| Achived 3rd June
2004 |
| Aronda for new
Defence post |
| The weekend promotion of top military officers
is the start of a major restructuring of the Uganda Peoples
Defence Forces. |
| Weekly news Update |
| Sports: Manchester
United beat minnows Millwall to England’s “consolation
football cup.” |
| Fraud in Mosque |
| A Uganda Muslim Supreme Council investigative
commission has released a damning report accusing top clerics
of embezzling and misusing up to Shs 7 billion. |
| Cabinet ponders
vote on federo |
| A new twist could complicate the already controversial
proposal to hold a referendum on presidential term limits and
the political system. |
| DP seeks Shs 170
million for elections |
| After bringing together its two main factions
earlier this month, the Democratic Party must overcome two more
hurdles before it can launch a fresh campaign for power. |
| The mystery of
Ayume’s death |
| It would be an exaggeration to suggest that the
presence or demise of Attorney General Francis Ayume was of
very critical significance to the functioning of President Museveni’s
government. |
| Warm welcome’
for former rebels |
| May 18, 2004, marked a great day in the lives
of the long-suffering Acholi in Pader district. |
| Bleak future awaits
returnees |
| Olobo Jino and his wife Akwero Sidonia woke up
early in the morning of May 18 and, as usual, walked the 5-kilometre
distance to till their garden in the outskirts of Pader town
camp. |
| Peace prize, but
no food for the north |
| When Anyango Roselyne wakes up in the early morning
on the grounds of Lira Hospital, all she wants is to chase away
the hunger. |
| Museveni targets
Ugandans abroad |
| LONDON – President Museveni has launched
a campaign to win the support of Ugandans in the Diaspora to
his political side. |
| Achived 27th May
2004 |
| Kampala’s
traffic jam nightmare |
| If DHL could do away with Fridays, it would.
For the courier company, Fridays are the worst days. Not because
business is slow but because traffic is. |
| Traffic jams to
go in June |
| To anyone moving about in Kampala, it is clear
that the traffic flow is a matter of great concern. |
| Weekly news Update |
| It was, without a doubt, President
Museveni’s week. And why not? He was, after all, celebrating
the third anniversary of his second – critics say fourth
– and last term in State House, at least if the 1995 Constitution
is anything to go by. |
| Soldiers unpaid
for six months |
| After not being paid for as many as six months,
some UPDF soldiers may have reason to smile, if they can wait
just one more month for their pay cheques. |
| Kamuswaga heralds
new dawn for Kooki |
| It took 38 years for the Bakooki to smile, but
the day finally came for the coronation of Kamuswaga Apollo
Ssansa Kabumbuli II. |
| PAFO, Reform to
merge with UPC |
| A new “movement” is set to emerge
from the opposition’s delivery room to fight for power
with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). |
| Bye bye Ayume! |
| July 1, 1999 will go down as the worst day for
the departed former Speaker of Parliament, Jehoash Francis Ayume,
63. |
| MPs join donors
to reject budget |
| President Museveni might have no one to turn
to next. He had expected Parliament to rally behind him and
support increased defence spending. |
| Is it Masika,
Galiwango or Wasieba? |
| The Electoral Commission will announce a new
Member of Parliament for Mbale Municipality next week. |
| People, animals
fight over space in Semliki |
| Government stands accused of showing more love
for animals than human beings in Toro Semliki Wildlife Reserve. |
| Achived 19th May
2004 |
| Museveni should
stay until 2011 |
| If Vice President Gilbert Bukenya's will is done,
President Museveni will keep his job well beyond 2006 when his
present term expires. |
| ADB meeting short
of cars |
| Organisers of next week's African Development
Bank group annual meeting are apparently short of vehicles for
delegates. |
| AIDS patients
now have cause to smile |
| More than 100 clients sat outside the new building
listening to HIV-positive counsellors talk about the latest
drug treatment at TASO, The Aids Support Organisation. |
| KCC looks to cleaner
streets |
| Down Entebbe Road between the public toilets
and the Railway Goods shed sits a filthy green container flooded
with garbage and flies. |
| PAFO happy with
Mbarara |
| The Ankole sub-region is home to only 874,430
of Uganda’s 8 million voters, but its political significance
cannot be overemphasised. |
| Museveni loves
Tri-Star, Bidco |
Nothing, it seems, can at the moment come
between President Museveni and apparel maker, Tri-Star. Mr
Museveni met MPs and again defended the much-maligned Tri-Star,
one of the foreign-owned companies the government supports
to expand its export base. |
| Kooki prince to
wear crown |
| With Uganda at a political, medical and economic
transition, the installation of a tribal prince might be seen
as either irrelevant or an attempt to charm tourists with drumming
and dancing. |
| Joy of donning
academic gown |
| Their joy was there for all to see. They proudly
wore it on their faces like masks as they headed to their graduation
ceremony at Kyambogo University. |
| Museveni responds
to Wapa’s letter |
| Achived 12th May
2004 |
| Chinese to build
160bn State House |
| The winner of the 2006 presidential elections
will have more than just victory to savour. The new President
shall also occupy a new, magnificent State House at Entebbe.
|
| Besigye speaks
out on Reform, Pulkol |
| Dr Kizza Besigye has spoken: The
Reform Agenda, which he leads from exile in South Africa, is
taking all the necessary steps to register as a political party. |
| Weekly news Update
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| Society: It
was a week residents of Nsangi trading centre in Wakiso district
will live to remember. |
| PAFO's
secret retreat in Seeta |
| The Parliamentary Advocacy Forum (PAFO) spent
three secret days at Ridar Hotel in Seeta drawing up fresh plans
to defeat efforts to lift presidential term limits. |
| Can Pulkol pull
crowds to PAFO? |
| The Parliamentary Advocacy Forum (PAFO) believes
it pulled off a major political coup against President Museveni
by winning over a former external security chief. |
| Big shake up in
media houses |
| Major changes are taking place in the media world
like never before. Media houses have been raiding each other’s
newsrooms to fill the vacuum left by departing journalists.
|
| Moment of truth
for Democratic Party |
| The Democratic Party will on Saturday try to
end a damaging leadership split so that it can more effectively
campaign in the next elections. |
| 35,000 vendors
coming to town |
| The political opposition controls only a tiny
fraction of local governments, in fact effectively only Kampala
City, but it could be losing that grasp too. |
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