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Arrest whoever cuts a tree-Lumumba tells Buyende authorities

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Trevor S Baleke
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NRM Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba

Secretary General (SG) of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Justine Kasule Lumumba has attributed the recent disaster in which at least 18 people perished when a rain storm hit Buyende and Kamuli districts to the rampant cutting down of trees for charcoal burning.

Charcoal burning is a major economic activity to majority in the Eastern districts of Buyende and Kamuli.

While at the burial of some of the victims in Kidera sub county, Lumumba said on Wednesday that the authorities should jealously guard against deforestation and instead crusade for the planting of trees in the area be implemented.

“You should arrest and prosecute whoever is involved in deforestation because it is what has left Buyende in a state of drought and at risk of disaster”. she said.

Adding “RDC please make sure you don’t allow the cutting down of trees to continue because it is now a security matter. The district should introduce an ordinance that would protect all trees in this district, said Lumumba to the applause from the crowd.

The district Woman MP, Veronica Kadogo had earlier in her speech indicated that the storm only ravaged those areas where trees have been cut.

The SG also said that the NRM would top up some Shs200,000 to the Shs500,000 from government being given to the affected families for decent burial of each of the deceased.

“I am also going to champion a campaign to lobby seeds for farmers to plant in order to prevent hunger in the future since floods destroyed all what you had planted,” added Lumumba.

She pulled out Shs7 million and gave it to the district to help in free registration for Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) to all candidates in the affected villages. Part of the money would be spent on medical, or any other deemed by district authorities.

She applauded the quick response by the local leadership, councilors, LCV chairman, Robert Ziribasanga and MPs, Robert Musoke (Budiope West) and Veronica Babirye (District Woman), the security under the leadership of the RDC, Col. Richard Ogwang.

She appreciated the healthy workers who were on duty in both Buyende and Kamuli hospitals to save lives of the survivors. Lumumba said that the unity demonstrated during this difficult time should be upheld.

At least 18 lives were lost and hundreds of families left with no food stuffs, livestock and homes in Busoga North after six hours of heavy rainfall that ravaged several villages on Monday night.

In Buyende district, Kidera Sub County alone lost at least 13 lives, according to police reports while more than 200 others remain hospitalized.

Hundreds of people were left homeless and with no food and clothes.

Officials from the Office of the Prime Minister led by Ministers of State, Moses Kizige (Karamoja affairs) and Musa Echweru (disaster) spent the whole Tuesday afternoon and evening in the affected areas where they visited all the affected families. Government has based on their assessment report to send relief items to the victims.

At least 500 families have been affected according to local authorities. Rivers and streams have swelled, putting every life at risk.

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CAF increases 2019 Afcon prize money

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Our Reporter
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Afcon

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has made public the amount of money to be received by teams in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to take place in Egypt.

The prize money to be shared between the teams participating in the Africa Cup of Nations has been increased from the previous tournament.

All the 24 participating teams at the competition will in the start pocket home at least US$260,000 to help in preparations for the final tournament.

The winner of the 2019 AFCON trophy will take home US$4.5 million (approximately Ug shs 16.9Bn) in addition to the trophy they will win on July 19, the grand finale day.

Runners-up will pocket US$2.5 million, semifinalists US$2.0 million and US$800,000 for the quarterfinalists.

US$ 475,000 will be for the teams that will be eliminated at the group stage.

All the countries competing at this summer’s Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt will receive at least $600,000 each.

Last edition’s winner and defending champions, Cameroon got $4 million for winning the 2017 AFCON. Runners up, Egypt received $2 million, while Burkina Faso and Ghana, the two semifinalists, went home with $1.5 million each.

This year’s Afcon will be the 32nd edition of the international men’s football championship of Africa and will be hosted from 21st June with the final to be played on 19th July 2019.

Uganda was drawn in group A alongside hosts Egypt, Congo DR and Zimbabwe.

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African Development Bank boosts cyclone response with emergency relief package

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Agencies
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Cyclone in Mozambique

Malawi’s recovery and reconstruction plans in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai has received a boost from the African Development Bank, which is supporting the country with an emergency relief package and measures to combat the effect of climate change in the Southern African region.

Mateus Magala, the Bank’s Vice President for Corporate Services and Human Resources, led a delegation to Lilongwe this week, to discuss the institution’s intervention plans with public and civil society officials in Malawi.

