The Monitor (Uganda) articles from September 2009, page 7

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Monitor Publications, Latter Day Saints Church in Cleanup Drive.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Flavia Nalubega To improve the hygiene of the people in Namuwongo, Monitor Publications Ltd decided to partner with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in a recent clean up exercise. The programme dubbed 'Mormon Helping...

EABC Names New Leadership.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Dorothy Nakaweesi Mr Faustin Kananura Mbundu, the chief executive officer of Caferwa, a coffee company in Rwanda, is the new chairman for the East African Business Council. Mr Mbundu was elected at the EABC Annual General Meeting...

Uganda Misses On Global Business Reforms List.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Martin Luther Oketch The 2010 Doing Business Report by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation reveals that Uganda is among the many countries in the world that are not making reforms in easing business regulation. ...

KCC Officials Haunt City Traders Over Licence Fees.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu Suspected Kampala City Council officials are making rounds in the city threatening city traders to pay what are believed to be exorbitant fees to operate shops or else their property be confiscated. Traders are...

Team Work Has Reduced Mbarara Murders, Says RDC.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Otushabire Tibyangye The rate of crime has reduced in Mbarara District due to concerted efforts of security agencies and vigilance of the public, the RDC, Mr Clement Kandole, has said. "We have been able to identify black spots...

Police Take 'Ghost' Hunt to West Nile.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Warom Felix Okello The Police have started scrutinising documents of all officers in Arua and Maracha/Terego to rid the force of 'ghosts'. The Police Human Resource Management established that there were several nonexistent...

Saving Costs With the Vehicle Tracking Unit.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Beatrice Wanja Logistic planning and fleet management is critical to today's businesses and industries. Almost everything we consume is delivered to us via trucks. Even as Internet now offers alternatives to many of the traditional...

Bitter Ashraf Quits NRC, Attacks FMU.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo Reigning national champion Dr. Ahmed Ashraf has surprisingly pulled the plug on his rallying career - at least in Uganda - citing an uneven playing field that does not favour fair competition among all drivers....

Going Places With Exports of Fresh, Frozen Fruits.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Dorothy Nakaweesi When Mr Amin Shivji returned to Uganda in 1994, he was baffled by mono-cropping, a practice which depletes the soil nutrients. This was Amin's experience all the way through Central to Western Uganda. Those days it...

Five Teams off to Kenya.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Innocent Ndawula A five-team contingent from Uganda sets off today to participate in the five-nation Kenya International Beach Volleyball Tournament scheduled for this weekend at Hotel Beach South Coast Mombasa. The squad...

Thugs Strike With Petrol Bombs.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Sam Lawino & David Livingstone Okumu When Mr Enyacio Odida went to bed in Badege Division, Gulu Municipality on Monday night, he did not expect assailants to strike his house with a petrol bomb leaving him to nurse injuries. ...

Dubious Airline makes off with Shs500 Million of Taxpayers' Money.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Tabu Butagira & Y. Mugerwa A South African based airline, licensed as a Ugandan national carrier in 2006 following intense political pressure, has picked $250,000 (Shs500 million) of taxpayers' money and vanished. ...

Kampala Needs Green Parks, Public Spaces.
September 10, 2009... Public spaces and green parks in Kampala have been disappearing at a rather alarming rate. The recent outrage and debate over the boarding off of the Lourdel Yusuf Lule (Kitante) Road access that the Uganda Land Commission want to develop into a...

Riot Police Moves in to Quell Kibaale Land Clashes.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Francis Mugerwa Riot Police in Kibaale deployed heavily yesterday to quell possible clashes between Bakiga and a group of Banyoro youth over settlement in Guramwa Central Forest Reserve. According to the Kibaale NRM vice chairman,...

Energy Minister Threatens to Kick Out Aggreko.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Risdel Kasasira The government yesterday warned that it could terminate the contract of thermal power generating company, Aggreko, following failure by its officials to appear before the committee currently investigating high...

Is Mengo the Bone That Will Choke Museveni?
September 10, 2009... Byline: Daniel Kalinaki Among all the political battles being fought in the country today, none is as intriguing as that between President Museveni and the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi. First it is a fight among friends....

Soldier Arrested Over Robbery.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Robert Muhereza A soldier attached to the UPDF 2nd Division headquarters in Mbarara has been arrested in connection with numerous armed robberies that rocked the south western region. The Kabale Police Station O/C, Mr Godfrey...

