The Monitor (Uganda) articles from May 2010

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Hacker Posts Hitler Photo On State House Website.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Risdel Kasasira The official website of State House was last evening pulled down after unknown people hacked into it and posted a picture of the Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler. The image stayed on the site for more than 24 hours...

New Poll Puts Museveni Vote At 43 Per Cent.
May 31, 2010... President Museveni would have won the presidential election if it had been held a month ago but he would not have collected enough votes to avoid a run-off, a new poll can reveal. The poll was commissioned by Daily Monitor and the Deepening...

EAC Allocates Shs132 Billion for Infrastructure Development.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu & Isaac Khisa The East African Community will inject about Shs132 billion for the construction of key infrastructure facilities across the region. Ms Lydia Wanyoto, Uganda's representative to the East African...

Museveni Directs On Public Private Partnerships.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Dorothy Nakaweesi President Museveni has directed the ministry of Finance to quickly come up with a policy on Private Public Partnership. The directive targets to improve Uganda's infrastructure especially roads and energy that...

Ban Ki-Moon Calls On States to Support ICC.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu & Andrew Mwanguhya The International Criminal Court (ICC) should be strengthened further to enable it deal with the rampant global impunity decisively, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki-Moon,...

Makerere And MUBS in Fresh Row Over Students.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Richard Wanambwa & Stephen Otage Is it a fight over students, money or academics? The questions linger as more disagreements between Makerere University and her affiliate college, Makerere University Business School at Nakawa over...

Police Chief Sued Again Over Riot Victims' Death.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Anthony Wesaka The Inspector General of Police has been sued again by a man who lost his two children during riots in September last year. Mr Majid Kayizzi dragged Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura together with the Attorney General. He...

Besigye Likens Museveni to a Monarch.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Hudson Apunyo The leader of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change, Dr Kizza Besigye, has described the current political system in Uganda as patrimonial with all the powers vested in President Museveni whom he referred to as...

CNN Multichoice Journalist Awards a Beacon of Hope.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Edward Boateng On Saturday, at the plush Serena Hotel in the heart of Kampala, Uganda, the country that Winston Churchill famously called the "Pearl of Africa" 27 of Africa's finest journalists were honoured by two of the world's...

Luweero District Service Commission Non-Functional.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Dan Wandera The Ministry of Public Service has advised Luweero District authorities to seek assistance from other service commissions, after the IGG ordered the dismissal of the District Service Commission (DSC) officials. The...

Discrimination Forces Batwa Out of School.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Robert Muhereza Batwa children in several primary schools in Kabale, Kisoro and Kanungu are being discriminated and harassed by children and administrators from other ethnic groups, a leader of the Batwa community has said. Mr...

If Acholi Religious Leaders Can Achieve Obama's Goal, So Be It.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Moses Byaruhanga Saturday Vision of May 29 led with a story about religious leaders in Acholi warning President Obama on LRA. This is in response to the American president signing into law the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda...

International Court Wants to Try LRA Leader.
May 31, 2010... Byline: James Eriku The president of the International Criminal Court, Judge Sang Hyun Song, has said the court that indicted leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army over war crimes is frustrated by the State's failure to arrest the rebel...

Man Shot Dead At Home of Mbabazi's Daughter.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Zurah Nakabugo A suspected thug was shot dead and another seriously injured after they reportedly broke into the house of a daughter to Security Minister Amama Mbabazi in Buziga, Kampala. Police identified the dead as a one...

Kibaale Official Arrested.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Ronald Tumusiime Police in Kibaale District are holding a district official for allegedly misappropriating money meant for the National Agricultural Advisory Services programme. The officer was arrested last week by the joint NAADS...

Murders in Western Uganda Puzzle Police.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Andrew Bagala and Francis Mugerwa Residents of Lyatonde and Kiruhura districts are in panic after the murder of several prominent farmers by unknown people. The murders have prompted several security agencies led by the Political...

3,000 Pilgrims Walk to Namugongo.
May 31, 2010... Byline: Herbert Mugagga A contingent of over 3,000 pilgrims are walking to the Uganda Martyrs Shrine Namugongo to take part in this year's celebrations slated for Thursday. The pilgrims, who are from within the country and outside, are...

