New Vision (Uganda) articles from October 2008, page 10

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Let the ICC Pursue LRA Leaders.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Godfrey Okot Aruu County MP Odonga Otoo recently wrote that the International Criminal Court (ICC), in its pursuit of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), is behaving as if it is more aggrieved than the people of northern Uganda....

NGO to Sensitise Kasese Residents on Aids Stigma.
October 15, 2008... Byline: John Nzinjah A total of 1,143 members of a community based organisation have been deployed in Kasese district to sensitise people about the AIDS scourge. The team will inform residents about the importance of voluntary...

Prepare Farmers for Climate Change.
October 15, 2008... Today, Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark the World Food Day. The day, organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is being marked in Tororo. This year's World Food Day comes at a time when Uganda and the world are...

UPC to Re-Bury Obote If They Take Power.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Dennis Ojwee THE Uganda People's Congress (UPC) party has vowed to re-bury the remains of former President Dr. Apollo Milton Obote at the Parliament grounds if it captures power in the 2011 elections. The Gulu district UPC...

WFP Shifts From Aid to Food Production.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Stanlake Samkange Shirtless Karimojong men pant and pace at the World Food Programme (WFP) warehouses. They are on a frantic mission to load a truck with maize, split peas, corn, soya blend and cooking oil donations from western...

Lions Donate to Eye Patients.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Donald Kiirya OVER 50 eye patients admitted in Jinja Hospital have received food items from the Lions Club of Jinja. The club, which built the ward, also gave food supplies to 65 orphans in St. Mugagga Boys Home in Jinja. The...

Mbale Wants City Status.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Samuel Balagadde THE district council has voted to have Mbale Municipal Council given city status. Robert Wandasi, the vice-chairman of the council, who also doubles as secretary for finance, said the city status was pending...

Husband Killer to Hang.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Hillary Nsambu and Nuliat Nakiwala A WOMAN who murdered her husband, has lost her appeal in the Supreme Court. Susan Kigula Sseremba was convicted together with her maid, Patience Nansamba, of the murder of Constantine...

Wanyama Dominates Mengo Open.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Douglas Mazune East African champion Harold Wanyama quickly recovered from a humiliating third round defeat to Hassan Mulambe and won the Mengo Rapid chess Open at the weekend. The third edition of the event sponsored by...

Canons Overwhelm Crane High.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Charles Mutebi LORRAIN Akinyi netted a game-high 22 points, two more than her teammate and mercurial playmaker Flavia Oketcho, to lead the Lady Canons to a chilling 92-17 win over Crane High. The win helped the Mukono-based...

NSSF Building Works Illegal, Says KCC.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Juliet Waiswa and Godfrey Kimono THE KAMPALA City Council (KCC) has said the excavation works at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) building site on Lumumba Avenue were not authorised. City engineer Steven Kinyera told...

300 Rights Abuses Reported Since May, Says Sekaggya.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Josephine Maseruka A TOTAL of 300 communications have been issued to governments implicated in human rights violations, a senior human rights official has said. Margaret Ssekaggya, the UN special rapporteur on the situation...

Silver Medal for Cherop.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Norman Katende ALEX Cherop won Uganda her second medal, an athletics silver in the 1500m final at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India yesterday. A strong final kick helped the Ugandan finish second after a photo...

Industries Key to Development - Nsibambi.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Mark Owor MANUFACTURING holds the key to Uganda's future development, the Prime Minister, Prof. Apolo Nsibambi, has said. "Ugandans will all benefit from expansion of our industrial base. This trade fair is a clear positive...

Kashoma Sent Back to Luzira.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Charles Ariko Businessman Justus Kashoma and five others charged with aggravated robbery last month, were yesterday returned to Luzira Prison. The six will reappear in court on Tuesday. Nakawa Grade One Magistrate Samuel...

Owen Falls Production Falls By 10MW.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Ibrahim Kasita POWER generated at the two hydro-power plants at the Owen falls Dam has reduced by 10MW due to the restricted water outflow, experts have disclosed. Two months ago, the two facilities produced 145MW, but now...

WFP to Buy More Local Food.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Vision Reporter THE UN's World Food Programme (WFP) wants to double the amount of food it buys in Uganda, to about $100m (sh170b) worth annually, to support agriculture in the country and improving the lives of small-scale...

