The Monitor (Uganda) articles from June 2011

The Monitor (Uganda) archives from June 2011

Negesa, Ngaimoko Light Up Namboole.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Abdu Wasike Annet Negesa continued her build-up to the World Athletics Championships due August 27 to September 4 in South Korea by easing to victory in an 800m race at Namboole on Sunday. The Africa junior champion won the two-lap...

Mutual Funds, the Benefits And the Pains.
June 30, 2011... Byline: James Abola Think of a person who is interested in buying shares or lending money to a company but she has little capital, does not know how to analyse investments and lacks the time to manage an investment portfolio. It is...

Mapesa Says They Financed World Bank Supervisor.
June 30, 2011... Byline: John Njoroge Ms Nathalie Johnson, a World Bank supervisor was facilitated by the Uganda Wildlife Authority using PAMSU project money, on her supervision missions to the various protected areas. Moses Mapesa, the former UWA executive...

Uru Picks Mubiru.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo In choosing hooker Alex Mubiru to lead the Rugby Cranes against Zimbabwe in the return leg of the Victoria Cup on Saturday, team management might get vindication because of his spirit. Even if it's a forced...

Court Temporarily Halts Bukenya Prosecution.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Ephraim Kasozi The trial of former Vice President Gilbert Bukenya before the Anti-Corruption Court was yesterday suspended until a constitutional petition in which he is challenging the validity of his prosecution for alleged abuse of...

Shilling Falls to 2,700 Against the Dollar.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Walter Wafula and Yasiin Mugerwa The Shilling yesterday slipped to as low as Shs2,730 against the dollar amid heavy demand for the American currency, adding a strain to the cost of doing business in Uganda. The average cost of a...

Promote Financial Literacy in Market.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Joseph Kieyah One of the most cost- effective strategies to access formal financial services so as to enhance domestic saving is through promotion of financial literacy. This is the ability of the consumer to understand the...

Akope Challenges Mates to Sparkle.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Innocent Ndawula Uganda Professional Golfers Association captain Deo Akope is rallying his teammates to step up and shine in this year's KCB East African Golf Tour. Uganda Golf Club (UGC) will be hosting the third leg of the tour...

What the 2011-2012 Budget Has in Store for the Youth.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Shaft Nasser Mukwaya The 2011/12 budget has raised debate, especially among youth as to whether it addressed their core concerns. Some say the budget didn't allocate funds for youth structures at both national and local levels hence...

Drugs Expire in Hospitals.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa Drugs in public hospitals including ARVs, worth billions of shillings, have expired and will be destroyed by government, a report from the Office of the Auditor General, has revealed. The Auditor General, Mr John...

Actis to Sell Major Stake in Dfcu Bank.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Walter Wafula Actis, a British investments company and majority shareholder in Dfcu Limited plans to sell a major stake in the bank to its managers Daily Monitor has learnt. Actis which is part of the Commonwealth Development...

Government Moves to Protect Local Project Contractors.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Robert Mwanje The government has resolved to operationalise the new construction policy to protect the local construction industry, Works Minister Eng Abraham Byandala has said. Addressing local contractors and engineers under...

Simba Rewarded.
June 30, 2011... Byline: James Ssekandi Army side Simba were yesterday rewarded for winning the Bell Uganda Cup. Club technical chairman Tom Lwanga received Shs12m as prize money for winning Uganda's oldest Cup competition, from sponsors Uganda Breweries at...

Bunnamwaya's First Real Hurdle.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya Bunnamwaya dispatched Somali champions Elman on Tuesday so effortlessly you would declare them the team to beat in the Cecafa Club Cup in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Not with four strikes, four brilliant strikes, and...

Man Held Over Masquerading As Soldier.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Bill Oketch A man who has allegedly been conning people of their money by masquerading for months as the 5th division army commander has been arrested. The army's 5th Division Spokesman, Lt. Ceaser Olweny, said the man's luck ran...

Lessons Consumers Need to Know.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Andrew Beattie An understanding of economics isn't seen to be as vital as, say, balancing a household budget or learning to drive a car. However, economics has an impact on every moment of our lives because, at its heart, it is a...

Confronting Neoliberal Business Culture.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Jorg Wiegratz In the debate about improving the livelihoods of rural communities in Uganda, the technocratic, political and economic elites, both domestic and foreign, urge the 'commercialisation of the peasants'. They say that...

