The Monitor (Uganda) articles from September 2009

The Monitor (Uganda) archives from September 2009

Museveni, Kabaka Set to Meet today.
September 30, 2009... President Museveni and Kabaka Ronald Mutebi are expected to meet today for crunch talks aimed at repairing relations between Buganda Kingdom and the central government. But officials at State House and Mengo appeared oblivious yesterday to...

Lira Edible Oil Plant to Create 10,200 Jobs.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Hudson Apunyo A Shs60b ($30m) edible oil plant being constructed in Lira by Mount Meru Millers, will employ 10,200 people directly and indirectly when it's completed in 2012, Managing Director RK. Bharagava has said. The mill which...

Lawyer Sent to Luzira for Swindling Client's Money.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Alfred Nyongesa Wandera The disciplinary committee of the Law Council last week committed a lawyer to Luzira Prison and revoked another lawyer's practicing certificate. The committee headed by Mr Elijah Wante, also the director of...

National Team Fifth on Day One in Cairo.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Innocent Ndawula Captain fantastic Emmanuel Onito Opio led from the front with an impressive round of level-par 72 as Uganda finished the first day's proceedings of the All Africa Amateur Championship in fifth place with an aggregate...

Focus Turns to Cup Final.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo Rugby focus turns to the Uganda Cup final slated for Saturday at the Kyadondo RFC. However, the finalists MTN Heathens and utl Kobs have not had the desired preparation for the clash at Kyadondo because their...

Nakivubo Faces Closure Over Debt.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Robert Mwanje The management of Nakivubo Stadium is in trouble over unpaid taxes that have accumulated to Sh300 million, Daily Monitor has learnt. According to Uganda Revenue Authority, Nakivubo that has failed to clear tax arrears...

League Suspension Not Affecting Us, Says Otti.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya A number of coaches and players from different clubs are sulking that the suspension of the National Super League has adversely affected their morale but not the Express FC tactician David Otti. High Court Judge...

Kayondo Spurs Stars to First Win.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Innocent Ndawula On holiday from university studies in Dar-es Salaam, Naomi Kayondo made the difference for Stars CC - giving them their maiden win of the ongoing National Ladies League over the weekend. Kayondo top scored with 34...

Kabarole School Gets Suspected Swine Flu Case.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Felix Basiime, Columbus Tusiime and Flavia Lanyero Ministry of Health officials have taken blood samples from 30 students of Nyakasura Secondary School in Kabarole District, suspected to be suffering from swine flu. A team of...

Assessing the Impact of Recent Riots in Buganda.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Augustine Ruzindana The debate on the impact of the riots, in Kampala and other parts of Buganda, on the political, economic and social fabric of the country, will continue for sometime. Who gained or lost most will be established...

School Curriculum Reform Long Overdue.
September 30, 2009... The National Curriculum Development Centre has announced plans to substantially overhaul the secondary education curriculum so as to make the education system more relevant. Under the new reforms, the Ministry of Education wants to alter not...

Moroto Cao's Life in Danger.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Steven Ariong Police in Moroto District are investigating death threats contained in a letter to the Chief Administrative Officer, Mr Stephen Ouma. The letter dated August 31, was dropped at Mbale Post Office using the Moroto...

Storm Leaves Jinja Residents Helpless.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Andrew Gulumaire Residents of Buwenge County in Jinja District are requesting for food aid after a hailstorm destroyed all their crops over the weekend. The district vice chairman, Mr Moses Batwala, who visited the residents of the...

Masindi, Mbarara Caos Held Over Graft.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Francis Mugerwa The Masindi Chief Administrative Officer (Cao), Mr Milton Kato and the Mbarara deputy Cao, Mr Moses Kisembo, have been arrested over alleged embezzlement. Mr Kato and Mr Kisembo, who was formerly the Masindi...

'Kyabazingaship is Rotational'.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Isaac Khisa An association of disgruntled clans in Busoga has asked President Museveni to listen to their concerns regarding the election of the Kyabazinga slated for Monday next week. Under their umbrella body called the...

Bus Accident - Red Cross Comes to the Rescue.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Patson Baraire The Uganda Red Cross has brought in a team of medical experts to Nyakibale Hospital to help staff treat people who were injured in the Sunday night bus accident at the border between Rukungiri and Kanungu districts. ...

