New Vision (Uganda) articles from January 2006

New Vision (Uganda) archives from January 2006

Indian Dowry Woes: Test for Law Makers.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Alice Emasu TWO weeks ago, Navpreet Kaur, 22, of Indian origin, residing in Kampala tasted the wrath of her parents Mr and Mrs Garbax Sigh of Old Kampala. Crime: She refused to marry the men...

Canadian-Based NGO Gives Sh142m to Njeru.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Kakamwa STEPHEN Louis foundation based in Canada has donated sh142m for education of orphans and vulnerable children in Njeru town council in Mukono district. The funds from the...

Ssebaana Too Old - Rakai Boss.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Eddie Ssejjoba RAKAI LC5 chairman Vincent Ssemakula on Friday told Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate John Ssebaana Kizito that he was too old to become president. Ssemakula...

Ruzindana Petitions EC Over Janet.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Apollo Mubiru RUHAMA County MP Augustine Ruzindana , who is campaigning to retain the seat on the FDC ticket, has petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC), accusing his contender, First Lady...

Norwegian Body Aids Kitgum.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Opio NORWEGIAN Refugee Council (NRC) has earmarked sh4b to improve education services in Kitgum district. NRC project coordinator Odong P'Duny said the money would be spent on...

Kamuli Herdsmen Invade Wetlands.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Nampala A long dry spell in Kamuli district has forced livestock farmers with over 25,000 herds of cattle to migrate into wetlands of Lake Kyoga. The district veterinary officer,...

Col. Besigye Calls for Peace.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Frank Mugabi FORUM for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Col. Kizza Besigye on Sunday released two doves into the air as he called for peace in the country during a rally in Arua...

Sudanese Refugees Struggle for Survival in Jinja Camps.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Nampala CHRISTINE Lalam, 34, rushes out of a temporary structure clouded with smoke. Her eyes moistened, she bends to reach for the hem of her ankle-length skirt to blow her nose. ...

Museveni Warns Spying Neighbours.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Henry Mukasa, Nathan Etengu and J. Omoding PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has warned Uganda's neighbours against harbouring insurgents or spying on him. He said they risked being crushed. ...

PRA Case Set for Today.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Maurice Okore THE 22 suspected rebels of the People's redemption Army on remand in Luzira Maximum Security Prison are scheduled to go on trial today before the General Court Martial on...

Army Refutes Salary Protest Report.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Alfred Wasike and Ganzi Muhanguzi THE Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has refuted media reports that 18 soldiers in northern Uganda were recently arrested for erecting posters vowing...

Enact Law to Protect Informers - Ministry.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Carol Natukunda And Ganzi Muhanguzi THE Ministry of Ethics and Integrity wants a law safeguarding people who disclose information on the misconduct of public officers. State minister for...

ID Card Dispute Deepens.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: F. Ahimbisibwe Acting finance ministry Permanent Secretary Keith Muhakanizi defied finance minister Dr. Ezra Suruma's directive to halt the award of the multi-million national data bank and...

Vote Pro-People MPs - Ssekandi.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Dismus Buregyeya PARLIAMENT Speaker Edward Ssekandi on Friday started his campaign rallies with a call on the public to vote pro-people leaders. Ssekandi who is to address 16 rallies in...

ERA to Issue Thermal Permits.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ricks Kayizzi PERMITS will be issued to the three companies planning to produce thermal electricity. The issuance will be done by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) this week, Dr....

Multiparty Can Kill Decentralisation.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rwamutega Tucungwirwe In spite of some challenges, I count decentralisation as one of the tangible achievements of the Movement government. In the last 10 years the system of local government...

More Suspects Arrested in Kampala Serial Murders.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Kiwawulo THREE more men suspected to have had a hand in the gruesome city murders of three young women have been arrested. The suspects were tracked down following the arrest of...

IMF Experts Say Banking Sector is On Rebound.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sylvia Juuko THE banking sector has recorded good gains as ongoing reforms spur competition and efficiency, but an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report has said there is little progress...

Evict New Encroachers.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) ENVIRONMENT minister Kahinda Otafiire has directed the National Forest Authority to halt fresh encroachment into forest reserves. Ten days ago President Museveni ordered the NFA to halt evictions of...

Mbabazi Woos Youth for Museveni.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Kiwawulo DEFENCE minister Amama Mbabazi has asked the youth to vote for President Yoweri Museveni so as to foster democracy. "There is no doubt the Movement government is coming...