Otafiire - Museveni to Blame for Buganda Mess.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Mercy Nalugo, Yasiin Mugerwa & Sheila Naturinda Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire yesterday added a new twist to the ongoing row between the central government and Buganda by blaming President Museveni for pushing for the restoration of...

NRM Government a Big Fraud, Says Otunnu.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Tabu Butagira and Sharon Omurungi The former UN under-secretary for Children and Armed Conflicts has, after a two-week whirlwind tour of his home country, concluded that the ruling NRM government is a "colossal fraud." Mr Olara...

DPP Drops Forgery Case Against Teacher.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Ephraim Kasozi A secondary school proprietor in Mityana District who was accused of forging documents of a motor vehicle has been acquitted of the charges. In a Tuesday letter to Buganda Road Court, the Director of Public...

Government to Give Fishermen Permits.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Andrew Pacutho All fishermen in the country will soon be required to display number plates on their boats and hold fishing permits if new regulations to be tabled to Parliament, come into force. Speaking during a press conference...

Students Want Loan Scheme Implemented.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Isaac Khisa and Flavia Nalubega Makerere University private students yesterday demanded that the government introduces a student loan scheme. Addressing journalists at the 86-old year institution, the Chairperson, Makerere...

Muslims Told to Reconcile During Ramadhan.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa Muslim leaders should use the Holy month of Ramadhan to seek God's wisdom and guidance to resolve their differences that threaten to tear the community apart, President Museveni has urged. In his congratulatory...

Pressure Group Wants NSSF Name Changed.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Evelyn Lirri A workers' pressure group, the Uganda Federal Alliance, is asking the government to change the name of the National Social Security Fund to Workers Social Security Fund. The head of general administration at the Uganda...

Government Loses Shs50 Billion to Corruption in Water.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Sharon M Omurungi The government has lost 10 per cent (Shs51.6 billion) of the money invested in the water sector to corruption in the last five years, a new report has shown. According to an August baseline survey on integrity in...

Man Dies After Falling From Workers House.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Andrew Bagala and Sheila Naturinda A client of the National Social Security Fund died after he allegedly fell from the 14th floor of the Workers House becoming the second person to die at the same place. Musa Siraji, 24, a worker...

Sebaggala Hits Back At Lukwago.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Stephen Otage Kampala Mayor Nasser Sebaggala has hit back at Kampala Central MP Erias Lukwago, accusing the legislator of forging documents which he circulated to the media last week purporting that they were signed by the mayor and...

National Youth Elections Long Overdue.
September 10, 2009... Byline: Evelyn Anite It has been long since the last National Youth Council elections were held - in 2001, to be precise. That means the youth council officials that constituted the electoral colleges for the 2001 and 2006 elections for the...

Buganda MPs Storm Out of Parliament.
September 9, 2009... Members of Parliament from Buganda today walked out of parliament protesting government's failure to issue a clear statement on the upcoming visit of the Kabaka to Kayunga. The MPs who threatened to boycott parliament yesterday say they will...

Govt Acts to Protect Lakes, Wetlands.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Alfred Tumushabe The government has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and a number NGOs to protect two lakes and their wetland systems in Southwest and Eastern Uganda that may be extinct due to degrading...

Court Martial Hearings At Halt.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Anthony Wesaka The general Court Martial (GCM) in Makindye, Kampala has for over a month not been hearing cases due to an incomplete panel, Daily Monitor has learnt. President Museveni in July appointed Brig. Bernard Rwehururu as...

NBA Stars Here.
September 9, 2009... Byline: James Ssekandi and Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo Uganda could soon become a favourite destination for all National Basketball Association (NBA) stars. Barely weeks after Charlotte Bobcats star Juwan Howard visited the 'Pearl of Africa', two...

FMU Explains Mosac Rally Changes.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo Though the dust in Mukono must have settled by now, not everyone who took part in the two-day Jomayi-Motorsport Africa Club (MOSAC) Rally was contented with the way the event was run in regard to the starting...

G4s Pirates RFC Target Second Uganda Cup Title.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo and Innocent Ndawula Group Four Securicor (G4S) Pirates' bid for a second Uganda Cup title in three years received a 'minor' boost as they were drawn to face archrivals MTN Heathens at their home Kampala RFC on...