We Survive on Donor Funding, Says Makerere.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Milton Olupot and Mary Karugaba GOVERNMENT funding to Makerere University is so limited that it could close down if the donors withdrew funding. "I am comparing Makerere University to a sick person. We should not allow the...

26 Presidents Expected.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Henry Mukasa OVER 20 African heads of state are expected in Kampala next week for the first summit of the three economic communities in Eastern and Southern Africa. The tripartite summit, which starts on Saturday with a...

Rwanda Hails Relations With Country.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Arthur Baguma RWANDA has hailed relations with Uganda as strong and cordial, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has said. Speaking at a dinner to mark Uganda's 46th Independence anniversary, at the Serena Hotel...

Laila Crew Tipped for Jinja Rally.
October 15, 2008... THE JMC Independence rally this weekend offers the female crew of Laila Mayanja and Noela Blick, in a Mitsubishi Evo4, a chance to clinch their maiden win. Douglas Mazune writes that the Jomayi Property Consultants sponsored female crew...

Country Wins Second Game on Kenya Tour.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Charles Mutebi FRANK Nsubuga's two wickets for five runs in 10 overs was the highlight of Uganda's bowling attack which dismissed Kenya A for 109 to a resounding seven-wicket victory in Nairobi yesterday. Nsubuga's return was...

Kibirige Was a Patriot, Says Museveni.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Cyprian Musoke & Joel Ogwang PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni yesterday scoffed at unpatriotic politicians who only stay in Uganda during "fair-weather" times. Addressing mourners at the burial of former agriculture minister...

Sh96 Million for Demolition of Belgian Envoy Residence.
October 15, 2008... Byline: John Odyek THE Government has secured 40,000 pounds (sh96m) to demolish the official residence of Uganda's ambassador in Brussels, Belgium. The building was dilapidated due to lack of funds to maintain it, Ambassador James...

Four Held Over Exams.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Herbert Ssempogo THREE days into the O' Level examinations, four people, three of them university students, are being held in connection with examination malpractices. Detained at Wandegeya Police Station in Kampala, the...

Agony at NSSF Victims Funeral.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Chris Kiwawulo & Herbert Ssempogo WAILING and incomprehension filled the air as relatives viewed the bodies of the Roko construction workers who were crushed to death when the excavated wall of an NSSF building in Kampala...

Sameg Gets UMA Award.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Patrick Jaramogi PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has hailed Sameg Chemical Industries for promoting locally-made products. The President said this while awarding Sameg a trophy for being the best small scale industries exhibitor at...

Boxing AGM to Go Ahead.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Norman Katende The Uganda Amateur Boxing Federation (UABF) plans to defy a ministerial directive and go ahead with their Annual General Meeting next week in Kasese. (UABF's acting secretary David Kyambadde yesterday insisted...

Jinja Councillor Challenges New Ulgu Top Executive.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Douglas Mazune JINJA councillor Agatha Doi has contested the election of Uganda Ladies Golf Union (ULGU) new president Jolly Karemera and secretary Jasper Kamukama. Karemera beat fellow Uganda Golf Club (UGC) councillor Peace...

'Magistrates Not Exempted From Taxes'.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Hillary Nsambu, Anne Mugisa and Nuliat Nakiwala Magistrates and registrars are not exempt from paying taxes, the Supreme Court has ruled. This overturns a ruling by the Constitutional Court three years ago that exempted...

Big League Introduced.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Norman Katende THE top two Uganda football leagues will be restructured at the end of this season to create a new Big League, the game's governing body FUFA announced yesterday. The top first division sides from each of the...

Liberian, American Arrested Over Fake Dollars.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Catherine Bekunda THE Police yesterday arrested two foreign nationals over defrauding a Japanese car dealer of more than sh60m. Mark Perkins, a Liberian national whose real name is Maxwell Wilbur Johnson, according to...

Buganda FDC Leaders Want Kamya Punished.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Moses Mulondo THE Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leaders from Buganda region have recommended disciplinary action be taken against Beti Kamya, the Rubaga North Member of Parliament, over "continuous provocative statements."...

