New Vision (Uganda) articles from September 2010, page 3

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SC Villa Face Old Staff in Ura Game.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Fred Kaweesi When Alex Isabirye was appointed URA FC head coach last season, few believed he was the right figure to occupy the club's top seat. Without substantial coaching experience to qualify his status in managing one of...

Minister Asks for Restructuring.
September 23, 2010... Water minister Maria Mutagamba has asked the Government to restructure the ministry in order to ensure effective management of its services. She observed that the institution had lost direction due to lack of coordination among its various...

New Accountants' Law Out Next Year.
September 23, 2010... Byline: David Ssempijja The amendment of Accountants' Act will be completed by the end of next year, Syda Bbumba, the finance minister has said. Some of the provisions in the 1992 Accountants' Act are out dated and cannot work in the...

Govt to Tarmac Mubende-Kakumiro Road.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Ismael Kasooha The Government is to tarmac the Mubende-Kakumiro road. According to internal affairs state minister Matia Kasaija, President Yoweri Museveni instructed the Uganda National Roads Authority to include the road in its...

Court to Rule on KCC Bank Accounts.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Charles Ariko Kampala City Council (KCC) has to wait another week for the High Court to pronounce itself on the fate of its frozen accounts. The accounts, in six banks, were frozen last month following a directive from mayor Hajji...

NARO Wants Mbarara School Evicted.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Madinah Tebajjukira The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) wants Ngabo Academy in Mbarara district evicted from its land, which the school fraudulently acquired in early 2000. Appearing before the parliamentary...

Shilling to Stabilise, Says Central Bank.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Sylvia Juuko The shilling is expected to stabilise within the 2,200 range in the coming months. This forecast is based on the weaker performance of exports and the outlook of the global economy, the Central Bank said on Wednesday. ...

Youth Get Sh15 Million to Improve Projects.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Gillian Lamunu The National Youth Council on Wednesday gave sh15m to 15 youth groups from Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts. The money is meant to boost the income-generating projects, which the youth are implementing in their...

Kampala to Get 120 New Police Posts.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Patrick Jaramogi The Police have elevated 13 Police outposts into Police stations to boost security in the Kampala Metropolitan area. The Kampala deputy Police spokesperson, Vincent Sekatte, named Ntinda, Kisugu, Lungujja, Natete,...

Former UEB Employees, Lawyers Row Over Fees.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Patrick Jaramogi A row has erupted between the former employees of the Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) and their lawyers; Bashasha and Company Advocates, over legal fees. Over 1,000 former employees sued the Government seeking over...

Malaria Killing Nebbi Residents.
September 23, 2010... Malaria is the leading killer disease in Nebbi district, the district health educator has said. Kits Obima said one out of three cases of admission recorded in health centres and hospitals is of malaria. He said the cases are rampant in...

Government to Give Elderly Monthly Pay.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Anne Mugisa and Conan Businge The Government has instituted a programme to provide a monthly financial package for the poorest elderly, disabled and orphans under a new social welfare programme. "The goal of the Expanding Social...

Mugabe Storms ITF Futures Doubles Final.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Phillip Corry Seed five Duncan Mugabe and Zimbabwe's Takanyi Garanganga have stormed the final of the men's doubles at the Uganda F1 Futures after beating the pair of Mark Fynn and Omar Hedayet at Lugogo. The pair stormed without...

Museveni Best to Lead - Sebaggala.
September 23, 2010... Kampala mayor Nasser Sebaggala has said President Yoweri Museveni is a focused leader and the best suited to continue as president. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Sebaggala formally announced that he would campaign for Museveni in...

Science Students Appeal to Govt for Equipment.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Chris Ocowun Students from northern Uganda have appealed to the Government to construct laboratories and equip them to promote the teaching of science and technology in schools. They also urged the Government to increase the...

Power Plans for Revenge Against Warriors.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Charles Mutebi and Usher Komugisha Miracle Power have a ten-month-old grudge against the Kyambogo Warriors. Today at YMCA, they plan to settle it. "We so want to beat them, to prevent them from making the playoffs," said Power...

Muslims, Christians Clash Over School.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Bill Oketch Muslim and Christian communities in Dokolo district are wrangling over the ownership of Hassa Memorial Primary School. Each of the two denominations claims ownership of the 53-year-old school. Wilfred Alenyu, an elder,...