Magala conveyed Bank President Akinwumi Adesina’s sympathies to Malawian President Peter Mutharika and the people of Malawi.

“We have come to express our support to Malawi and to partner with the Government of Malawi in its ongoing efforts to provide immediate relief and reconstruction in affected sections of the country,” he said.

Magala informed officials that the development finance institution had set up an Emergency Recovery Fund, which will disburse US $100 million to jumpstart reconstruction efforts in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The Bank is also planning to redirect funding, totaling $1.4 million, to the immediate relief effort, reallocated from savings and extensions of ongoing Bank projects in Malawi’s water, roads and agriculture sectors.

The Bank has already availed $250,0000 to Malawi, from its Emergency Relief Fund, for the purchase of emergency food items to avert hunger following the loss of crops damaged by the severe floods. Gondwe acknowledged receipt of this fund during his meeting with the Bank delegation.

He said, the Bank’s Climate Fund will also release $150,000.00 to Malawi to enable authorities to assist communities and internally displaced persons impacted by the cyclone. The Bank’s long-term plans include designing and developing mechanisms for climate insurance and mitigating climate change.

Close to sixty people have died, and about 1 million persons across 15 districts have been displaced by the severe floods, mostly in the south of the country, where entire villages were submerged in water. Private sector activities and operators in the land-locked nation of about 18 million people were also severely impaired by the cyclone.

“Now is the time to talk about long-term and permanent solutions to the problems of floods in Malawi. We need to build houses and new structures but, above all, we ought to take advantage of this calamity to accelerate our irrigation development systems,” Gondwe remarked.

Cyclone Idai hit Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in mid-March 2019. Hardest hit was Mozambique, where the cyclone killed about 600 people. More than 1,600 people were injured, according to the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. Malawi’s Homeland Security Minister Dausi estimates that about $365 million will be needed immediately for the reconstruction of bridges, schools, hospitals and homes.

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Van Dijk to be crowned PFA Player of the Year as Pogba is included in Team of the Year

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Agencies
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Van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk has beaten Raheem Sterling to become the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year for 2019.

But perhaps the biggest surprise is the inclusion of Manchester United’s Paul Pogba in a PFA Team of the Year that does not include Chelsea’s Eden Hazard.

The official announcement is due on Friday and, as MailOnline revealed on Wednesday, Liverpool centre half Van Dijk has won the backing of his fellow professionals for his outstanding contribution in the best defence in the Premier League this season. As well as losing only one game in the League so far, they have kept an impressive 18 clean sheets.

The Dutchman was on a six-man shortlist that included his Anfield team-mate Sadio Mane as well as Sterling, fellow Manchester City players Sergio Aguero and Bernardo Silva and Hazard.

And while five of those shortlisted are in the team of the year, Hazard has been excluded in a team that includes Pogba despite a lack of consistency for Manchester United this season.

Pogba is the only player outside Liverpool and City to make the XI, with six City and four Liverpool players reflecting the dominance of the clubs battling for this season’s Premier League title.

Ederson, Aymeric Laporte, Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva, Aguero and Sterling are the City six, and Van Dijk is joined by Mane and Liverpool’s full backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson.

It’s the first time in the 45-year history of the award that the team has been selected from just three clubs.

Victory for Van Dijk means the prize remains with Liverpool, following Mohamed Salah’s win last season. Other Liverpool players to have been awarded the honour are Luis Suarez (2013-14), Steven Gerrard (2005-06), John Barnes (1987-88), Ian Rush (1983-84), Kenny Dalglish (1982-83) and Terry McDermott (1979-80). – Story via Daily Mail UK

The 46th edition of the PFA Awards will be held in London this Sunday, the 28th of April 2019.

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BREAKING: Naughty accident at Kira road traffic lights

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Our Reporter
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Photo credit,Grace Amme.

Traffic at Kira road lights in Bukoto has come to a stand still as a truck lost control and rammed into a long queue of vehicles.

Reports indicate several people who were in the jam in taxis plus motorcycles popularly known as Boda-Bodas are reported to be in critical conditions as police and members of the public try to rescue the injured and rush them to hospitals.

By the time of filing this story, no death was reported.

