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Pres. Museveni receives Top Millitary Award as Besigye is taken to court
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resident Museveni has received the Order Katonga, which is highest military decoration in Uganda. The medal was presented to him on Thursday by Chief Justice Bart Katureebe during the national Heroes Day celebrations at Ssi Town Council, Ssi Sub-county, Buikwe District. Continuation Page 5
On the other pages Security beefed up after Millitary camp attack P6
A sit down with Melinda Gates - P9 Pictorial Fashion Trend P10
Teaching querries follow First Lady Vetting page 6
President Museveni, Given a medal by the Chief Justice Dart Katureebe during the National Heroes Day PHOTO : COURTESY
Cabinet not broad-based, says Mao Kampala Woman MP race, is State minister for Youth and Children Affairs designate.
By Andrew Sembera
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emocratic Party President Nobert Mao has said appointing three Opposition members to Cabinet does not make Museveni’s government broad based. The DP said that the Opposition had called for a government of national unity, built on consensus, following the disputed February 18 general election. The appointees
Addressing journalists during DP’s weekly press briefing in Kampala on Tuesday, Mr Mao said the gesture by Mr Museveni is only for “the politically gullible” to represent a spirit of inclusion. On Monday, President Museveni named opposition members; Ms Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi (Democratic Party), Betty Amongi (Uganda Peoples Congress) and Beti Olive Kamya (Uganda Federal Alliance) as ministers.
Ms Amongi, the MP for Oyam County South, is the State minister for Lands designate, Ms Kamya, a loser in the Lubaga parliamentary contest, is the Minister for Kampala designate, while Ms Nakiyingi, a loser in the
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“However, to the adept and keen observers, the inclusion of Opposition members is nothing but despicable tokenism,” Mr Mao said. “We reject tokenism because it simply means trading a few See More page 3
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Pallisa, Kibuku districts get sanitary facilities By Correspondent
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disclosed that she no longer requests for permission to go home to ‘attend to herself’ because the facilities are now availabile at the school.
or four days later,” Betty Kataike of Kalampete primary school in Kibuku said.Margaret Nawunge, the head teacher of Kabweri primary school, said girls at her school currently
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Parliament approves Rugunda Prime Minister
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he House chaired by Parliament Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, overwhelmingly voted in favour of a motion moved by government chief whip designate Ruth Nankabirwa. 262 MPs were in favour of the motion, 3 against and 4 abstained. Contributing to the motion earlier, Uganda P e o p l e ’s Congress (UPC) president Jimmy Akena hailed Rugunda’s leadership. “The only problem that people bring out about Dr. Rugunda is that he is too good,” he said. ”Rugunda stands for all people, despite their political affiliations and beliefs. Despite his long stay in the public service, it is hard for people to say negative things about him,” Akena added. Nankabirwa described Rugunda as a great thinker,
forthright and not up to intrigue. “This does not mean he is complacent and gullible,” she noted. Dokolo county MP Felix Okot Ogong hailed former president Dr. Milton Obote for identifying,
grooming and mentoring Rugunda. Rugunda was born in Kabale, studied in Kigezi High School and then Busoga College Mwiri. He attended Makerere University and later the University of Zambia, where he graduated as a medical doctor in 1975. He also holds a Masters in Public Health, specialising in maternal and child health from the University of California (1978).
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Ssematimba in court to regain his MP seat The newly elected Busiro South constituency legislator who was last week kicked out of Parliament by the High Court over academic papers has run to court of Appeal to challenge the decision. Justice Lydia Mugambe of the High Court last Friday nullified the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s Ssematimba’s victory on grounds that he did not have the requisite academic papers to stand as MP. In his notice of appeal that he lodged before the Nakasero-based court on Tuesday, Mr Ssematimba claims that he is dissatisfied with Justice Mugambe’s verdict. His victory had been challenged by Democratic Party’s Stephen Ssekigozi, one of the losers of the February 18 parliamentary polls. The implication of this notice of appeal is that Mr Ssematimba can continue representing the people of Busiro South constituency until that time when the Court of Appeal makes its verdict on whether High Justice Mugambe was right or wrong in throwing him out of Parliament.
Security beefed up at defense installations BY KIZITO BOAZI KAMPALA Uganda has beefed up security at police and military installations following a raid on Gulu central police station on Sunday by armed men. The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura and Uganda People’s Defense Forces spokesperson, Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda, told journalists in Kampala on Monday that security has been stepped up to avert possible raids on facilities of defense forces. According to police, about ten unknown gunmen travelling in a pickup vehicle attempted to attack the police facility. But that they were repulsed by the military and police officers after a firefight that lasted about 30 minutes,
raising fresh security concerns in a region that bore the brunt of the two-decade-long LRA insurgence We have also beefed up security at police and army facilities to deal with the activities of these criminal gangs. The other day, similar gangs attacked Kapchorwa Police Station.” The chief of police said there is no evidence currently linking the Gulu raid to any rebel activity although the force has linked the incident to the arrest of the Uganda People’s Congress party secretary for mobilization, Dan Odiya Oola.
The attackers, the police said, wanted to rescue Oola – who is facing terrorism and murder charges – from police custody. The police said they recovered six AK-47 rifles, 1 PK machine gun, 270 rounds of ammunitions, 12 empty magazines, 1 self-loading rifle, 3 pouches, a bow and 8 arrows. A UPDF soldier was killed while seven, including four soldiers, two police officers and a civilian were injured during the firefight
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Using a proverb by the Igbo of Nigeria, Mr Mao ‘The said: “No one gets a death mouthful of food bytoll from the picking between another person’s teeth.” tragedy, which He pointed out that occurred Uganda is a country that is deeply divided on and hurting, after the disputed Parliament, Friday evening, has the Judiciary and election, “marred by even the streets.” risen to 33 with 137 unprecedented rigging, Thebeen DP leader claimed that people having post-election brutality in terms and continued “rescued so far with of democracy, “Uganda in the next five repression.” 67 still uncounted years will be nothing more “The nation is badly in daysthan a political graveyard.” for. Six need of healing. downtow more He denounced the new President Museveni’s people wereCabinet as “yet another one man rule ensures that rescued lever in President no alternative voice will Museveni’s power be heard in Cabinet, arsenal.”
