New Vision (Uganda) articles from November 2008

New Vision (Uganda) archives from November 2008

New Delay to LRA Peace Deal.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Henry Mukasa and Milton Olupot A MEETING between the LRA leader, his team and elders from northern Uganda at Ri-kwangba dragged on yesterday and delayed the anticipated signing of the final peace agreement. Joseph Kony had...

Bank of Baroda Chief in Country.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Ronald Kalyango BANK of Baroda global chairman and managing director is in the country as a guest to witness the opening ceremony of the bank's eighth branch at Kawempe, a Kampala suburb. Mangalore Devadas Mallya is a high...

Karamoja Districts Get Tractors.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Ronald Kabuubi THE districts of Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto, Abim and Nabuin Agricultural Institute have received over six tractors worth sh110m each. "It has taken this long to get tractors mainly because of bureaucracy in...

Country Makes HIV Test Kits.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Steven Candia A LOCAL firm, Astel Diagnostics, is manufacturing medical kits for the quick diagnosis of both HIV and malaria, boosting local initiatives in the fight against the killer diseases. The firm based in Lugogo, a...

Kampala Man Butchers Baby Son.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Herbert Ssempogo A MAN butchered his six-month-old son in Kampala on Saturday. The incident heightened the alarm surroundingâ-‚a string of ritual murders involving children in the city. The horrific killing...

Yuasa Builds Modern Offices.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Alex Balimwikungu YUASA Investments, dealers in used vehicles, have commissioned a sh100m new office block at their Jinja Road bond in Nakawa. Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, the Pakistani population and planning minister,...

African MPs Visit Bujagali Falls.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Donald Kiirya OVER 150 members of the African Parliamentary Union on Friday visited the Source of the Nile and Bujagali tourist sites. The tour was organised by the public relations and information office of Parliament. ...

Twins Association Pleads for Help.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Jude Kafuuma THE Association of Twins has asked the Government to assist mothers of twins and triplets educate their children. The members met on Wednesday at Fairway Hotel in Kampala. The chairperson, Salongo Mike Muwanga,...

Regional Media Body Headquarters to Be in Country.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Ahmed Kateregga and George Kalisa THE headquarters of the first Regional Information and Communication Centre for the Great Lakes region will be in Uganda. Uganda's selection was lobbied for by the delegation led by Fred...

Country Heads Military Sports Body.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Swalley Kenyi LT. COL. Gaspard Gasanzwe has assumed leadership of the East and Central Africa Liaison Office (ECALO) secretariat of the military sports body that links the region with their global sports governing body CISM. ...

Government to Recruit PE Teachers.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Bernard Masereka THE Ministry of Education is to recruit physical Education (PE) teachers to revive the practice in schools. The commissioner for physical education and sports Dan Tamwegere, said last Tuesdaywhile addressing...

Three Arrested Over Bank Robbery.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Olandason Wanyama SUSPECTED Stanbic bank robbers who tried to break into the Moroto branch early November have been arrested. The arrests were made in Abim and Lira districts last week after a fortnight trail by security...

Premier Wants Guidelines of Radio Debates.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Ganzi Muhanguzi THE Government has been urged to assist radio and television talkshows (bimeeza) to broadcast quality and informative dialogues. Prime Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi said the Government had failed to provide...

UPDF to Get Sh2 Billion Technology Grant.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Anthony Bugembe CHINA is to give the defence ministry a sh2.3b grant. The money will be spent to train the army, buy trucks, military equipment and build an information technology centre. Gen Jing Zhiyuam, the commander of...

New Game for Nile Beer Consumers.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Pidson Kareire NILE Breweries, the Ugandan SABMiller subsidiary has launched a new bar game dubbed"Kick for Gold", to boost bar businesses. "We dubbed the concept "Kick for Gold" because Nile Special Lager has been awarded...

500 Graduate in Technology.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Patrick Jaramogi OVER 500 students from the Uganda Institute of Information and Communication Technology Nakawa graduated with certificates and diplomas. The communication and information technology minister, Ham Mulira, who...

Dangerous Drug Invades Schools.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Irene Nabusoba A DEADLY stimulant drug, Kuber, is widely being abused by students in secondary schools desperate to get 'high', a watchdog said. Schools and parents must be on the look-out, warned the National Drug Authority...