Cholera Claims 13 in Bugiri District.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Fredrick Sooma and Asumani Musobya At least 13 people have over the past few days died and about 60 others reportedly hospitalised with symptoms of cholera in various health centres in Bugiri District. According to medical workers...

Police Impound a Million Fake Dollars.
September 30, 2009... Byline: David Kazungu Security agencies in Mbale have arrested four people possessing suspected fake US dollars and materials used in printing the false currency notes. Security officers said yesterday Mr Constantine Baniyo, Mr Godfrey...

EC Accused of Creating Ghost Stations.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Denis Ogeng and Flavia Nalubega Lira District UPC chairman Dan Okello has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of illegally registering voters and creating ghost polling stations in Okwang and Orum sub-counties in the district. ...

Cooperative to Supply Power in Bundibugyo.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Felix Basiime A local cooperative society in Bundibugyo District has won the concession to manage the new power line and distribution in the district. The power line, which stretches from Kitumba power grid in Fort Portal town, was...

Shilling Up By 4.4 Percent.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Martin Luther Oketch The Uganda shilling appreciated the US dollar by 4.4 per cent in September as a result of foreign exchange inflows from offshore investors, earnings from agricultural proceeds and unwinding of the long dollar...

Finally Fufa, Proline Meet.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Andrew Mwanguhya Soccer lovers will hope the long standing impasse between the Federation of Uganda Football Associations and Proline Soccer Academy ends when the two finally meet at Fufa House today. Fufa and Proline officials...

IDPs Receive Shs7 Million From Donors.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Andrew Pacutho and Flavia Lanyero A total Shs7 billion( $3.6 million) has been raised by various European governments for needy groups within the Acholi sub-region and Karamoja, Daily Monitor has learnt. The Food and Agricultural...

Government Urged to Hold Dialogue With Opposition.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Gerald Bareebe Uganda could experience some of the worst forms of violence if the government continues to disregard issues raised by the opposition regarding reforms in the electoral laws, the clergy have warned. The Archbishop of...

IGG Blames Businessmen for Corrupt Practices.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Alfred Nyongesa Wandera The acting IGG, has castigated the business community for accepting corruption as a way of life. Speaking during a discussion on fighting corruption yesterday in Kampala, Mr Raphael Baku said the biggest...

Christian Varsity Leads LDC Admissions.
September 30, 2009... Byline: Al Mahdi Ssenkabirwa Mukono-based Uganda Christian University has sent the highest number of lawyers to pursue the post graduate diploma at the Law Development Centre, Daily Monitor has learnt. According to a list released by the...

Kabaka, Museveni Agree to More Dialogue.
September 30, 2009... President Museveni and Buganda king Ronald Mutebi have concluded an historic meeting at State House Entebbe. This is the first in nearly four years that the principals are meeting and they agreed to hold regular talks to address sticking...

Police Officers Arrested Over Shs18 Million Bribe.
September 29, 2009... Police are holding a detective attached to Masaka Central Police Station and a security operative attached to the Rapid Response Unit over allegedly aiding an accountant to escape after she was arrested for theft. The southern region Police...

Hailstorm Destroys 30 Houses in Masaka.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Issa Aliga Over 30 families were on Saturday left homeless after a hailstorm destroyed their houses, and left gardens covered with ice stones for hours. The Kitanda Sub county chairman, Mr Issa Sansa said over 200 acres of banana...

Let Merit Prevail in Makerere University.
September 29, 2009... Makerere University lecturers met last week and voted to have the position of vice chancellor "ring-fenced" for only Ugandans. According to the academic staff association chairperson, Mr Tanga Odoi, they would not recognise a non-Ugandan if s/he...

Time for World Leaders to Deliver On Climate Change.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Jose Manuel Barroso Climate change is happening faster than we believed only two years ago. Continuing with business as usual almost certainly means dangerous, perhaps catastrophic, climate change during the course of this century,...

Country's Music; Out Goes Quality, in Comes Nudity.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Nicholas Sengoba In most Ugandan newspapers, the leisure pages at the beginning and end of the week provide the readers with a very colourful prelude and post-mortem respectively of the social scene for the weekend in between. Music...

The Government Must Disclose Oil Deal in Full.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Taimour Lay The full release of Uganda's Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) with Tullow Oil and Heritage Oil & Gas is the fundamental first step towards forging a democratic, accountable and socially responsible extraction of...

