The Monitor (Uganda) articles from November 2010

The Monitor (Uganda) archives from November 2010

Bidandi Promises to Revive Cooperatives.
November 30, 2010... Byline: David Mafabi The People's Progressive Party (PPP) presidential candidate, Mr Bidandi Ssali, if voted into power, he will revive cooperative societies to empower people to fight poverty at households. "Cooperatives were the backbone of...

Otunnu Storms Former UPC Stronghold.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Joseph Mazige and Paul Aruho The weekend was a "homecoming" moment for UPC presidential candidate Olara Otunnu in the greater Bushenyi District and former party stronghold. Supporters clad in red and black welcomed Mr Otunnu while...

Bidandi in Second Accident.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Gerald Bareebe People's Progressive Party president Bidandi Ssali was yesterday involved in an accident after his car hit two boda boda riders in Mbale Town. Mr Bidandi was returning to Kampala from his campaign trail in eastern...

Electoral Commission Silent On Kawooya's Disputed Nomination.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Richard Wanambwa The Electoral Commission yesterday said it cannot comment on the controversy involving the nomination of Sembabule District Woman MP, Hanifa Kawooya, because it is a "sensitive" issue. EC Deputy Spokesperson Paul...

RDC Attacks Police Over Land.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Rajab Mukombozi The out going Kiruhura Resident District Commissioner has accused the police land protection unit and private security firms of fuelling land grabbing from poor and disadvantaged groups. Ms Mary Kemerwa, who has...

Spare Us the Noisy Convoys.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Robert Kalumba What do Ugandan politicians and diapers have in common? They should all be changed regularly and for the same reason. The way we go about our politicking not only riles you but makes one pity this nation. This month,...

Telling Stories Through Dance.(Dance review)
November 30, 2010... Byline: Edwin Nuwagaba The dance transmissions festival (of contemporary dance) was wrapped up on Sunday at the National Theatre. The festival brought together a couple of dancers from Congo, Rwanda, South Africa and other countries in one...

Spreading the Gospel.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya Gospel is the one type of music that refuses to go away and that is supported by the large number of new gospel artistes who keep emerging every day. Mike-O is one of the new entrants and he says he wants to...

Desh Beats Ssebuguzi in Lubiri Sprint.
November 30, 2010... Byline: James Ssekandi Andrew Kananura aka Desh lived up to the hype in his new Subaru N14 machine as he emerged winner of the Mbarara Motor Club (MMC)-organised double Super Sprint at Lubiri on Sunday. Desh was flawless on his maiden...

Power, Lady Canons Cement Lead in Finals.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Ismail D. Kigongo Joseph Ikong has had such a quiet post-season in the MTN-Fuba League that his contributions in the past for DMark Power were easily fading fast. He desperately needed to pick himself from a ditch. He did that...

Sc Villa's Mukatabala Calls for Mental Strength.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya And Abdu Wasike Paul Mukatabala leads SC Villa against Masaka today, his first as head coach, hoping that a win will lift his side from the bottom two and out of the misery they've undergone in the Ecobank Super...

Cranes Labour to Hold Off Ethiopia.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Fred K. Musisi Coach Bobby Williamson decried the humid conditions here after watching his Uganda Cranes side labour to defeat Ethiopia 2-1 yesterday. A penalty from defender Simeon Masaba cancelled out Bekele Godo's 24th minute...

Politicising the Civil Service Has Affected Service Delivery.
November 30, 2010... Byline: William G. Naggaga I have never belonged to a political party though I am not apolitical. As a career foreign service officer for 35 years (1971 -2006), serving all Uganda governments in that period, it was out of question for those...

It's Time We Made Peace With the Environment.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Harold Turinawe The industrial revolution was the climax of human intellectual development and a bridge between the Middle Ages and the modern era. It bred the thinking that man can create science and technology and thus wealth and...

Britain Has No Moral Authority to Lecture U.S. On Graft.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Kintu Nnyago The media recently reported that Britain's Department for International Department was cutting aid to Uganda amounting to more than Shs20 billion, based on the alleged corruption arising from Parliament's Public Account...

Police Hold Seven of Their Own Over Theft.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Yazid Yolisigira Police in Bugiri District are holding seven police officers suspected to have robbed Kenyan traders of their property and money amounting to Ksh87,000 (about Shs2.4m). It is alleged that over the weekend, the...