Continent Endorses Talks On Grand Free Trade Area.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Faridah Kulabako Africans stand to benefit from improved access to markets and access to cheaper goods and services following the signing of an agreement to launch talks on the continent's biggest free trade area. African leaders,...

Army Recovers 440 Stolen Teso Cattle.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Richard Otim The army has recovered 442 head of cattle rustled by Karimojong warriors from Katakwi and Amuria districts since the onset of their incursions in April. The 3rd Division spokesperson, Capt. Deo Akiiki, on Tuesday said...

Injured Pupils Recovering At Mulago Hospital.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Nelson Wesonga They look younger than they claim to be. Both are under four feet tall, weigh less than 35 kilogrammes and of small body frame. On Tuesday at about 4pm, Richard Omalwa, 15, and Fred Baguma, 14, like some pupils of...

Region to Roll Out Integrated Finance Management System.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Dorothy Nakaweesi The organs of the East African Community and the Kisumu-based Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) will beginning 1 July 2011 start implementing a series of new system changes in their Financial Management...

Police Round Up 300 Street Children.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Andrew Bagala The police and the Kampala Capital City Authority have rounded up at least 300 street children in an operation meant to reduce beggars and criminals in the city centre. The children were briefly detained at Central...

Property Investment Comes With a Price.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Eddy Ssembatya The housing market is a unique enterprise that requires good prejudgement from both the buyer and seller. The very fact that we lack regulation and good market updates, the industry is more profit- driven than...

Together We Must Fight Piracy Off the Horn of Africa.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Lene Espersen Piracy can't be condemned too strongly. Piracy is a breach to the most fundamental principles of the modern civilisation. In the worst-hit areas off the Horn of Africa, no seafarers - be it on a merchant ship or even a...

School Closed After Violent Student Strike.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Stephen Komakech Bishop Luwum Memorial Secondary School in Kitgum District has been closed following a violent strike on Tuesday and all the students suspended indefinitely. The students, who number about 150, burnt all the 10...

Police Ban Museveni Birthday Celebration.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Abdu Kiyaga Free Uganda Now, a new opposition youth pressure group, yesterday confirmed that they are ready to hold President Museveni's 73rd birthday celebrations today. Whereas the youth claim the President will be turning 73, his...

The Internet Evolution Helping to Promote Creativity.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Ham Namakajo In ten years' time, a device the size of an iPod will be able to hold every piece of music ever produced. Several years beyond that, a device the same size will have the capacity for a lifetime of continuous video. ...

Lightning Death Toll Rises to 21.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Emmanuel Gyezaho and George Muzoora The death toll following Tuesday's sporadic bolts of lightning, which struck three different locations around the country, has climbed from 18 to 21, with the government admitting that there was...

It's Now Cheaper to Deworm.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Sharon M. Omurungi GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a global pharmaceutical company, has reduced prices for antibiotics and dewormers by 50 per cent. The reduction in the prices is, according to the company's East African Managing Director,...

Golola Changes Base.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Innocent Ndawula With just a day to the highly-anticipated World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) Africa title fight, Moses Golola has shifted base from Life Fitness Centre at Centenary Park to a secluded location. Golola's coaches...

Don't Put the Hyenas in Charge of the Kraal.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Daniel Kalinaki There is an emerging school of political-economic thought, including in our own land, which argues that procedure and bureaucracy are unnecessary evils which only delay project implementation or saddle it with extra...

Lightning Strikes Are a Wake-Up Call.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Editorial At least 30 people in different parts of the country have died in recent weeks due to a spate of lightning strikes. The most devastating strike on Tuesday at Runyanya Primary School in Kiryandongo District killed 18 pupils...

Kazibwe, Sebaggala Misreading Public Mood.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Karoli Ssemogerere Two old friends, former Vice President Specioza Wandira Kazibwe, 55, and Ministerial nominee Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala, 63, have gobbled up headlines this week. Dr Kazibwe, the non-executive chairman of the...

Nation Tense As More Lightning Cases Reported.
June 30, 2011... Ugandans yesterday woke up to news of more fatalities caused by lightning across the country. In Kiryandongo District on Tuesday, 19 pupils of Runyanya Primary School were killed and 51 others left with serious burns to their heads, fingers...

