New Vision (Uganda) articles from October 2006, page 5

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Law Gaps Irk MPs.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mariam Nalunkuuma LAWS regarding employment of foreigners have been ignored, MPs have said. The parliamentary committee on defence and internal affairs revealed this while reviewing the...

Gulu Gets Judges.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Maurice Okore THREE Kampala judges have been posted to Gulu High Court to handle 221 cases which have been pending since 2003. Principal Judge James Ogoola temporarily transferred Justice...

KCC Didn't Consult On Park.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mariam Nalunkuuma KAMPALA City Council (KCC) did not consult the Government over the opening of a bus terminal in Nateete, the works minister said on Friday. John Nasasira said, "Any...

Ex-MP Advises On Peace Talks.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) THE Conservative Party president has appealed to the chief mediator in the ongoing peace talks to oppose the UPDF attacks on LRA rebels, reports Charles Ariko. John Ken Lukyamuzi on Thursday said the...

Nebbi to Restore Riverbanks.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Janey Watongo NEBBI district has received sh65m from the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) for riverbanks ecosystem restoration. The funds are meant for four sub-counties of Erussi, Nyapea,...

URA Seizes Church Spares.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) THE Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is still holding spare parts for rehabilitating St. Paul's Cathedral Namirembe pipe organ. Samuel Balagadde reports that the spares were seized by the URA customs...

Ugandan Football Clubs in Trouble.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Louis Jadwong ASPIRING to lead Uganda's tradition soccer giants Villa, Express and KCC is fast becoming a suicidal experience. Elections for the presidency of Villa ended in a farce last...

Buturo Hails Kampala Mayor.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Harriette Onyalla THE Government will work with Kampala City Council (KCC) to improve the city. Ethics state minister Dr. James Nsaba Buturo said the city has to be improved to a status...

Sh1 Million is a Good Gauge.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: James Bakama THE idea of a sh1.1m nomination fee and interviews for those vying for the UABF presidency seems not to have gone down well with many. No one in the boxing fraternity has...

MP Penytoo Donates Textbooks.
October 23, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) GULU municipality MP David Oceng Penytoo (above) has launched a five-year textbook distribution project to primary schools in the municipality, reports Chris Ocowun. He handed over the first...

Clubs Fight for 'Boda Boda'.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Kaweesi LEAGUE champions URA, CECAFA title holders Police and giants Express FC are reportedly set to break the bank to secure the services of Hakim Magumba. With the long awaited...

Crunch Time At Juba Peace Talks.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) PRESIDENT Museveni is in Juba to rekindle the fire in negotiations with the Lord's Resistance Army. It is a historic development. It is the first time in his presidency that Museveni has met...

Basajja Blocks Nakawa Police Post.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) FIVE trucks belonging to First Merchant international emptied clay in a road reserve at Nakawa Market just before midnight on Saturday, reports Geresom Musamali. First Merchant, one of Kampala...

Atubo Vows to Support NRM.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Cyprian Musoke THE Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban development, Daniel Omara Atubo (below), an independent MP for Otuke in Lira district, signed a memorandum of understanding with the...

Central Purchasing Gets Danish Partner.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Cyprian Musoke THE Central Purchasing Company (CPC) of Uganda and a Danish purchasing company Dansk Indkob have formed a joint venture Smartbuy Uganda to offer local companies world-class...

NCS Wants to Team Up With USPA.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Swalley Kenyi NATIONAL Council of Sports (NCS) has proposed a partnership with the sports scribes' body USPA to crown Uganda's best annually. USPA has since 1974 rewarded excellent...

Empowering Children to Change IDPs' Health.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Agnes Barongo PALABEK Kal camp for internally-displaced persons (IDPs) is located 40 kilometres northwest of Kitgum town and houses about 22,000 people. The camp is divided into a well built...

Nadduli Wins Poll Petition.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Edward Anyoli FORMER Luweero LC5 chairman Hajji Abdul Nadduli on Friday won an election petition he filed before the High Court. Nadduli's petition was challenging the election of Ronald...

Kamya is Golf King.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Douglas Mazune AMOS Kamya held off a spirited challenge from Gerald Ayella to win his maiden Uganda Amateur Golf Open at Kitante yesterday. Kamya shot a closing round two-over-par 74...

Museveni Hails Gulu Archbishop Odama.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Ocowun PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has hailed Gulu archbishop John Baptist Odama and the Catholic Church for being good samaritans to people in the north. He said this during the...

