News in brief

Mar 13, 2007

<b>Herbalists warned</b> <br>KAMPALA - Herbalists who advertise their services in the media may soon be in trouble. Their chairman, Hajji Lutakome Ssentamu, has vowed to take legal action against them.

Herbalists warned
KAMPALA - Herbalists who advertise their services in the media may soon be in trouble. Their chairman, Hajji Lutakome Ssentamu, has vowed to take legal action against them. Ssentamu, who also represents his colleagues on the National Drug Authority board, on Tuesday said advertising was tainting their image. “Cases of child sacrifice are rampant because of fake herbalists. A true herbalist does not need to advertise. If they don’t stop, an operation is soon coming to clean our image.” The law governing drugs discourages medical practitioners from advertising but can indicate where they are located. Onegi-Obel survives arrest. The former chairman of the National Social Security Fund board of directors, Geoffrey Onegi-Obel, yesterday survived re-arrest for jumping bail. Buganda Road Court Chief magistrate Margaret Tibulya, issued a warrant for his arrest but he later appeared two hours later. “My advocate is on strike and would not come to court,” Onegi-Obel lamented. He faces charges abuse of office, which the prosecutor says led to the loss of sh8b to the social fund.

Mao drafts maternity law

GULU - Pregnant women in the district will be assured of company when going for antenatal care. The district chairman, Norbert Mao, revealed that the council is to enforce a by-law demanding that all men accompany their pregnant wives to clinics. They will also test for other infections including HIV/AIDS. “Men must accompany wives to the hospitals when they are in labour,” Mao said during a rally at Odek IDP camp recently. He noted that many women die while giving birth at home.

Judges to meet lawyers

KAMPALA - The Chief Justice, Benjamin Odoki and his deputy, lady Justice Laeticia Kikonyogo are to meet lawyers today as their strike enters its third and last day. The president of the Uganda Law Society, Oscar Kihika, said the meeting would take place at the High Court. The lawyers are protesting the March 1 re-arrest of the PRA rebel suspects who had been released on bail. The incident sparked off a week-long judges’ strike that ended last Friday.

Court to rule on LC5 case

KAMPALA - The Court of Appeal will tomorrow rule on whether to dismiss an appeal by the former Kamuli district LC5 chairman. Ahmed Kawooya Kaugu wants the court to overturn its own ruling that the High Court was right to remove him from office. He insisted that the court should reinstate him.

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