In Brief
Oct 28, 2007
City holes covered<br>KAMPALA<br>A total of 260 open manholes in Kampala are to be covered. City engineer Steven Kinyera said work had already started on the major roads and would be complete by mid-November. He said the project, funded by the national CHOGM committee on infrastructure, was being
City holes covered
KAMPALA
A total of 260 open manholes in Kampala are to be covered. City engineer Steven Kinyera said work had already started on the major roads and would be complete by mid-November. He said the project, funded by the national CHOGM committee on infrastructure, was being undertaken by a private firm, Techno-Three, at sh200m. Kinyera, however, added that past efforts to cover the holes were hampered by theft of the covers and poor parking by motorist, damaging the concrete.
NDA chiefs summoned
BUGANDA ROAD
The court has summoned three accountants of the National Drug Authority (NDA) over embezzlement of sh200m. Buganda Road Court Magistrate Samuel Masaba last week summoned Samuel Kasozi, Irene Kalule and Sharifa Ntale to appear in court on November 9. Prosecution alleges the suspects inflated the institution’s expenditure by issuing fake receipts between July 2005 and July 2006. A report presented to the parliamentary committee on statutory enterprises last Wednesday revealed that sh394m was unaccounted for by the drug authority between July 2004 and February 2007.
Odinga opposed
MAKERERE
Kenyan students at Makerere University have opposed Raila Odinga’s call for federalism, popularly known as Majimboism in Kenya. Odinga, a presidential aspirant, recently told students at the university that his government would institute the governance method. A Kenyan student leader, Daniel Chege, said Majimboism would cause tribal divisions and hinder the formation of the East African federation. He also said the system was a relic of the British colonial system and reverting to it was equal to embracing colonialism. Odinga, running on the Orange Democratic Movement ticket, is facing president Mwai Kibaki in the elections to be held on December 27. Opinion polls have put Odinga ahead of Kibaki.
KAMPALA
A total of 260 open manholes in Kampala are to be covered. City engineer Steven Kinyera said work had already started on the major roads and would be complete by mid-November. He said the project, funded by the national CHOGM committee on infrastructure, was being undertaken by a private firm, Techno-Three, at sh200m. Kinyera, however, added that past efforts to cover the holes were hampered by theft of the covers and poor parking by motorist, damaging the concrete.
NDA chiefs summoned
BUGANDA ROAD
The court has summoned three accountants of the National Drug Authority (NDA) over embezzlement of sh200m. Buganda Road Court Magistrate Samuel Masaba last week summoned Samuel Kasozi, Irene Kalule and Sharifa Ntale to appear in court on November 9. Prosecution alleges the suspects inflated the institution’s expenditure by issuing fake receipts between July 2005 and July 2006. A report presented to the parliamentary committee on statutory enterprises last Wednesday revealed that sh394m was unaccounted for by the drug authority between July 2004 and February 2007.
Odinga opposed
MAKERERE
Kenyan students at Makerere University have opposed Raila Odinga’s call for federalism, popularly known as Majimboism in Kenya. Odinga, a presidential aspirant, recently told students at the university that his government would institute the governance method. A Kenyan student leader, Daniel Chege, said Majimboism would cause tribal divisions and hinder the formation of the East African federation. He also said the system was a relic of the British colonial system and reverting to it was equal to embracing colonialism. Odinga, running on the Orange Democratic Movement ticket, is facing president Mwai Kibaki in the elections to be held on December 27. Opinion polls have put Odinga ahead of Kibaki.