Shamba Boy Fred Ssempijja Gives Testimony in Brenda Karamuzi Murder.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Anthony Wesaka And Jacinta Odongo Court clerk calls up the file and the two suspects head to the suspects dock. Ms Janet Nakakande, the state lawyer representing Fred Ssempijja who is Tonku's co-accused and also his then shamba boy...

Police Grab Cake As Museveni Birthday Party Flops.
June 30, 2011... Byline: Monitor Team Free Uganda Now's attempt to hold a birthday party at Constitution Square celebrating what the group claim would be President Museveni's 73rd birthday has flopped. Police moved quickly to quash any attempts by the group...

Roofings Explosion Injures Six.
June 29, 2011... Byline: Andrew Bagala Six Roofings Rolling Mills workers have been admitted to Nsambya Hospital in critical condition after they were injured in a blast at their factory in Namanve Industrial Area yesterday. The blast that was accompanied...

Court Okays Vote Recount for Kasese Woman MP.
June 29, 2011... Byline: Enid Ninsiima and Felix Basiime High Court sitting in Kasese has upheld a request for a vote re-count by Ms Rehema Muhindo (NRM), who lost to Ms Winfred Kiiza (FDC) in the February 18 parliamentary polls. She had successfully...

Time is Now to Open Up Party Caucus Discussions.
June 29, 2011... Byline: Moses Balyeku Last week, I was among the more than 300 members of Parliament who were taken through a series of lectures as part of our induction ceremony. Perhaps, the most controversial presentation was that by retired Supreme Court...

Inspector General of Government Gets Kazibwe's Emails And Money Demand Notes.
June 29, 2011... Byline: Chris Obore The Inspector General of Government has unearthed more evidence linking former Vice President Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe to mismanagement and financial indiscipline at the state-run Microfinance Support Centre. Daily...

Big Problem in Health Centres Caused By Not Opening.(Clinical report)
June 29, 2011... Byline: Hamis Kaheru The commentary by Marion Atukunda titled, 'What the budget got wrong on health service delivery', in Daily Monitor of June 27, tried to analyse the challenges faced by the health sector but left out vital ones. She quoted...

Sebaggala Withdraws Application.
June 29, 2011... Byline: Anthony Wesaka Embattled former Kampala mayor Nasser Ntege Sebaggala, by way of mutual consent with lawyers of Kampala Capital City Authority, yesterday withdrew an application he filed seeking court orders stopping his eviction. ...

Mayega Got It Wrong On Opposition MPs Walkout.
June 29, 2011... Byline: S. Mugula I wish to respond to Mr Mayega's skewed interpretation of the opposition walkout during the President's State-of-the-Nation address (Daily Monitor of June 22). Mr Mayega unfortunately took the 'walkout out of context. The...

Tuesday Downpour Floods Parts of Kampala.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Edgar R. Batte The Tuesday afternoon downpour that lasted well over half an hour was enough to flood several Kampala roads. Daily Monitor reporter Edgar R. Batte was able to capture photographic moments of the 'flood' that left many...

Roofings Factory Blast Injures Six Workers.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Andrew Bagala Six Roofings Rolling Mills workers have been admitted to Nsambya Hospital in a critical condition after they were injured in blast in their Namanve Industrial Area factory early Tuesday morning. The blast that was...

Sharon Survives the Guillotine.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Robert Kalumba She cried when she found out that she was part of those that were nominated for eviction. On Sunday as she stood among the other housemates waiting for IK, host of Big Brother, to announce who's to leave the house,...

Uganda Shilling Meltdown Calls for Lessons From Mexican Peso Crisis.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Andrew Ojede The recent political protests in Uganda are to some extent reminiscent of the broader revolutionary process in the Middle East and North Africa. Whether "walk to work" or "free Uganda now" protests are spillover effects...

Nusaf II Projects Receive Funding.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Martin Okudi At lest 62 approved community sub-projects in Moyo District have received a Shs732 million funding under Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (Nusaf) II. The money was released yesterday and transferred to the community...

Journalists Survive Lightning Strike.
June 28, 2011... Byline: David Livingstone Okumu Daily Monitor reporter and NTV correspondent Moses Akena, including four other journalists, survived death when lightning struck and slightly burnt a radio station they were in. The Sunday incident happened...

Sensational Kidega Steals Show in Gulu.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Moses Akena Selected results (100m (Men) Martin Acila (Police) 10.08s Thomas Odong (Serere) 11.1 200m (Men) Kassim Latigo (UCU) 22.7s Geoffrey Onen (Serere) 23.3 400m (Men) Thomas Odong (Serere) 47.7s Kassim...