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“Museveni and his cabal are presiding over a malevolent and capricious state capture which is clearly seen in the tyranny of the majority in Parliament. This Cabinet therefore does not represent a new direction. You cannot make an omelette by shuffling around rotten eggs,” Mr Mao said.
Students to sue Makerere over closure of campus. BY ANDREW S Kabarole. More than 250 students of Makerere University Fort Portal campus have threatened to drag the oldest institution to court seeking to reverse the impromptu closure of their campus.
Acoording to a letter dated May 25, signed by Charles Barugahare, the University Secretary, the campus will not open for the 2016/2017 academic year. He said the council’s decision was informed by the poor enrollment since the inception of the campus in 2010. The campus housed at Toro Kingdom headquarters in Mucwa was established to
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Egyptian ambassador calls tax exemptions for orphanages
crumbs for a fair share of the loaf of political power.”
Makerere University Council resolved to close the western campus in Fort Portal over low student enrollment and stiff competition from Mountains of the Moon and Uganda Pentecostal University.
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serve students from the districts of Kibaale, Ibanda, Hoima, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Kasese, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge and Ntoroko. Ritah Namisango, the Makerere University Public Relations Officer, confirmed the council’s decision and said students who have been studying at the campus will not be affected by the closure. Namisango revealed that the affected students will remain students of Makerere University but will be relocated to the main campus in Kampala or Jinja campus.
However, this has not gone well with the continuing students who claim they are dragging Makerere to court for breach of agreement.The aggrieved students, who preferred anonymity, revealed that consultations with their lawyers are complete and that they are soon going to court to seek an injunction blocking the institution’s decision.They say they made contracts to study and complete the three years from Fort Portal and not Kampala or Jinja, noting that Makerere administrators took the decision without consulting them.
he Egyptian Ambassador to Uganda, A h m e d Abdel Aziz Mostafa, has called upon t h e Government to waive taxes for imported commodities directed to orphanages. He says that this will be a great way the Government will be supporting all orphanages, which are giving a relief. he fundraising event dubbed orphan day, which was held at his residence in Kololo and was the first of its kind in Uganda. The event which attracted several other ambassadors and dignitaries in Government was organised to fundraise for orphans and other children at Sanyu Babies Home. Among items sold during the fundraising included Egyptian artefacts, souvenirs, African art-craft, paintings, food and beverages. The children were treated to bouncy castles and entertainment from the various traditional dance groups in Uganda. Mostafa said that this is one of ways through which the Egyptian communities contribute to the wellbeing of orphans and disadvantaged people. “The celebration of the orphans’ day makes the society aware of the needs of the orphans and their presence amongst us,” he said.Orphan day celebration is a long standing tradition in
Egypt which has been in existence for over 15 years.
According to Mostafa, the day has since become a national annual celebration in all the Arab countries and it falls on the first Friday of April. He said that on that day, orphanages nationwide open their doors to the festivities for both their orphans and sponsors. It is also a prime opportunity for orphanages to attract new sponsors, from large organizations and businesses to individuals. Mostafa said that on this day, people pay visits to orphanages and give donations in form of food, clothes and other basic needs. They also carry out a fundraising drive by selling goods to the invited guests and wellwishers who attend the event. He added that an Egyptian bank of food also goes around collecting left over food from hotels and restaurants; repackage it and distribute it to the orphanages, on that day. In this way, he said, they are able to feed about 700, 000 orphans in Egypt. He said that through such celebrations, the Arab countries have managed to raise funds to support the orphans. Mostafa added that through the proceeds got from the fundraising drive, Egypt has managed to build a children’s cancer hospital mainly to offer free modern medical care to orphans.
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he Egyptian Ambassador to Uganda, Ahmed Abdel Aziz Mostafa, has called upon the Government to waive taxes for imported commodities directed to orphanages.
Orphan day celebration is a long standing tradition in Egypt which has been in existence for over 15 years. According to Mostafa, the day has since become a national annual celebration in all the
cancer hospital mainly to offer free modern medical care to orphans. The proceeds of the event were a few days later donated to Sanyu Babies’ home and GEMS Foundation in Kampala.
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He says that this will be a Arab countries and it falls on great way the Government will the first Friday of April. be supporting all orphanages, He said that on that day, which are giving a relief. orphanages nationwide open he fundraising event dubbed their doors to the festivities for orphan day, which was held both their orphans and at his residence in Kololo and sponsors. It is also a prime was the first of its kind in opportunity for orphanages to attract new sponsors, from Uganda. large organizations and The event which attracted businesses to individuals. several other ambassadors and dignitaries in Government Mostafa said that on this day, was organised to fundraise for people pay visits to orphans and other children at orphanages and give donations Sanyu Babies Home. Among in form of food, clothes and items sold during the other basic needs. They also fundraising included Egyptian carry out a fundraising drive by artefacts, souvenirs, African selling goods to the invited art-craft, paintings, food and guests and well-wishers who attend the event. beverages. He added that an Egyptian bank of food also goes around collecting left over food from hotels and restaurants; repackage it and distribute it to the orphanages, on that day. In Mostafa said that this is one this way, he said, they are able of ways through which the to feed about 700, 000 Egyptian communities orphans in Egypt. contribute to the wellbeing of orphans and disadvantaged He said that through such celebrations, the Arab people. countries have managed to “The celebration of the raise funds to support the orphans’ day makes the orphans. Mostafa added that society aware of the needs of through the proceeds got from the orphans and their presence the fundraising drive, Egypt has amongst us,” he said. managed to build a children’s The children were treated to bouncy castles and entertainment from the various traditional dance groups in Uganda.
Joseph Nehme, the consul in charge of visa affairs at the French embassy, who also attended the event, noted that the idea is great and not only is grappling with the problem of orphans. “Uganda and all embassies need to emulate this and show orphans that they are not abandoned,” he said. The UNICEF report 2009 revealed that Egypt grapples with an orphan crisis of about 1.7 million, something Mostafa said the Egyptian society can deal with them on a charitable basis. According to the same report, Uganda has an orphan crisis of over 2.5 million orphans out of which 1.2 million are orphaned by HIV/ AIDS. For the few orphanages that are set up, there are still hindrances that bar them from fully catering for the orphans. Currently one of the biggest orphanages in Uganda, Sanyu babies’ home, needs about sh400m to construct a security wall fence around it. “The existing boundary wall is very old and weak. On several occasions, thieves have broken into the current fence to steal,” the Home’s Administrator Barbara Nankya said.
