| Archived 25th November
2004 |
| NRM rejects secret
vote,wants more cash for MPs |
| The NRM political committee has asked President
Museveni to urgently give MPs more money and to change the rules
to avoid a secret ballot ahead of the crucial vote on presidential
term limits. |
| Museveni gives
tips on kisanja |
| President Museveni has coached his aides on how
best to market the lifting of the presidential term limits. |
| NGOs propose own
bill |
| The Coalition on the Non-governmental Organisations
Bill (CONOB) has proposed an alternative to replace the 2001
Government NGO Bill. |
| Museveni urges
aides to mobilise |
| As the political temperature heats up, not even
President Museveni, with all the government machinery at his
disposal, is leaving anything to chance. |
| Deputy Chief
Justice stranded in U.S. |
| Deputy Chief Justice Laetitia Mukasa-Kikonyogo
is stranded in a U.S. hospital and has appealed to government
to send her about $100,000 (Shs 170 million) for a medical operation. |
| Aids clinic gives
hope to patients in Mbuya |
| About 1,000,000 Ugandans are estimated to be
HIV positive, of which about 150,000 have developed full blown
AIDS. |
| Another attempt
to disarm Karimojong |
| Disarmament resumed last week in Karamoja and
the exercise is expected to last four months. |
| Bank of Uganda
opposed Basajjabalaba bailout |
| Bank of Uganda stands to lose up to 16 percent
of its core capital in its controversial attempt to rescue Hassan
Basajjabalaba’s business empire. |
| New daily hits
streets on Monday |
| The Evening Mail and The Weekend Mail, two new
publications by The Mail Newspaper Group are set to hit the
streets on Monday, November 22 and Saturday November 27, respectively.
|
| Man to invest
in foolishness |
| EAST AFRICA, November - In his
greatest act of wisdom since he was born, one of East Africa’s
biggest comedians has discovered that he is a complete fool. |
| SHOPTALK |
The return of Sebaggala
Kampala ex-mayor Al-Hajji Nasser Ntege Sebaggala
is back in the country from the Middle East. |
| Archived 11th November
2004 |
| VP Bukenya caused
90m loss to NSSF |
| The troubled National Social Security Fund lost
Shs 90 million in an irregular house transaction involving the
Vice President Gilbert Bukenya. |
| Shs 90m equal
to 600 workers' monthly savings |
| The Shs 90 million financial loss National Social
Security Fund (NSSF) registered in the sale of a house to Prof.
Gilbert Bukenya is equivalent to the monthly saving of 600 workers
who earn Shs 1 million each, after taxes. |
| Otafiire valley
dam case goes to Museveni |
| Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi has asked President
Museveni to act on a report from the Inspector General of Government
that accuses a senior minister of approving a fictitious claim
for Shs 756 million. |
| Weekly news Update |
| “No matter how far a man urinates, the
last drop always falls at his feet,” is a saying that
traces its roots to the Ibo of Nigeria. |
| FDC changes 2006
strategy |
| The delay by government to register the Forum
for Democratic Change (FDC) has forced the new political organisation
to rewrite its political strategy. |
| Kabaka, UIA land
row bars housing estate |
| Plans to construct a housing estate on a 200-acre
land at Namanve in Mukono district are hanging in the balance.
|
| IGG Tumwesigye
closes file |
| Today, Thursday, November 11, Jotham Tumwesigye
will not report to office to work as the Inspector General of
Government (IGG). |
| Environment groups,
govt in dam talks |
| While environmentalists and government continue
to battle over existing and planned hydropower dams, both sides
hope to ease future dam decisions by using at least some of
the guidelines for large dam projects from the World Commission
on Dams (WCD). |
| Celtel born again |
| It was a sumptuous dinner amidst a sea of red,
yellow and black, the new colours of Celtel International, at
the Sheraton Kampala Hotel poolside recently. |
| Teaserbull to
be castrated |
| Sanjaville, November: An old
bull in the Kraal of Sanjaville, a small town in East Africa,
is threatened with castration after developing what the other
bulls in the kraal describe as “very un-sanjalike sexual
behaviour.” |
| SHOPTALK |
Bidandi’s bitterness with M7
Following Jaberi Bidandi Ssali’s resignation
as second vice chairman of NRM, the rumourmongers started
peddling conspiracy theories. |
| Archived 11th November
2004 |
| IGG corrupt, says
Muhwezi |
| In a classical case of the hunter becoming the
hunted, Health Minister Jim Muhwezi has described outgoing IGG
Jotham Tumwesiye as “corrupt” and his officers “crooks.”