Motorsport Body Extends Rally Probe.
September 23, 2010... Byline: Douglas Mazune The Jinja rally controversy took a new twist on Wednesday, with the competitions committee shelving its findings until championship contenders Ronald Ssebuguzi and Jas Mangat are heard. A probe into cheating...

Mob Lynches Suspected Thief.
September 22, 2010... Residents of Kyebando Nsoba have this morning lynched and set blaze the remains of a suspected thief for allegedly stealing items from a woman. According to the angry residents, the deceased and others still at large have been stealing and...

Judge Discourages Custodial Sentences for Petty Crimes.
September 22, 2010... Government has been advised to limit the number of people arrested on petty cases and remanded to prisons. Such suspects should be committed to community service to reduce the congestion in prison, the Chairman community service Justice...

Activists Want Law to Prohibit Torture.
September 22, 2010... The African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of torture victims has called for the speedy enactment of the law against torture. This would ensure that torture victims are compensated and deter the would be perpetuators from doing the...

EC Sets Deadline for Presidential Aspirants.
September 22, 2010... The Electoral Commission has asked the aspiring presidential elections to submit lists of the 100 signatures from at least 75 districts, required for their nomination, by October 11 for verification. The presidential nomination is slated for...

IGG Wants MP Leadership Code Tribunal Set Up.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Anne Mugisa RaphaelL Baku, the Inspector General of Government (IGG), wants Parliament to set up a tribunal to handle MPs accused of violating the Leadership Code. Former Rubaga South MP Ken Lukyamuzi was removed from Parliament in...

UN Mdgs - Govt Trails in Education.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Conan Businge and Raymond Baguma Uganda has ranked poorly in educating its children, much as it has had free primary education for the last 13 years. A report titled "Back to School?", which was released on Monday, put Uganda in...

MP Accused of Manipulating FDC Polls.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Chris Ocowun The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party spokesman for Gulu district, Ben Acellam, who pulled out of the race for the LC5 seat, has accused Aswa MP Reagan Okumu of bribing party delegates to support Martin Ojara...

Rude Police Scare Away Crime Victims.
September 22, 2010... Findings of a new report indicate that Ugandans do not report crime, fearing a backlash from the perpetrators or because of a rude and hostile reception once suffered at the hands of the Police. The report, released by the Human Rights...

German National Held Over Drug Trafficking.
September 22, 2010... A Germany national, aged 68 years, has been arrested at Entebbe Airport with suspected narcotics wrapped in four small boxes. Peters Volker Adolf Heinrich was arrested on Monday at 7:00am moments after he attempted to check in his luggage for a...

Museveni Promises Calm in 2011 Polls.
September 22, 2010... Byline: John Odyek President Yoweri Museveni has assured Ugandans that next year's general elections will not face the same challenges as those that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party faced during its primaries. Museveni noted...

Museveni in New York for UN Summit.
September 22, 2010... President Yoweri Museveni is in New York for the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Museveni will join over 140 world leaders at a summit to discuss accelerated progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). ...

Hailstorm Destroys Crops in Ibanda.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Abdulkarim Ssengendo A heavy hailstorm hit five villages in Kihangara sub-county, Ibanda district on Friday, destroying crops and property.Over 400 families in Kajwamushana villages were affected. The LC3 chairman, John Magezi,...

Ferry Fare, Govt Red Tape Slows Kalangala Project.
September 22, 2010... Byline: David Mugabe A combination of red tape and unresolved ferry fare along the Ssese Island has left the islands infrastructure development in a dilemma. In an agreement signed in 2006, the Government sourced the development of ferry...

EC Sets Deadline for Presidential Candidates.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Milton Olupot The Electoral Commission (EC) has asked aspiring presidential candidates to submit 100 signatures of supporters from each of at least 75 districts by October 11 for verification. The presidential nomination is slated...

Fast-Track the Revival of the Railway System.
September 22, 2010... Rift Valley Railways shareholders are to engage a Brazilian holding company, America Latina Logistics (ALL), to manage the Kenya - Uganda railway under a new concession agreement. The bringing on board of a new manager will not only end the...

Kibaale Approves Two New Districts.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Ismael Kasooha Kibaale district council has approved the creation of Kagadi and Kakumiro districts to improve service delivery. Fourteen new sub-counties will be created under the new arrangement. The district chairperson, George...