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Soldiers, MP held over rebel links
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bout 30 soldiers, among them two officers in-charge of the armoury, a lawmaker, an Opposition politician and seven civilians have separately been detained and questioned over their alleged links to an unnamed rebel group. “I can confirm to you that we made those arrests, but I can’t give details,” the Defence and military spokesperson, Lt Col Paddy Ankunda, said adding: We are investigating [the matter] together with the police.” A source identified one of the detained soldiers as Capt Ojara, the arms officer (head of armoury) at Bombo Military Barracks. Detectives for the second day yesterday questioned detained Nakawa Division MP Michael Kabaziguruka, about subversive activities that security agencies are linking to former FDC party presidential candidate Kizza Besigye and ex-spymaster, Gen David Sejusa.
continuation from Page 1 President Museveni’s younger brother, Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho alias Salim Saleh got the Kabalega Star, the second highest honour in the country. Gen Museveni decorated Gen. Saleh. A citation by Gen. Elly Tumwine, the chairman of the Decoration Board, said Gen. Museveni immensely contributed to the liberation of Uganda. Gen. Tumwine traced Gen Museveni’s role to an event in
“ H e said they asked h i m about rebel activities h e didn’t know. They (detectives) said they had arrested Uganda People’s Defence Forces soldiers, who linked him to a rebel group,” FDC spokesman Ibrahim Ssemujju said after visiting MP Kabaziguruka at Special Investigations Division headquarters yesterday, adding: “He said they also asked him about Dr Besigye and Gen Sejusa’s links to the same rebel group.” Dr Besigye, indicted for treason, is currently on remand at Luzira prison. The Constitutional Court in 2006 dismissed a similar charge against him, saying his trial in a military court for allegedly heading the shadowy People’s
which Gen Museveni was meeting his comrades. Fighting broke out, resulting in the death of two Uganda Army personnel and two of Gen Museveni’s comrades Martin Mwesiga and H. Mpiima. Gen Museveni, who reportedly had only a pistol, made a daring escape from the Uganda army soldiers. “That escape of Yoweri Museveni in 1972…ensured his survival, thus enabling him later, to lead an attack on Kabamba Barracks in Mubende District,” Gen Tumwine said. He said the attack on Kabamba Barracks marked the start of the N a t i o n a l Resistance Army (NRA) bush war struggle. Gen Tumwine said: “For
President Museveni with Millitary officials
December 1972 in Mbale District, some 260 kilometres East of Kampala. Field Marshal Idi Amin was the President of Uganda, having captured power through a coup a year earlier, from Milton Obote. Gen Museveni, who was not happy with the Amin regime, started meeting with like – minded persons in Uganda to brainstorm on how to liberate Uganda from Amin’s grip. During one such meeting, in Maluku Housing Estate in Mbale, an estimated 15 Uganda Army Military Police, acting on intelligence information, surrounded the house in
Museveni to begin the struggle stands out as a unique attribute of leadership, service and sacrifice. This unique contribution to the struggle culminated in the liberation of our country on January 26, 1986 and forms the basis for this award.” Gen Tumwine said it was Mr Museveni, who conceptualized and planned the execution of the liberation struggle against Amin.
from Yumbe and Moyo districts three weeks ago. In a related incident, police on Wednesday intercepted Uganda Peoples Congress party deputy secretary for mobilisation, Mr Dan Oola Odiya, on Coronation Road in Gulu Town as he walked home at around 8pm.
Redemption Army or PRA, was unconstitutional. Dozens of his supporters incarcerated on similar offences were later granted amnesty in exchange for incriminating Dr Besigye while those that declined remained in prison, with the last PRA suspect released this year. On Tuesday, police arrested seven suspects, among them an FDC village chairman from Aliba Sub-county on grounds that they were behind an alleged rebel recruitment that led to abduction of 23 locals
Mr Patrick Okema, the Aswa Regional Police spokesman, said Mr Oola was arrested “on a very sensitive crime following high-level intelligence”. He offered no details. The week’s arrests, which the Opposition has dismissed as postelection political recrimination, began with a Special Forces-led afternoon raid on Monday in Kyengera, Wakiso District, where some of the suspected soldiers were reportedly hiding in an incomplete two-storey building. There was brief shooting, three different boda boda riders told this newspaper of the sting operation in Kyengera they said was conducted by four pick-up truckloads of
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operatives supported by another group in a van. Only the district police commander, whose name we could not readily establish, joined the team from Kampala. Senior detectives were later on Tuesday detailed to conduct a forensic and scene of crime analysis at the site, said the acting Kyengera Police Post criminal intelligence officer Maclenn Ahimbi, referring further inquiries to the DPC who was not in office. The unfinished target building, housing a boutique and two shops on the ground floor, last evening remained guarded by prowling anti-terrorism police and plain-clothed security operatives. The army, this newspaper understands, is also investigating reported plots to eliminate six UPDF generals considered the anchor of President Museveni’s government. We could not independently verify this allegation.
Police block FDC prayers in Mbarara BY Andrew. S MBARARAPolice in Mbarara on Tuesday stopped Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party supporters from conducting prayers. The members led by FDC party chairman Stanley Katembeya had resumed the “Free My Vote” weekly prayers, which had temporally been banned by Justice Steven Kavuma. During the prayers, the FDC spiritual leader in Mbarara, Mr Emmanuel Bukabeba, urged supporters not to abandon political strategies such as the Power 10 that was launched by the former party presidential candidate, Dr Kizza Besigye. “God free people’s President Dr Kizza Besigye and all those prisoners of conscience and those who don’t know what to do, show them what to do,” Mr Bukabeba prayed. He added: “You remember his [Besigye] ‘V’ signature, since he cannot gesture it now because he is in prison, do it for him, mobilise others and share with them the information, we have talked to 10 persons you also get other 10 and those 10 also mobilise other 10.”
