Fourteen new districts named
May 22, 2009
THE Government on Tuesday submitted a list of 14 proposed new districts. If Parliament approves the plan, the number of districts will rise to 94. The proposal was tabled by local government minister, Adolf Mwesige, who said it was necessary to create new
THE Government on Tuesday submitted a list of 14 proposed new districts. If Parliament approves the plan, the number of districts will rise to 94.
The proposal was tabled by local government minister, Adolf Mwesige, who said it was necessary to create new districts for effective administration and bringing services closer to the people.
He said they considered the means of communication, geographical features, destiny of the population, economic viability and wishes of the people.
Seven of the districts will take effect on July 1, this year while for the other seven, it will be July, 1, 2010.
Speaker Edward Ssekandi directed the committee of local government to handle the matter expeditiously.
UPDF SOLDIER LINKED TO CHILD SACRIFICE
Kampala Central MP Erias Lukwago, on Monday told Parliament that a high ranking UPDF officer could be involved in child sacrifice.
He was reacting to concerns raised by Speaker Edward Ssekandi about the increase in the number of cases of child sacrifice.
He said some people in Busiiro found a person, who claimed to be the driver of a UPDF officer, with a human skull. The driver also claimed to be a traditional healer and the UPDF officer, was issuing him with movement permits.
Ssekandi told him to bring the documents on Tuesday after information minister Kabakumba Masiko asked whether it was in order for Lukwago not to pass on valuable information to the Government.
On Tuesday Lukwago tabled the documents, copies of which identified the traditional healer by different names, and the UPDF officer as Col. R. Kyamulesire.
Army spokesperson Maj. Felix Kulayigye denied knowledge of the incident.
MPS ORDER PROBE INTO RITUAL KILLINGS
Parliament on Tuesday urged the Government to institute a judicial commission of inquiry into human sacrifice.
The MPs were reacting to a presentation by the internal affairs minister, Kirunda Kivejinja, on incidents related to suspected human sacrifice, and trafficking in persons. The report covered the months of January, February and March.
Kayunga Woman MP Nayiga Ssekabira proposed a firing squad for the culprits instead of sending them to jail to be fed on tax payers’ money. Parliament gave the Government two weeks to constitute the commission of inquiry.
MPS WANT SH36B FOR ARVS REALLOCATED Parliament on Wednesday recommended that sh36b for the purchase of ARVs be re-allocated to more important government programmes.
The budget committee report on the medium term says sh76b was earmarked for the purchase of ARVs and anti-malarial drugs.
The committee observed that the drugs would be bought from Quality Chemicals, a company that manufactures ARVs in Uganda.
The report presented by the committee chairperson, Rose Akol, said the committee had information that drugs from Quality Chemicals were more expensive than those on the international market.
MPS OPPOSE SH20B LOAN FOR BIRD FLU
MPS on the national economy committee opposed a move to borrow sh20b from the World Bank for Avian (bird flu) and human influenza preparedness.
Scrutinising the loan request presented by the state minister for finance, Ephraim Kamuntu, on Tuesday, the MPs argued that the disease was no longer an emergency.
EA TO HAVE JOINT POWER NETWORKS
The state minister for energy, Simon D’Ujanga, told the committee on national economy on Monday that East Africa would have a joint power network to strengthen regional integration.
The project, he said, is aimed at increasing cross border trade.
PARLIAMENT DEBATES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS
Parliament on Wednesday debated the Uganda Human rights Commission annual reports for 1999-2007.
Reacting to a report of the committee on legal and parliamentary affairs, the MPs expressed concern over continued violation of human rights in the country and the arrest and detention of people in “safe housesâ€.
Security minister Amama Mbabazi said: “There are no safe houses in Uganda for detention or torture.†He explained that the NRM valued human rights.
The statement prompted Kampala Central MP, Erias Lukwago, to ask whether the detention centres at Kireka and on Bombo Road were gazetted.
