News in brief
Nov 02, 2009
<b>Chief opposes site destruction</b><br>KAMPALA - Kyadondo county chief, Kaggo Toffiri Malokwezza, has decried investors who are bent on destroying cultural sites for development.
Chief opposes site destruction
KAMPALA - Kyadondo county chief, Kaggo Toffiri Malokwezza, has decried investors who are bent on destroying cultural sites for development. “Development is not bad but if it is at the cost of our culture then it’s not worth it,†the chief said during a tour of Nakawa division last week. Addressing the residents at Naguru Community Centre, he said he was disappointed with his discovery of places with cultural values that were on the verge of extinction.
Disabled want EC to takeover
GULU - The disabled want the Electoral Commission to handle their elections, instead of the National Union of Disabled Persons (NUDIPU). Members of the Legal Action for Persons with Disability (LADP), argued that elections through NUDIPU contravene the Act, which gives a person a right to vote in a parish or ward, in which he or she was registered. Presenting a petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, last week, LAPD administrator Med Ssengooba said NUDIPU is an activist organisation for their rights, and therefore involvement in elections would compromise the reason for its formation.
Woman held over baby
JINJA - The Police are holding a woman for allegedly attempting to steal a baby from Jinja Hospital. Esther Namusisi, a resident of Wakisi in Mukono district, was netted on Friday after a tip-off by the nurses at the hospital. She said a certain rich man had promised her money if she got a baby for him.
Lion Club gives free treatment
KAMPALA - Hundreds of people on Saturday flocked the Lion Club International-District 411B medical camp to get free health services. The one-day camp, held at Kampala City Council gardens, was part of the celebrations to mark 50 years of the club’s existence in Uganda.
Graft cited in water dept
KAMPALA - Access to safe water is being hampered by corruption, according to a survey on integrity in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector. The survey conducted by Jasper Tumuhimbise of the Anti-Corruption Coalition revealed that district water officers often connive with the contractors to embezzle money.
KAMPALA - Kyadondo county chief, Kaggo Toffiri Malokwezza, has decried investors who are bent on destroying cultural sites for development. “Development is not bad but if it is at the cost of our culture then it’s not worth it,†the chief said during a tour of Nakawa division last week. Addressing the residents at Naguru Community Centre, he said he was disappointed with his discovery of places with cultural values that were on the verge of extinction.
Disabled want EC to takeover
GULU - The disabled want the Electoral Commission to handle their elections, instead of the National Union of Disabled Persons (NUDIPU). Members of the Legal Action for Persons with Disability (LADP), argued that elections through NUDIPU contravene the Act, which gives a person a right to vote in a parish or ward, in which he or she was registered. Presenting a petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, last week, LAPD administrator Med Ssengooba said NUDIPU is an activist organisation for their rights, and therefore involvement in elections would compromise the reason for its formation.
Woman held over baby
JINJA - The Police are holding a woman for allegedly attempting to steal a baby from Jinja Hospital. Esther Namusisi, a resident of Wakisi in Mukono district, was netted on Friday after a tip-off by the nurses at the hospital. She said a certain rich man had promised her money if she got a baby for him.
Lion Club gives free treatment
KAMPALA - Hundreds of people on Saturday flocked the Lion Club International-District 411B medical camp to get free health services. The one-day camp, held at Kampala City Council gardens, was part of the celebrations to mark 50 years of the club’s existence in Uganda.
Graft cited in water dept
KAMPALA - Access to safe water is being hampered by corruption, according to a survey on integrity in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector. The survey conducted by Jasper Tumuhimbise of the Anti-Corruption Coalition revealed that district water officers often connive with the contractors to embezzle money.