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Mystery of money and why it is hard to control

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Guest Writer
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Mr Nabendeh Wamoto

By Nabendeh Wamoto S.P

Dear my elusive, horrible, foe. How are you doing now days?. Why are you rare in Uganda’s 6 per cent growing economy?

It’s now 1/3 of a whole year now since I last held you in my hands and oh! how I have suffered without you, longed for you, dreamt of you and I believe most Ugandans also. Ms. Money, even when you were Christened mobile money about 10 years ago you continue to stubbornly distance and desert me and that ever since you chose to desert me, I have prayed and wished for your death and I know a multitude of Ugandans would willfully attend your burial. For I have heard many curse, (insult) you to the marrow.

You must understand however, that despite my longing for your abrupt death, I still love you and lust for you. Ms. money, you sometimes come announced and unannounced at the same time. Why do you have to desert me and fellow Ugandans in that manner and for this entire long when financial experts insist that our economy continue to grow for above 6 per cent per annum?. I now think that you feel jealous and decided not to warn me that only denominations of coins, not paper money remain in my wallet. Perhaps you didn’t know that super markets which is now a popular phenomenon in Uganda today do not extend credit facilities to any Tom, Harry, Joe e.t.c. even those social evenings that were a bang in the past is now a nightmare for it seems a fortune not well spent when that old bad looking waitress had within a twinkling of an eye turned into a J-Lo of sorts, when one of my buddies recently failed to top up the amount in his beer bill at a pub in Mbale.

So I unwillingly searched my denim jeans’ pockets and counted only Shs1500 of you in coins and therefore, could not bail him out. Money, on that night which I now dread so much, you stubbornly refused to remind me to spare some of you for my transport back to my nest. My ordeal that followed from that point shall I now demand you to account. It is very cruel, brutal and horrible on your part because I clinically searched all my pockets and found no traces of you anywhere, I turned the pockets inside out but all in vain; money you were gone.

I reached for my wallet and only found my ID, some old business cards and some creased paper that serves the purpose of making my wallets heavy that when seen from the rear, old Jackies, Maggies and Dianas will think I am still loaded. My transport fare home was not that much; it was only Shs1000 after flashing one finger to the taxi conductor but all of a sudden, even three fingers flashed at the conductor indicating to him/her beforehand that I have only Shs3000.

“Sergeant” would not be heeded. My heart was still convinced that somehow somewhere I could have a coin or two of yourself on me to deliver me from evil in vain. I thought hard and the emotion in me whispered to me to walk out of the bar and make a re-entry. I thought if there were still any coins, the bouncer’s metal detector would alarm as he/she checks me. So as I re-entered, a mean looking bouncer’s metal detector screamed and from inside I felt the pulse of my heart as it jumped in artificial delight. My joy was however, short lived when I only found a single coin tucked somewhere in my old jeans’ pockets. On further scrutiny, it dawned on me that the coin was one with a portrait of a cow similar to those recently uprooted and re-installed at Mbarara’s roundabout.
I will not probe further into that miracle of an old wench’s transformation into a J-lo so let me stick to the main issue why I am writing this letter to you my brutal, affectionate, foe, dear money.

Still stuck but in motion, meanwhile time check was around 2:45 am, transport back to my crib (home) so like Rev. Anderson in Bernard Shaw’s “The Devil’s Discipline”, it is in times like this that one finds his true profession. So in my case I would be a thinker, a philosopher if you like.

I hastily remembered I had carried my ATM card and just next to the bar was my bank’s ATM booth. These machines are equally annoyingly too accurate; it made no mistake and flashed the words “your account balance is zero” in my face. If I may be bold enough to ask you dear money, why do you hate me? Why is it that whenever I have you, you always want to run away from me quicker than you came. When I have you, you sincerely never let me to settle in one place but rather keep urging me to dispose of you? These are the critical questions to which straight answers are sought from non-other than yourself (money).

Nabendeh Wamoto S.P (0776-658433)
simonwamoto@yahoo.co.uk

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WHO calls for embracing of World Immunization Week

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Agencies
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WHO

World health organisation (WHO) has called for embracing of World Immunization Week that aims at promoting the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.

Immunization saves millions of lives every year and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) claim the lives of over half a million children under five every year in Africa representing 56 per cent of global VPD-related deaths.

The African region has made tremendous gains toward increasing access to immunization in the last two decades. But we need to redouble our efforts too many African children still live without access to life-saving vaccines. Nearly 20 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world today.