Kayunga Leaders Arrested Over Latrines.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Charles Jjuuko ABOUT 26 people, one of them a sub-county councillor and four LC1 officials, have been arrested for lack of pit latrines. This follows a Wednesday operation by the Police led by the Kayunga sub-county health...

Investors Seek to Avert Timber Crisis.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Charles Kakamwa UGANDANS must embrace commercial tree farming in order to meet the country's high demand for timber. Allan Amumpe, the project manager of Sawlog Production Grant Scheme, said though a long term investment,...

UBA Launches Electronic Alerts Service.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Ronald Kabuubi UNITED Bank of Africa (UBA) has introduced an online-based solution, e-alerts, which will enable customers to monitor their accounts. "The solution sends customers an instant e-mail and SMS notification every...

NGO Seizes 15 Lorryloads of Timber.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Gerald Tenywa A private group tracking the illegal trade in forest produce in four districts around Kampala has impounded 15 lorry-loads of timber and charcoal over the past two weeks. "We have impounded illegal consignments...

IGAD to Control Pastoralist Conflicts.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Ben Okiror THE intergovernmental Authority on Development should design ways to deal with pastoralist conflicts. This is one of the recommendations by the technical committee of the Conflict Early Warning and Response...

Accident Victims to Get Quick Help.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Alex Bukumunhe LUGAZI residents have formed an organisation to save life and property of accident victims. Accident Rescue Mission Uganda, plans to train volunteers to change their attitudes from looting to administering...

'Involve Wives in Business'.
November 30, 2008... STATE minister for animal industry Maj. Bright Rwamirama has advised husbands to involve their wives in income generating businesses. He said this while distributing over 14,000 chicks to residents of Masha and Birere sub-counties on...

Besigye Woos Kyadondo Voters.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Jude Kafuuma and Moses Mulondo THE Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has the intersts of Buganda at heart. While canvassing votes for the FDC candidate in the Kyadondo North by-election, Pollyne Grace Nakabuye, party leader...

Museveni Warns Peasants to Ensure Food Security.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Joyce Namutebi THE Prosperity-for-All programme, a campaign to alleviate household poverty, transform peasants into commercial farmers, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Addressing 290 district officials, military and...

Land Protection Police Not Visible Yet.
November 30, 2008... THE Inspector General of Police, Major General Kale Kayihura, a few days ago intervened in a land dispute and stopped the eviction of 25 families in Nateete, a Kampala suburb. Kayihura, among other things, ordered the arrest of the police...

KCC Legalises City Hawking.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Joel Ogwang HAWKING will be legalised in the central business district, Kampala City Council (KCC) has said. This takes effect this festive season. The Mayor, Nasser Ntege Sebaggala, said the city's 20,000 hawkers (batembeyi)...

UN Has Failed at Peace Keeping Role.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Shaka Robert RWANDA'S president, Paul Kagame, has accused the United Nations of betraying a pledge to combat Hutu extremists in eastern Congo and then blaming his country for the failure of a costly peacekeeping mission to end...

Land Bill is Shallow, Says Buganda.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Josephine Maseruka THE report on the Land Bill is shallow, the Buganda kingdom attorney general, Apollo Makubuya, has said. The committee that scrutinised the Bill, was given a lot of information which it did not use well, he...

World Bank Boosts Mineral Sector.
November 30, 2008... Byline: David Muwanga THE World Bank has approved a $5m (about sh9.9b) credit to finance to the Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project. The additional credit will strengthen the Government's capacity to develop a sound...

Museveni Promises to Eliminate Iron-Bar Hitmen.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Henry Mukasa and Francis Kagolo HARDCORE criminals, commonly known as iron-bar hitmen, who have terrorised urban centres, will be dealt with decisively, the President said yesterday. The law, President Yoweri Museveni added,...

November Inflation Up to 15 Percent.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Alice Kiingi and Agencies THE annual inflation rose to 14.9% in November from 14.5% last month due to higher food costs, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) said on Friday. Uganda's economy has been growing strongly, but...