Are Human Rights Absolute?
September 22, 2010... Byline: Dora Byamukama Recently, there was an alarming story of a church leader in the USA who threatened to burn the Koran because an Imam had proposed to build a mosque near the site where the Twin Towers once stood in New York. I started...

Kabale Varsity on Improvement.
September 22, 2010... Kabale University recently held a two-day retreat for its governing bodies to find ways of improving the performance of the eight-year-old institution. The retreat, which was attended by the board of trustees, the promotors' assembly...

CRO Thrown Out of National Soccer League.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Swalley Kenyi After five days of meetings, the Uganda Super League Limited has confirmed that Mbale-based CRO FC do not have what it takes to compete in the league and have been thrown out. USLL board chairman Kavuma Kabenge...

Museveni Offers Transport for CAF Tie.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Norman Katende After watching Cranes during their 3-0 triumph against Angola's Palancras Negras, President Yoweri Museveni has got the football bug and offered free transport to 200 leading fans to travel to Nairobi to cheer the...

LC3 Boss Pleads for Elephants.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Patson Baraire The LC3 chairperson of Kihiihi sub-county in Kanungu district, Nelson Natukunda, has asked the residents not to kill elephants, saying they are a source of income to the community. This was during a meeting where...

Families Evicted From Taxi Park.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Chris Mugasha Over 20 families were on Tuesday morning evicted from Ishaka Taxi Park in Bushenyi district.The municipality officials said the families had turned the lock-ups in the park into residential houses. The acting town...

NRM Sued Over West Budama Poll Results.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Daniel Edyegu Jacob Oboth has dragged the NRM party to court contesting the declaration of his rival, Dr. Emmanuel Otaala, as the victor in the recent party elections for the West Budama South county seat in Tororo district.Oboth is...

Vurra NRM Poll Faces Fresh Challenges.
September 22, 2010... DR. Sam Okuonzi, who contested against transport state minister Simon Ejua in Vurra constituency, has given tough conditions to the NRM electoral commission if it goes ahead to hold a re-run in the disputed Vurra sub-county. In a letter to...

NRM Outs New Poll Results for Ssekikubo.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Barbara Among and Chris Kiwawulo A new report commissioned by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) electoral commission has come up with new figures indicating that incumbent Lwemiyaga MP Theodore Ssekikubo won by a small margin of...

Arua Clans Clash Over Body.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Richard Drasimaku The Police in Arua and Maracha districts had to intervene to stop an inter-clan fight over a decomposing body. The clash started after the body of Charles Olema Swadick, 35, a resident of Lamira North in Yivu...

Consumers, Umeme Clash Over Billing System.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Patience Aber Commercial power consumers in Layibi division in Gulu municipality have protested a proposal by Umeme to form an association to avert power theft. Under the association, all commercial power consumers will be...

Mwisho and Meryl to Get Engaged in House.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Nigel Nassar Mwisho and Meryl to get married?What a combination of two livewires! The two have been allover each other, swapping saliva at will and having sex whenever. All the while we thought it was just a fun thing. Bingo! It...

Chess Team Starts Slowly at Olympiad.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Phillip Corry Uganda's world chess Olympiad team started slowly at the 39th World chess Olympiad that started on Monday in Khanty Mansisyk, Russia. The men's team registered three defeats and a draw together with the ladies team...

U.S. Coach Arrives as Buyinza Bows Out.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Phillip Corry Tennis high performance specialist Mark Wellington Mark Wellingto, from the USA arrives in the country today to meet various sports associations in the country before he launches athletics performance training programmes...

New Route Planned for Kampala Marathon.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Norman Katende This year's Kampala International marathon 10km route has been changed to ease traffic on Jinja road highway and make it easier for the marathon runners to compete separately. The 10km runners will not go through...

Mbarara's Turigye Promises to Dominate.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Samson Opus Mbarara's top player Jonah Turigye has vowed to dominate the national pool grand final this Saturday Lugogo. "I am not scared of anybody, I am focused for victory. Training has been so good. My shots are perfect now,"...

No Bulid-Up for Rugby Sevens.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Johnson Were The national 7s team will not have any international friendly before they fly out for the Commonwealth Games. Plans to have teams test the Ugandan outfit at the final circuit of the Hima Rugby 7s at Namboole on...