Dr Besigye launched the Power 10 in Rukungiri as a mechanism for citizens to protect their vote against being rigged. He also said the Power 10 strategy will be used to identify people participating in the political liberation of the country. Mr Bukabeba, a former NRM supporter, distributed leaflets titled “Fdc Foundations for Peace” with various messages and Dr Besigye’s photo. He emphasised that they should be shared among all party members in rural areas. Police later stormed FDC party offices on Markhansigh Street where the prayers were being held and ordered them to leave or be arrested. They first prayed one more time, as police watched, before they deserted the place.
Rwizi Region Police spokesperson Vincent Ssekate said the group was holding an illegal assembly. He said they should have notified police a week before so that they are offered guidance and protection as Public Order and Management Act stipulates. He added it was more of a political gathering than a prayer session and police had to go and stop them because the congregation was growing big. “Look at what was happening; it was more of a political gathering because the person who was preaching was talking of planting intelligence in NRM to spy on their activities, they are talking of Power 10, they had fliers which they were distributing, they were calling members of Power 10 to distribute them,” he said.
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swallowing education gains
BY WAISWA ALEX Kibiri C.O.U Primary School, a public school in Wakiso district was at one time, one of the revered primary schools in central Uganda in the early 1990s. Then, over half of about 100 of its Primary Seven candidates would always pass in Division One. Not anymore.
Last year, only 25 (20.8%) out of 120 pupils who sat for the Primary Leaving Examination at the school passed in Division One. The number of pupils passing in Division One at the school started declining in 2000, due to the effects of the school’s high population. In 2003, after a complete cohort of children that joined free education in 1997 completed Primary seven, only 15 pupils passed in Division One. The sudden increase in the demand for public primary education created a series of challenges for the government, related mainly to financing the reform, improving the quality of primary education, ensuring equitable access to primary education, and planning beyond primary school. What went wrong?
Parliament kicks off vetting of ministers BY KINTU IVAN Parl ament will on Tuesday start the three day vetting process of the newly appointed ministers According to the Parliament’s director for communication and public affairs, Chris Obore, the House will first converge in the morning for a special session to vet the newly appointed Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda. Article 108 (1) of the constitution requires that the President shall, with the approval of Parliament by a simple majority, appoint a Vice President and Prime Minister. Parliament last week approved the Vice President but postponed the vetting of Rugunda since he was reportedly out of the country. “The House will sit in the morning and vet the Prime Minister and later the appointment committee will also sit in the afternoon to vetting the deputy prime ministers and the rest of the ministers,” Obore said. President Yoweri Museveni recently appointed his new cabinet, ending days of speculation. In his new cabinet, the President increased the number of cabinet ministers from 78 to 80.
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Teaching practice query follows First Lady vetting BY WAISW ALEX
Sources also said the House is expected to sit on Tuesday and pass a resolution to increase the number of ministers. The President appointed Uganda Federal Alliance President, Beti Kamya the Kampala minister and elevated the docket which was formerly a department in the Presidency to an independent ministry. State ministers also increased from 48 to 49. Articles 113 (2) and 114 (3) Constitution prescribes a government of only 42 ministers (Cabinet and State). However, the same Constitution, gives the President power to increase the number of Ministers though a parliamentary approval. Sources said NRM Caucus members want the numbers increased to 88 with more ministers appointed from less privileged regions. A source from the appointments committee said that the newly appointed ministers belonging to the opposition may have a hurdle to jump as most members especially NRM opposed their appointment.
First Lady Janet Museveni was yesterday tasked by the Parliamentary Appointments Committee to clear the air over doubts on whether she took part in the mandatory teaching practice in order to qualify as a professional teacher. According to sources, Ms Museveni was pressed by Buhweju MP Francis Mwijukye, who wondered how logical it was for someone who didn’t participate in school teaching practice can posture to know issues concerning teachers and the education sector. The First Lady, however, refused to answer. There has been a long standing debate on whether the First Lady did teaching practice while she studied education at Makerere University. Many in the Opposition have unsuccessfully pushed to have her name the school where she did the practice. Mr Mwijukye, sources said, also expressed concern over Ms Museveni’s security restrictions, wondering whether it will be easy for people to access her. She told the committee that she
“will try to be available now that at is no longer an MP.” On whether she will not waste ministry’s resources on her convoy, the First Lady said she will be using State House resources. Speaking to journalists after his vetting, Second Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda Kivejinja defended his appointment despite his advanced age, saying there is a need to have experienced people to guide the young leaders. “The difference with my other appointments is that this time round, there are new young leaders. I come to show guidance,” he said. “When I stood on those stairs in 1986, there were no cameras. Now you people are here using them. Don’t you think it’s just right that I be around to ensure we achieve more?” he said. By press time, the committee had vetted nine ministers, including Muruli Mukasa (Public Service), Amelia Kyambadde (Trade), Vincent Ssempijja (Agriculture) and Jeje Odongo
Tight security as Besigye appears in Court
By Kizito Bowazi
candidate was not allowed to grounds that his appearance
ourt in Kampala has
C rejected state’s application
in court posed a security
to have jailed Forum for
However, Chief Magistrate
Democratic Change (FDC) former
Ereemye adjourned the case
presidential candidate Dr Kizza
to today (June 15) when he
Besigye’s treason case
would pronounce himself on
mentioned from Luzira Prison.
prosecution’s application.
On June 1, the state failed to
Subsequently, Besigye was
produce Dr Besigye in Nakawa
brought to Court at around
Chief Magistrate’s Court
8:30am amid tight security. All
claiming that his appearance posed a security threat. Besigye had been scheduled to
Court were also sealed off. In Court, Chief Magistrate
re-appear in court for the second
Ereemye overruled state’s
time after two weeks ever since
request to have Besigye’s
he was charged afresh with treason offenses. Prosecution then made an application asking the presiding Chief Magistrate James Ereemye to have Besigye’s case heard from Luzira Prison court on
plead to the charges on grounds that they are capital
threat.
roads leading to Nakawa
in nature only triable by the High Court. Dr Besigye could not also ask for bail since the same court does not have jurisdiction to entertain his bail application. Besigye greeting Uganda Police shortly before appearing in court for treason charges Photo: Courtesy
security.Prosecution alleges
provide security to this particular
where the accused was
that Dr Besigye and others at
case. But for this court to allow state
arraigned,” said Chief
large between February 20 and
application, circumstances of this
Magistrate Ereemye.
