamil Kasirye's first match in charge coincided with his side's first win in the National Super League as they humbled Express FC...

Gulu Host First Online Meeting.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Grace Matsiko Gulu has been the first rural town in Africa to host an online community conference. The conference convened by Omidyar.net, an international humanitarian organisation...

Alarm Over Jinja's Poor Exam Results.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Isaiah Kitimbo Jinja Municipality is in the news for the wrong reasons -- poor performance in national examinations. Out of last year's 1,705 candidates, only 273 (16 per cent) scored...

Giants Triumph.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Ndawula Former champions Tornado started off the season with a reminder to everyone that they will not be pushovers irrespective of their erratic form with a trifling 24-run win...

Youth Want Govt to Abolish School Fees.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Andrew Bagala The Youth want the government to provide free education in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. Meeting under the umbrella of the Youth for Human Rights...

Hima Cement Growing Steadily.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fredrick Masiga Bamburi Cement, one of East Africa's leading producers of cement recently released their audited financial results for 2006. Fredrick Masiga spoke to David Njoroge Managing...

West Nile in Dire Need of Meningitis Drugs.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Tabu Butagira Yumbe officials have asked the ministry of health and other partner NGOs to urgently intervene and contain the increasing meningitis infections in the district. The RDC...

Most IDP Children Sexually Abused- Report.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Simon SIXTY-TWO per cent of children living in displaced persons camps in northern Uganda are victims of sexual abuse, a study done by World Vision says. The study, called The...

General Clears Troops for Somalia.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Frank Nyakairu, Grace Matsiko & Agencies UPDF Commander for Land Forces Katumba Wamala has inspected and cleared a contingent of UPDF soldiers soon to be deployed in Somalia for a...

Cherie Blair Visits Country.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Evelyn Lirri Ms Cherie Booth Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, was due to arrive in Uganda yesterday evening for a two day visit. This will be Ms Blair's first visit to...

Lwakataka Still a Force.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fredrick Musisi Kiyingi A bruising battle for the title of National Rally Championship (NRC) awaits reigning national champion Ronald Ssebuguzi (Evo4) and 2005 champion Ponsiano Lwakataka...

Kenya Hands Over Two Dead Citizens.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mudangha Kolyangha KENYAN authorities have handed over the bodies of two Ugandans murdered in a land wrangle. Joseph Wagaya, 37, and Natokisa, 60, from Mbale had crossed to work in...

Muwonge Living His Dream.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) IT is common knowledge in the business community that where a failure sees a problem, a go-getter sees an opportunity. For Yiga Muwonge, this, it appears, was the sole notion that fired his ambition...

Malaba Gets Health Facilitation.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Edgar R. Batte Currently Malaba lacks a standard health centre. Malaba health centre 3, the only grace to locals in the area, is dilapidated and too small to accommodate the large number of...

Streamline Distribution of Free ARVs, Food Rations.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Worrying revelations were made to Parliament about irregularities in the distribution of anti retroviral (ARVs) drugs to HIV/Aids patients. Some people who are not infected, but have sick relatives,...

FDC to Support Prisoners' Families.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Jude Luggya Forum for Democratic Change has launched a welfare fund to support families of political prisoners being held in various prisons in Uganda. Party president Kizza Besigye...

Taking Stock of the Country's Business Failure.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Olanyo & Dorothy Nakaweesi FOR a long time , Ugandan companies have failed to pass the business sustainability test. They start off in high gear, huff and puff to a peak, then stutter...

Kabaka Issues Warning Over Buganda Land.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Robert Mwanje & Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa KABAKA Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II yesterday called on his subjects to fight for all Buganda Kingdom's land being held "illegally" by the central...

NUSAF Projects Fail in Apac District.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Obong NINETY eight percent of Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) projects in Apac district have not been completed in three years, a report has indicated. The assessment,...

Meningitis Kills 100 in West Nile.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kefa Atibuni & James Eriku THE death toll from the meningitis epidemic in West Nile has risen to 100 people and the number of those infected soared to 2, 659. Announcing the figures,...

Medics Want Circumcision Added to ABC.
February 27, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Jane Nafula MEDICS have asked the government to integrate medical circumcision for men into the ABC strategy to further contain the spread of HIV. The ABC strategy is being used in...

Granting Women Rights to Own Land.
February 26, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Sserwanga The new government proposed land policy is causing a media frenzy as different interest groups position themselves to protect their interests. Paradoxically though, not...

Sekagya Explanation Good.
February 26, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Ssali We have got to applaud Ibrahim Sekagya for the belated explanation of his no-show in Niger, not only because it shows he cares, but because it was absolutely necessary. ...

MTN Launches Service Centre in Kikuubo.
February 26, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ashah Ntabadde TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant MTN have launched a customer service centre in Kikuubo in the central business district in Kampala city. Speaking at the official opening on...

Frontpage to Become Fully Fledged Bank.
February 26, 2007... (From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Abou Kisige FRONTPAGE micro finance has finalised plans to become a fully-fledged bank an official has said. Speaking at celebrations to mark the micro finance's 3rd anniversary at...