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Why ask for dialogue when we opted for multiparty system-Otafiire tells opposition

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Isaiah Mwebaze
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The casket containing the remains of Peter Nyombi being taken to his resting place.

Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has said opposition and other forces opting for dialogue are misdirected as the current political arrangement doesn’t allow negotiation because the country chose multiparty system.

Gen. Otafiire made the remarks on Thursday last week in Nakasongola town council during the burial of former Attorney General, Peter Nyombi.

“You know these youth when they hear that people exchange ideas in parliament, they think exchanging of ideas id exchanging of fists, I hear people talk about dialogue, why dialogue when we went to multiparty system. If you want dialogue, let us go back to movement system.
We went multiparty and that entails that we individually as parties sell our ideals and Ugandans choose from the market place. And being multiparty with others being in opposition doesn’t mean that those in opposition are enemy of government and that is why they are referred as alternative government in waiting”.

Otafiire who worked with the late Nyombi in the same ministry said Nyombi was harshly judged by a section of the public without necessarily having known the real Nyombi
“I worked with Peter Nyombi although one of his friends told me that I would find him difficult but I found out that he was a nice man to work with. He would go around his work even when newspapers would sometimes write bad things about him. They would talk bad things about him but what they would say about him isn’t what I observed” Otafiire observed of the former Attorney General.

Otafiire added “He frank, he was honest. He was a nice man, courageous and indeed he didn’t care about this world”.
The Vice Chancellor of Uganda Christian University who doubles as late Nyombi’s young brother described the departed AG as family man who brought the Kajja’s family together. While Ambassador Henry Mayega, another brother and Uganda’s Deputy Head of mission in China praised him brother for being a firm believer even in his last moments when he was hit by heart attack.

“We bid farewell to the gallant son of Uganda and our elder. We thank God for the time he gave him to us and the time we have sent with him. He was indeed a courageous man despite the pain he went through when he was hit by heart attack”.
Ms Julian Nyombi, the wife to the late, described her late husband as loving and caring man who provided for everything.

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Enact laws that protect rights of migrant women

By
Isaiah Mwebaze
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has implored legislators from around the world to enact laws that protect rights of migrant women.

Kadaga also called on parliamentarians to play a critical role in policy formulation and adherence to international laws pertaining to human rights and freedoms.
“We can use our powers to ensure meaningful, balanced and informed response to migration. Management of human mobility at both international and local levels is more effective when parliaments cooperate with each other through regional and international forums,” Kadaga said.

The Speaker made the call during the 28th Session of the Forum of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The meeting is part of the 139th Assembly of the IPU, which is being held in Geneva, Switzerland.
During the discussion on the theme “Migrant women: inclusion, work and rights in host countries”, Kadaga informed the delegates that Uganda hosts many refugees and it has ratified the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

“We should all honor our responsibilities as per ratification of these conventions. Unfortunately, as of September 2017, only 37 member states had ratified the five UN legal instruments concerning international migration. Some states have not even ratified a single convention,” Kadaga added.
She also appealed to migrant host countries to respect and protect the rights of women to work and also recognize that migration is a way of improving their rights and opportunities for work within families.

Kadaga called on the MPs to appeal to their respective governments to offer justice to women under migration situations, “For they go through a lot of domestic violence but fear to report to the authorities because of their citizen status in those countries.”

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Uganda Cranes arrive in Lesotho for 2019 Afcon qualifiers return leg

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Our Reporter
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Cranes players arrive at Maseru Airport in Lesotho

Barely two days after earning a remarkable 3-0 win over Lesotho, the road to Cameroon 2019 for the African Cup of Nations continues as Uganda Cranes team touched down in Maseru to prepare for the return leg of the doubleheader.

On board were all the 24 players who made the final training camp including some members of the FUFA Executive, delegates, staff, media personnel, some fans and government officials.

A brace from Emmanuel Okwi and a penalty from Farouk Miya at the Mandela National Stadium helped Uganda reclaim the top spot of Group L with a 3-0 home victory over Lesotho on Saturday in the first leg.

The Cranes have seven points from three matches. Cape Verde, who also beat Tanzania 3-0 in Praia are second with 4 points while Lesotho and Tanzania are both on 2 points.
The team will hold the last training on Monday 7pm at the Setsoto stadium, where the match will be played.

The match will be played on Tuesday, 16th October at 7pm Ugandan time.
Tanzania will host Cape Verde in the other group game fixture tomorrow at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium.

The travelling 24 players;
Goalkeepers: Denis Onyango, Jamal Salim, Charles Lukwago.
Outfield players: Murushid Juuko, Isaac Isinde, Timothy Awanyi, Denis Iguma, Nicholas Wadada, Godfrey Walusimbi, Isaac Muleme, Joseph Ochaya, Hassan Wasswa, Ibrahim Sadaam, Taddeo Lwanga, Moses Waisswa, Khalid Aucho, Allan Kateregga, Faruku Miya, Emma Okwi, Edris Lubega, Derrick Nsibambi, Milton Karisa, Allan Kyambadde and Patrick Kaddu

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Victoria University celebrates International Day

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Our Reporter
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The Eritreans also represented their country.