May 11 in diverse places of
case without sufficient evidence that would undermine the sanctity
director of Public Prosecution
and reputation of the court. I’m
to hasten with their
therefore not satisfied by the
investigations into Besigye’s
prosecution to move the mention of
case before adjourning it to
of this case to Luzira court. In search
June 29.At his maiden court
“I don’t wish to undermine
for justice and justice to be seen to
appearance at Nakawa Court,
the duty of the state but I’m
be done, it’s prudent that this case
the four-time presidential
Besigye must always appear in the court where he was arraigned.
prison amid tight
remain mentioned in court
He also ordered police and the
The magistrate said Dr
He was then returned to Luzira
convinced the state has capacity to
would be to set a wrong precedent
case heard from Luzira prison.
to
Uganda formed an intention to compel by force or constrain the government of Uganda as by law established to change its measures or counsels as to the lawfully established methods of acceding to the office of president of the Republic of Uganda.
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Body of 100-year-old woman stolen from grave few hours after burial NAKASEKE Police in Nakaseke District on Tuesday embarked on an investigation process in a case where the corpse of a 100 year old woman went missing from the grave just hours after burial in Nakaseke District. Mr Dickson Turyatemba the Officer in Charge Nakaseke Police Station on Tuesday confirmed to the Daily Monitor that police had recorded a case of criminal trespass at a burial site and disturbing peace of the dead after unknown people on Tuesday morning vandalized and took away remains of the dead buried on Monday evening at Mifunya village without authorization from both family members and authority. “We visited the scene and discovered that the coffin was empty and the grave vandalized. We have opened a case file SD 07/14/06/16 in a case involving criminal
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trespass at a burial site and disturbing the peace of the dead,” Mr Turyatemba said in an interview on Tuesday.
Speaker roots for more women seats BY WAISWA ALEX Kampala.
Ms Zelda Nakiyimba(82), daughter claimed that the yet unknown people who took way the body of her late mother Manjeri Nalubwama early in the morning hours have an ill motive which is not known to the family members. “We are surprised that the suspected vandals did not take Korea President Park Geun-Hye inspecting Guard of Honour PHOTO: COURTESY away the coffin which we thought was expensive and morning. We suspect that grave vandals where possibly the target for the the people who took away remains of the dead vandal act. The family is the body used a vehicle were reportedly taken wondering where the body of which parked at a road away. Residents our mother has been taken and junction about 500 meters suspect traditional the motive behind the act,” Ms away from the family grave healers and witchcraft Nakiyimba said on Tuesday. yard. It is possible that practitioners as these people had a spy who Mr Samuel Kato the LC1 individuals orchestrating was in position to relay Chairperson Mifunya village grave vandal acts in whatever happened at the said residents are disturbed by Luweero and Nakaseke grave yard during the burial the act. District. ceremony,” Mr Kato said community under their on Tuesday. “I was informed at 6:00pm on umbrella Tuesday by one of the Police in Luweero and relatives who went to the Nakaseke in 2015 recorded grave side on Tuesday By Andrew Sembela several cases involving
The Speaker of Parliament has called for the appointment of more women to senior Cabinet positions. Ms Rebecca Kadaga said the appointment of more women would enable them to frame and influence government policies. Among other positions she wants designated for women is to one of the deputy prime minister slots. “We want to see that some women are appointed prime ministers or even deputy prime minister to be able to chair Cabinet meeting and decide on what to come on the agenda, so that our issues are taken forward,” Ms Kadaga said yesterday at a national dialogue
Kibedi, a pillar of Busoga who fought dictatorship BY KIZITO BOAZI JINJA. es. It was dawn, but Monday’s dawn was one with a difference in Busoga. The sub-region of slightly more than three million people woke up to the news of the death of yet another of its pillars, Ambassador Joshua Wanume Kibedi. The deceased, who remains the youngest person ever to have served as Uganda’s minister for Foreign Affairs, passed away at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. A member of the family in Iganga said the deceased could have succumbed to complications arising out of hypertension. “He has not been well for quite some time now. He developed complications when one of his partners ran down his firm while he was serving as Uganda’s Ambassador to the United Nations,” the local family source revealed. According to Mr Henry Kyemba, a boyhood friend of the deceased with whom they were to later serve in the cabinet of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada, Kibedi was born in Namalemba village in Bugweri County, Iganga District, between 1941 and 1942. He went to the nearby Busesa Primary School where his father, Elkanah Kibedi, was the headmaster before joining Busoga College Mwiri.
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Around 1960, he was shipped off to the United Kingdom for “Inns of Court” training, or attachment to a law firm for apprenticeship training which later saw him qualify as a Barrister at Law. He returned to Uganda around 1966 and joined the law firm of another Barrister at Law, Mr Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, who was by then serving as Uganda’s Attorney General. Mr Binaisa, who was to later become one of Uganda’s Presidents, was at the time working on what was later to become known as the ‘Pigeon hole Constitution’ and so left most of the day-to-day workings of the firm to the young barrister. However, the young Kibedi had in his time at Busoga College Mwiri and London and through ties to his uncle Shaban Nkutu, earlier joined the then ruling Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC). “He was a very strong UPC member right from the start. He had actually graduated through the UPC youth ranks,” recalls
senior citizen and retired politician Henry Kyemba. It would appear that the political might that his uncle Nkutu, a former national chairman of the ruling UPC, minister of Health and MP for Busoga South East, wielded in the party and government spurred the young Wanume Kibedi into aspiring for
more than simply being a member of the ruling party. In 1969, he made a statement of intent. The case ended up before President Apollo Milton Obote, but elections which had been scheduled to take place later in 1971 never materialised as developments in both the military and the political spheres culminated in the coup that brought Idi Amin to power. Kibedi was the brother of Idi Amin’s first wife, Maryamu Kibedi Amin, with whom the dictator had hooked up during his time in the army in Jinja. Amin’s decision to appoint him as Uganda’s minister for Foreign
Affairs, and his subsequent role in trying to give the brutal dictatorship a human face, were as surprising as the January 1971 coup which brought his brother-in-law to power. “Although we knew that he was his brother-in-law, it wasn’t automatic that he would be a cabinet minister. And knowing Amin the way we did, as a man of few words and one who didn’t know English, we could see from the statements that were coming out of Kampala that it was Kibedi writing them for him,” Mr Kyemba recalls. Looking back, Mr Kyemba, who in a record 18 months between 1971 and September 1972 served as Amin’s principal private secretary, permanent secretary in the Office of the President, secretary to the Cabinet, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Community Development before becoming the Minister for Culture, says his friend had been taken hostage. Victim of circumstances “Kibedi was an immediate victim of circumstances. Everyone felt that Amin needed a voice of reason and moderation. That feeling cut across the country and someone had to do it.
