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Ugandan president removes army chief shuffles his cabinet in aftermath of row over succession
KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda's president has removed his top military commander and put him in a civilian role in a shuffle apparently prompted by an ongoing row over a rumoured plan for President Yoweri Museveni to have his son succeed him. In changes announced Friday, army chief Gen. Aronda Nyakairima becomes the minister of internal affairs. Some other government officials were also moved ...
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Cricket Juniors Off to Uganda
Namibia's national Under 19 cricket team left for Uganda yesterday to compete in the African qualifiers for next year's Junior World Cup. Only the winning team will qualify for the 2014 Junior World Cup in Dubai, but at a capping ceremony on Wednesday night the team was in high spirits and determined to qualify. Namibia qualified for last year's Junior World Cup in Australia and ...
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Mao Slams ICC Double Standards
Oxford - The International Criminal Court lacks impartiality and its selective justice targets only the weak, the president general of the Democratic Party has said in a speech at Oxford University, London. Norbert Mao said that much as it's necessary to have an international court that overrides local jurisdiction, there should be a required level of impartiality. Mao spoke at an event ...
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Rights Body Condemns Police Raid On Monitor Red Peper
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has criticized the government for Monday's attack on independent media houses, Monitor and Red Pepper Publications. In a statement read to journalists on Wednesday, UHRC expressed concern at the way the police raided the media houses, ostensibly in search of documents authored by Gen David Sejusa. "The freedom of the press is a part of a wider ...
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70-Year-Old Nabbed for Defilement
Police in Mayuge are holding a 70-year-old man identified as Jafari Kayeyera, for defiling a 14-year-old girl in his Wamulongo village. According to the area head of Crime Investigations, Josephat Mbonigaba, Kayeyera lured the girl to a lodge. He said he wanted to give her provisions for her family. However, the receptionist at the lodge got suspicious and later overheard the little girl ...
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MP Nsereko Joins New Political Group
After being expelled from the ruling party, Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko says he is forming a grand coalition to battle President Museveni in 2016. Nsereko was fired from NRM recently, together with Barnabas Tinkasiimire (Buyaga West), Theodore Ssekikubo (Lwemiyaga) and Wilfred Niwagaba (Ndorwa East) for alleged indiscipline. He told The Observer this week that his reform-minded group ...
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Man Sues Hospital Over Pregnant Wifes Death
A peasant who lost his pregnant wife because of what he calls neglect by health workers has sued the government and Nakaseke hospital, in the hope that this will save other women such a tragedy. David Mugerwa, from Nakaseke district, has taken the action jointly with the Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD), a non-governmental organization. CEHURD says that at least 16 women ...
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Daily Monitors Safety Lies in Remaining Critical
"What is important is not freedom of speech but freedom after speech." This is what MP Odonga Otto said at a public debate in 2002 at Makerere University. Yours truly was then a curious 'fresher.' Later I learnt from Prof Frederick Jjuuko that the best way to judge a country's media environment is not to consider how much gets published but rather how much, or what ...
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Kasese to Fire 30 Medics
Kasese district local government is to fire over 30 health workers who have consistently skipped work. The district which has been struggling with a 24% health staffing gap for at least five years, recruited 333 health workers early this year to fill the gaps. Samson Bihanikire, the senior personnel officer Kasese district local government, said: "My office has already started collecting ...
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Uganda Lukwago Faces Censure Motion
Eighteen councillors of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) await the Attorney General's legal advice before they can proceed with a censure motion against Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago. The motion, signed by 18 out of the 30 councillors, was given to the minister for the Presidency and KCCA affairs, Frank Tumwebaze, on May 15, 2013. The councillors want to invoke Section 12 (3) (a) and ...
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Uganda Airtel Warid Merge Mobile Money Services
The mobile money landscape, one of the more profitable ventures for telecom companies in Uganda, could witness some serious competition, after Airtel and Warid merged their money transfer services to serve more than seven million subscribers. The merging of the mobile money services - one of the first steps of convergence after Airtel agreed to buy Warid - directly takes the competition to MTN ...
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Uganda How NRM Plotted to Oust Lukwago
The NRM is trying a radical approach in an attempt to resolve the long-running standoff between the lord mayor and the KCCA executive director. The NRM caucus agreed on Monday to let President Museveni step in and take direct control of Kampala Capital City Authority for at least six months. The proposal, if muscled through Parliament, carries ominous job implications, most especially for Erias ...
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Uganda Tourism Sector Is Crying Out for More
At the inauguration of a new Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) in Kampala recently, the minister of Tourism, Maria Mutagamba, called on the members to find alternative ways of funding the all-important sector, given that the government's current allocation is insufficient. While the minister is right to advise the sector, which she says has a funding gap of Shs 17bn, to find alternative resources ...