Garang Crash Probe Still On - Museveni.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has assured Southern Sudan leaders that investigations into the death of Dr. John Garang are still on, reports Felix Osike. Addressing the Parliament of South Sudan in Juba...

LRA Shun Museveni Handshake.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Henry Mukasa DETAILS emerging from the unprecedented meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and the Lord's Resistance Army rebels delegation in Juba, Sudan indicate that the president...

Saleh Warns Charities On Govt Wealth Plan.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joshua Kato THE progress of the Bonna Bagaggawale programme has been impeded by the existence of thousands of briefcase Savings and Credit cooperative Societies (SACCOS). The...

76 Percent of Children Abused - Report.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Harriette Onyalla and Carol Natukunda THE majority of children experience sexual violence, a report by Raising Voices and Save has revealed. The NGO director, Dipak Naker, on Tuesday said...

Prisoners Don't Have to Stay Long On Remand.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Dorothy Kabugo THE Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) filed a petition in the Constitutional Court challenging the pre-trial detention period which suspects spend on remand. ...

Ex-Champ Amputated.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Samson Opus COMMONWEALTH Games silver medalist and 4 x 400m relay national record holder Peter Rwamuhanda is stranded at Nsambya hospital with an amputated leg. Rwamuhanda, who lost his...

Uganda's Trade Deficit Rises.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: David Muwanga UGANDA'S trade deficit has increased to $1.2b (sh388.5b). "The deficit increased because the value of imports increased at a higher rate than the value of imports in 2005....

Kampala High - an Eye Sore in the City.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: John Eremu FROM its name, one is tempted to think of a high class school with magnificent structures in a prime setting in Uganda's capital city. Indeed, that was what Kampala High School was...

Noble Prize Excites Local MFIs.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ibrahim Kasita LOCAL micro finance practitioners have joined the rest of the world to congratulate Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Noble Peace Prize winner. Yunus is the pioneer of micro finance...

Agric Minister Wants Food Policy.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ronald Kalyango IMPLEMENTATION of a food and nutrition policy should take place quickly to to guard against dumped and GM foods. Agriculture minister Hilary Onek said, "The country's...

Another Milestone for Inzikuru.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Norman Katende DORCUS Inzikuru yesterday rewrote the national half marathon record as she continued with her comeback from injury. The Arua Gazelle finished second in the Pavia half...

Govt Urged to Support E-Learning in Schools.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Geresom Musamali A consultant appraising the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) E-Learning initiative has urged the Government to support local E-Learning materials development....

BATU Shares Will Be Good Buy By 2008.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Kaujju A turnaround of the British American Tobacco Uganda that has seen the company close its manufacturing plant in Jinja and concentrate on the production of quality leaf will make...

The Dilemma At Kyambogo University.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joshua Kato The strike, the second this year, paralysed lectures at the three-year old university, which is a merger of the former Institute of Education Kyambogo (ITEK), the Uganda...

FDC Writes to Kiir, Kony.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Cyprian Musoke THE Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) intends to move a motion in parliament for a resolution unblocking the ICC indictments against LRA leaders. The International...

Unilever Donates to Kibuli School.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) UNILEVER Uganda has donated scholastic material worth sh5.5m to Kibuli Demonstration Primary School, writes Madinah Tebajjukira. The items included textbooks, two computers, a bicycle and sh1.2m. ...

DFCU Recruits Global Expert.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Emmy Olaki and Peter Kaujju WITH over 40 years experience in the banking sector worldwide, Iain Sturrock has joined dfcu Bank as managing director, promising innovative products and a strong...

Ssemujju Arrested At Border Post.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Nathan Etengu NATIONAL Freedom Party president Herman Ssemujju and wife Agnes Nyadoi yesterday broke into tears at Busia Police post after they were detained for trying to cross to Kenya...

Toyota Uganda Unveils New Bikes.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mikaili Sseppuya TOYOTA Uganda on Friday launched the Yamaha YBR125 with a dozen riders giving a fine display of its capability on machines worth over sh50m already purchased and bearing the...

Sudan Expels UN Envoy Over Darfur.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Khartoum gave the top UN representative in Sudan three days to leave the country, marking a new low in relations soured by the row over the world body's proposed role in war-torn Darfur. Outspoken UN...

155 Sudanese Refugees in Masindi Return Home.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kyetume Kasanga A TOTAL of 155 Sudanese refugees left Masindi for South Sudan last week. The UNHCR head of the western field office, Adan Diis Ilmi, flagged off 10 vehicles including taxis...

Varsity Expels Pregnant Students in Mbale.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Nathan Etengu THE Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) has expelled 18 pregnant students. The university coordinator, Hajji Abbas Samaali, said the students, many of them in their first...

