New Vision (Uganda) articles from December 2010, page 14

New Vision (Uganda) archives from December 2010

Manufacturers Cry Out Over EAC Blockades.
December 1, 2010... Byline: David Mugabe MANUFACTURERS have asked government to address the continued non tariff barriers affecting business in the new East African Community (EAC) common market. Steel-makers, among them Roofings, presented their challenges...

Nation Has Best Vanilla And Cardamom - Exporter.
December 1, 2010... Byline: John Kasozi IT is about 8 in the morning when I find Hoima born Mansoor Nadir supervising construction workers at his estate. From time to time, he is interrupted with calls on his phone. As the axe and spade noise pollution...

How Sserunjogi Walked the Long Road to Success.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Joshua Kato SIRAJE Sserunjogi passes off as any other city dweller chasing his next deal. Get closer and you will notice this lanky man's phones ring off the hook with callers asking for this or that product. Sserunjogi is the man...

Sub-Standard Technology Failing SMEs.
December 1, 2010... SMALL business managers have revealed that small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), fail because of sub-standard technologies in the country. Participants meeting at the national industrial sector review workshop said many of their businesses had...

Nation to Export Beef to Angola, DRC.
December 1, 2010... UGANDA will soon start exporting beef to Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic following the initiation of a $122m (sh290b) livestock industry. The investment in Ziwa Ranchers in Masindi is being...

Pader Farmers Lobby for Haulers.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Justin Moro RICE farmers in Ogole parish in Lapul subcounty in Pader district have appealed to the subcounty authorities to lobby for rice haulers from the development partheners operating and working in the district so they may add...

Low Vanilla Production Likely to Increase Prices As Demand Builds-Up.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Macrines Nyapendi DECLINING production, coupled with a devastating vine disease has pushed up vanilla prices. A report from Aust&Hachmann, one of the biggest vanilla buyers, says the effects of supply deficits have started to...

Are Country's Supermarkets Competitive?
December 1, 2010... Byline: David Ssempijja LAST month, it was confirmed that three locally established supermarkets Payless, Good Price/Half Price surrendered ownership to Kenyan giants Nakumatt and Tuskys Supermarkets respectively. The takeover of Good/Half...

We Should Not Ignore Sex Workers.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Joseph Magoola IT is more than 20 years since HIV/AIDS was discovered in Uganda. The efforts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS have enabled Uganda to realise a drop in prevalence from 18% in 1992 to 6.4% in 2010. Because of this,...

Shilling Rallies Modestly.
December 1, 2010... US dollar inflows from the aid agency sector and easing demand for the greenback allowed the Uganda shilling to rally modestly on Wednesday, recouping some ground after dropping to an all-time low on Tuesday. Commercial banks in Kampala...

JMC Players Missing.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Bruno Mugooda AFTER their 2-0 loss to local rivals Bul Bidco last week, Jinja based Big League side JMC Hippos players seem to have lost morale as almost three quarters of the team have not turned up for training for the last three...

Kabenge Faces Super League Wrath.
December 1, 2010... Byline: S. Kenyi and P. Wazemba THE Uganda Super League Limited will discipline their board chairman Kavuma Kabenge for abusing the permission to take Express FC for a tour of Vietnam. USL granted Express a two-week break from the league...

Lugogo Indoor Stadium Shut Down.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Charles Mutebi And Usher Komugisha Part of the crowd (top) that turns up at Lugogo Indoor Stadium to watch basketball league games. Above is the floor that is wearing off barely a month after it was renovated at sh1.7b THE newly...

Rugby Students Overwhelm Govt.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Johnson Were GOVERNMENT is overwhelmed by the number of rugby players from schools. The surprise was expressed by the Commissioner for physical education and sports in education ministry Dan Tamwesigire while presiding over the...

New Vision Names Star Teachers.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Anthony Olwoch NORAH Tebaweesa, Olivia Muhumuza and Anthony Oluka, have emerged winners in the Teachers Making a Difference Award. The award, the brainchild of New Vision, seeks to recognise teachers and caretakers at the nursery,...

Security Organs Warned On Elections.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Jeff Lule And Andrew Ssenyonga SECURITY organs have been warned against negative involvement during the electoral process. The warning was sounded by the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, and the Electoral...

Bidandi Criticises Museveni Over Failure to Mentor Leaders.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Rashid Muzungyo JABERI Bidandi Ssali, the People's Progressive Party presidential candidate, has criticised President Yoweri Museveni for failing to mentor leaders to succeed him. "If there is any mistake committed within this...

Otunnu Misses Kanungu Rallies.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Patson Baraire and Caleb Bahikaho THE Uganda People's Congress presidential flag-bearer, Dr. Olara Otunnu, has praised the UPDF, saying many of its officers have Uganda at heart. Otunnu, who missed all his rallies in Kanungu...

Museveni Won't Pick Next President - Besigye.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Conan Businge and Donald Kirya COL. Kizza Besigye, the FDC presidential candidate, has said it is the voters, not President Yoweri Museveni, to decide who will be the next president. He was reacting to comments made by the...

Nation's Rural Communication Fund Lauded.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Mugabe RURAL telecommunication and broadband penetration in Uganda has risen to 14%, higher than in Nigeria and Ghana, because of the clarity of government policy and use of strict targets, a November research report indicates. The...

Poor Environment Hurts Economy - Expert.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Vision Reporter THE Government should allocate more funds to environmental protection initiatives to save the economy from weakening due to global warming and degradation, an expert has advised. "People cannot gainfully carry out...

Piracy Threatens Software Industry.
December 1, 2010... Byline: David Ssempijja Makerere University information technology students examining a new piece of software. They will gain more from their innovations if software piracy is contained THE global software industry has grown tremendously...

Sh2.3 Billion Cassava Scheme Faces Challenges.
December 1, 2010... Byline: Ronald Kalyango MARY Ogwal beams with a prolonged smile as she inspects her cassava garden. She is the proud owner of the 10 acre cassava multiplication garden located in Adyaka parish in Lira district. Late last year, she was...

Nation to Host Turkey Investment Forum.
December 1, 2010... Byline: David Ssempijja A DELEGATION of 30 investors from Turkey will meet their Ugandan counterparts and share information concerning trade opportunities in the two countries. The Turkey-Uganda Trade and Investment forum is scheduled for...

ICT Expo 2010 to Be Held At Serena.
December 1, 2010... The second annual Kampala ICT expo and the East African digital revolution forum will be held at the Serena Hotel. The event is designed to forge collaboration, social networking, knowledge sharing and to enhance business exposure and visibility...