Victoria University celebrated the 2018 international day in style with various incredible performances prepared by the various cultural groups from ten different countries in the university.

The theme of the day was “CELEBRATING CULTURE THROUGH FOOD, LANGUAGE AND DRESS”.
Ten countries were represented and these included; Ghana, Somalia, Nigeria, India, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo DR, Rwanda, Burundi and Eritrea.

The event started off with singing of all the national anthems of the represented countries.
Dr. Krishna-N-Sharma, the University’s Vice Chancellor, also graced the event and took part in showcasing the Indian culture starting with the signing of the Indian National anthem.

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Students from different countries showcased their way of dressing, traditional dances and how to prepare different dishes to the judges and the public.
It was an enjoyable and lively day for the students, families, guests and friends who attended, with a lot of delicious food prepared from the different countries.
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The second edition of the event was held on Saturday, 13th October at the university’s parking lot along Jinja Road.
The International day at Victoria University is held annually.

About Victoria University
The university is centrally located in the heart of Kampala City and on the main public transportation routes coupled with ample parking space.
Victoria University is part of Ruparelia Group of Companies, which has a strong presence in the education sector in Uganda and has under its portfolio, Kampala International School Uganda, Kampala Parents School and Delhi Public School International.

The university was opened in August 2010 and has the capacity, the facilities and determination to revitalize higher education in Uganda and in the region.

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Who will save Mount Elgon?

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Guest Writer
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Mr Nabendeh Wamoto

By Nabendeh Wamoto

Where did Bamasaba of modern times on Mt.Elgon, Uganda side not Kenya go wrong about their habitat and heritage to the point of endangering themselves?.

Conservation is internationally described as the protection of flora and fauna, an area placed under public control for the protection and preservation of wild vegetation and animal life for the benefit, advantage and enjoyment of the general public whose boundaries cannot be altered either by presidential or royal decree except by competent legislative authority i.e. the August house (Parliament) of Uganda.

Therefore, issues of hunting of fauna and collection of flora is prohibited except again with permission of the conservation authorities like Uganda wildlife Authority.

It must be recalled that conservation of game for example started with rulers (Kings) who used to go hunting in the wild. However as people learnt how to develop and use sophisticated weapons (firepower), they threatened the Kings’ interests by reducing the number of game so in order to protect their interests, the rulers put regulations on the hunting activities which protected game.

The Roan Antelope in South Africa for example exclusively belonged to the Kings and in the same way Ivory in Tooro belonged to the Omukama (Tooro King) and no other person was allowed to own the trophy. Conservation or park creation in the United States of America was first initiated in 1872 with YELLOWSTONE conservation area i.e. national park and from hence the idea of conservation spread to other areas albeit with different themes.

In Africa, the first practical move of a conservation area was the Sabi game reserve established in the Transvaal in 1898 which later became known as Kruger national park from 1926.
Before Kruger was named a park, Virunga national park (then Albert national park) was declared in 1925 in the then Belgian Congo, later called Congo Kinshasa, Zaire and now Democratic Republic of Congo to protect mainly the mountain gorillas (scientifically known as Gorilla gorilla berengei).

Uganda joined in the fray and at the moment there are ten national parks Viz: Murchison falls, Queen Elizabeth, Kidepo valley and Lake Mburo national parks which are which are dominantly grasslands, mount Rwenzori and Mgahinga gorilla national parks which are dominated by tropical montane forests, Bwindi impenetrable forest national park which is dominantly low land tropical rain forest, Kibaale forest, Semuliki and Mt. Elgon national parks.

If the ancient leaders would conserve how then can the dotcom ones destroy like what is happening on Mt. Elgon parks?
Are the dotcom proponents worst enemies of our generation than our primitive, ancient forefathers who did wonders to practice sustainable land management such as pooling of labor, contours, fertility enhancement with homemade manure extra?

NABENDEH WAMOTO S.P (0776-658433)
Email: simonwamoto@yahoo.co.uk

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EAC prepares to test its preparedness and response capacity for outbreaks of infectious diseases

By
George Mangula
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Participants at meeting

The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat is intensifying preparedness efforts against outbreaks of infectious diseases in the region, according to the latest press release.

“The world continues to be challenged by public health threats like the current Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which are prone to crossing borders and threatening lives and livelihoods and the economy as a whole”, said Frederik Copper of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva at an EAC stakeholder meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. “It was therefore important to exercise, practice and plan to build capacity for better outbreak preparedness and response,” says part of the press release.

The stakeholder meeting took place at the International Center for Insect Ecology and Physiology (ICIPE) on October 11-12, 2018. It kicked off the preparation for a cross-border field simulation exercise in Namanga in June 2019. “The EAC Secretariat will convene the exercise under the directive of the Sectoral Council of Ministers of Ministers of Health”, says Andrew Charles, EAC Health Department.

The simulation will take place around the One Stop Border Post between Kenya and Tanzania and involve the EAC Partner States of Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda. It will be facilitated by WHO as the lead agency and stage a One Health scenario that involves different sectors of society.