Basena Looking Forward to Curtain Raiser.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Yasser Kalyango The Super Cup on Saturday will give URA coach Moses Basena an opportunity to test his recruits ahead of the new season. Kakungulu Cup winners SC Villa play league champions URA in a curtain raiser match for the...

Serugo Beaten in Milan.
September 9, 2009... Byline: James Ssekandi Uganda's hopes for a medal at the World Boxing Championship in Milan, Italy were dashed on Monday night after Ronald Serugo lost his third round fight. Having pounded European champion Tommy Stubbs in the previous...

Museveni to Water Sembabule Grass.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Issa Aliga President Museveni has promised to install solar water pumps to help pastoralists in Sembabule District irrigate grass for their cattle. Mr Museveni made the promise during the opening of Kawanda Church of Uganda...

Museveni Sacks Transport Crew.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Tabu Butagira President Museveni has disbanded the State House transport team barely a fortnight after he nearly burned when his official vehicle, an armour-plated Cygnus, caught fire during a trip to Mbarara District. A senior...

MPs Threaten to Discipline Mutebile.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa and Mercy Nalugo Parliament yesterday resolved to discipline Central Bank Governor Emmanuel Mutebile for his continued refusal to appear before the House. The MPs also accused the governor of "arrogance" and failure...

Court Orders Kezaala's Reinstatement.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Abubaker Kirunda Wild excitement rocked Jinja town as supporters of the embattled Mayor, Mr Mohammed Baswari Kezaala, took to the streets to celebrate a court verdict that will see him return to office. The High Court sitting in...

Child Sacrifice Wave Hits Northern Region.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Paul Amoru As the country ponders how to deal with the escalating cases of child sacrifice, a decomposing body of a three-year-old boy with missing genitals, lips and ears was found in Apac, less than a month after another disappeared...

MPs Add Voice to Call for Jamwa Incarceration.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa and Mercy Nalugo MPs yesterday demanded that the government arrests suspended National Social Security Fund Managing Director David Chandi Jamwa, and his deputy, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera. Legislators asked the Ministry...

Is Saleh the Pauper He Claims to Be?
September 9, 2009... Byline: Sheila Naturinda and Mercy Nalugo The declaration on Monday by President Museveni's younger brother Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho that he owns modest property that should qualify him to be considered a peasant has opened a can of worms...

Museveni to Meet Warring Basoga Again.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Solomon Muyita and A. Kirunda Amid protests by some Basoga against the embattled Kyabazinga, Edward Columbus Wambuzi, President Museveni is scheduled to meet the 11 hereditary Busoga royal chiefs again later this week. Chief Prince...

Don't Impose New Guards On Kabaka.
September 9, 2009... The decision by the government to abruptly withdraw Kabaka Ronald Mutebi's guards without any consultation has attracted strong criticism from Baganda MPs and caused disquiet in the public. Kingdom officials are now questioning the motive and...

Deputy Speaker Wants Oil Records Laid Bare.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Gyezaho Deputy Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has thrown her weight behind calls from lawmakers for openness in the management of Uganda's petroleum resource and ordered the government to table all production-sharing agreements it...

MPs to Government - Switch Off Umeme.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Gyezaho MPs are preparing to give the central government an unwanted Christmas present: the job of distributing electricity across the country. Legislators want the government to pull out of a 20-year electricity...

Apologise, Mengo Says to Museveni.
September 9, 2009... President Museveni should apologise for "meddling" in Buganda Kingdom's affairs, a minister from Mengo said yesterday. The call came as officials from Mengo accused the central government of inciting the Banyala uprising against Kabaka Ronald...

Redemption Time for Kipsiro.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Sande Bashaija Moses Kipsiro stands to pocket over Shs40m if he registers victory at this weekend's World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece. The showpiece, which marks the end of the world track and field season, is an...

FDC Youth Chairman's Ordeal Meant to Cow the Youth.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Augustine Ruzindana The recent questioning of Kakooza-Mutale by General Tinyefuza on his latest illegal detention and torture of a citizen was perhaps designed to send a signal that the regime was abandoning its repressive ways. But...

Court Hears Bride Price Case.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Alfred Nyongesa Wandera and Lominda Afedraru A women's rights body, Mifumi Uganda Limited, has submitted its petition to the Constitutional Court seeking the scrapping of bride price from customary marriages. Through its lawyers,...