It's End of the Road for Aurien.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Anthony Wesaka and Robert Kalumba As she was going about her evening chores, Ms Christine Akello suddenly heard a loud sound that exploded like a light bulb bursting, in a room in the house she was residing in. On going to find out...

Leaked Reports Show U.S. Spied on Nationals.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Angelo Izama The United States government asked its diplomats to spy on their colleagues at the United Nations, including envoys from Uganda, confidential memos leaked on the internet yesterday show. Wikileaks, the publisher of...

Independents Pose Key Threat to NRM.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Sheila Naturinda The large number of independents nominated in last week's exercise raises the possibility that the next Parliament could easily have an unprecedented situation in which its majority does not belong to any official...

Candidates Asked to Endorse New Pledge On HIV/Aids.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Evelyn Lirri Ahead of tomorrow's World Aids Day celebrations, presidential candidates have been asked to endorse an election pledge activists say will increase access to Aids treatment and care. The 10-point election platform to...

Don't Threaten Election Monitors - Rights Activists.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo The Electoral Commission should restrain all political parties and candidates from threatening and intimidating election monitors, the Uganda Human Rights Network (Hurinet) has said. Hurinet says intimidation of...

Opposition Candidate Accuses President's Cronies of Stealing Funds.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Yazid Yolisigira and Gerald Bareebe A political clique surrounding President Museveni is banking billions of shillings abroad while Ugandans are living in abject poverty, Dr Kizza Besigye has said. Addressing rallies in Namutumba...

The Silver Lining in Holding Rigged Elections.
November 30, 2010... Byline: Nicholas Sengoba Not so long ago, I was involved in arguments concerning the forthcoming elections. A friend insisted then and is more steadfast now that the process is already very slanted in favour of the incumbent and therefore is...

Express Tours Plunge League Into Disarray.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya and Abdu Wasike Express' increasing list of foreign tournaments is generating as much revenue for the club as confusion for the Ecobank Super League. Initially, it wasn't as harmful as the club, with Fufa and ESL's...

Cranes Begin Quest for Hat-Trick of Titles.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Fredrick Musisi Kiyingi Can Cranes turn recent hype into another 2010 Cecafa Tusker Cup triumph in Tanzania? In the past 12 months, Uganda have dominated regional headlines by reaching next year's Africa Nations Championship finals,...

URA to Meet Kenya Over New Import Tax.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu The Uganda Revenue Authority has pledged to mediate between the Uganda business community and Kenya Revenue Authority over problems resulting from the introduction of the cash bond tax. The tax body is concerned...

Agra Earmarks Shs94 Billion for Farmers.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Dorothy Nakaweesi and Agencies Uganda and other African countries will benefit from a Shs94.5 billion fund committed by the Alliance for a Green Revolution towards linking small holder farmer's markets. AGRA, targeting 4.9 million...

Why East Africa Needs a Revitalised Railway Network.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Kelvin Kizito Kiyingi When the countries of eastern Africa drew together to form a community, it became even more apparent that there was need to radically improve the region's transport sector. This overhaul is vital as...

Speaker Killed Chogm Report, Opposition MPs Buried It.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Charles Odongtho Martin Luther King Jr famously remarked, "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." This saying resonated a few weeks ago as the 8th Parliament debated the Chogm...

Time to Make Your Vote Count.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Gyezaho We are in the evening of the 8th Parliament. In a few months, we shall officially wave good bye to the life and times of this House. But what shall be remembered of Uganda's first multiparty Parliament in two decades?...

Airtel Paints Serena Red.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya All roads on Tuesday led to the Serena Conference Hall as Zain rebranded to Airtel but the event generally had modest pomp compared to the switch from Celtel to Zain two years ago. We've missed world stars...

78-Year-Old Woman Conquers Margherita.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Thembo Kahungu Misairi and Brenda Banura Park Beryl promised herself she would climb to the highest peak of Rwenzori mountain.She tells Thembo Kahungu Misairi and Brenda Banura about her achievement, 30 years later. 30 years ago,...

Before He Was a Bishop.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Joseph Mugisa and felix Basiime He was driving home in Kyenjojo District for burial and to meet the OBs and OGs of Maddox Secondary School, his former school on November 5. He then got a phone call and was informed that he had been...

