Buganda road Grade one Magistrate, Stella Amabirisi, has adjourned the case against YMCA student Brain Isiko after court failed to secure equipment to listen to CDs containing love songs that suspect is reportedly to have used to compose and send text messages to Kabarole Woman MP Sylvia Rwabwogo.

Isiko was in July convicted of Cyber Harassment and Offensive Communication and sentenced to two years in prison by grade one magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu for sending love texts and stalking MP.

Through his lawyer Ramadhan Waiswa, Isiko appealed against Buganda road Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu’s decision on among others that the legislator once appeared in the press saying she is single and searching.

He was subsequently released by Buganda Road Magistrate Jane Francis Abodo who asked for his retrial in lower court.

Appearing before court, Chief Magistrate Patricia Amiko told court that the judge in the matter is imposed and the hearing of the case was adjourned to November 16. The suspect was later taken back to Luzira prison.

The MP contends that Isiko’s intentions of becoming her friend and seeking for help in his poultry business is a lie and the messages were obscene and disturbed her peace of mind.

Prosecution avers that between June and December 2017, Isiko borrowed lyrics from international musicians like Don Williams and Enrique Iglesias and used them to lure the MP in a Love relationship.

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The Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Tourism Board, Stephen Asiimwe has revealed that Uganda Local Government Association, is set to organize the first Coffee and Tourism Symposium slated to happen on December 6 at Golden Tulip Hotel, Kampala.

Under the theme, ‘Unlocking Uganda’s Coffee Tourism Potential’, Asiimwe said the exhibition will bring key stakeholders in the coffee and tourism sub-sectors to deliberate on how the gains and potential in can be achieved.

“Coffee and tourism are some of the biggest contributors to Uganda’s GDP. Where there is tourism attraction, coffee grows. It is from this that we have been motivated to organize this symposium,” he said.

Despite being a major coffee supplier on the world stage, Uganda’s coffee does not feature in the world’s 15 top value earning coffee exporting countries. At least 180 delegates and 20 exhibitors are expected at the inaugural event, including tour operators, coffee farmers, hoteliers and others involved in the hospitality and coffee industry.

Mr Asiimwe said, the symposium is bringing consumers to the farms and ensuring they have all amenities they need in terms of transport and on-farm experiences, “this will encourage incremental earnings as farmers, hospitality and tourism industries,” he added.

Uganda Tourism Board is a statutory organization established with a mandate reviewed in the Tourism Act of 2008. It’s to market Uganda internationally, promote quality assurance in tourist facilities through training, grading and classification.

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Uganda College of Commerce Aduku over the weekend held its eighth graduation where over 1000 students graduated with diplomas and certificates in various disciplines at the college campus in Kwania District.

A total of 581 students graduated with diplomas, ranging from Accounting, Business Administration, Hotel and Institution Catering, Procurement and Secretarial Studies while 446 students were awarded Certificates in ICT, Accounting, Finance Management and Logistics.

In a speech read for him by the Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi at the function, President Yoweri Museveni urged the graduands to put to use the knowledge and skills they have acquired to generate jobs without necessarily waiting for others to employ them.

He said the college has over the years done a commendable job in training student and producing capable students who have contributed to Uganda work in responding to challenges of the country. He said that Uganda now needs a workforce of individuals with the right capacity and attitude to serve community and commended teachers and parents of the college for supporting the students.

Museveni said that government has positioned education as an engine of development by making accessible at all levels saying education plays a central role in the transformation of society by instilling in professionals the relevant and right skills and attitude capable of responding to the challenges any society.

He said government would continue to prioritise skills development in the training of the labour force for the county to be able to achieve its vision 2040 saying Africa cannot develop if it continues importing technical ability from out if it cannot to develop its own capacity while creating conditions that curb the brain drain.

He commended the college for introducing practical based skill programs saying one of the biggest challenges facing Africa is the high level of un employment of many of university graduates blaming it on Africa’s education system which he said produces students with limited or no skills making them job seekers.

The President urged graduands to be role models in community by promote high moral standing even if it means standing alone and always treasure integrity, honesty and hard work saying they are values to and drivers to success.

The Principal, Sam Nabwana, said the training at the college is based on skills acquisition even though he said they are currently challenged by limited funding, saying the government provision of Shs500 per student per day was not sustainable, given the increasing food prices, utilities and other necessities.

Founded in 1983 alongside four other colleges of commerce like; Kabale, Tororo, Pakwach and Soroti, Uganda College of Commerce Aduku trains secondary and high school leavers in various business and management skills for certificate and diploma levels.

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