Floods Block Aid to Northern Region.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Charles Ariko POOR roads resulting from floods have hampered humanitarian access to the north and northeastern Uganda. The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs, in a report issued on Monday, said the Pader-Puranga...

Land Owners to Be Compensated.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Moses Nampala LAND owners affected by the sh500b phosphate mining project at Osukuru hills in Tororo district will be compensated. The Ministry of Lands said the district tender board would use the approved rates for the...

Amnesty is a Case of International Law.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Vincent Babalanda THE Juba peace process brought to the fore the old debate on restorative justice against retributive justice as a means of remedying the injustices caused to the people of Northern Uganda during the 21-year-old...

URA's Obua Sinks Victors FC.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Bruno Mugooda and Geoffrey Odyek ERIC Obua scored after creating an earlier goal for Patrick Ochan as URA FC beat homeboys Victors 2-1 to close the first round of the Super League at Kakindu yesterday. Ochan had tapped in...

Diocese Passes Sh200 Million Budget.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Dismus Buregyeya WEST Buganda Diocese has passed a sh201m budget for the financial year 2009, increasing it by sh28m. The diocese expects to spend sh76m for the secretariat, sh6.3m for meetings, retreats and conferences,...

Tribal Politics Hurting Muslims.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Hassan Isilow RECENTLY, Chief Magistrate Margaret Tibulya acquitted Mufti Ramadan Mubajje, Hassan Basajjabalaba and Idris Kasenene against charges of fraudulently disposing of Muslim properties. This ruling was expected to...

Bwindi Gets New Set of Gorilla Twins.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Gerald Tenywa THE birth of twins among humans evokes emotions and passion. The babies are usually given special names and celebrated with certain rituals. The birth of twins among gorillas, too, does not pass as an ordinary...

Mbabazi Inspects DRC Refugee Camp in Ishasha.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Raymond Baguma, Caleb Bahikaho and Francisco Ahabyona THE Minister for Security, Amama Mbabazi, has expressed concern about the appaling living conditions of Congolese refugees currently camped at Ishasha transit centre. ...

Plans to Criminalise HIV Condemned.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Steven Candia AN International body on law and health has condemned the criminalisation of HIV exposure or transmission. The move, by a number of states, including Uganda, was an unjust public policy, it said. The Open...

Taso Launches New Aids Strategy.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Elvis Bassude AS World AIDS Day is marked today, the fight against the disease remains hindered by indequate treatment in poor countries and setbacks in finding an effective vaccine, experts say. There have been plenty of...

Government to Build Drug Control Laboratory.
November 29, 2008... THE Government is to build a modern complex to house both the National Drug Authority (NDA) headquarters and a drug quality control laboratory, the health general duties state minister has said. Dr. Richard Nduhura was officiating at the...

'Kyabazinga Was Elected Illegally'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Madinah Tebajjukira HIS election was in defiance of a Constitutional Court injunction, so the government does not recognise him as Kyabazinga. Prince Edward Columbus Wambuzi Muloki was on November 1 elected to succeed his...

MP Escapes Accident Death.
November 29, 2008... KABULA County Member of Parliament, James Kakooza, escaped death last week when his Toyota Land cruiser car number UG 0060H overturned at Kyeirumba on the Mbarara-Isingiro road. The accident left him and travellers with injuries. ...

High Food Prices Causes Inflation.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Vision Reporter and Agencies UGANDA'S annual inflation rose to 14.9% in November from 14.5% last month due to higher food costs, the government said on Friday. The country's economy has been growing strongly, but like all its...

MV Serengeti to Ply Country Route.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Steven Candia A Tanzanian ferry - MV Serengeti is set to begin plying Lake Victoria, connecting Mwanza (Tanzania) and Port Bell (Uganda), amid safety concerns and allegations of flouting of regulations and procedure by Uganda...

'Food Crisis a Blessing to Continent'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Joyce Namutebi PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has reiterated that he is happy with the current food crisis, saying it is a good opportunity for Africa. "If the world is now desperate for food, that is good for Africa. ...

U.S. Army Rebuilds Aromo Bridge.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Bonney Odongo and Patrick Okino THE United States Army working under the US Central Joint Task Force Horn of Africa has started reconstructing Aromo Bridge in Lira District. The team, headed by Lt. Anthony Williams, declined...