Awori Still Eyes Presidency.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Mudangha Kolyangha He might have abandoned his party and agreed to join President Museveni's National Resistance Movement government, but former UPC strongman Aggrey Awori says he is still hoping for another shot at the presidency. Mr...

'Drunkards' Take Paraffin As Waragi.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Sam Lawino Two people were admitted to Odek Health Centre in Gulu District last week after taking paraffin mistaking it for waragi, a local gin. The men identified as Mr Lujino Onen and Mr Ensio Otto, all residents of Binya Parish in...

Rounders Round Off Africa Cricket Club.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Innocent Ndawula Africa Cricket Club's (ACC) indifferent form was laid bare for all to see as the two-time Castle Lager National Cricket League champions suffered a 36-run defeat to high-riding Rounders in a Super Seven tie at Lugogo...

Rugby Cranes Closing Gap.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Ismail D. Kigongo Rugby Cranes will return from Namibia this afternoon empty-handed but even in defeat, there are so many positives the team can take out of their performance in the TrustCo International 7s over the weekend. "It's...

Eagles Clobber Lions.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Sande Bashaija The battle for fourth place in the men's MTN-Fuba League is becoming more fascinating by the day. Two days after Kampala International University (KIU) drubbed giants Falcons 59-45, to occupy the sole remaining...

Buoyant Ssemujju Has Eyes On Rallying Double.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo After winning the Marshals' sprint in Mukono on Sunday, Shafique Ssemujju feels that he is closing in on either the National (NRC) or the Clubman (CRC) rally Championship titles, or even both. "Right now, the...

Egyptian Test.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Innocent Ndawula The preparations of the national amateur golf team have been near perfect in the run -up to the All Africa Men's Championship and the golfing fraternity will be hoping the youngsters play to their full potential when...

SDCA Not Happy With Express FC.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Yasser Kalyango The Super Division Clubs Association (SDCA) is not happy with Express FC's decision to sue the local football governing body, Fufa. SDCA is a body that brings together all clubs that play in the National Super League....

Okanya Planning to Rig Fufa Elections, Says Kwizera.
September 29, 2009... Byline: James Ssekandi Fufa presidential aspirant Godfrey Kwizera is worried the forthcoming elections won't be free and fair. Kwizera feels returning officer Patrick Okanya is bent on rigging the November 7 polls in incumbent Lawrence...

Neptune Back to Drill Oil in West Nile.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Warrom Felix Okello Neptune Petroleum Company has returned to Arua District to restart drilling in one of its oil wells in the West Nile region. The company had suspended its operations after striking a dry well in June. Neptune...

Kapeeka Prison Faces Closure Over Dysentery.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Dan Wandera Health Officials in Nakaseke District have ordered the closure of Kapeeka Prison over a recent outbreak of dysentery and poor hygienic conditions. A letter from the district health team ordered for the temporary closure of...

Report Exposes Sexual Abuse of Children.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Evelyn Lirri Sixteen Ugandan children were sexually abused daily in the first six months of the year, a new report says. According to the report by the African Network for Prevention against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) Uganda...

Masindi Suspends 13 Head Teachers.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Frank Wimba and Moses Akena Authorities in Masindi District have suspended about 13 head teachers over alleged misappropriation of money meant for Universal Primary Education (UPE) programmes in their schools. Daily Monitor...

City Riots - MP Lukwago, Segona Charged.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Alfred Nyongesa Wandera Kampala Central MP Erias Lukwago and Buganda Deputy Information Minister Medard Segona were yesterday quizzed at CID headquarters and later charged with inciting violence and sedition respectively at Buganda...

Government Changes Curriculum for Secondary Schools.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Flavia Lanyero The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), has announced changes in the secondary school curriculum. The changes to be implemented at the beginning of next academic year, are aimed at enabling students to...

MPs Table Plan to Abolish Kingdoms.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Mercy Nalugo, Yasiin Mugerwa and Isaac Imaka NRM MPs yesterday proposed to abolish traditional kingdoms, Daily Monitor has learnt. The proposal, which comes just a day before President Museveni is expected to meet Kabaka Ronald...

Wambuzi Accused of 'Smuggling' Kyabazinga Seat to Kaliro.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Solomon Muyita and Richard Muzaaale Busoga Kingdom's embattled Kyabazinga hopeful, Edward Columbus Wambuzi, could see himself in more trouble following fresh reports that he irregularly obtained and used the royal Kyabazinga seat at...