Lira Rice Traders Stuck With Old Stocks.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Patrick Okino As the harvest of rice starts in Lango, hundreds of farmers and rice dealers are stuck with old stocks following low demand for the crop. The production of rice shot up in Lira, Alebtong, Dokolo and Otuke districts...

Legislators Query Govt IDP Project.
September 22, 2010... Parliament has deferred debate on the national identity card project following queries by MPs on the cost of the project. Debate on the project was sparked off by MP Hussein Kyanjo after he queried the sh189b cost of setting up a national...

MP Lukwago, EC Clash Over Polling Centers.
September 22, 2010... The Electoral Commission (EC) and Kampala Central MP Erias Lukwago have failed to agree on the issue of polling stations located in restricted areas. The contested polling stations are Summit View, Chieftancy of Military Intelligence and that...

Education-for-All by 2015 Still a Far Off Dream.
September 22, 2010... Byline: Frederick Womakuyu Twenty-two year old Sarah Wanyenze lives in Bwaise, one of the most impoverished slums in Kampala. She is one of an estimated 1.2 million Ugandan children who have lost one or both parents to AIDS, says the United...

Gulu University Admits 400 More Students.
September 22, 2010... Gulu University has admitted 400 more students under the private sponsorship scheme. The university released the supplementary admission list on Tuesday. Sr. Aciro Rosalba in charge of admissions, said the extra admission was carried out...

Warid Telecom Cuts Call Charges by Half.
September 22, 2010... According to figures from Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) for August 2010, Zain has an equal call rate of sh300 for calls from Zain to other networks between 8:00pm and midnight. Orange has one of the lowest calls within its network at...

Insurgents Attack African Union Peacekeepers in Mogadishu.
September 22, 2010... After a worrying setback when their Somali government allies deserted their posts, African Union troops in Mogadishu managed to contain the situation, but remain under pressure. At one point, according to a foreign observer, only the Ugandan...

Mayor Beats MP in Gulu FDC Primaries.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Chris Ocowun Gulu mayor Christopher Acire has defeated the incumbent area MP, David Oceng Penytoo, as FDC party flag-bearer for next year's general polls. According to the final results released by Denis Okot, the party returning...

Man Held Over Stealing Museveni Envelope Money.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Tom Gwebayanga A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stealing the envelope containing sh5m President Yoweri Museveni donated to a local farmers' group in Busoga recently. Bazirio Kawesa of Bukyala Zone in Buyende...

Nema Accuses Police of Aiding Wetland Encroachment.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Madinah Tebajjukira The environment watchdog has blamed the Police for the increasing wetland destruction and encroachment. The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) boss, Dr. Aryamanya Mugisha, yesterday told MPs that...

Masaka Runs Out of Cemeteries.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Dismus Buregyeya Masaka municipal council has run out of public burial sites.According to mayor Charles Kasibante, the biggest public burial site on 11 acres of land at Kasijagirwa near the UPDF Armored Brigade is occupied by about 40...

Press Freedom on Decline.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Henry Mukasa Press freedom in the country has steadily declined over the past five years, according to the Freedom of the Press 2010 report. Uganda and Senegal registered a 10-point decline. They are grouped with Mexico, Thailand,...

Five Arrested Over Child Kidnap.
September 21, 2010... The Police yesterday recovered a three-month-old baby boy kidnapped from Wakiso district on Monday afternoon. The Police also arrested the alleged kidnapper, Charles Ssimbwa, a secondary school teacher. Also arrested with Ssimbwa were his...

Rural Power Agency Goes North.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Ronald Kalyango The newly-created Alebtong district and Palabek sub-county in Kitgum district will be connected to the national power grid after the weekend launch of the sh6.8b project. The construction of the power line under the...

Jiggers Invade Nine Busoga Districts, Minister Tells MP.
September 21, 2010... Nine districts in Busoga region are infested with jiggers, the health minister has said. The infestation has been blamed on poor hygiene, dusty and cracked floors, and humans sharing accommodation with animals. The blood sucking fleas mostly...

Vacate Premises, Masaka School Told.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Dismus Buregyeya and Cyprian Musoke President Yoweri Museveni has advised Masaka Secondary School to vacate the buildings owned by the Aga Khan Foundation. "We shall support you to construct a storeyed building for the A'level...