Anyau's Victors FC Engage URA.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Fred Kaweesi URA FC will make their ultimate first round league engagement against Victors today extremely aware that the enemy for them might not necessarily reign from the 11 outfield players their opponents will parade. ...

PPP Candidate Raps Opponents.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Jude Kafuuma and Moses Mulondo THE People's Progressive Party (PPP) candidate for the Kyaddondo North by-election, Ssentamu Mukasa Ssewandagi, has attacked the Democratic Party (DP) and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) over what...

Africa Needs Many Experienced Statesmen to Solve Her Problems.
November 29, 2008... LORD Steel of Aikwood is a former Member of the House of Commons in the UK and Speaker of the Scottish Parliament. He was in Uganda to attend a strengthening multiparty democracy and electoral reforms conference at Speke Resort Munyonyo....

Karamoja Region Still Unsafe - UN.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Olandason Wanyama KARAMOJA sub region is still unsafe for travellers, a United Nation's report has revealed. The report, released by Jessica Bowers of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in...

Police Hunt for Ritual Murder Clues.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Herbert Ssempogo THE Police were yesterday set to embark on the arduous task of hunting for the head of a boy who was killed in a suspected ritual murder. City businessman Godfrey Kato Kajubi, implicated in Joseph Kasirye's...

Arua Guard Acquitted of Murder.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Frank Mugabi PRIVATE Joel Omogotele has been set free after spending six years on remand for allegedly killing two of his relatives. Justice John Wilson Kwesiga last week found Omogotele not guilty of the 1999 crime. ...

De-Mystifying Country.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Kalundi Serumaga IT should be obvious that not everything found in Africa is automatically African. As things stand, we are being destroyed by a failure by many of our thinkers and leaders to tell the difference. Our lives...

Rift Valley Railways Supplies Fuel.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Chris Kiwawulo THE Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has brought in one million litres of fuel to alleviate the fuel shortage in the country. The fuel that entered the country on Friday was imported by Shell Uganda and Mogas, among...

Refugee Crisis Looming in Country.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Mary Karugaba and Milton Olupot A humanitarian emergency is evolving in western Uganda due to the influx of Congolese refugees, the Disaster Preparedness minister, Tarsis Kabwegyere, has warned. "The situation of the...

Kyaddondo North By-Elections - What Are the Issues?
November 29, 2008... What are the views of the Government and the opposition on the topic of the week? Sunday Vision pits opposition columnist Wafula Oguttu against the Government representative, Ofwono Opondo Wafula Oguttu KYADDONDO North should be a...

Former Ankole Bishop Dies.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Abdulkarim Ssengendo THE former Bishop of East Ankole Diocese Rtd. Bishop Amos Betungura succumbed to cancer on Friday at Mayanja Memorial Hospital, where he had been admitted for three weeks. Betungura will be buried today...

CHOGM 2007 Contracts Inflated.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Barbara Among, Steven Candia and Mary Karugaba AN audit report into the Commowealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) activities has revealed that the country lost over sh4b in over-payment for road repairs within Kampala city...

Woman Nabbed Selling Boy.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Agiro IN a country where the president encourages the people to produce as many children as possible because a bigger population presents a bigger workforce and hence bigger market, the health minister blames the high...

Power Eclipse Falcons in Playoffs.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Charles Mutebi LIKE they did for most of the regular season, Joseph Ikong and Ben Komakech marshaled Sadolin Power's attack to help it down the Mogas Falcons and take a 2-1 lead in the best of 5 MTN-FUBA Playoffs finals. Just...

Father Arrested Over Incest.
November 29, 2008... Byline: John Nzinjah KASES Police have arrested Venesio Munyiganga Masereka, a resident of Kyampithi village in Kyondo Sub-county for allegedly impregnating his 19-year-old daughter. This was after a tip off from villagers who saw...

Cultural Identity at All Costs.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Dr. Ian Clarke LAST week I was invited to attend a conference on private healthcare in Washington. I also had the opportunity to visit an African American church. It was an experience which I greatly enjoyed, but got me...

Toroitich Confident.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Norman Katende AFTER winning a silver medal in the World Mountain running championship in Switzerland three months ago, Martin Toroitich will take to the Obudu Ranch international mountain race today, with all focus on winning...