organised by the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), a women’s rights organisation. Last week, President Museveni reshuffled his Cabinet, appointing 11 female ministers and 17 as state ministers. This increased the number of women in the Cabinet to 28. Women tipped Speaking at the same dialogue, High Court Judge David Batema counselled women on how to overcome the obstacles to women’s efforts to make a difference in the political leadership and decision-making processes. “Women must try or keep trying to develop clear political agendas that take on the broad issues of democracy, governance and their gender nature in a more consistent manner,” Justice Batema said. During the February 2016 parliamentary elections, there was a two per cent increase in the number of women representatives in Parliament, bringing their number to 137. Speaker Kadaga congratulated Ms Winnie Kiiza, who is the country’s first female Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, for her courage and strength as a woman and political leader.
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Matsiko is a 42 year old Mechanical Agricultural Engineer who has discovered his niche in agriculture, to which he is so devoted that he would love to see people his age get more attracted to the sector. He is a knowledgeable, energetic and very innovative farmer who is fulltime on the farm located in Kashaari, Mbarara district.
This is intended to facilitate policy continuity and allow sufficient time for ongoing structural reforms in the country.
The IMF concluded consultation with Uganda in June 2013, and completed the final review of the country’s performance under an economic programme supported by PSI arrangement and approved a three-year PSI, which is supposed to end this financial year 2015/16. However, in April this year, government requested for the extension of the programme to give more time for policy adjustments aimed at ushering in more reforms in the economy. Following discussions last week in Washington D.C to extend the country’s programme by one year, Mr Min Zhu, the deputy
managing director and acting chair of IMF, said despite external shocks, and amid election-related uncertainty, Uganda’s economy demonstrated resilience, with robust growth, low inflation, and strong international reserves. “However, structural reforms have lagged and need to be revitalised to enhance competitiveness, promote economic diversification, and foster sustained and inclusive economic growth,” he said. He added: “Economic policies will remain focused on keeping inflation low and boosting growth. Fiscal priorities include shifting public spending toward infrastructure and povertyalleviating expenditures, boosting domestic revenue mobilisation, and enhancing public investment efficiency. Continued fiscal prudence could facilitate further monetary policy easing, which would help ease tight credit conditions.” Mr Zhu explained that more progress is needed on key
Matsiko operates on over 50 acres of land, on eight of which he grows bananas, passion fruits on five and maize for silage on forty. He also rears 36 cows in zero grazing from which he collectively earns sh100m per year. structural reforms. For instance, prompt parliamentary approval of the Public Financial Management Act regulations in line with international best practice, decisive action to reconcile and validate the stock of domestic arrears, and finalising the charter of fiscal responsibility are paramount steps to further improve governance and strengthen the Budget process. A team led by Mr Roger Nord, IMF Mission Chief and Deputy Director of the African Department, visited Kampala from March 21 to April 6, to conduct the sixth review of Uganda’s economic programmes supported by the PSI. PSI instrument The PSI is an instrument of the IMF designed for countries that do not need balance of payments financial support. It helps countries design effective economic programmes that signal to donors, development banks, and markets the IMF’s endorsement of a member.
Shilling strengthens against the dollar in early June By Andrew Sembela Uganda’s consumer price index (CPI) statistics state that inflation increased to 5.4% in May up from 5.1% that was recorded in the month of April 2016. This was attributed to the increase in annual core inflation and a rise in annual services such as healthcare, education, insurance, financial and legal services. In the international currency Steven Kaboyo of Alpha markets, the dollar dropped to Capital Markets said the a two week low as investors shilling revolved within a range, locked in gains on the weakening as demand surged greenback’s recent ascent. on account of interbank buying and importers forex needs. In the money market, overnight and one week funds traded at an average of 12% and 16% respectively.
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he International Monetary Fund (IMF) has accepted Uganda’s request of having its economic policy programme extended by another one year under the current Policy Support Instrument (PSI) arrangement.
Uganda’s economic policy programme includes: Amendment of the Public Financial Management Act, addressing accumulation of arrears, amendment of Bank of Uganda Act, and improving productivity in key sectors of the economy such as agriculture, manufacturing and tourism, among others.
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”In the coming days, the shilling is seen marginally weakening as the market anticipates renewed demand from market players during the budget week,” Kaboyo said.
the farm is highly mechanized, with an automated milking process, grass threshers, hummer mill, chuff cutters, silage compactor - which he acquired at sh14m, generator and tractor. The milk produced is supplied to a milk collection centre at nearby town. He is very particular about record keeping and has hired a consultant to streamline the books of accounts. He does research, trains his managers in fodder and calf management, animal hygiene, shares new concepts with them and also with other farmers, even from as far as Kenya. Despite his background in agricultural machinery salesmanship, he is knowledgeable and eloquently passionate about farming and has attracted his peers into farming. Matsiko employs twelve people permanently, among whom is a trained Farm Manager and up to 15 casual workers as need arise who help Him and his wife run the farm.
By Monday morning, Bank of Uganda quoted the shilling at 3364/3374 buying and selling respectively. He added that Markets are likely to remain on the edge as they await policy pronouncements that will guide the general direction of the economy going forward.