Bishop Advises Atrocity Perpetrators to Apologise.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Jacky Adure The retired Bishop of Kitgum Diocese, Baker Macleord Ochola has asked perpetrators of atrocities in Northern Uganda during the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) rebellion to come out freely to face their victims to hasten...

Spoilt Teenagers, Indifference At Bayimba Festival.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Edwin Nuwagaba A group of teenagers excitedly stretched their hands towards a well curved female backup singer of the Ngoni. She was dressed in a black mini dress. She came close to them. One of them tipped her Shs1,000 and started...

House Blocks Shs2.8 Trillion Request.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Yasiin Muegrwa Parliament yesterday questioned the 2011/12 budget figures and rejected government's Shs2.8 trillion request for emergency spending. Shadow Finance Minister Geoffrey Ekanya and several other MPs across the political...

US Offers Shs120b to Amisom.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Tabu Butagira The US is offering spy drones among a huge military consignment to AMISOM to help bolster its capability to decimate the al- Shabaab, foreign media reported yesterday. The package includes four shoulder-launched Raven...

T20 Exponents.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Innocent Ndawula Result - Last national trial Nsubuga XI 182/7 defeated Sse matimba XI 214/7 in 40 overs by three wickets (D/L Method) There were no major surprise calls and omissions as Uganda Cricket Association (UCA)...

Military Police Get Training in Human Rights Protection.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Mike Ssegawa The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has embarked on training military police officers to curb human rights violations committed by the force. The four-day training taking place in Jinja intends to nurture respect...

Land Commission Official Remanded.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Anthony Wesaka The Anti-Corruption Court has remanded the Lands Commission secretary to Luzira Prison for allegedly disobeying the orders of the Inspector General of Government (IGG). Mr Kintu Samuuku Baalamu Mubbala allegedly refused...

Budget - Did the Government Get It Right?
June 28, 2011... Byline: Allan Senyondwa Bravo!!! Bravo!!! Bravo!!! Someone somewhere must have listened to some economic advisers before drawing the budget. On listening to the honourable finance minister stating that there will be construction of food silos...

African Swine Fever Kills 500 Pigs in Gulu.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Jacky Adure & James Eriku African swine fever, a contagious disease affecting pigs, has killed at least 500 of the animals in Gulu District since its outbreak six months ago. Veterinary officials said at least 14 sub-counties are...

Common Sense - Why Stay in a Bad Marriage?
June 28, 2011... Byline: Robert Kalumba Have you ever wondered why someone would be so lonely, sad and empty courtesy of a marriage that turned out to be far from what they dreamt of? Have you ever questioned why we don't pull the plug when all the signs...

Court Summons Tooro Queen Mother Over Land.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Felix Basiime & Geoffrey Mutegeki The Chief Magistrates Court in Fort Portal has summoned Tooro Queen Mother Best Kemigisa to file her defence in a suit over a land dispute. The Queen Mother was sued by tenants of Kitumba, a...

Journalist Sentenced to Two Months of Community Service.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Hudson Apunyo Philips Ogile, a radio presenter with Unity FM in Lira yesterday started a two-month community service for intrusion on the privacy of a woman. The case, was filed in January 2007 when Ogile took a photograph of the...

Attorney Held for Drink-Driving.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Andrew Bagala Traffic Police yesterday arrested a Principal State Attorney in the Registrar of Companies' office and impounded his car on allegations of drink-driving. The attorney was arrested after an incident in which he allegedly...

Shock As Woman Dumps Child in Pond.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Rajab Mukombozi Residents of Rwizi village in Mbarara town were gripped with shock after a fellow resident reportedly dumped her five-year-old baby girl into a pond of water. The area local council chairperson, Ms Penninah...

Waiswa Blitz Defies Charity.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Innocent Ndawula Results - Division I Patidar 242/10 Charity 148/10 Nile 111/10 Wanderers 112/6 Division II Warriors 122/10 T. Lions 48/10 SKLPS 292/8 Mak 99/10 JICC 81/10 Castle XI 83/4 National star Charles...

Bugisu Leaders Reconcile.
June 28, 2011... Byline: David Mafabi After a period of political intrigue which brewed hatred, disunity and a blow to development initiatives in Bugisu sub-region, there is a new glimmer of hope after leaders in the area held a reconciliation meet. The...