Besigye Rape Case Winds Up.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Anne Mugisa, Hillary Nsambu and Hillary Kiirya The State yesterday asked the court to convict Col. Kizza Besigye for the 1997 rape of his ward Joanita Kyakuwa. Presiding Justice JB...

Miria in Kiruhura.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) UPC presidential candidate Miria Kalule Obote told the people of Kazo in Kiruhura district on Sunday that they should shun President Yoweri Museveni and vote her as the next president of Uganda on...

Samaki: No Turning Back.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Keturah Kamugasa IT is serene and quiet in Munyonyo this Wednesday morning. We stop at an impressive gate decorated with multi-coloured fish. A huge, orange house welcomes us to the home of...

Double Trouble: Dumped for Giving Birth to Deformed Baby.
January 31, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Moses Nampala HE lay on his mother's lap suckling quietly, tiny beads of sweat visible on his fore head on yet the morning is chilly. Suddenly, his little lips part, allowing the...

ADB Boosts Uganda With Sh156b.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vision Reporter UGANDA is to get $85.75m (about sh156.3b) from the African Development Bank Group. The money will finance projects in education, water and sanitation following two...

Local Coaches Key to Cranes.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Louis Jadwong A new generation of coaches has taken over at leading soccer clubs in the Super Division League. Yesterday's players - Moses Basena, Jackson Mayanja, George Simwogerere, Deo...

Africa's Future Lies in Science.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Jeffrey Sachs LONG-TERM economic progress comes mainly from the invention and spread of improved technologies. The scientific revolution was made possible by the printing press, the...

Clubs Must Raise Their Game.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: James Bakama IN this era when local football is competing with a far better packaged foreign product, local organisers have a daunting task. I therefore thought FUFA tried their best to raise...

Uganda Shilling Appreciates.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Busharizi THE shilling appreciated in the week to Friday on inflows from exports, forex dealers said. The shilling was trading at 1,810/20 to the dollar compared to the previous...

Uganda's Population Growth Rate the Lead Cause of Poverty.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Jennifer Austin UGANDA'S population growth rate of 3.4% per year is the third-highest in the world and has been identified in numerous studies as a leading cause of poverty. This fast...

Mukung, Kapchorwa's Birth Attendant With a Golden Touch.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mathias Mugisha FOR Margaret Mukung, Tuesdays and Thursdays are very busy days. Before the sun fights its way through the cold misty Kapchorwa skies, her compound is filled with women. ...

Manufacturers Ask for Power Subsidies.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Bwogi MEMBERS of the private sector want concessions and subsidies from the Government to allow them import generators to meet industrial power shortfall caused by rampant power cuts....

Ugandans Can Emulate Japanese Royal Family.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) JAPAN should change its succession laws to let women take the throne, a government panel has advised. The Imperial Household is in crisis as there is no young male to accede to the throne. Under...

Eight Relate Serial Killer Ordeal.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Kiwawulo And Cyprian Musoke EIGHT more women have reported being victims to serial killer Baker Walusimbi's deadly robberies, in the unfolding story of his grisly murders in Kampala...

Fish Exporters Thrive At Local Fishermen's Expense.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Gerald Tenywa RESEARCHERS have attributed the increasingly hard conditions hitting local fishermen to the growing commercial fishing. "Fishermen face the dreadful prospect of remaining...

Do Not Crucify Me - Mukula.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: James Ekweu HEALTH state minister Capt. Mike Mukula has said the people of Soroti Municipality are plotting to crucify him despite his good leadership. Mukula, the area MP, compared...

Museveni to Petition Kenya Over Pokot Warriors.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Henry Mukasa And Nathan Etengu PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni is to petition the Kenya government to disarm Pokot warriors who have been destabilising Kapchorwa district. Museveni, on the...

Ballot Boxes Arrive.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Alfred Wasike THE transparent ballot boxes for the February 23 elections have arrived in the country from Denmark. The Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday received 15,380 out of the...

Devalue Currency - Kenyan Minister.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Reuben Olita A KENYAN minister last Thursday appealed to the Government to devalue the Kenya shilling, saying its strength was hurting local manufacturers and the export sector. Trade...

Lion Assurance's Sinks Sh7b in Uganda.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vision Reporter LION Assurance has received a sh7b capitalisation from its parent company TA Holdings Limited (TA). TA is a Zambabwean-based investment company. The group has...

Bidandi Wrong to Form Party.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: John Kakande VETERAN politician Bidandi Ssali resigned as the vice-chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in November 2004. Bidandi argued that he could not continue serving in...