Mao Running as Future.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Otim Lucima December 11, 1990, was not the best of times for Makerere University. A students' riot had ended in cracks of gunfire. Two students, Tom Okema and Tom Onyango, were shot dead on that day, which came to be known as "Black...

A Month Into the 2011 Election Campaign.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Timothy Kalyegira One month has gone by since the nominations for the presidential candidates of the 2011 Ugandan general election and although less drama-filled than the 2005-2006 campaign, the 2010 campaign has already started...

Playing Hide and Seek in Museveni's Districts.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa As he traverses the countryside, President Museveni continues to shell out districts in return for support in a campaign strategy that has electrified as well as attracted murmurs of disapproval. Pundits have...

Why Kyeyo, Middle Class Must Vote.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Allan Ssekamatte Two categories of this country's most productive citizens ought to vote in the February 2011 general elections if we are to have a government that is truly representative of national interests. Millions of Ugandans...

We Propose a Five-Year Plan for Post-War Recovery.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Dick Odur The People's Progressive Party has always been concerned about the conflict and the LRA war in northern Uganda, as well as other internal conflicts in Karamoja, Luwero and Rwenzori zones. The party had an effective...

How Much Information Election Officers Can Hold.
November 29, 2010... (1) Every candidate, election officer, clerk, candidate's agent or other person in attendance at a polling station during the counting of the votes shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting, and no candidate, officer,...

When Museveni Ducked Karamoja.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo The mighty also fear death, or put differently; love life. December 31, 2005 was beginning of the seventh week in the campaigns for the 2006 presidential polls. President Yoweri Museveni should have been hot the trail...

We Shall Give the People the Means to Work Again.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Abed Bwanika In view of the insurgency and armed cattle rustling which befell Northern and Eastern Uganda for over 20 years under the Lord's Resistance Army headed by Joseph Kony, the victims in these post war and other conflict areas...

Affirmative Action Will Lift North and Karamoja.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Ofwono Opondo Ugandans are glad that after nearly 20 years, northern and north eastern Uganda will be going into a general election without war, armed rebellion and with people completely free of intimidation, harassment and blackmail...

Control Over Resources Answer to Northern Conflict.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Beti Kamya Conflict emanates when two or more parties disagree. To scale down the root cause of conflicts, one has to understand social ethos and contrast the perception of human consciousness. The northern Uganda conflict that has...

We Shall Deal With the Issues Which Cause Unrest.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Kizza Besigye Scholars have written that unlike famine, war has taken place in modern democracies when irresponsible leaders exploit grievances for political and economic gain, or when the lure of 'simple solutions overwhelm common...

Opposition Protest LC1 Bicycle Deal.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo A Shs8 billion government project to provide each of the 70,000 LC1 chairpersons with a bicycle is a scheme to bribe voters, the opposition have said. The government will beginning January 9, 2011, give out the...

Makerere Lecturers Call Off Strike.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Isaac Khisa Makerere university staff yesterday agreed to administer end of semester one examinations to students following a government decision to pay part of the pension they are demanding from the National Insurance Corporation...

Museveni Reshuffles District Commissioners.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Gyezaho President Museveni yesterday announced a reshuffle of Resident District Commissioners, dropping 17, transferring 32 and retaining at least 28 in their old districts. The reshuffle of RDCs, who double as political...

President Makes Surprise Visit to Somalia.
November 29, 2010... Byline: John Njoroge President Museveni yesterday made a surprise visit to the Somali capital Mogadishu. Museveni becomes the first foreign Head of State to visit war-torn Somalia in over 21 years. He last visited Somalia in 1992 when he held...

Strange Disease Breaks Out in Acholi.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Sam Lawino A strange disease has hit Kitgum, Abim and Agago districts killing 8 people and infecting dozen others since November 8. A Health Situation Report of November 26, puts accumulative cases of the disease to 32. The...

Former Mukono District Police Commissioner Sentenced to Death.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Anthony Wesaka Former Mukono district police commander, James Peter Aurien, could have gone off the hook at his initial murder trial, but not after the file was recalled and murder charges against him re-opened. A special High...

Kenya and Nation to Start Joint Disarmament.
November 29, 2010... Byline: Steven Ariong The governments of Kenya and Uganda have agreed to conduct a joint cross-border disarmament in the neighbouring districts of Karamoja in Uganda and North Pokot in Kenya. Speaking during the launch of the disarmament...