One of the main challenges while starting out was water shortage, which he has managed to overcome by constructing a 600,000litre capacity water reservoir. He still faces challenges in form of expensive labour with only women ready to work yet they are physically challenged for some tasks, low milk prices, high energy costs that come with operating power generators. He keeps books of accounts and has hired a consultant to streamline knowledge acquisition. Matsiko also trains his managers in fodder and calf management, animal hygiene and shares new that he learns concepts with them.
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A sit-down with Melinda Gates BY KIZITO BOWAZI
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elinda Gates needs no introduction. She is an icon known all over the globe for her philanthropy work. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the organisation she co-chairs with her husband, Bill Gates, donates billions of dollars toward improving people’s health and well-being. In Uganda, Gates monies have helped millions of people access HIV/Aids life relief drugs, the Anti-Retrial Viral Therapy drugs, family planning services and modern contraceptives, and malaria treatment, among others. But for a woman who cochairs a $39.6bn-rich foundation and a wife to the world’s richest man, one can only imagine what a meeting with her can be like. I met Melinda at the Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in May. About 5,733 delegates from 169 countries met at a conference that sought to ally girls’ and women’s health and rights in the recently launched world development blueprint, the Sustainable Development Goals. Melinda had just given a keynote address and I was one of the six persons invited for a 40minute media roundtable discussion with her. Meeting Melinda Gates Dressed in a sky blue suit, Melinda was graceful, professional and humble. “Hello, my name is Melinda Gates,” she greeted me with a firm handshake and a smile. “There are drinks here, feel free to pick what you like,” she said, pointing to a table at one end of the room. She grabbed a soft drink for herself, and joined me at the table. She speaks calmly but passionately. Melinda’s life is largely punctuated by efforts to assist particularly women pull themselves out of poverty. “I meet a lot of people both men and women in the villages, in the slums all over the world. I see the reality of their lives. I see this disparity particularly (with) women. I see the burden they carry and their children. Under difficult circumstances in the slum, she has to somehow put food on the table,” Melinda noted before adding, “If we don’t empower such women, we can’t empower families.” For Melinda, empowering women means making specific investments for women in health, economic opportunities and decision making especially regarding family planning. “Women have to make their own judgment on which option to take,” she says, referring to modern contraceptives. “Our job is to make available as many possible options on the table.” Investing in women and girls In a world where women hustle daily fending for their families and a lot of that work at home goes unpaid let alone recognised, Melinda says there is need to recognise what unpaid work is. But there is whole lack of statistics on women and gender and what is being done to improve their health and wellbeing. Thus at the conference, Melinda announced the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will in the next three years invest $80m to close the gender data gap. “It is great women and girls are at the heart of Sustainable Development Goals. But
right now there is insufficient data to build a baseline for nearly 80 per cent of gender equality indicators,” she said. “If advocacy for women and girls is about giving voice to the voiceless, gathering and analysing data is about making
the invisible visible. We need to build a data system on what we are doing, what is and what is not working?” What keeps Melinda awake at night? But what keeps Melinda awake? “Besides my two teenage children?” she jokes, laughing heartily. “Sometimes, I feel like we don’t know as much as we need to know,” she revealed. “In 2012, around the time of the Family Planning Summit in London, I was always up and about worrying about whether we had the right goals, partners and the funding we needed?” Imagine the wife to the world’s richest man worrying about money for her projects! “It is not only our own money,” she clarified, “But we also ask other partners and governments to contribute, and these are big responsibilities.” Melinda says she and her team are still learning, and the success of her foundation’s projects makes her optimistic of a better world. She is hopeful for a polio and malaria-free Africa. “It is milestone seeing no polio case
on the African continent in the last one year. That can be done with other diseases like malaria,” she says. Malaria adversely affects children under five and expectant mothers. According to the World Health Organisation, malaria is one of the five leading causes of death in under-five children in sub Saharan Africa. The others are premature birth complications, pneumonia, deprivation of oxygen to a newborn and diarrhoea. In Uganda,
according to the Ministry of Health Malaria Control Programme, Uganda has the sixth highest number of annual deaths from malaria in Africa, as well as some of the highest reported malaria transmission rates in the world, with approximately 16 million cases reported in 2013 and over 10,500 deaths annually. “That’s why we are investing in malaria prevention,” Melinda stressed. Melinda’s passions Child health is dear to her and she is angry with saboteurs of vaccination programmes. “I have vaccinated my own children. Every parent wants their children to be safe. The vaccines are quality tested and proved to be safe so anybody who says anything against that is just false and that makes me angry.” Improving health and wellbeing of people is what the 51-yearold has committed her life to. “What inspires me is the unbelievable love for children from the people I meet. You meet a mum and dad in the developing world quite often and they will say ‘this is what I am doing to invest in my child’s education’. And we have got chance to help them do just that.” Melinda at home At home in Washington, USA, bonding for her family is at the dinner table. “There might be things that keep us away most times of the day but Bill and I try to be at home for dinner as much as we can, for we really think dinner is important,” she revealed. She likes outdoor activities. “I want to be out on the kayak, take a bicycle or jog,” she says, adding; “I like watching movies, so Bill and I take time off and go and watch a movie.” The Gates have two teenagers; Phoebe Adele Gates, 13; and Rory John Gates, 17; and an elder 20-year-old, Jennifer Katharine Gates.
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The state of our MPs’ sense of style See what Members of Parliament and other dignitaries wore to the State of the Nation address at Kampala
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Ugandan horror movie, Bunjako up for
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Expo, this helps us reach our target
eighth edition of the annual Bride
audience which is a platform for us
& Groom Expo set to take place
to showcase our new products,”
from June 24 to 26.
Azari says.
large about the different methods
differences but will certainly be
of family planning.
united where fun prevails. And it
“We are going to have all the
is from that fun that comes
several ways or methods of
different stories. Some sad and appalling, others exultant and
them, the forest they are moving
memorable.
through is haunted with a killing evil
It is those stories that Samuel
spirit and human-like carnivores
Kizito, a movie director and writer,
who feed on animal and human flesh.
seeks to portray in his new
And it that one night that is slowly
sensational Uganda horror movie,
setting in they have to move through
Bunjako.
the forest. One of them gets
A kind of suspense-filled movie
possessed by the evil spirit which
that keep the Ugandan audience
uses her to its aid to kill both the
at the edge of their seats,
students and the carnivores.