Egypt Denies Sabotaging Nile Water Talks.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Andrew Pacutho The Egyptian Minister for Water Resources and Irrigation has denied claims that his government is a roadblock to talks aimed at renegotiating colonial agreements over the use of river Nile. Dr Mohamed Nasr Eldin...

Senior Spy Summoned Over Murder Plot.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Tabu Butagira The Police Criminal Investigations Directorate has summoned a top official at the External Security Organisation following allegations of a plot to murder the deputy director General, Mr Emmy Allio, Daily Monitor has...

Chogm Cash - 12 Ministers Wanted.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Yasiin Mugerwa The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has issued a fresh list of individuals wanted over non-accountability of Chogm funds, two years after the event, Daily Monitor can reveal. Notable are cabinet ministers,...

Makerere Dons to Sue NIC Over Shs17 Billion.
September 29, 2009... Byline: Gerald Bareebe Makerere University academic staff have resolved to sue the National Insurance Corporation if it goes ahead with plans to list on the local stock exchange before settling Shs17 billion that the dons claim it owes them....

Hailstorm Leaves 30 Families in Masaka Homeless.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Agencies More than 30 families in Bukomansimbi in Masaka have been left homeless after a storm on Sunday destroyed their houses. For the past year Bukomansimbi has suffered a long dry spell. Most of the banana and coffee...

Hoima Pupil Shot By Unknown Gunmen.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Agencies A primary seven pupil in Hoima is admitted at Edpa clinic in Hoima town after he was shot and injured by an unknown gunman in Kinogozi parish, Buhimba Sub County. 14 year old Stephen Kyomuhendo, a pupil at Light primary...

Police Quizzing MP Lukwago.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Agencies The Democratic Party Legal advisor Erias Lukwago is appearing before the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters at Kibuli to answer charges of inciting violence during the recent riots in Kampala. Mr Lukwago, who...

50 Injured in Bus Accident.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Patson Baraire At least 50 people were on Sunday night injured after the bus they were travelling in plunged into a valley on the Kannungu-Rukungiri road in South Western Uganda. According to the Rukungiri OC Traffic, John...

Police Named Most Brutal Institution.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Al- Mahdi Ssenkabirwa and isaac Khisa Uganda Police Force have been listed as the most oppressors and torturers of journalists in the recent riots in Kampala, the Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ-Uganda) has revealed. ...

South Africa House Tops Buddo Sports Competition.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Martin Ssebuyira Students of South Africa house at King's college Buddo spend the weekend jubilating after winning the highly contested sports competition. The students who first received prizes for their efforts were treated to an...

Klitschko Retains WBC Title.
September 28, 2009... Los Angeles Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title with a 10th round TKO over previously undefeated challenger Cristobal Arreola on Sunday. Arreola, who was outclassed by the taller and more mobile Ukrainian, did not answer the...

Phil Returning Home.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Robert Kalumba He couldn't handle his alcohol that boy! When Phil Okure got drunk after downing some beers, then the housemates would get it. Just ask Itai from Zimbabwe, who was verbally warned by Phil not to "touch him or else..."...

NIC Listing Hangs in Balance.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Daniel Kalinaki Plans to list the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) on the local stock exchange have run into trouble following disagreements over what information should be disclosed to investors, this newspaper can reveal. The...

Makerere Lecturers Reject 'Foreigner' for VC.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Gerald Bareebe With less than a week to the election of the new vice chancellor, Makerere University lecturers have rejected a council decision to allow non-Ugandans to vie for the position. The decision was reached at during...

Ronald Mayinja Pulls the Plug at Silk Lounge.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya Those with a passion for band music thronged Silk Lounge on Thursday watch Ronald Mayinja got 'unplugged' during the monthly Club Beer-sponsored event in Silk Lounge. The show started after 8p.m. with live...

Karamoja to Host World Food Day.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Flavia Lanyero Kotido District in Karamoja will this year host the 29th national celebration of the World Food Day under the theme 'food security in times of crisis'. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United...

Museveni to Meet DPCs.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Andrew Bagala President Museveni and the Commander of Defence Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima are set to lecture Criminal Investigations Department officers and District Police Commanders weeks after riots rocked the central region. ...