Govt Gives Sh97 Billion for Peace.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Paul Tentena THE Government has allocated sh97b to the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) for the financial year 2008/09, an official in the Ministry of Finance has said. Addressing a meeting at Hotel Africana...

Riding for World Peace.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Frederick Womakuyu Why would any one spend time and effort cycling around the world? For some, it is fun, exercise, sport or personal preference. But not for a Nepalese cyclist touring the world to promote peace and...

Western Solutions Can't Solve Continent's Problems.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Peter Mulira AS we celebrate our forty-sixth independence anniversary, it is worth recalling the observations made by Professor Rene Dumont in his book he aptly entitled "False start in Africa" which was published in 1962 soon...

Entebbe in Campaign to Boost Sanitation.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Gladys Kalibbala Entebbe is considered one of the cleanest towns in the country. However, the mayor, Stephen Kabuye, says there is a decline in enforcement of sanitation standards. As a result, the municipality recently...

Karamoja's Story is No Longer a Sad One.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Nabusayi L. Wamboka There is something in the air. There is something new and different about Karamoja. There has always been the old story about hunger and drought, the fierce warriors who rustle cattle and torch vehicles,...

Compensate LRA Victims, MPs Demand.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Patrick Okino LANGO Members of Parliament have demanded compensation for victims of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, and property lost during decades of insurgency in the region. In a memorial service at Oyutu-Abeno...

Acholi, Langi Advised to Lease Land.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Fred Ogwang and Patrick Okino THE lands minister, Daniel Omara Atubo, has urged the people of Lango and Acholi sub-regions to lease their lands to reduce land disputes in the area. "About 90% of the land in Lango and Acholi...

AU Team to Assess IDP Needs.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Ayiga Ondoga A TEAM from the African Union permanent representatives is in Uganda to assess the plight of refugees and internally displaced persons. The delegation is led by Edward Gboloco of Liberia. He was accompanied by...

Gulu Leader Appeals to Salva Kiir.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Chris Ocowun GULU district leaders have petitioned the president of southern Sudan, Salva Kiir, to stop the increasing killing of Ugandans in his country. "In less than one month, we have received three cases of young...

Killer Cop for High Court.
October 14, 2008... The Former Mukono district Police Commander accused of murdering his wife has been committed to the High Court for trial. Peter Aurien attached to Lugazi police post in Mukono is facing charges of murdering his wife Christine Apolot over...

Police to Give DPP the Muhwezi Report.
October 14, 2008... Police say they are set to submit their report to the Director of Public Prosecutions to determine whether former health minister Jim Muhwezi should appear before court. Criminal investigations department spokesperson Fred Enanga says...

15 Fishing Boats Impounded at Ggaba.
October 13, 2008... A total of 15 fishing boats have been impounded at Ggaba Landing Site, the Makindye Division fisheries officer has said, writes Samuel Balagadde. Christopher Kyeyune said the boats were not seaworthy, while others were using illegal...

Coop Bank Defaulters Warned of Asset Confiscation.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Dismus Buregyeya OVER 600 former clients of the defunct Cooperative Bank branch in Masaka could lose their buildings and other assets which they presented as security for loans received between 1986 and 1999. SIL Investments,...

Secondary Schools Get Sh120 Million ICT Laboratories.
October 13, 2008... Byline: David Muwanga Two secondary schools have received sh120m information and communications technology (ICT) laboratories under the rural communication development fund project. The sh120m laboratories at Kitebi and Nsangi...

Districts Want Land Boards.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Joel Ogwang HEADS of eight districts in the central region want district land tribunals back. Once restored, the tribunals should be well-facilitated and their regulation shifted from the judiciary to the lands ministry, the...

Dirty Buildings Face Closure in Entebbe.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Gladys Kalibbala ENTEBBE Municipality is to close down dirty premises in an attempt to improve sanitation. Addressing residents during the 46th independence celebrations at the works grounds, mayor Stephen Kabuye said Entebbe was...

Offenders Dig Latrines in Gulu.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Chris Ocowun MORE than 100 minor offenders have been sentenced to community services in Gulu district since last year, a district official has said. Samuel Ouma, a community development officer, said the offenders were to clear...