Bunjako premieres this weekend
Confusion ensues among the two
on June 17 at Theatre La Bonita,
groups. At the same time the
Kampala.
carnivores think the students are
The plot
killing them, the students think vice-
Bunjako follows a story of
versa. Either party has to either keep
University students with
away or attack the other for revenge.
family planning so that people can
differences in life that plan to go
And that is where all the horror starts.
learn to plan for their families in a
for a camp fire trip together with
The cast comprises of a relatively
better way,” Kigula says.
their lecturer. On their way to the
young breed on the movie scene, but
Along with UHMG and Darling, the
camp fire, they come across a
they perfectly fit in their roles and
other sponsors include Uganda
thick forest which they have to
execute them well to bring out the
Registration and Services Bureau,
go through to make it to their
movie’s storyline. Diana Nabatanzi
Uganda Insurers Association, Coca
destination. Along the way,
plays the lead role of Jane. (Atukunda
Cola, Silk Events and Castle Lite.
however, they meet the
Joseph as Musinguzi, a policeman and
The Bride and Groom Expo will be
unfortunate works of the devil.
Jane’s father). Others include Sharon
open from Friday, June 24, at UMA
Their travel vehicle breaks down
Atuhaire, Kimuli Brandon, Julius
exhibition hall, at only sh7,000.
and they decide to make it
Mosh, and Jolly D Mukasa—all
through on foot. Unbeknownst to
relatively new faces on the scene.
Several sponsors are already signed and up and ready to give show goers their best. n a press conference at the Vision Group head offices on Friday afternoon, the sponsors reaffirmed their commitment
Saied Azari, the
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director of sales marketing at Darling Uganda, says through the Expo, they are able to not only give brides-to-be great tips for options with their hair, it also gives them an avenue to build their brand.
BY KIZITO BOAZI University students may have life
“Since we get a big mileage at the
Everything is in high gear for the
for the Expo.
premiere this weekend
Robert Kigula, the social marketing manager of (Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG), says the Expo is a great platform for them to create awareness for couples to be and the audience at
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Registration officials refuse to testify in election petition BY MULUMBA M MASAKAThree officials from the Uganda Registration Services Bureau ,who had turned up at
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JinjaHealth workers at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital have asked patients to buy their own medical supplies and sundries before being attended to. The new guideline, which has reportedly been sanctioned by the hospital administration, has been on for one month.
unfazed by the possibility of being arrested. “There is no way any medical worker here is going to risk contracting diseases because of lack of sundries. Patients simply have to buy them before they are attended to and the administration is aware,” one of the medical workers told Daily Monitor on Wednesday morning.
Masaka High Court to testify in a case where Lwengo District Woman MP, Ms Cissy Namujju is accused of possessing forged academic papers, walked out, claiming that their superiors in Kampala had instructed
presenting forged academic
She said the registrar general
them leave court .
papers and voter bribery .
would be tasked to explain to
Court presided over by
Mr Basalirwa, who expressed
court why he decided to stop
Judge Margaret Tibulya
shock by the witnesses’ action,
the witnesses from giving
heard on Wednesday that
asked court to issue fresh
evidence.
Ms Vivian Ayalo, Ms
summons to URSB officials,
The petitioner told court that
Jackline Anago and another
which court granted.
Ms Namujju failed her Senior
officials whose name was
The trio, together with URSB
Four examinations which
not availed were present in
registrar general, Mr Bemanya
means she joined Advanced
court, but later informed Mr
Twebaza were ordered to appear
Level illegally.
Asuman Basalirwa, the
before court today.
According to Mr Sserwanga,
petitioner’s lawyer, that they
During her previous appearance
Ms Namujju’s Ordinary Level
were unable to testify in the
Ms Ayalo, an official from URSB
certificate does not reflect
matter.
told court that they got a
results that could enable her
complaint to investigate a Deed
sit for Advanced Level exams.
that witness summons were
Poll in the name of Cissy
In his affidavit, Mr Sserwanga
issued to URSB officials who
Namujju which was found to be
told court that Ms Namujju
have appeared in court this
non-existent.
passed only five subjects yet
morning, but after the 15
She said instrument number 7649
for a candidate to get Ordinary
minutes adjournment, the
that appeared on Ms Namujju’s
level certificate, they must
three witnesses have
alleged deed poll belongs to a
pass six subjects.
informed me that they have
private firm, Green Life Enviro
Rev Fr Francis Namuna, a
received a phone call from
Consult Uganda Ltd, according
priest at Kyazanga Catholic
their boss stopping them
to records in the bureau’s
Church has also presented a
from testifying in the matter,”
register; which indicates that
booklet containing Ms
Mr Basalirwa said.
her deed poll is forged and
Namujju’s baptism
Ms Namujju, who stood on
false.
information.
the ruling NRM ticket in the
Justice Tibulya said the trio
According to Fr Namuna, Ms
February polls was sued by
would give evidence on the
Namujju’s baptism card is in
Mr Martin Kizito
issue whether Ms Namujju made
the name of Dionizia Busaba
Sserwanga,a concerned
a deed poll to grant her the right
who was baptized in 1977,not
citizen, for allegedly
to have different names on
Cissy Namujju.
”My Lord, there is evidence
Health workers who talked to Daily Monitor on condition of anonymity said the medical facility ran out of gloves, plasters and needles, among other supplies in April. Four medical workers attached to the hospital have since December been arrested for allegedly extorting money from patients under the guise of selling them such sundries. As the situation worsens, the medical workers say they are
Another health worker advised the office of the Health Monitoring Unit of State House to ensure that medical workers get the appropriate tools. The hospital’s spokesperson, Ms Sarah Mulonge, confirmed that the hospital had run short of supplies. “Some of these problems are beyond us. National Medical Stores is the one responsible for the supply of drugs and sundries, but the consignments that are delivered never match our
different documents.
KCCA FC prepares for clubs victory parade
This was confirmed by KCCA FC chairman Julius Kabugo. “We have different fans with in and outside Kampala. We want to share the celebrations with them,”Kabugo stated. The trophy parade will start from Soliz HouseLumumba Avenue (Startimes headquarters) to Old taxi park, Owino Market , William street and Arua park.