Shs9 Billion to Build Jinja Market.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Andrew Gulumaire The government has earmarked Shs9 billion for the reconstruction of Jinja central market six years after it came down following a fire outbreak. This is in fulfilment of President Museveni's 2003 pledge to...

MPs Question Shs390 Billion URA Loss.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Isaac Imaka The Uganda Revenue Authority lost billions of shillings in 2006/07 from its expected annual tax collection due to understated sales by companies. This was disclosed in a meeting between the tax body and the...

Government to Privatise Pension Scheme.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Flavia Nalubega and Isaac Imaka The pension sector that is currently controlled and managed by the government will be opened up to other private players, the State Minister for Public Service, has said. Ms Sezi Mbaguta was on...

Fellow Countrymen, Let's Harmonise Our National Values.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Prof. Tonny Oyana The current issues in Uganda are very weighty, to say the least. I have evaluated recent events, but I fail to understand why we never learn anything from our sad history; why power gets in people's head, why people...

Couple HIV Counselling and Testing is the Way to Go.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Kakaire A. Kirunda The Ministry of Health and its partners led by the Health Communication Partnership are launching a new campaign to promote routine couple HIV counselling and testing. As its primary audience, the new campaign...

Support National Tree Planting Drive.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Editorial Under the 2009/2010 Budget, the government allocated one billion shillings through the National Forestry Authority (NFA) for a national tree planting programme that was launched on Saturday at Lwamunda Central Forest Reserve...

Rukungiri Issues Swine Flu Alert.
September 28, 2009... Rukungiri District has issued an influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) alert to all schools and other institutions following the outbreak of the disease in neighbouring Bushenyi where cases are being treated at Kitabi Seminary. The District Education...

Teacher Held Over Rape.
September 28, 2009... Byline: David Mafabi Police in Sironko are holding a teacher of Masaba Secondary school for aggravated defilement. Charles Wasolo, 39, allegedly defiled a 17- year- old girl from the same school on September 9, when he called her at his...

UPC's Mayega Hunts for Kabale Votes.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Robert Muhereza Uganda People's Congress envoy Henry Mayega has said delegates in Kabale and Kisoro districts have promised to support him in his bid for the party presidency. While addressing journalists in Kabale town on Friday,...

Masindi CAO Held Over Graft.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Francis Mugerwa Police on Friday questioned the Masindi Chief Administrative Officer, Mr Milton Kato and the chief finance officer, Mr Jackson Bikobo, over allegations of abuse of office. Mr Kato was picked from his residence in...

URA Surpasses Collection Targets.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Ismail Musa Ladu After a streak of painful months of revenue shortfalls, Uganda Revenue Authority seems to be gaining steady ground, raising hope that the Shs 4.4 trillion target set by government may not be out of reach as previously...

Nnabagereka Calls for Career Guidance at Secondary Level.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Stephen Otage The Nnaabagereka of Buganda, Lady Sylvia Nagginda has urged schools to make career guidance a core part of their education system. This, she said, will help train graduates who choose courses they planned to undertake...

Government Renews Support for Local Textile Industry.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Emojong Osere Government has pledged full support for the development of the textile industry. Industry and Technology State Minister Rev Simon Lokodo and his Trade counterpart Gagawala Wambuzi said on September 24 the country's...

Ndejje Students Return From UK Trip Motivated.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Steven Tendo Five students returned from a trip to the United Kingdom during which they interacted with their British counterparts, exchanging cultures and experiencing new learning methods. The visit, under the auspices of an...

Hunger Serious Impediment to Learning in UPE Schools.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Flavia Milly Lanyero 20 miles off the Kampala-Gulu highway, is Kalule Primary School, a Universal Primary Education institution. At this Bombo-based school lack of food is the number one challenge facing pupils. A number of them...

Ireland Bankrolls Shs24 Billion Upgrade of Karamoja Schools.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Joseph Miti "We have thrown away the guns. It's time for us now to espouse education to have a better and developed Karamoja. The only weapon to change Karamoja is education." Those are the words of Alice Naburo, a senior five...

Shs6 Bilion for Digital Syllabus.
September 28, 2009... Byline: Agencies The Ministry of Education and Sports is to spend Shs 6billion on digitizing the O'level science and mathematics syllabi. Mr Humphrey Mukooyo, the coordinator of the project, says the money will be used to buy copies of the...