Agriculture Threatens Wetland Existence.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Gladys Kalibbala MANY people have been made to think that it is only construction that is threatening wetland depletion. To the contrary even agriculture is reclaiming many wetlands and it is increasingly becoming a threat. ...

Rugunda Flies to Juba for Signing.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Henry Mukasa THE Government delegation to the Juba peace talks yesterday flew to Juba, South Sudan for the anticipated signing of the final peace agreement with LRA leader, Joseph Kony, today. The Chief Government negotiator,...

Lubega Blames Child Sacrifice Reports on Rivals.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Herbert Ssempogo CITY businessman Drake Lubega has attributed claims that a girl was buried alive in his building, to business rivalry. Lubega, in an interview with Saturday Vision yesterday, said as a Christian and a parent,...

Rakai Man Held Over Killing Wife.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Ali Mambule THE Police in Kalisizo, Rakai district have arrested a man suspected to have slaughtered his wife. District Police commander Juma Okungo confirmed Mark Mwesigye's arrest, saying the residents had accused him of...

Invincible.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Phillip Corry DUNCAN Mugabe, capped a great week in West Africa on the tennis courts after storming the semi-finals of the Gabon F2 Futures in Libreville on Thursday. The 18-year-old eased his way to the last four with a 6-4...

Unicef Spends Sh665 Million on Karamoja Children.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Olandason Wanyama A four-million dollar UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) campaign on child survival and development in the Karamoja region has ended with a call to the communities to embrace the project. The campaign, which ran...

Country to Use UN Seat for Peace in the Region.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Ben Okiror UGANDA will use its membership in the United Nations Security Council to promote peace. The Permanent Secretary, ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador James Mugume said this while opening a meeting of the...

Police to Revive Speed Governors.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Herbert Ssempogo THE Police on Wednesday announced a fresh crack down on PSV vehicles without speed governors. The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura said traffic police would, effective December 1, check...

The Long Search for Peace in Country.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Barbara Among Acholi singer Justine Obol, popularly known as Simpleman, vividly remembers the day the Lord's Resistance army rebels stormed their home and killed his father. Obol, 25, has now made a hit in Northern Uganda...

Japan Donates Food to Karamoja.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Ayiga Ondoga The government of Japan has donated food aid to the Karamoja region as part of the nation's support to Uganda. Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Kato said on Thursday that the assistance would benefit the victims of...

Mudoola's Five-Year Ban.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Johnson Ogola The organizers of the Makerere Hima 10's tournament have slapped five-year bans for Utl Kobs Player Victor Wadia and Coach Fred Mudoola from competing in the annual tournament. In a letter sent to the Uganda...

Museveni Mourns Fallen MP.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Abdulkarim Ssengendo and Fred Turyakira PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has described the late Isingiro district woman MP, Viccy Kyaka as a humble parliamentarian who was good at lobbying. Museveni said Kyaka was a strong Movement...

Museveni Advises the Media on Science.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Aidah Nanyonjo PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has asked journalists to utilise the current liberalised economy to effectively communicate science information for the development of the country. "If the energy journalists spend in...

MPs Vow to Write Minority Report on Land Bill.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Madinah Tebajjukira SEVEN members of the committee on physical infrastructure have dissented to the main report of the Land Bill 2007, citing irregularities. The group led by Makindye East MP, Michael Mabikke, agreed to write...

Child Sacrifice Evidence Destroyed.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Joshua Kato and Lydia Namubiru Joseph Kasirye of Masaka was only 12 when death struck him in the most gruesome way. On October 26, while he was visiting an older friend, he met his death like only pigs do. He was bludgeoned...

ICC Lawyers to Help Country on Joseph Kony.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Ganzi Muhanguzi TWO American lawyers formerly working for the International Criminal Court and other experts on war crimes are in the country to help Uganda in implementing the key aspects of the Juba agreement on accountability...

Italy Donates Sh1.2 Billion for Refugees.
November 28, 2008... Byline: Milton Olupot The Italian government has contributed Euro 500,000 (sh1.2 b) as a response to the Congolese refugee influx in Uganda. A statement from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Kampala office said the...