'Grow Market-Value Crops'.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Justin Moro and Cornes Lubangakene THE youth in the north have been advised to produce market-value crops as a way of promoting development. The army representative in Parliament, Maj Gen Julius Oketta, was on Saturday...

Vote NRM to Get Benefits - Amuru RDC.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Justin Moro THE people of Amuru district have been advised to vote for President Yoweri Museveni and the Movement candidates in the district come the 2011 elections. The resident district commissioner (RDC), Edwin Komakech,...

Slain Aboke Girls Remembered.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Patrick Okino Some of the parents joining hands as they prayed at the school on Friday Hundreds of parents in the north last week turned up for a memorial service for the students who were abducted and killed by the Lord's...

Germans Want to Invest Here.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Joe Nam GERMANY investors have called on the Government to address bottlenecks to foreign direct investments for the country to develop faster. Dr. Breitengrob Jens Peter, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce president, said...

UN Staff Blamed in Karamoja.
October 13, 2008... Authorities in Moroto district are accusing a United Nations humanitarian Organisation operating in the region for undermining development. Nahaman Ojwe the Resident District Commissioner alleges that a section of UN staff operating in...

MPs to Probe Ekanya Over Nakasero Market Saga.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Madinah Tebajjukira INVESTIGATIONS into claims that Geofffrey Ekanya, the Tororo municipality MP, was compromised during the Nakasero Market saga probe will start this week. Ekanya chairs the local government accounts...

LRA Still Committing Abuses - Monuc.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Frank Mugabi THE Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is in the spotlight again for its brutality against civilians. The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) said the the rebels attacked the country's eastern...

Passport Delays Shock Rugunda.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Josephine Maseruka Passport Control officers have been directed to quickly handle all passport applications that have been pending for more than two weeks. Internal affairs minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda made the directive on...

Govt Gets $39 Million for Minerals Project.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Titus Kakembo THE Government has got $39.7m (about sh65.9b) for a five-year Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project. The funds were provided by the World Bank's development arm, the International Development...

Police, Army Deploy in Kasese.
October 13, 2008... HEAVILY armed Police and UPDF soldiers have been deployed in Bigando village, Kitswamba sub-county, Kasese, following renewed clashes between cultivators and pastoralists over land in the area. The two sides, which have sporadically...

Thugs Vandalise Stanbic Bank ATM.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Steven Candia THUGS on Saturday night burgled a Stanbic Bank automated teller machine (ATM) in downtown Kampala. Kampala Police spokesperson Simeo Nsubuga said the thugs entered the Nakivubo branch on William Street near...

Continent Has to Win Aids War - Kenneth Kaunda.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Fortunate Ahimbisibwe FORMER Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda told Ugandan journalists yesterday that HIV/AIDS is a war Africa had to win. Kaunda is in Uganda to launch Cavendish University in Uganda, which was recently...

NFA Wants Eco-Tourism Developed.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Roderick Ahimbazwe THE National Forestry Authority (NFA) has appealed to the private sector to come together and improve eco- tourism in the country. While conducting a tour of Mabira, Mpanga and Budongo forest reserves with...

Police Seize 39 Stolen Computers.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Patrick Jaramogi Steven Candia The Police have arrested 11 men believed to be behind a wave of robberies in Kampala in which cash and office equipment, mainly computers and laptops, were stolen. The gang, which has been...

Masembe Still Dreams of 2010.
October 13, 2008... Byline: James Bakama FUFA Chief Executive Officer Charles Masembe, still convinced Uganda qualified for the next round of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, has written a protest to world soccer governing body, FIFA. "We have learnt with...

Six People Injured in Makerere Land Row.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Moses Odongo A group of armed people on Sunday night demolished hundreds of makeshift houses and shops at Mukwenda zone, Makerere 1, injuring five people and destroying property worth millions. The area next to Makerere...

Nsibambi Hails Kibirige.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Francis Kagolo and Moses Mulondo Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi has commended former agriculture minister Kibirige Ssebunya for his exceptional research and development initiatives. Kibirige succumbed to cancer last Wednesday...

Men Are Key to Improved Family Planning Service Delivery.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Diana N. Bateefu Reproductive health activities may better serve communities if men are more actively involved. IN many cultures, men are the major decision-makers concerning health issues in the household. All too often,...