|
| MPs on kisanja
cash list |
| The Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, is
looking for money to enable all Members of Parliament consult
their constituents on the White Paper. |
| 7 quit Monitor,
new daily soon |
| Barely eight months after eight senior
journalists resigned from The Monitor to launch The Weekly Observer,
another lot has quit. |
| Kisanja money
could support 23,000 in PTCs |
| As the ruling National Resistance Movement dishes
out Shs 1.2 billion to selected MPs to support a third term
for President Museveni, 16,239 students from Primary Teachers
Colleges have been sent home for lack of money to support them
at school. |
| Museveni looking
for Shs 30bn |
| The ruling NRM is looking for Shs 30 billion
to construct a Movement House in Kampala. |
| FDC meetings declared
illegal |
| Forum for Democratic Change leaders are moving
house to house in a bid to lure voters away from President Museveni.
FDC interim chairman Augustine Ruzindana has been meeting LC
leaders in Ntungamo district and other areas. |
| HIV/AIDS money
not reaching all |
| With so many NGOs and government departments
involved in sensitisation and HIV/AIDS outreach programmes,
it is easy to assume the whole country is being served. |
| Clean-up, awareness
campaign on anthrax |
| The Uganda Wildlife Authority has moved ahead
with burying the carcasses of hippos killed by anthrax at Queen
Elizabeth National Park, and with awareness efforts designed
to inform the public about safety concerns related to the outbreak. |
| New media forum
born |
| The Broadcast Forum, promoted by Ms Desree Barlow,
a renowned radio and television personality, will be inaugurated
tomorrow, November 5, at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. |
| Bootlicking brings
man big fortune |
| Kampala, November: A man who has struggled all
his life to become rich has hit a magic formula that has propelled
him to instant wealth. |
| SHOPTALK |
Is Bidandi a teaser-bull?
President Museveni’s new party, NRMO, is causing
a fundamental change in political vocabulary. |
| Archived 4th November
2004 |
| Museveni bails
out Basajja with 20bn |
| One week after we broke the story of the state
spending Shs 2.5 billion on Dr. Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe’s
PhD, The Weekly Observer can reveal that the government spent
another Shs 19.9 billion to bail out businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba.
|
| Book urges action
on AIDS up North |
| Movement Secretariat staff have dragged
their employer to court for failing to pay salary arrears and
allowances amounting to over Shs 3 billion. |
| 190 staff take
Movt to court |
| Movement Secretariat staff have dragged their
employer to court for failing to pay salary arrears and allowances
amounting to over Shs 3 billion. |
| DP’s last
chance |
| The DP National Executive Committee convenes
in Kampala in nine days for a crucial meeting that should end
the internal crisis over the party’s registration. |
| Weekly news Update |
Story of the week
It is going to take a bit of getting used to, but
it is now out in black and white that some Ugandan doctors
are more equal than others. |
| ‘Uganda
still very corrupt’ |
| “There is nothing to celebrate about. There
is a lot of corruption which must be combated,” was the
immediate reaction of the Inspector General of Government, Mr.
Jotham Tumwesigye to the latest report released by Transparency
International. |
| No peace yet in
the North |
| Despite the sense of cautious optimism for peace
in northern Uganda, indications of a swift resolution to the
conflict remain absent. |
| Anthrax halts
boat launches |
| Concerns over an anthrax outbreak have led to
the halting of one of Uganda’s most popular tourist activities.
|
| Health caught
in AIDS job saga |
| The Ministry of Health is expected to write to
the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Mr. Jotham Tumwesigye,
to defend itself against accusations of favouritism while recruiting
staff into the national Global Fund Secretariat. |
| Forest economy
under spotlight |
| A recent survey shows that although poorer households
derive proportionally more of their income from forests, in
absolute terms, wealthy households capture more of the financial
value available. |
| Chief Beggar
hits Good Samaritans |
| KAMPALA, October: Uganda’s
number one beggar, who operates from Seventh Street in Pre-industrial
Area, has spat at the couple that has been his biggest donor
since he became a beggar. |
| SHOPTALK |
Kazini flees angry Ogas
Maj. Gen. James Kazini, who had just joined the University
of Ibadan in Nigeria for a fast track master’s degree
programme, is back home – at least for now. |
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