Electricity Cooperatives is the Way to Go for Country.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Patricia K. Litho Though cooperatives have their own failure and success stories in Uganda, an electricity cooperative model is probably an alternative that might work for Uganda. The electricity cooperative is an approach for...

ARVs Shortage - is It a Symptom of a Failing Health System?
September 9, 2009... Byline: Paul Okalo Before the HIV/Aids pandemic, the health systems of some sub-Saharan African countries including Uganda were said to be steadily improving. Whether that was true for our country is left to individual judgment. With more...

Police Declare War On Film Piracy.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Mike Ssegawa People engaged in copying and duplicating films risk a jail sentence, the Police have warned. Speaking to over 300 film makers, dealers and distributors at the National Theatre in Kampala last week, the deputy Kampala...

Tourism Body Aids Teso Famine Victims.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Edwin Nuwagaba The Uganda Tourism Association has donated food worth Shs7 million to people in the hunger-stricken region of Teso. The food was donated through the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS). Handing over the food to the...

FDC Calls Kamya Back to Party.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Flavia Nalubega Forum for Democratic Change party says it is ready to welcome back estranged member Beti Olive Kamya from her six- month suspension. While addressing journalists at the party headquarters yesterday, the party vice...

Court Decides Radio Panelists' Fate Today.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Felix Basiime Court in Kabarole District will today deliver its verdict on a case in which six radio talk show panelists are accused of threatening violence against the central government. Police detained Mr Prosper Businge, Mr...

Workers' Strike At Southern Range Nyanza Factory Intensifies.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Fred Siminyu A workers' sit-down strike at Southern Range Nyanza factory in Jinja Town entered its second day yesterday, forcing the factory to temporarily close down. The workers, who cited underpayment and mistreatment at the...

Rights Body Trains Village Monitors Ahead of 2011.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Patson Baraire and Alfred Tumushabe The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) has embarked on a nationwide training of community human rights monitors to report any violations. FHRI executive director Livingstone Ssewanyana...

Consensus Grows Around $2 Billion Ugandan Oil Refinery.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Matt Brown Initially viewed skeptically, new details have strengthened the case for refining oil in Uganda. First is enormous growth in the size of Uganda's suspected reserves. Though still unconfirmed, Tullow Oil is expected to...

EAC Set to Begin Consulting on Region's Monetary Union.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Anthony Wesaka The East African Community Secretariat is launching a series of consultations in partner states from September 7 to 25 on the establishment of the East African Monetary Union (EAMU). The EAC Secretariat, in...

Uganda Telecom Launches Solar Charged Mobile Phone.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Stephen Otage Uganda Telecom last week launched a solar charged mobile phone in Arua Municipality. The development sounds relief to rural mobile users especially who erstwhile have had to travel distances to charge their phones at...

MP's Against Telecom Promotion Drive.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu Members on the Parliamentary committee on finance want telecommunication companies to stop rolling out promotions and giving discounts arguing that such activities reduce revenue remitted to the public coffer. ...

Long Drought Sends Milk Prices Through the Roof.
September 9, 2009... Byline: John K. Abimanyi A litre of milk now costs Shs2,600 and many blame the high cost on the extended dry spell and traders who are taking advantage of the situation. The cost of milk has risen sharply to Shs2,600 a litre, the highest...

Govt, Undp to Protect Lakes, Regional Wetland Systems.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Alfred Tumushabe The government has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and a number NGOs to protect two lakes and their wetland systems in Southwest and Eastern Uganda that may be extinct due to degrading...

UWA Targets 800 Million Subscribers for $1 Gorilla Website.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Joseph Kiggundu Uganda Wildlife Authority (Uwa) has unveiled a marshal plan to sell Uganda's mountain gorillas, to the worldwide tourism audience. Through the Uganda's friend-a-gorilla campaign, Uwa has commissioned friendagorilla.org...

Telecom Companies to Give Farmers Acurate Climate Updates.
September 9, 2009... Zain and Ericsson have joined hands to put food on tables for millions in Africa. The two communication giants are spearheading an initiative to provide more accurate climate information for farmers to plan farming activities to increase yields...