Sort Out Kyambogo.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) KYAMBOGO University lecturers last week went on strike following the expiry of an ultimatum that they should have been integrated as permanent staff of the university by mid-October. The problem...

Rice Farming Threatens Mityana's Forests, Swamps.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Irene Nabusoba TREE stumps and upland rice stand where Kawezike forest, in Busubizi village, Mityana district, once stood. Kawezike, which means 'bury yourself' got its name from the dangers...

US School to Support Faith Education Centre.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kibuuka Lumu FAITH Education Centre Bukolooto in Kayunga district has established a twinning relationship with Deborah Brown Community School in Tulsa Oklahoma, US. In an interview...

Mukula, Baka Start Cranes Fundraising.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Swalley Kenyi SPORTS state minister Charles Bakkabulindi and NRM vice chairman Capt. Mike Mukula have started their own Cranes fundraising drive. Bakkabulindi and Mukula said that they...

Senator Lager Rewards Dancers.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Vision Reporter THE Senator Cultural Extravaganza now at the district level after traversing 80 counties across the country recently revived cultural dance and folk songs in Tororo, Busia,...

KIU Are Varsity Handball Kings.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Samson Opus KAMPALA International University (KIU) dethroned Kyambogo as the inter-university handball champions on Saturday. KIU, spurred by national team players James Serwadda, Rajab...

Mobile Laboratories Used in UNEB Exams.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Flavia Nakagwa MOBILE laboratories were created in most schools for science practical O'level examinations. The secretary of the uganda National examination Board (UNEB), Matthew...

Sh260 Billion for Bonna Bagaggawale.
October 22, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kibuuka Lumu OVER sh260b has been earmarked for the Bonna Bagaggawale (wealth for all) programme. State minister for youth affairs Maj. James Kinobe said this at the independence Day...

Rebels Kill 38, Kamdulu to Testify.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Esther Namugoji He who is being carried does not realise how far the town is. Could this be the LRA's attitude towards the Juba peace talks? Renewed fighting in Southern Sudan was blamed on...

Why Do You Attend Church?
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Rachel Ainebyona Recently got to church 10 minutes late and hurriedly made my way to the door. I was anxious to find a seat in the main building and not have to sit in the 'overflow'. ...

Power Host Warriors in Ultimate Tie.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Gloria Kyomugisha FORMER MTN Basketball League champions Sadolin Power encounter Warriors in a playoff semi-final decider today at the YMCA court. The winner of today's game three will...

Castle Stands in Wanderers' Way.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ronnie Kintu WANDERERS and Tornado B face big tests against youthful sides ahead of the Luswata Cup semi-finals next week. After a painful one-run defeat to Africa in a league tie last...

Best in the Land.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: David Tumusiime And Steven Tendo This year has seen many musicians attempt to export Ugandan music, with singers like Jose Chameleone, Juliana Kanyomozi and Bobi Wine spending a greater part...

Letter to Muhwezi.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Congratulations Major General Jim Muhwezi. Your unbecoming complacency and quietness - especially from a general who is a revolutionary and a freedom fighter - had left me wondering what could have gone...

LRA Behaviour Should Not Be Condoned.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Kintu Nyago IT should not be business as usual. The criminality and total disregard of human life by the bizarrely-named Lord's Resistance Army was well-exposed in their recent massacre of...

Museveni to Meet LRA.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Henry Mukasa and Felix Osike THE faltering talks between the Government and the LRA in Juba received a major boost on Saturday with a visit by President Yoweri Museveni. The state...

Ouma to Shed 7kg.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: James Bakama KASSIM Ouma's assignment before drawing a strategy for the biggest fight of his career will be shedding off seven kilogrammes. "I am currently at 80 kilogrammes so I'm into a...

How Will William Pike Be Remembered?
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Robert Kabushenga I GUESS it is the end of an era in the media industry. It started some time back with William Pike, who has had the rare opportunity of exiting with a bang. Ironically the...

Ekiring Chance.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Norman Katende EDWIN Ekiring has a chance to become Africa's top seed if he wins gold at the Africa Badminton Championships. But this will all depend on whether the local federation...

'FDC is Not Divided'.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Four months after the first ever multiparty elections in 20 years, how would you rate your performance? To ask me that question is probably unfair, because first of all I don't even have a yardstick...

Stuck On the Streets.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) FEAR of attacks and abductions by the LRA rebels was the initial reason behind children, and even some adults, flocking from the villages to night commuters' shelters in Gulu town. However, today it...