Marathon Attracts Kenyans.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Sande Bashaija Ugandans should prepare for stiff competition in next Sunday's MTN Kampala marathon with several foreign runners entering the event. Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) organizing secretary Faustino Kiwa said on...

Sweltering Heat Not a Big Worry for Cranes.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Fred K. Musisi Uganda Cranes coach Bobby Williamson has said the extremely hot conditions here should not be an excuse if the team performs badly in the 2010 Cecafa Tusker Cup. "The conditions are for all the teams. Good players adapt...

Experienced Squad Gives Otim Hope.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Innocent Ndawula Despite lack of enough team practice, coach Raymond Otim is optimistic his Uganda will defend the East Africa under-19 girls' title. "The title defence is going to be hard," Otim said after his select squad was...

Warriors Hit By Power, Ucu Win.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Ismail Kigongo It was too easy on the eye that it's easy to think DMark Power and UCU Lady Canons might well have their cake and eat it following their commanding victories in Game One of the best-of-seven MTN-Fuba League finals,...

Internal Fights in NRM Are Clear Evidence of Dog-Eat-Dog Mentality.
November 28, 2010... Byline: George Kanyeihamba It will be recalled that the country had decided through a referendum that following the promulgation and coming into force of the 1995 Constitution, it would be governed by the Movement System of government for the...

After Finishing Off UPC, Wait for Defections From FDC.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Afande Chama Bob was laughing heartily last Sunday evening when I approached the small group that sat on plastic chairs as usual on the veranda of Naka's pub on the Naguru side of Bukoto. "This man!" Ruthless NRM man Bob was...

Museveni's Single Hit Shows Why He Should Go.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Alan Tacca He is not a great tenor singing Schubert or anything like that. Leap across several worlds and into the territory where very rapid speech and degenerate music-making appear to be in harmony. You are in the world of rap...

Museveni Re-Echoes Pledge for Teso.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Richard Otim President Museveni has re-echoed pledges made for Teso in his past manifestos saying some of them could not be fulfilled due lack of sufficient funds. "But now we have enough funds and all that will be catered for. When...

Diplomats Sell Passports in South Africa.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Chris Obore A diplomatic fall-out at the Ugandan High Commission in South Africa has resulted in vending of passports by senior staff to foreigners for profit, this newspaper can reveal. Details of the "fraudulent and erroneous"...

Seventy Nominated in Kampala.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Robert Mwanje At-least 72 candidates have been nominated in the concluded parliamentary nominations to contest for the nine constituencies in Kampala district alone. According to the Electoral Commission (EC) data, majority of the...

Parties in Crisis Over Independents.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo and Isaac Imaka As the race to the 2011 general elections heats up following nominations of parliamentary candidates, a backlash has ensued sparing no political party across the spectrum. At the heart of this backlash...

'All These Politicians Belonged to Different Parties'.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Risdel Kasasira Former Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) Vice Chairperson for Buganda, Mr Henry Mayega, recently crossed from UPC to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. Risdel Kasasira caught up with the former...

Will Friendly Fire Injure Opposition?
November 28, 2010... Byline: Benon Herbert Oluka When opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party Vice President Salaamu Musumba attacked the Democratic Party (DP) early this year, saying the party could "go to hell" after failing to resolve a dispute over...

State House Revises Offer to Kabaka.
November 28, 2010... In allegedly surprising turn of events, top officials in State House are reported to be revising the earlier offer to Buganda monarch Kabaka Ronald Mutebi. After the September 2009 riots, State House had allegedly recommended that in case...

The Lion's Den and the Cynical Tortoise.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Fredrick Masiga The race track to State House this time around is overcrowded with contestants. And with each of them are armies of maggoty self-seekers. The race bears some hallmarks of firsts as well as hollow relevancies. It's...

Kamya Promises to Eradicate Poverty.
November 28, 2010... Byline: George Muzoora Uganda Federal Alliance (UFA) presidential candidate Beti Olive Kamya has promised to eliminate poverty that is ravaging most parts of the country by offering federal to the regions that want it. Ms Kamya, who was on...

Buturo Astonishes NRM Supporters.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Attractor Kamahoro Ethics and Integrity Minister Dr James Nsaba Buturo was on Thursday nominated as an independent candidate for the Bufumbira East Parliamentary seat at 9.45am. The minister surprised both NRM supporters and...