Jie Warriors Ambush Truck.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Daniel Edyegu Five armed Jie warriors on Friday afternoon ambushed a double-cabin pick-up truck, seriously injuring an Indian who was heading to Kaabong district. The Karamoja regional Police commander, Okot Obwana, said...

It is Wrong for Police to Fight Against FGM.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Sam Anguria The story titled, "Bukwo RDC orders arrest of female circumcision promoters," in the New Vision of October 8, 2008 intrigued me. The RDC reportedly based his directive on the grounds that female circumcision...

Malinga Promises Good Show in K'la Marathon.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Norman Katende NATIONAL marathon record holder Alex Malinga will try and make up for his Beijing Olympics disappointment with a strong performance at the MTN Kampala International Marathon next month. Malinga, who finished...

Unepi Launches Tetanus Campain.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Ismael Kasooha THE Uganda National Expanded Programme for Immunisation (UNEPI) has launched a mass campaign to eliminate tetanus from five districts. Pamela Zaninka, a UNEPI official, said the health ministry wants healthy...

Leaders Have the Power, But Where is Their Courage to Act?
October 13, 2008... Byline: Fred Ouma Political will and the translation of that will into action, is essential to ensuring maternal, newborn and child survival. Recognising this necessity, 200 MPs recently gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, for the...

Posta Forms Partnership With Aga Khan.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Juliet Waiswa AS part of activities to mark the World Post Day, Posta has launched a partnership with Aga Khan Development Network. During the launch of the partnership, the managing director of Posta, James Arinaitwe,...

Museveni Wrong to Meet NSSF Probe Team - FDC.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Charles Ariko THE Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has criticised President Yoweri Museveni for meeting NRM MPs on the committee investigating the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) saga. Wafula Oguttu, the FDC spokesman,...

Japan to Boost Agriculture.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Charles Kakamwa JAPAN plans to increase aid to Uganda to boost agriculture, the deputy ambassador, Kazuaki Kameda, has said. Addressing district leaders from the east at a workshop at Mbale Resort Hotel recently, Kameda said...

Government Should Buy Land for All Towns.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Godfrey Kisekka The Constitution, the Local Government Act and other laws of Uganda say urban authorities like Kampala City Council, municipalities, town councils and town boards are supposed to hold land for public use. The...

'A Fundamental Change Needed'.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Swalley Kenyi FOOTBALL marketing consultant Dennis Mbidde has called for a critical turnaround in the way the Ugandan game is run. He called for local football to be run professionally and as a business at club and national...

Mao is Our Obama, Say DP Supporters.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Charles Kakamwa NORBERT Mao, the Gulu district chairperson, received a rousing welcome at the Democratic Party's (DP) anniversary celebrations in Jinja over the weekend. Mao, one of the aspirants for the party presidency,...

Family Planning Will Solve a Lot of Issues.
October 13, 2008... ON October 17, Uganda will join the rest of the world in celebrating safe motherhood. Unfortunately, two of the most important Millenium Development Goals - child and maternal health - are still a long way from realising major...

Ekiring Up Against World's Best in Dutch Badminton Open.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Phillip Corry AFRICA's top badminton player Edwin Ekiring makes his debut in the prestigious Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix in Almere, Holland at the Topsportcentrum. Ekiring will play the Czech Republic's Jan Vondra tomorrow in...

500 to Attend Honey Trade Exposition in Country.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Mary Karugaba Uganda is to host the first honey trade show in Africa, the trade state minister has said. Gagawala Wambuzi told journalists at the Media Centre in Kampala on Friday that the exposition would bring together over...

Tororo Municipality to Sue District Over Sh284 Million.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Moses Nampala Tororo Municipal Council has threatened to sue the district authorities over non-remittance of sh284m in ground rent. In a terse communication by the town mayor, Jack Ogola, to the chief administrative officer, Flex...

Blick Brothers Join English DIV. 3 Side.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Phillip Corry and Charles Mutebi FORMER Nkumba Marines basketball stars Norman and Donald Blick have found solace in the Southampton Trailblazers in the English Basketball League Division 3 (South). The two brothers left...