HIV/Aids is an Opportunity.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Harriette Onyalla THE Watoto Hope for Africa's Children Conference opened with a bang on Wednesday evening at Kampala Pentecostal Church. A moving multimedia display sent home the message...

DDT is Still a Danger.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: John Ken Lukyamuzi IN a paper I published in the Weed Science Journal of East Africa of the autumn of 1997, on Fighting the Water Hyacinth without Disaster: Legal and Environmental...

Rebels Delay Monitors.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Okino THE LRA's demands are delaying the Juba peace talks, the Observers and Monitoring Team has said. "The talks have delayed because LRA have a lot of demands and their demands...

When Two Egos Clash.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Kabuleta THE cold war between FUFA and the Ministry of Sports has thrown up some laughable developments in the past, but none greater than the announcement that the ministry intends...

State House Hosts Muslims.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Alfred Wasike PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has warned Ugandans against using religion, tribe or gender to practise sectarianism. Museveni said, "I will not stand this kind of confusion. I...

The LRA is Not Serious.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Mary Karooro Okurut THE cold-blooded massacre of more than 40 people by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Southern Sudan raises fundamental questions as to whether the rebels are interested...

South Sudan Slumbers Still.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Badru Mulumba The signs of war are fading. The military trucks are gone and so are the military fatigues. In the pubs, civilians have replaced the military men. From Gulu to Nimule, on the...

Ernest Bazanye's Bad Idea!
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ernest Bazanye In Part five of Under The African Moon, that epic African play in innumerable unconnected parts, the palace of King Azaine II is surrounded by a mob of people carrying babies....

Omuriwe is Cocky.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Swalley Kenyi MERCY Tabitha will be the woman to watch when the Club Pilsener national beach volleyball circuit returns to Lido today. The third seed and her partner Andrina Namata...

Ndejje Tames MUBS.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Ronnie Kintu MAKERERE University Business School failed to maintain their supremacy over Ndejje, losing in football, volleyball and basketball on Thursday. The pathetic performance means...

Project Fame - Time to Shine.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: David Tumusiime After a rather slow start, Project Fame, sponsored by Tusker Malt Lager is just about to get more interesting. The first show on UBC TV introduced one of East Africa's most...

Namirembe Organ Overhauled.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Balagadde THE Namirembe Cathedral pipe organ is undergoing the final phase of its rehabilitation. Made in 1930 by Positive Organ Co. and reconstructed by Alfred E. Davis & Sons in...

Kabaka, Akright in Land Dispute.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Josephine Maseruka A dispute has arisen between Kabaka Ronald Mutebi and real estate company Akright Projects, over a 30-acre piece of land in Mutungo Kitiko in Wakiso District. The...

Keep the Kabaka Out of Politics.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) THE Constitutional Court will in the next convenient session hear a petition of two Baganda politicians who want to register a political party called Kabaka Yekka (KY). The politicians petitioned the...

Lugazi Youth Confront HIV/Aids Issues.
October 21, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Esther Namugoji Youth Alive Uganda last weekend reached out to the youth of Lugazi Town Council in Mukono District, to increase HIV/AIDS awareness. Pupils from various schools marched to...

MUK Theft.
October 20, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Word from Makerere University's Faculty of Social Sciences is that several of the faculty computers were stolen over the weekend. A staff was overheard explaining to students that the faculty's...

Gaddafi to Open Muslim TV Here?
October 20, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) From State House, Have You Heard can exclusively reveal that Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi is expected in the country sometime before the end of the year for the grand opening of Uganda Muslim...

Gulu, Amuru Camps Get Water.
October 20, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Ocowun Care international has set up four water projects to rescue internally displaced people (IDPs) from a water crisis in the camps. The sh604m scheme under its emergency water...

Nakasongola Accounts Queried.
October 20, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Kiwuuwa And Mary Karugaba NAKASONGOLA district officials on Thursday failed to account for sh115m. The parliamentary local government accounts committee chaired by Geoffrey Ekanya...

Reinstate Nms Sh1b Fraud Case, Say MPs.
October 20, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) A sh1.5b fraud case against two senior officials of the National Medical Stores should be reinstated, say MPs. Mariam Nalunkuuma reports that the committee on commissions and statutory enterprises...

Continue Peace Talks.
October 20, 2006... (From New Vision (Uganda) - AAGM) THREE separate ambushes on Thursday near Juba have raised the spectre of a resumption of the war in the north. This is a nightmare prospect. It is not clear who carried out the ambushes but it must...