NRM, FDC in Fresh Battle for Kasese Votes.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Felix Basiime, Thembo Kahungu Misairi and Enid Ninsiima Kasese District may again become the main battle-ground in western region between the FDC and the ruling NRM party in the run-up to the 2011 polls. FDC won the 2006 polls with...

Besigye Urges Kamuli to Vote for Change - Uganda.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Sam Opio Caleb and Moses Mutaka Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC) presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has urged the people in Busoga to take the jigger infestation as danger signs like what happened to the Egyptians in form of plagues...

They Have Bowed Out of Parliament.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa Several MPs have taken the courage to start life outside Parliament. Whereas to some it is an honour to leave and let others serve, others have turned politics into a career. It's not everyday that you hear an...

Let Entebbe Airport Be a Stress-Free Station.
November 28, 2010... Byline: Nafha Maani Ebrahimi At his farewell party an outgoing Ambassador told me: "I liked almost every thing in Uganda except the times I had to be on Entebbe Road on my many travels to and from the airport". I could not agree more with the...

Mabikke Threatens to Quit IPC.
November 27, 2010... Byline: Robert Mwanje The Social Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday issued quit threats to the Inter-Party Cooperation over Dr Kiiza Besigye's personal influence that they say is against the IPC protocol and agreements. According to a letter...

Wild Life Authority Dismisses Land Displacement Claims by Mao.
November 27, 2010... Byline: David Mafabi Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) has rejected claims of the displacement of 2000 people in Kwanya sub-county in Kapkwata in Kapchorwa district by the authorities while restoring the Mt Elgon national park colonial...

NGO Rolls Out Citizens' Manifesto.
November 27, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo The Uganda Governance Monitoring Group (UGMP) will, beginning Monday, role out the Citizens Manifesto launched in Kampala on October 15. The CM is a list of demands and priorities against government, which the UGMP, a...

CECAFA Cup a New Challenge - Bobby.
November 27, 2010... Byline: Fred Musisi "Every Cecafa tournament has brought new challenge to me and my team and this one will not be any different from the last two editions." Uganda Cranes Scottish coach Bobby Williamson told Saturday Monitor on arrival at...

Consolation Prizes at Stake in Fuba League.
November 27, 2010... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo Eight teams that are still reeling from the disappointment and despair of missing out on the MTN-Fuba League play-offs final have an opening to right a few wrongs today. The usually inconsequential one-off third...

Basajjabalaba Warns Independents, Opposition.
November 27, 2010... Byline: Paul Aruho The Bushenyi District NRM party chairman has warned those standing as independents and the opposition that they will be "crashed" as the campaigns start. Hajji Hassan Basajjabalaba said the 2011 election will not be...

Kingdoms Back Federal Crusade.
November 27, 2010... Byline: Robert Mwanje Buganda, Bunyoro and Busoga kingdoms have backed Uganda Federal Alliance [UFA] over its new national federal demand crusade. On separate occasions, the kingdoms' representatives said the drive would solve regional...

Wildlife Body Board Asks for More Money.
November 27, 2010... Byline: Chris Obore The disbanded board of trustees at Uganda Wildlife Authority has demanded an increased budget after spending Shs128 million in three months. The board, which was recently disbanded by High Court but appealed against the...

Court Nullifies Sheema South and Woman NRM Elections.
November 26, 2010... Byline: Alfred Tumushabe and Rajab Mukombozi The High Court in Mbarara has ruled that the National Resistance Movement flag bearers for Sheema Woman and Sheema South MP were fraudulently elected in the September 4 -6 party primary elections...

Colour and Music in City As Kutesa's Supporter Dies.
November 26, 2010... Byline: Monitor Team Kampala was yesterday a hub of activity. Queues of boda boda riders, taxis and lorries, carrying people in different party colours flooded the streets on the first day of nomination. Supporters blew whistles, as...

Utoda Could Join Top Five.
November 26, 2010... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya The Tusker Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup that kicks off tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania means slated Ecobank Super League games between Bunnamwaya and Fire Masters won't be played until further notice. URA-KCC...

Ireland to Continue Supporting Uganda Despite Economic Woes.
November 26, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo The Irish government does not intend to halt its funding obligations to Uganda despite economic hardships at home, the Irish embassy spokesperson in Kampala Ms Amy Rose Mc Govern has said. "We have no reason for...