In today's New Vision: sackings, taxes & mortgages

PIC: Health workers of Nakawuka Health Centre III, Wakiso district being paraded before they were publicly sacked by President Yoweri Museveni. (Credit: Peter Busomoke)

A good morning to you all. It could be still night-time in your part of the world or late afternoon in your time-zone. Regardless of where you are reading this from, hope you are well.

Let's have a quick look at what's in today's New Vision paper which, if you are in Kampala, you can pick from your local stand or if you are the swiping and tapping on screen type, then you can read the electronic version (e-paper) HERE.

OK, with that said, today's edition leads with the President firing the entire staff of a health facility in Wakiso district. Oh wait, only one was spared the boot. Why were they sacked and why did one survive? There's a full page on that (Page 3).

Hakuna mchezo kabisa!

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We also have President Yoweri Museveni again in the news. This time, he is expressing concern about the high taxes on businesses. He is saying that such taxes discourage private investment and reduce business expansion.

Do you agree? What do you think?

And, did you hear about the accident in Oyam that took the lives of 11 travellers? You will not believe what the driver did when he sensed danger. We also have the identities of the deceased there. Page 4.

Meanwhile, the Ugandan cabinet has approved granting of licenses to Tullow Oil and  Total to embark on production of oil blocks in the Albertine graben.

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Meanwhile, opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye is talking land reforms. Find out what he warns might happen if some sections of the proposed land reforms are implemented on Page 8 of Uganda's Leading Daily.

Also on the same page and a story on Besigye. Police commanders are ordered to drop all the masked men used in operations to neutralize suspected rowdy crowds.

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And in today's commentary pages, bailout, seed distribution, malnutrition and fraudsters are the various subjects written about.

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In Business, we look at mortgages and home ownership in Uganda.

Uganda has a housing deficit of over 550,000 units and this figure is expected to go up to about eight millions by 2020. Trends in the mortgage markets however are not playing a role to address this shortfall as house mortgages are in some instances higher than commercial loans, writes Edward Kayiwa.

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In this week's Motor Mart . . .

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And on the back pages for the sport lover . . .

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