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Day 4 - Monitor Red Pepper Remain Closed
Police today continued to ransack drawers, comb every inch of buildings in search of Gen David Sejusa-related documents as Daily Monitor, its sister FM stations Kfm and Dembe, and Red Pepper, remained closed for a fourth day. The Observer has learnt that Daily Monitor is pursuing both court action and negotiations with government to get police off its Namuwongo premises. So far, police have ...
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Govt Lab Stops DNA Testing As Paternity Cases Pile Up
The government chemist has suspended forensic investigations and DNA tests for paternity, citing lack of necessary reagents. The suspension is likely to delay justice and cause a pile-up of paternity cases. "We have run out of reagents and decided to suspend it because we couldn't analyze both paternal and criminal cases, yet many people are overstaying in prisons," said Eric ...
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Rebel MPs - Katuntu Takes Nyombi to Court
Bugweri MP Abdu Katuntu was last evening set to petition the constitutional court, challenging Attorney General Peter Nyombi's opinion, that MPs expelled by their parties should also lose their seats in Parliament. Katuntu's constitutional petition will be argued by a team of lawyers led by Peter Mukidi Walubiri. "We have finalized everything and hopefully before the close of ...
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KCCA Report - Parliament Appoints Select Committee
Kampala - Parliament has resolved that a select committee be set up to review minutes of the controversial report by the parliament's committee on public service and local government regarding the mismanagement of KCCA. In a motion moved by Makindye East MP John Ssimbwa on Thursday, the house unanimously adopted the motion saying there was need for a separate committee to review the report ...
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India Policemen Probed Over Musumba Bribe
Former Minister Isaac Musumba today strongly denied media reports that he and Igara East MP Michael Mawanda tried to sneak out of the country after paying a hefty bribe to policemen there. According to the online Mumbai publication Mid-Day, the plot to flee India was hatched after Musumba, Mawanda and businessman Mathias Magoola paid three police officers Rs 1 crore, which is equivalent to ...
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Sejusa Asks Kadaga for Three Months
The now renegade Coordinator of Intelligence Services, Gen David Sejusa, aka Tinyefuza, has written to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, asking for another three months' leave from Parliament, a day after his official leave expired. Sejusa, an army representative in Parliament, wrote to Kadaga through his lawyers on May 20, saying that he needs more time to complete his unfinished business in ...
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President Museveni Makes Minor Cabinet Changes
President Yoweri Museveni Thursday made changes to his cabinet, bringing in army chief Gen Aronda Nyakairima as Internal Affairs minister. In other changes, Mary Karooro Okurut moves to the Gender Ministery as John Narsasira goes to ICT, while Ruhakana Rugunda takes charge of Health. Former Health Minister Odoa becomes presidential advisor on Health. Rose Namayanja takes over Information and ...
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Japan Court to Decide Namubirus Fate Today
Court in Japan is on Friday expected to decide the fate of Ugandan musician Iryn Namubiru who is currently detained in Tokyo on allegations of drug trafficking. Japanese authorities arrested her upon arrival at the airport there on allegations that she carried contraband packed in food from Uganda. Now her fate remains in a decision expected to be taken by a court in the Asian country. ...
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Museveni Takeover Illegal - Lukwago
President Museveni this week inched closer to taking over management of Kampala, as Parliament began to consider a controversial report of the Public Service and Local Government parliamentary committee that urges him to do so. According to the report, all the political and technical officials including the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi, would have to step ...
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Micho Faces Uphill Task
Milutin Sredojevich 'Micho' is the Uganda Cranes tenth coach since the dawn of the millennium. Following his unveiling by Fufa President Lawrence Mulindwa on May 21 at Fufa house in Mengo, the Serbian tactician follows in the footsteps of the late Paul Hasule, Mike Mutebi, Harrison Okagbue, Csaba Laszlo, Muhammed Abbas, Leo Adraa, Charles Namakola, Pedro Pasqulli and most recently ...
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Kibaale Chimpanzee Abducts Child Then Lets Go
Kibaale - It was around 9:30am local time on Wednesday in Mabale village Bwikara sub-county in Kibaale district when two children were sent by their parents to buy ropes to tether their animals. Little did they know that their seemingly innocent assignment would turn all around - against them. And there was hardly any foreboding signs for what lay right ahead. Danger invisibly prowled the two ...
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Isabirye Targets Second Straight Uganda Cup
Sports Club Victoria University (SCVU) will be searching for their first title in Ugandan football when they take on Vipers SC in the Uganda Cup final. But for SCVU coach Alex Isabirye, he is aiming for a second Uganda Cup crown in a row, writes Elly Kyeyune. The final takes place this Sunday at Masindi Municipal grounds and it will be the second straight year it is held upcountry after ...
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