He also claimed that there is a safe house opposite Imperial Royale Hotel and another opposite Kololo airstrip.
Erute MP, Charles Angiro, invited Mbabazi to his office so that he could show him the “safe housesâ€.
The proposal was tabled by local government minister, Adolf Mwesige, who said it was necessary to create new districts for effective administration and bringing services closer to the people.
He said they considered the means of communication, geographical features, destiny of the population, economic viability and wishes of the people.
Seven of the districts will take effect on July 1, this year while for the other seven, it will be July, 1, 2010.
Speaker Edward Ssekandi directed the committee of local government to handle the matter expeditiously.
UPDF SOLDIER LINKED TO CHILD SACRIFICE
Kampala Central MP Erias Lukwago, on Monday told Parliament that a high ranking UPDF officer could be involved in child sacrifice.
He was reacting to concerns raised by Speaker Edward Ssekandi about the increase in the number of cases of child sacrifice.
He said some people in Busiiro found a person, who claimed to be the driver of a UPDF officer, with a human skull. The driver also claimed to be a traditional healer and the UPDF officer, was issuing him with movement permits.
Ssekandi told him to bring the documents on Tuesday after information minister Kabakumba Masiko asked whether it was in order for Lukwago not to pass on valuable information to the Government.
On Tuesday Lukwago tabled the documents, copies of which identified the traditional healer by different names, and the UPDF officer as Col. R. Kyamulesire.
Army spokesperson Maj. Felix Kulayigye denied knowledge of the incident.
MPS ORDER PROBE INTO RITUAL KILLINGS
Parliament on Tuesday urged the Government to institute a judicial commission of inquiry into human sacrifice.
The MPs were reacting to a presentation by the internal affairs minister, Kirunda Kivejinja, on incidents related to suspected human sacrifice, and trafficking in persons. The report covered the months of January, February and March.
Kayunga Woman MP Nayiga Ssekabira proposed a firing squad for the culprits instead of sending them to jail to be fed on tax payers’ money. Parliament gave the Government two weeks to constitute the commission of inquiry.
MPS WANT SH36B FOR ARVS REALLOCATED Parliament on Wednesday recommended that sh36b for the purchase of ARVs be re-allocated to more important government programmes.
The budget committee report on the medium term says sh76b was earmarked for the purchase of ARVs and anti-malarial drugs.
The committee observed that the drugs would be bought from Quality Chemicals, a company that manufactures ARVs in Uganda.
The report presented by the committee chairperson, Rose Akol, said the committee had information that drugs from Quality Chemicals were more expensive than those on the international market.
MPS OPPOSE SH20B LOAN FOR BIRD FLU
MPS on the national economy committee opposed a move to borrow sh20b from the World Bank for Avian (bird flu) and human influenza preparedness.
Scrutinising the loan request presented by the state minister for finance, Ephraim Kamuntu, on Tuesday, the MPs argued that the disease was no longer an emergency.
EA TO HAVE JOINT POWER NETWORKS
The state minister for energy, Simon D’Ujanga, told the committee on national economy on Monday that East Africa would have a joint power network to strengthen regional integration.
The project, he said, is aimed at increasing cross border trade.
PARLIAMENT DEBATES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS
Parliament on Wednesday debated the Uganda Human rights Commission annual reports for 1999-2007.
Reacting to a report of the committee on legal and parliamentary affairs, the MPs expressed concern over continued violation of human rights in the country and the arrest and detention of people in “safe housesâ€.
Security minister Amama Mbabazi said: “There are no safe houses in Uganda for detention or torture.†He explained that the NRM valued human rights.
The statement prompted Kampala Central MP, Erias Lukwago, to ask whether the detention centres at Kireka and on Bombo Road were gazetted.
He also claimed that there is a safe house opposite Imperial Royale Hotel and another opposite Kololo airstrip.
Erute MP, Charles Angiro, invited Mbabazi to his office so that he could show him the “safe housesâ€.