According to WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Immunization is key to preventing these deaths and helping children everywhere survive and thrive.

“We need to work together to improve immunization delivery so that all children are protected from preventable disease. Recent disease outbreaks on the continent remind us of the urgency of this goal. Outbreaks of measles in Madagascar and Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo underscore the need for increased investments in immunization as a fundamental part of strengthening primary health care systems.” Said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti.

The body also calls on people to celebrate vaccine heroes from across the continent who play an inspiring and integral role in delivering vaccines and saving lives.

This year’s immunization campaign is held under the theme ‘Protected Together: Vaccines Work!’ The campaign will celebrate Vaccine Heroes from around the world from parents and community members to health workers and innovators who help ensure we are all protected, at all ages, through the power of vaccine.

In recognition of this year’s theme’, immunization partners have stressed the importance of utilizing available resources, collaboratively, consistently and effectively fight vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Uganda to host International Muslim Youth Conference

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Geoffery Serugo
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Sheikh Muhamad Ali Waiswa

The 2nd Deputy Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Muhamad Ali Waiswa, has said Uganda and World Muslim Communities Council based in the United Arab Emirates are set to host the International Muslim Youth Conference.

The two day conference will be graced and officially opened by President Yoweri Museveni and in attendance will be the Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Ramadhan Shaban Mubajje and representatives from several African countries.

Speaking at Gaddafi National Mosque in Old Kampala, Sheikh Waiswa said the conference will be held under theme; Role of Muslim Youths in the Africa of tomorrow slated to take place from April 26 to 27th in Kampala.

According to Sheikh Waiswa the conference is peddled at raising awareness among Muslim youths about the significance of their role in the sustainable development of Africa.

He said countries which have confirmed their attendance include: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Egypt, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Senegal, Mozambique and South Africa.

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Fighting Museveni isn’t a beauty contest-Besigye tells Bwanika

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Geoffery Serugo
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FDC-strongman, Dr. Kizza Besigye

Former presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye has responded to Dr. Abed Bwanika saying this is not a beauty contest that they are looking for a new face, rather fighters in the struggle against the leadership of president Yoweri Museveni.

During the re-union of Democratic Party (DP) leaders, Bwanika demanded that the four time presidential candidate should step down to pave way for others to contest against 30 years leadership of president Museveni.

In the same meeting, Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine faulted Dr. Besigye for contesting all the times and thereafter, reasoned that democracy doesn’t exist in Uganda. Bobi Wine stated “you can’t say democracy doesn’t exist without providing another measure of fighting against the incumbency”.

Appearing on NBS-TV morning show, Besigye said this wasn’t a beauty contest. “We are looking for as many fighters as possible. But if they are talking about the leadership of the struggle, let them join and lead the struggle. I have said I have no problem anyone leading the struggle.”

He said the struggle is not a Besigye struggle, it’s a people’s struggle who want to liberate themselves from those holding them in captivity. A struggle takes time. When the British were holding us here, it was through struggle that it became impossible for them to stay. Our grandparents fought to force the British out of our country. The people must fight for themselves, we cannot fight for them” He said.

Adding “So how do we fight? We first create awareness so that people understand their situation and that is why we participate in elections because we use every situation to reach out to people. During elections, it’s when we have space to create more awareness at National level.”
“After creating awareness, then we organise and build networks of people to offer leadership”.

Besigye said leadership is critical and relating to an incident in 2009, when the Kabaka was stopped from going to Bugerere, he said people took over government for three days but they were not organised.

Below is the interview.

Qn Did you win elections and where is the evidence?

We won elections and have evidence. But you must know that winning elections and taking power are different. When you win an election, you must be declared winner and given Instruments of power. But the military Junta will not handover power even when we defeated it. So even if we win, we shall not be declared winners or the losers handover power. It will not happen. It does not only happen here in Uganda.

You saw it in Gambia, Yahaya Jammeh was defeated but refused to handover power. It took the intervention of ECOWAS and Senegalese military forces to force Jammeh out.

Qn Some people are saying you must retire and give way.

You see, we are not fighting for leadership positions. We are fighting to get a country because we don’t have a country. The struggle today is not a struggle for leadership, we have nothing to lead and we have to first regain the country. The struggle is to end the rule of the few.