Peace Activists Demand Taskforce for War Crimes Witnesses.
May 31, 2010... As the the International Criminal Court conference kicks off in Kampala today, peace activists want a special task force set up to handle testimonies by war witnesses at local courts and the International Crimes Court. Mr Christopher Ongom,...

UN Chief Hails International Court.
May 31, 2010... The UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon says the formation of the International Criminal Court has heralded a new era of accountability and an end to impunity by nations. Currently in its eighth year of operation, the court has been criticised...

Aggression Crime On Agenda of Kampala ICC Meet.
May 31, 2010... More than 100 nations, human-rights groups and lawyers from around the globe, are meeting today in Kampala, to tackle issues that could fundamentally expand the power of international law. One of the thorny questions on the two-weeks agenda...

Kampala High Court Dismisses DP Faction Petition.
May 31, 2010... The High Court in Kampala has thrown out a petition by the rival group of the Democratic Party, which sought to challenge the presidency of Mr Norbert Mao. In March 2010, the faction led by Prof. Joseph Mukiibi petitioned the high court...

Kabaka to Baganda - Go And Register Now.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Robert Mwanje & Al-Mahdi Senkabirwa The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Mutebi, has urged people in his kingdom to participate in the ongoing voters registration exercise ahead of next year's general elections. He said although...

Egyptian MP Calls for Calm.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu An Egyptian Member of Parliament, Mr Mohamed Youssef, has asked the Nile Basin countries to restrain from moves that will deprive some countries that need the Nile water most the opportunity to use it. According to...

Noise Crackdown Initiative is Commendable.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Andrew Nkurunziza Two to three weeks ago, National Environment Management Authority and Kampala City Council decided to drag close to 40 bars and nightclubs to court over noise pollution. Once proven guilty, KCC will de-license their...

Country Manages Change of Guard.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Okello Oculi Prior to and after the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigeria's formula for sharing power between the Muslim North and the Christian South was put to test. It worked although the two top positions are now held by...

Mbabazi Congratulates DP's Nambooze and Calls for Dialogue.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Stephen Otage The National Resistance Movement Secretary General has congratulated the Democratic Party upon Betty Nambooze's win in the just concluded Mukono North by-election. Speaking at a dinner for the visiting opposition and...

Nambooze Factor Occupies Political Minds.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Angelo Izama Mobile manicurists in Mukono town, balancing a handful of beauty products on one hand with a lookout for the hurrying feet of potential clients, have one thing in common with boda boda riders in the busy Nakulabye street...

Wanderers, Premier Brace for Showdown.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Innocent Ndawula There will be no champagne popped at the end of this clash. But such is the predictability of the National Cricket League that the Wanderers versus Premier topflight fixture at Lugogo oval today will literally...

'Works Should Take Over City Roads' - UPC Vice Chairman.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Richard Wanambwa The Ministry of Works and Transport should takeover city roads because Kampala City Council has failed to maintain them, says UPC vice chairman for Buganda region. Mr Henry Mayega told Sunday Monitor on Friday that...

Kiprop Favourite for Hared Event.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Sande Bashaija Kenyan David Tarus had an easy win in the inaugural Hared Source of the Nile marathon 21km race last year and athletes from across the border are expected to turn up in droves for the second edition in Jinja today. ...

Cabinet's New Media Strategy Leaks.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Chris Obore The government has finally acknowledged that the media in the country is mature; therefore, it must be exploited to boost development. In a new draft government communications strategy prepared by the Cabinet secretariat,...

Museveni, Ban in Action Today.
May 30, 2010... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya On a rather uncertain day for football lovers with no Premier League games to look forward to, there's a great fun idea at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole this evening. Uganda will be treated to a spectacle when...

Civil Societies Plan to Educate Community Election Observers.
May 30, 2010... As the 2011 polls draw nearer, the Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda CCEDU) which brings together over 500 Civil Society Organisations across the country is mobilising citizens to get more involved in next year's general...

Does Janet Remember Her Favourite Proverb?
May 30, 2010... Byline: Alan Tacca Displaying her abilities after residing at State House for a quarter century, Mrs Janet Museveni turned in a decent performance when the BBC's Veronica Edwards interviewed her last week. Her answers were carefully studied,...