Teachers Urged to Start Serious Work Right Away.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Robert Mwanje Buganda Kingdom State Minister of Education and Sports Herbert Ssemakula has urged teachers to resume work immediately to be able to complete their syllabi for the academic year.He said teachers should value the...

Mukono Farmers Still Interested in Growing Coffee Despite the Wilt.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Lominda Afedraru Farmers in Nagojje sub county in Mukono District are disappointed that the robusta coffee which was one of their bread earning crops in the area is now being wiped out by the coffee wilt disease. The farmers who...

Cavendish University Changes Learning.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Steven Otage Less than a year after receiving certification from the National Council for Higher Education, Cavendish University has been embraced by hundreds of Ugandan students. Located at the former Makerere High School, the...

G4 Guards Get Nod to Form Union.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Al Mahdi Ssenkabirwa Group 4 Securicor has permitted it's guards to form a trade union. The development comes two weeks after the guards, who protect the American Embassy complained that their right to join trade unions had been...

Grounded MV Kalangala Renders Over 300 Jobless.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Al Mahdi Ssenkabirwa & Martin Ssebuyira Over 300 employees have been made redundant after Uganda's only active vessel on Lake Victoria, MV Kalangala failed to resume operations. Employees of Mulowoza and Brothers, the firm that...

Employers Protest NSSF Court Ruling.
September 9, 2009... Byline: Isaac Khisa Ugandan employers have protested the court ruling over the case involving National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the construction company Alcon International. Addressing the presss at Ugandan Journalists Association...

Open University Offers Business Degree.
September 9, 2009... The Open University has started an innovative Bachelor in Business Studies course, offering an opportunity for students to test new ideas and knowledge in their work environment. Delivered by eDegree throughout sub-Saharan Africa via a blend...

Big Brother Africa - is It Good Or Bad for Democracy?
September 8, 2009... Either the gods smiled on fresh political returnee Mr Olara Otunnu, or he has some very foresighted strategists. Otunnu returned home and did his rounds before the Big Africa (Revolution) started last Sunday. If he had not read the social...

There is Urgent Need to Reform Pension Sector.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Phionah Kesaasi The scandals in the troubled National Social Security Fund (NSSF) are a disgrace to the nation. From 1998 to date, NSSF has had more former managing directors than any Ugandan organisation known to me; all of them...

Teacher On the Run Over Kidnap.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Paul Aruho A teacher of Kakindo technical college in Bushenyi district is on the run after allegedly abducting and forcing a girl into marriage. Mr Godfery Muhwezi is alleged to have abducted the girl from Rugarama sub-county in...

Rakai Records Shs40 Million Property Tax Loss.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Issa Aliga Kyotera Town Council in Rakai District has lost Shs40 million in uncollected Property Tax, officials have revealed. In an interview with Daily Monitor on Friday, the town clerk, Mr Sylvester Njawuzi, said Kyotera had...

Magistrate Resigns Over New Posting.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Anthony Wesaka One of the newly appointed 24 Grade One Magistrates has resigned following his deployment to Katakwi District, Daily Monitor has learnt. Announcing the deployment of the magistrates and nine deputy registrars to various...

Kibaale Evictees Want Shs5 Billion.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Robert Mwanje & Flavia Nalubega About 700 residents of Nkooko Sub-county evicted from Gurumwa Forest Reserve in Kibaale District are demanding compensation of Shs5 billion from the government over alleged destruction of their...

MP's ask KCC to Explain Alleged City Road Sale.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa Parliament has written to officials of Kampala City Council asking them to explain reports that they sold Muwafu Road, located off Yusuf Lule in Nakasero to a mysterious investor. In a September 2 letter, Bugweri MP...

Defilement Cases Used to Grab Land.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Joseph Mugisa The people of Kyenjojo District have started alleging defilement with an aim of chasing their neighbours off their land, court officials have revealed. While addressing human rights activists, local council leaders,...

UPDF Officers to Train at U.S Base.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Martin Ssebuyira At least 50 UPDF officers were yesterday sent to the American army base in Djibouti to acquire skills in military planning. The officers, who will visit the ship where various military operations are conducted, will...

Judges Must Be Impartial, says A-G.
September 8, 2009... Byline: Warrom Felix Okello Justice minister Khiddu Makubuya has said the judges and magistrates must be impartial in their rulings to ensure even the poor get justice. Speaking during the opening of the regional office of the ministry in...