Sserunjogi Apologies to Offended Voters.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vision Reporter KAMPALA Central Division chairman Charles Sserunjogi has sought for forgiveness from the people he offended during his term of office. At a DP candidates' campaign rally...

'Tiger Woods' Birungi Plans Big Comeback.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: William Muwonge FORMER Uganda Open champion Stephen Birungi has stepped up his training sessions in the last one month, and is now concentrating solely on his putting and driving as he plans...

Mbarara University Wants Aid.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Raymond Baguma MBARARA University of Science and Technology (MUST) Chancellor Prof. Raphael Owor has called for more support to the university to enable them increase intake to science...

Arua RDC Blasts Opposition.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vision Reporter ARUA RDC Alfred Omony Ogaba on Thursday blasted opposition leaders for what he called ingratitude to the NRM government. Speaking at the poorly-attended 20th NRM...

Ugandan Firm Recruits 400 for UAE Jobs.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Jaramogi OVER 400 Ugandans are set to leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tomorrow for various jobs in the oil-rich Arab State. The group, recruited by a local firm,...

Army Kills Six LRA Rebels in Sudan.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vision Reporter THE army has killed six LRA rebels and captured four wives with four children of LRA commanders in southern Sudan on Friday. Northern-based army spokesman Lt. Chris...

Bashir Donates to NRM Youth.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Yasin Kironde SUDANESE president and leader of the National Congress Party (NCP), Omar El-Bashir, has donated office equipment worth millions of shillings to the NRM youth league to promote...

Miria to Revitalise Education.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kyomuhendo Muhanga CAMPAIGN HAZARD: Miria's staff repair the tyre of her car after it burst on her way from Ibanda district UPC presidential candidate Miria Kalule Obote on Saturday told...

Ssebana Campaigns in Church.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Nicholas Kajoba DP presidential candidate Ssebaana Kizito yesterday launched his Mukono campaigns in a church by urging all Catholics to vote for him next month. Ssebaana, a Protestant,...

Kalangala Ferry Excites Residents.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Steven Candia THE much-awaited sh13b MV Kalangala ferry on Friday made its maiden test run on Lake Victoria, docking at Bugala Island, kalangala district archipelago, to cheers from hundreds...

Police Contracts Body Dissolved.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Steven Candia INTERNAL affairs permanent secretary Dr. Stephen Kagoda has dissolved the police contracts committee (CC) and replaced it. The CC inaugurated in January 2004 and replaced the...

'No Re-Run in Presidential Polls'.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Caleb Bahikaho HEALTH minister Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi has said there will be no re-run in the presidential elections. Muhwezi, the Rujumbura MP and Rukungiri district NRM chairman, said...

Kabaka Appoints Ebyaffe Committee.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Josephine Maseruka KABAKA Ronald Mutebi has appointed a seven-member Ebyaffe committee to be chaired by Buganda's former attorney general, J.W. Katende. Katende, who resigned in the...

Security Organs Block Besigye.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Ocowun FDC presidential candidate Kizza Besigye was on Friday blocked from campaigning on FM radios in Gulu. Besigye had gone to Gulu after addressing rallies in Lira and Apac...

Jinja UCE Second Best is a Seminarian.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Kakamwa JINJA district's second-best student in the 2005 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations Cyrus Galyaki is a seminarian pursuing priesthood at the Uganda Martyrs'...

Budo Junior Gives Out Scholarships.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vision Reporter BUDO Junior School has given scholarships to the best two pupils in last year's Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). Joel Mugenyi was second and Jonathan Maraka eighth in...

Museveni Tells Mityana to Vote Out Mayor.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vision Reporter PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has urged the residents of Mityana town to vote out its incumbent mayor, whom he described as a non-performer. Museveni, who is also the NRM...

UAC Chief Blames Omaswa On Global Fund.
January 30, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Jude Etyang And Patrick Jaramogi UGANDA AIDS commission (UAC) boss Dr. Kihumuro Apuuli threw blame over the Global Fund scandal to another body which "failed" to supervise it. Apuuli...

I Am Back - Kasulu.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) PATRICK Kasulu, the real estate firm, Property Masters' boss, was recently granted bail after 17 months in jail over complaints related to his business. He told Esther Namugoji about life on remand...

Ouma in Comeback Fight.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: James Bakama KASSIM Ouma hastened his comeback campaign by knocking out Argentina's Francisco Mora at the Diamond casino, Arizona on Friday night. Ouma sent Mora to the canvas with a...

Who Will Take Elgon?
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joshua Kato IN Part Eight of our series examining factors that will influence regional voting patterns in next month's elections, Joshua Kato explores the greater eastern region. IT is...