Political Tricks Can't Sort Out Unemployment Problem.
May 29, 2010... Byline: Margaret Wokuri So the 50-year-olds are to vacate the offices for their youthful sons and daughters! This, government has calculated, would create 30,000 jobs yearly. No problem, except that the elders deserve some dignified exit and...

Kigali Horror Exposes League, Undresses Ura.
May 29, 2010... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya They left Kampala and arrived in Kigali as feared Ugandan champions, but departed Rwanda a vanquished, exposed and subdued lot, tail quiet between the legs. Chauffeured by an apprentice in 29-year-old Alex...

Bill Clinton's Mixed Fortunes.
May 29, 2010... Byline: Rodney Muhumuza Sometime in March 1998, a bevy of security operatives descended upon the village of Wanyange, in the eastern town of Jinja, to prepare for the arrival of very important people. They were particularly interested in...

ICC Conference Offers Opportunity to Commit to Justice.(Conference news)
May 29, 2010... Byline: Moses Sserwanga Uganda is privileged to host the first landmark review conference of the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon is set to open the...

'Cut in Aids Funding Will Lead to Deaths'.
May 29, 2010... Byline: Evelyn Lirri An international health charity, Médecins Sans Frontierès (MSF), has warned that the global cut in Aids funding risks undermining years of progress and will cause more deaths in endemic countries. ...

KAVC, KCC in Action As League Starts.
May 29, 2010... Byline: Innocent Ndawula Local giants Kampala City Council (KCC) and Kampala Amateur Volleyball Club (KAVC) will be in the fray today when the much-awaited National League serves off today at Namboole Stadium. It will be an action packed...

Witness Dies in Court.
May 29, 2010... Byline: Anthony Wesaka Grief and fear engulfed Buganda Road Court in Kampala yesterday morning when a witness collapsed and died in a court room. Abdallah Salim, a 55-year- old resident of Iganga District, died at around 9am when he had...

Retirement at 50 - Government Has Run Short of Ideas.
May 29, 2010... Byline: Gawaya Tegulle The directive by President Museveni that the retirement age for civil servants should be lowered to 50 years (from 60) is possibly the most ridiculous initiative that has come out of the current administration. To be...

Gasasira's Interdiction By IGG Overturned.
May 28, 2010... Byline: Emphraim Kasozi The High Court yesterday nullified the interdiction of the Principal Accountant of the Ministry of Health by the Inspector General of Government saying it was unconstitutional. The IGG last year caused the...

AG On the Spot Over Elections Advice.
May 28, 2010... Byline: Richard Wanambwa With hardly four months to nominations for political positions ahead of the 2011 elections, more public servants are questioning the constitutionality of a requirement to resign at least 90 days to nomination day. ...

Youth Plan ICC Demo.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Andrew Bagala & Robert Mwanje The Inter Party Co-operation youth have threatened to protest against the International Criminal Court conference slated for next week. According to the Youth Rights coordinator, Mr Francis Mwijukye,...

Kipsiro Set for Diamond League Debut.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Sande Bashaija Ugandan athletics fans will finally cheer one of their own in the highly-billed IAAF Diamond League. Moses Kipsiro confirmed Tuesday he will make his debut on June 10 in Rome after missing out on the opening two legs in...

Pupils Turn to Trees As Classrooms Are Razed.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Mariam Kabasongora Hundreds of pupils in Kamwenge District began their second term on Monday studying under trees after local authorities closed some structures at the schools. The authorities said the structures were dangerous to the...

Museveni 'Softens'.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Tabu Butagira President Museveni yesterday set the stage for a possible "meeting of minds" with his opponents, arguing that political competition should be anchored on constructive ideas - and not inter-personal attacks or rhetoric....

CHOGM Suspects Advised to Resign.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa Anti corruption activists have asked public officials who were implicated in the Chogm report to resign. Addressing journalists in Kampala yesterday, Ms Cissy Kagaba, the executive director Anti Corruption...

Delegates And Government Clash On Customary Land Tenure.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Alfred Nyongesa Wandera The government and delegates yesterday disagreed on the proposal to make the customary land tenure system evolve into freehold. Under the customary system, land is owned collectively by a community or family,...