The contests we have are contests for liberation. It’s ridiculous to suggest that a fighter should give way or retire. The only time a fighter in the liberation retires is when he dies and you bury him or her and salute them for their contribution to the struggle.
In the struggle, every fighter is needed. It doesn’t matter whether the fighter is old or young. However, in fighting a dictatorship, the dictator will always try to cause despondency.

Qn But Abed Bwanika says they need a new face of opposition.

Is this a beauty contest that we are looking got a new face? We are looking for as many fighters as possible. But if they are talking about the leadership of the struggle, let them join and lead the struggle. I have said I have no problem anyone leading the struggle.

I have repeatedly said that I have never sought to look for a position. Even in 2001, I was never meant to be a candidate. Someone else (Bidandi Ssali) was to be a candidate.

So whoever wants to be a leader of the struggle, come and lead us? I don’t enjoy being in Teargas and bullets. I never see those people in the heat of moment. Let them come and lead us. I am really not anxious to be in the teargas. I have never seen Bwanika in the heat of things, who has stopped them?

Paid Propaganda is serious business. When you say something repeatedly, people get to believe it. Some people, even in opposition have been saying Besigye and Museveni are the same. Can you believe? If I lead protests against Museveni how does that help him? Anybody who says that I work for Museveni is completely out of his or her mind. If you ask them what is it that Besigye does that is almost what Museveni does, you will not get a response.

Qn Bobi Wine says you have contested four times so you should not tell us there is no democracy, he believes democracy exists.

The reason why we go to school is to learn the experience of others. Every subject that is taught in class be it science or arts, from primary to university, is about experience of others.
Similarly, in politics, we go through many experiences that form a body of knowledge. It’s this knowledge that new politicians pick lessons which they learn from, let me stop it at that.

Police say they stop us basing on Public Order Management Act (POMA), do we need police permission to appear on a radio station? How did I come to this NBS TV? If it is about Public Management? where is the public to be controlled by police in these studios?

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Sudhir Vs Lule & Sebalu conflict of interest, ruling postponed to next week

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Our Reporter
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Chairman of Ruparelia group of companies Sudhir Ruparelia and his son who is the Managing Director of Crane Management Services, Rajiv Ruparelia take questions from the press at Commercial Court.

Commercial Court has postponed the day it will give its ruling on the case involving city tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia and attorneys from Lule & Sebalu advocates, from Wednesday, April 24 to Monday April 29, 2019.

The new development was communicated to all parties who were eagerly waiting in court by Justice Gadenya Wolimbwa who notified to them and that the ruling was ready.

Sudhir in a suit filed in December 2017 argues that Sebalu and Lule Advocates shouldn’t be representing BoU and Dfcu bank as this amount to conflict of interest as the law firm already represented Crane Management Services which is part of the Ruparelia Group the holding company of former Crane Bank Limited.

Crane Management Services sued Dfcu bank demanding rental arrears amounting to Shs2.9 billion and US $385,728.54 in respect of tenancies of suit properties that were formally owned by Crane Bank Limited (CBL).

Ruparelia also wants the court to issue a permanent injunction, restraining Sebalu & Lule Advocates from appearing as defence counsel for dfcu bank in the other court case that the two principals are battling out.

In December 2017, the Commercial disqualified Masembe and Mpanga from the Sh397 billion Sudhir Ruparelia’s case against Bank of Uganda (BoU), citing conflict of interest.

In his ruling delivered on December 21, 2017, Wangutusi stated that David Mpanga of A.F. Mpanga Advocates and Timothy Masembe of MMAKS Advocates acted in violation of the Advocates regulations.

Section 4 of the regulation says that an advocate shall not accept instructions from any person in respect of a contentious or non-contentious matter if the matter involves a former client and the advocate as a result of acting for the former client is aware of any facts which may be prejudicial to the client in that matter.

Court documents indicate that when Dfcu Bank took over the assets and liabilities of Crane Bank, it also took over occupation and use of the said rented properties from which the real estate company wants to recover accumulated rent arrears from Dfcu bank.

Some of the properties cited include; Crane Bank branches at plot 9 on Market Street, plot 1-13, Jinja Road, plot 47, Republic Road-Mbale, Speke Hotel (1996), Pot 19 Cooper Road (Crane Plaza), plot 20, Kampala Road –Crane Bank ATM.

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