Why Sexual Intercourse is Bad for Your Body.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Buyinza A CLOSE friend recently asked me the extent to which the adage "too much of anything is dangerous" is true. I just couldn't see any sense in his query and simply told him that...

Steps of a Pioneer.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) The first Ugandan dentist was trained on the job because there was no dental school in Uganda at the time. Musa Settimba had just completed a three-year training as a medical assistant when the...

Egos Clash in Kitgum.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) PERSONAL ambition and big egos are giving the NRM campaign in Kitgum a tough time. The three NRM MPs and district bigshots are pulling in different directions and providing lessons in how not to maintain...

UPE Not Disaster As Portrayed By FDC.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) POLITICKING is one thing, telling lies is quite another. It is obvious that a positive message from the opposition has been elusive. But then, this is not surprising. The reason is simple. If you are...

Elections Will Be Free, Fair - EC.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sheila Kulubya THE countdown to the elections is set to begin very soon, now that there is less than one month to go. Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson, Dr. Badru Kiggundu, tells about...

UK Entices Kyeyos.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Titus Kakembo THE British government has announced an initiative for non-citizens on kyeyo (odd jobs) to voluntarily return home. The benefactors comprise failed asylum seekers, illegal...

Rotational Savings Could Be Your Way Out.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ganzi Muhanguzi ROTATIONAL Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCA) could be the solution to your financial woes. ROSCA is a saving scheme model in which individuals agree to pool an equal...

UN Plot to Nab Otti Backfires.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Emmy Allio THE eight Guatemalan peacekeepers who died in the Garamba zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week were part of a United Nations Observer Mission in Congo (MONUC) team...

Unopposed MPs, Lc5s.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) FOLLOWING the nominations for Members of Parliament, Local Government Councils - LC5 and LC3 a number of candidates have emerged unopposed. The NRM has scooped all the unopposed seats taking an early...

Museveni Questions Besigye Record.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Henry Mukasa And Nathan Etengu PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has blamed the failure of the Entandikwa Scheme on former Movement leaders who defected to form the Forum for Democratic Change...

FDC Contradicts Self.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) HAS anybody noticed how our friends from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) are consistently contradicting themselves in the same breath? It was interesting to have them run to the Iteso and...

Tight Budgets in NRM Campaign.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) CANDIDATE Yoweri Museveni is fighting his re-election campaign without much help from the ministers and MPs in his task force. It is not that the MPs or ministers don't support him. On the contrary,...

The Somali Dream.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) The sun is scorching hot in Mogadishu, the city of guns and roses - that's what we call it. We the battle-hardened wagon clan fighters have seen so much bloodshed and lawlessness in our dusty country. ...

Civil Servant to Be Sacked Over Besigye.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Okiror ABDUL Wabende, a driver with Soroti District local government is to be sacked for allegedly supporting and campaigning for the Forum for Democratic Change presidential...

Besigye to Answer, Miria Can't Talk.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Andrew Ndawula Kalema HE has a case to answer. It is now up to Col. (rtd.) Kizza Besigye to prove his innocence, after High Court judge J. B. Katutsi ruled that the Forum for Democratic...

Opposition is Sharing the Same Crowd.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) THE process of electing both national and local government leaders is ongoing. Parties have nominated candidates with some getting nominated as independent candidates. There are those like Miria Matembe...

Just Let Us Do Our Business.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) I was talking to a Ugandan who is a major investor in this country. He is a self-effacing man, who avoids the limelight. However, he is an excellent businessman, who has been very successful. We were...

Kabila Owes Saleh $0.5m.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sheila Kulubya GEN. (rtd.) Salim Saleh has said Joseph Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), owes him half a million dollars (over sh800m). Saleh disclosed...

Charming the Ladies.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Sheila Kulubya For the first time in Uganda's 43 years of independence, a woman - Miria Kalule Obote, the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) flag bearer - could become the country's next...

I Can't Be Toppled - Besigye.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Abubaker Mukose FORUM for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Col. (rtd.) Dr. Kizza Besigye has dismissed threats of a military coup by the UPDF if he is elected president. ...

What Can They Do for Us?
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) THE presidential candidates have wooed voters with promises of better education, infrastructure, salaries and an end to the war in northern Uganda. Who has promised what, and how do they plan to fulfil...

Israel, Hamas Should Talk to Each Other.
January 29, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) THE victory of Hamas in the Palestinian elections is bad news, coming from a land that is dominated by violence. It was within the Palestinians' rights to elect Hamas as a party that will address their...