Investment Authority Invites Libya to Invest in the Oil Sector.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu Dr Maggie Kigozi, the executive director of the Uganda Investment Authority, has asked Libyans to invest in oil exploration and drilling. While meeting the Libyan Ambassador to Uganda, Mr Abdalla Bujeldain and the...

Rugby Cranes Named.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo Winger Allan Musoke and outside centre Timothy Mudoola may have to wait a little longer if their return to the Rugby Cranes is to be granted. The utl Kobs duo resigned from the national team last May in a storm...

Mengo Celebrates Nambooze's Win.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Mercy Nalugo Buganda Kingdom yesterday welcomed the win of Ms Betty Nambooze in the Mukono North by-election, saying this was a step forward in the cultural institution's march towards achieving a federal system of governance. An...

MPs Fail to Account for Shs500 Million.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa Several oversight committees of Parliament have failed to account for more than Shs500 million advanced to MPs to monitor the implementation of key government projects While committees have been keeping their...

Electoral Commission Extends Registration Date.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Mercy Nalugo The Electoral Commission has extended the registration exercise that was set to end on June 4 for an extra 10 days, Daily Monitor has learnt. "The EC has noted calls by sections of the public for an extension of the...

Project to Boost Hospital Deliveries.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Kakaire A. Kirunda An intervention aimed at increasing the number of women who give birth under skilled care has been launched in the new Buyende District that was recently carved out of Kamuli. Using demand and supply side...

Shs260 Billion to Revamp Country's Ailing Hospitals.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Evelyn Lirri The World Bank has approved a Shs260 billion loan for Uganda to fix its dilapidated public hospitals. Uganda applied for the loan in 2008. The money will specifically be used to equip and refurbish selected hospitals,...

Police Defend MP for Slapping Beggar.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Isaac Khisa The Kasese Woman MP who slapped a beggar has no charges to answer, the police have said. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Mr Henry Kalulu, told Daily Monitor on Tuesday that he did not see Ms Winnifred Kiiza...

Bank Allocates Shs450 Million for Tree Planting.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Ephraim Kasozi Over Shs450 million has been earmarked by Standard Chartered Bank Uganda for a tree planting scheme in four different regions of the country. Mr Lamin Manjang, the bank's managing director, said in Manafwa during the...

World No Tobacco Day Targets Female Smokers.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Agnes K. Namaganda Several professionals, business people and even students engage in pipe smoking, a prescription usually given by native doctors to enable them get special blessings from ancestors to prosper at the workplace and get...

IGG Kicks Out Road Contractor.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Richard Wanambwa The Inspector General of Government has upheld the disqualification of Sinohydro Corporation from constructing Bugiri/Busia-Malaba road, saying the company had no capacity to implement the project. Sinohydro...

Ego's in Boxing Baffle Minister.
May 27, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi Wrangles have continued to keep amateur boxing in limbo and Charles Bakkabulindi, the state minter for sports, believes it's administrators' egos responsible. Godfrey Nyakana, a former boxer, was elected unopposed as...

Former Police Boss' Hope for Freedom Shattered.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Dalton Wanyera The attempt by former Mukono District Police commander to acquire bail for his temporary freedom from jail has hit a snag. Court on Tuesday rejected Mr James Aurien's application for bail and this means the...

Ban Ki-Moon to Face-Off With Media.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Peter Nyanzi Mr Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, will next week join Judge Sang-Hyun Song, the president of the International Criminal Court, to interact with the international media in Kampala in what...

Soldier Wanted Over Colleague's Death.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Warom Felix Okello Police are hunting for a UPDF soldier attached to Zeu army detach in Zombo District who allegedly killed his colleague. The suspect allegedly shot dead Phillip Kitaka who was his boss. Police say the killing could...

Govt to Begin Male Circumcision Programme.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Christine Katende The government is set to launch the National Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) policy next month which will enable youth get free circumcision services, an official from the Health ministry has said. The policy will give...

East African Community Launches 'Doing Business' Report.(Report)
May 27, 2010... Byline: Dorothy Nakaweesi A new report on doing business in East Africa has indicated that in a year of fast-paced reform, the region's economies have continued to improve performances. The report entitled: Doing Business in the East...

URA Registers Cash Shortfall But Finds Cause to Celebrate.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu Much as the Uganda Revenue Authority might not meet this financial year's revenue collection target of Shs4.4 trillion, it will find solace in the fact that its total shortfall might be less than that of the previous...