Ten Bodies Retrieved Three Days After Boat Crash.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Francis Mugerwa The police were able to retrieve at least 10 bodies by press time yesterday, more than three days after a canoe capsized on Lake Albert. All the 10 bodies retrieved were of adults, the police confirmed, adding that six...

Kadaga Halts Schools' Closure.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Sheila Naturinda Speaker Rebecca Kadaga yesterday told private schools under the government Universal Secondary Education programme to remain open until Parliament pronounces on their predicament. More than 15 head teachers had...

World Bank Moves to Curb Rising Food Prices.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Martin Luther Oketch The World Bank Group has announced that it is providing an initial $4 billion risk management fund in a measure aimed at providing protection from volatile food prices to farmers, food producers, and consumers in...

Bunnamwaya's First Cut.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo Bunnamwaya join a stage they have never been to today when they face Somalia's Elman in the regional Cecafa Kagame Cup. Coach Edward Golola could not have asked for an easier game for last year's Super League...

Shilling Expected to Depreciate Further.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Walter Wafula The Uganda shilling is expected to weaken further against the United States dollar this week if the Bank of Uganda does not intervene, according to currency analysts. The shilling could trade between Shs2, 500 and...

Three Jinja Officials Granted Bail.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Nelly Nelsons Otto Three officials of Jinja Municipality who were arrested by the IGG over embezzlement of taxpayers money have been granted bail. The Principal Environment and Production Officer, Mr Ernest Nabihamba and a plant...

Vice President Ssekandi Calls for Team Work in Luweero.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Dan Wandera Greater Luweero stands a higher chance of becoming the country's success story in development programmes if leaders embrace the spirit of team-work in implementing government programmes, the Vice President, Mr Edward...

Leaders Want PRDP Programme Extended.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Nelson Wesonga Leaders from northern Uganda yesterday urged government to extend the Peace Recovery and Development Plan, for another five years. The call that comes just a year before the planned closure of the programme, is hoped to...

Power Beat KIU Titans.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo There is something about DMark Power and performing below par in Sunday games, which they themselves just quite understand. The remedy seems to be far now but Power coach Bernice Ankunda didn't care about the...

We Are Mistreated By Congolese, Say Timber Dealers.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Felix Worom Okelo Ugandan timber dealers in Zombo District have accused their counterparts in DR Congo of maltreatment and exorbitant taxes on the timber. They say the lack of proper administrative units in DRC has made them pay...

Sebaggala Evicted.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Andrew Bagala After a three-day stand-off, Kampala Capital City Authority officials yesterday evicted former mayor Nasser Sebaggala from the town clerk's residence in Nakasero, an upscale city suburb. Al-hajj Sebaggala, who has...

Customer Service Equally Matters in Medical Field.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Nathan Were Over the week-end, I rushed my father to a community hospital somewhere in Kampala with severe Malaria. For the two days he spent in hospital, he was put on four drips of quinine. Thanks to God, the old man is now fine....

Court to Rule On Kakooza Appointment.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo and Jacinta Odongo The High Court has set June 30, to determine the application in which former minister James Kakooza is seeking an order to force the Parliamentary Appointments Committee to issue him with a written...

North Gets Shs800 Million Bridge.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Bill Oketch A Shs800 million bridge constructed at the Lira-Otuke border has been commissioned to improve transport and livelihood of the community in the northern region. Funded by the Danish International Development Agency...

Tourism Sector to Ride New Wave for Growth.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Faridah Kulabako Uganda is home to the largest number of primates including the mountain gorilla, which is among the rare animal species on earth. It is the source of the mighty River Nile which offers the best white-water rafting in...

Katakwi Residents Demand Guns to Fight Cattle Rustlers.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Richard Otim Residents of Katakwi have asked the government to provide them with guns for protection from Karimojong cattle rustlers. The appeal comes at a time when armed Karimojong warriors have resumed cattle raids in Teso...

State Slaps Treason Case On Six Suspects.
June 28, 2011... After almost two weeks in custody, the government yesterday produced six people, some of whom were arrested in connection with the death of a renegade army colonel, in court where they were charged with treason. The late afternoon appearance...

Luyimbazi Alarm.
June 28, 2011... Byline: Mark Ssali There is a time when I measured the passage of time by the diminishing number of graduation party invites I got. These days I know I am getting on because of the number of people known to me who are dying, and it is a more...