Scarce Wheat Flour Pushes Bread Prices Up.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Ibrahim Kasita The Uganda baking industry has raised prices of bread in tandem to increased global prices of wheat -a major raw material of bread -implying that consumers will have to dig deep into their wallets. Wheat prices hit a...

More People Join SACCOs.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Joel Ogwang The Government has earmarked sh20b for the development of Savings, Credit and Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) this fiscal year, a minister said last week. Ruth Nankabirwa, the micro-finance state minister, also said...

Court Tells NRM Chairman to File Defence.
September 21, 2010... The High Court has ordered the NRM chairperson, Yoweri Museveni, and the party electoral commission to file their defense on allegations that they denied Capt. Daudi Ruhinda Maguru, 44, a chance to contest as a presidential flag-bearer. ...

Police Confiscate 187 Rail Slippers.
September 21, 2010... The Police in Kamuli district have intercepted 187 rail slippers which scrap dealers had vandalised from the former Namisambya Railway Station in Kitayunjwa sub-county. The Police acted on a tip-off from residents. The driver, Moses Buyembe,...

Mbale Street Kids Cry of Police Harassment.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Paul Watala Street children in Mbale municipality have accused the Police of harassing them at night. "The Police have beaten me for the last three years I have stayed on the streets. They always ask us for sh500 to sh1,000 so that...

Civil Society Wants EU Deal Delayed.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Patrick Jaramogi Civil society organisations and trade experts have called for the extension of the signing of the European Union and the East African Community partnership agreement (EPAs) until all the contentious issues are ironed...

Private Events Exempted From Security Checks.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Patrick Jaramogi and Josephine Maseruka The Police yesterday clarified that it is not necessary for individuals to get security clearance before holding private ceremonies such as wedding parties, funeral rites or internal company...

NRM Candidates to Meet Leader.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Rashid Muzungyo The NRM parliamentary and LC candidates in Kapchorwa district are to seek audience with President Yoweri Museveni over new strategies to curb electoral malpractices ahead of the district party polls. The candidates...

Mityana NRM Supporters Clash Over Vote Recount.
September 21, 2010... NRM members in Mityana town on Sunday clashed with party leaders during a meeting at Enro Hotel to resolve complaints of vote rigging. The meeting had been convened to recount the votes for the town council LC3 chairperson flag-barer, where...

Commute Judith Koriang's Sentence.
September 21, 2010... The court martial last week sentenced to death Judith Koriang, 20, for murdering her husband, Pte Nelson Okello. Koriang's woes started when a UPDF team of soldiers tested soldiers and their spouses for HIV. She tested positive and Okello was...

MDGs are a Mere Pipe Dream.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Dr. Opiyo Oloya Most women, my mother included, in poor countries don't know it, but world leaders are in New York this week, talking about them. In 2001, looking a decade and a half ahead, ambitious UN member states set out to tackle...

Bududa Displaced Pupils Use Floor.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Daniel Edyegu Over 600 pupils at Bulucheke internally displaced people's camp in Bududa district sit on the bare floor during lessons.The camp was established after the March landslides in which over 300 people died. The pupils...

Mukasa Reaches Ton as Cricket Team Crashes.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Charles Mutebi It would be understandable if Roger Mukasa's individual milestone is to be overshadowed by the enormity of Uganda's 10 wicket defeat to Namibia in the four-day ICC Intercontinental Shield match which ended yesterday. ...

Region Told not to Decentralise.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Doreen Musingo EAST African countries trying to embrace decentralisation have been advised not to rush into the programme because it can lead to high levels of corruption. Jinja district LC5 chairperson Hannington Basakana made the...

Clean Water Campaign Starts in Schools.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Francis Emorut A campaign to fight water-borne diseases in schools has been launched at Gayaza High School.The campaign, which enables access to safe and clean water, is aimed at empowering students with the knowledge of the dangers...

Lawyer, Businessman Sue Air Line.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Hillary Nsambu A Kampala lawyer and a businessman have sued South African Airways for allegedly marooning them at O.R.Tambo Airport in Johannesburg. Fredrick Muwema of Muwema, Mugerwa and Company Advocates together with David...

Heavy Rains Destroy 15 Tororo Bridges.
September 21, 2010... Byline: Moses Nampala Over 15 bridges roads in Tororo district have been washed way by flooding streams.The floods have been attributed to heavy rains experienced since the beginning of the year. Over sh150m allocated to the district in...