Shortcomings of America's Uganda Policy Potentially Fatal.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Karoli Ssemogerere Pictures speak a thousand words at a time. Such was the audience between President Yoweri Museveni and US Assistant Secretary of State Johnny Carson, 67, accompanied by General William Kip Ward, 60- the first...

Masaba Blames FUFA On Transfer.
May 27, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi & Andrew Mwanguhya Cranes right back Simeon Masaba is blaming Fufa for putting his participation in the return leg of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in jeopardy. Fufa technical director Asuman Lubowa told...

Early Retirement Will Not Empower the Youth.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Linos Ngompek Many young people have expressed support for the President's directive to the Minister of Public Service to lower the retirement age from 60 to 50. Members of Parliament representing the youth and leaders of the National...

Tales of Kampala's Potholes and Traffic Policemen.
May 27, 2010... Byline: Morris Komakech A three weeks' vacation in Uganda is just not enough after almost a decade away from the motherland. One quickly realises that half of that time is usually spent navigating potholes and the other, probably lamenting on...

Obama Signs New Law On LRA Rebels.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Tabu Butagira US President Barack Obama yesterday signed a new law requiring high American involvement in ending the Lord's Resistance Army rebel menace and warned the rebel commanders to surrender or get captured. "We call on the...

Museveni Tells Cultural Leaders to Keep Off Land Disputes.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Alfred Nyongesa Wandera President Museveni has condemned the use of cultural elders in resolving land disputes in the country and instead called for involvement of surveyors. Speaking at a National Land Policy conference in Kampala...

Regional States Sign Pact.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu Foreign Affairs ministers of 11 Great Lakes countries meeting in Kampala last evening signed a new mutual defence agreement to flash out "unfriendly forces within their territories". Uganda, Kenya, Central African...

EC Happy With Conduct of Poll Despite Arrests.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Mercy Nalugo, Fred Muzaale and Herbert Muggaga The Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday declared the Mukono North by-election as generally "peaceful" even when several people - mainly known supporters of the Opposition - were picked up...

Museveni Dismisses Idle Land Tax.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Alfred Nyongesa President Museveni has disagreed with the National Land Policy Working Group's recommendation that a punitive tax be imposed on idle land. Owners of such land, President Museveni said, should instead be sensitised to...

Nambooze Wins Mukono North.
May 26, 2010... Byline: M. Nalugo, H. Mugagga, F. Muzaale and Stephen Otage Democratic Party candidate Betty Nambooze Bakireke yesterday won the hotly-contested Mukono North by-election, beating the National Resistance Movement's Rev. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa...

Museveni Snubs Requests By Kaberamaido Over Taxes.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Joseph Eigu Onyango President Museveni has ignored demands by the leadership of Kaberamaido District to waive a Shs133 million debt the district accumulated by not remitting taxes to Uganda Revenue Authority. The district chairman,...

Ministry of Defence in Talks to Buy Lugazi University.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Chris Obore The Ministry of Defence is negotiating with the proprietor of the Lugazi University to turn the institution into a military academy, officials confirmed yesterday. According to sources familiar with the negotiations,...

Commodity Prices Shoot Up, Shows New Report.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Marti Luther Oketch The first quarter of this year has generally been an expensive period for consumers following an increase in the price of manufactured goods, and restaurants and hotel services, according to the Uganda Bureau of...

Fake Presiding Officer Stuns Voters.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Mercy Nalugo, Fred Muzaale and Herbert Muggaga Voters at Nkuzannyana polling station in Ssonde, Seeta, Mukono District woke up as early as 7am yesterday anxious to cast their ballots in the Mukono North by-election, which some of them...

Parliament Fails to Get Funds for New Chambers.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa The lawmakers in the 9th Parliament might legislate while standing after the Parliamentary Commission failed to get over Shs125 billion needed to construct new chambers, Daily Monitor can reveal. Currently there are 333...

Presidential Decree On Retirement at 50 Wrong.
May 26, 2010... Byline: Augustine Ruzindana The presidential decree that the 50-year-olds must retire in order to give way to the youth has already yielded benefits. It has now been revealed that there are 60,000 established posts in government that have not...