The approach above includes all stakeholders which are affected by an outbreak or can contribute to preparedness, response and mitigation. It reflects the fact that most outbreaks are of a zoonotic nature meaning that they can be transmitted between humans and animals.

The exercise is being planned at a time where the region is under threat of the current Ebola virus disease outbreak close to the border with Uganda. By 9 October 2018 the number of cases was at 188 and 119 people had died of the disease.

Stakeholders from various sectors in Kenya and Tanzania as well as from regional and international organisations participated in the meeting including agriculture and livestock, trade, tourism, environment, the border post and airports, immigration, business, military and police forces. Furthermore, there were representatives from the Namanga community, farmers, traders and religious leaders.

The EAC Secretariat urged participants to prepare for the field simulation exercise through sensitization on existing contingency plans and training of staff on the ground and to contribute to mobilising the necessary resources for pandemic preparedness.

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UCU law students crowned champions of Moot Competition in Kenya

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Our Reporter
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Winners

The moot culture has greatly escalated and has seen various Ugandan university teams partake in these prestigious competitions to achieve not only victory but also the amazing experience to do with it.
The latest to be crown in Kenya are law students of Uganda Christian University (UCU) who beat others from 15 regional universities.

Moot court competitions are basically early preparations that shape law students for the court practice in the actual legal field.

As early as year one, students are encouraged to engage in them to have the “court feeling.” Various international moots have seen gallant law students from MUK,UCU, IUIU and others represent the country say, the CEHURD moot, IHL(international humanitarian law) moots, All Africa moots, not forgetting the JESSUP moot which is every mooter‘s dream moot lifetime achievement.

For the past consecutive years, UCU has surpassed them all and represented well enough to make it for the JESSUP moot that occurs in Washington DC. The most recent moot court competition was the 3rd biennial Strathmore CIPIT (centre for intellectual property on information technology law) Moot Court 2018 held on October 11-12 at the Strathmore University in Kenya with the theme “ICT Law.”

As required participants from differential institutions in East Africa took part.

The best team and winners respectively were all Second-year law students from the UCU namely; Ruth Nanjobe, Phillip Kyoma and Joy Koelewijn who beat 15 teams from the region.

The win was as a result of the tremendous effort of the team together with their coach Kenneth Muhangi, a partner of KTA Advocates, Uganda.

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DFCU’s William Sekabembe declines KCB MD job

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Our Reporter
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William Sekabembe Dfcu-Bank-Uganda’s-Chief of Business and-Executive Director-William-Sekabembe

Former Chief of Business and Executive Director of Dfcu Bank William Sekabembe has declined a job offer at KCB Uganda as Managing Director. Sekabembe declined the job offer in a letter dated September 5, 2018 which Eagle Online has obtained.

In July reports came out indicating Sekabembe had resigned from Dfcu, with many sources predicting he was to join KCB Uganda, even though the resignation from Dfcu didn’t take immediate effect as he has to wait for three months to elapse.

KCB Uganda had in a letter dated July 24, approached Sekabembe to become its Managing Director, following changes at Dfcu Bank.

But in reply to KCB Uganda’s Head of Human Resources Department, Sekabembe said: “I would like to give my appreciation for the recent Managing Director job offer with KCB…Limited, however, after careful evaluation, I regrettably decline the position.”


Sekabembe further said in a letter that it would be in his best interest to stay employed in “my current position at Dfcu Bank for personal reasons.”

Sources say Sekabembe was supposed to assume the position of MD at early last year, but current MD Kisaame was given more time to manage Dfcu’s acquisition of Crane Bank.

Meanwhile there have been shareholder and individual staff exits at Dfcu in the past few months leaving industry analysts and the public wondering what was happening at the bank.

Mid-June, British government owned development firm CDC indicated that they are leaving Dfcu, which they have partnered with for over 50 years.

After CDC’s announcement, Deepak Malik, the CEO of Arise B.V; Dfcu’s majority shareholder also resigned from the board without giving reasons, though Board Chairman Elly Karuhanga would letter come out to explain Malik’s decision to resign. Karuhanga also confirmed to the media a month ago that indeed the bank was having liquidity problems.

Insider sources indicate that there two camps created among the shareholders, one led by board chairman Elly Karuhanga insisting on current MD Juma Kisaame and the other camp-mainly led by 58.71 majority shareholder Arise BV and Britain’s CDC Group in favouring William Ssekabembe who they think can turn around the fortunes of the bank whose current problems seem to have emerged from the controversial purchase of Crane Bank in January 2017.

DFCU Shareholding percentages
Arise BV 58.71 per cent
CDC Group of the United Kingdom 9.97 per cent
National Social Security Fund (Uganda) 7.69 per cent
Kimberlite Frontier Africa Naster Fund 6.15 per cent
2 undisclosed Institutional Investors 3.22 per cent
SSB-Conrad N. Hilton Foundation 0.98 per cent
Vanderbilt University 0.87 per cent
Blakeney Management 0.63 per cent
Retail investors 11.19 per cent
BoU staff retirement benefit scheme is 0.59 per cent

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Ministry of Health suspends vaccination camps for Hepatitis B

By
Geoffery Serugo
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Health Minister, Dr.Ruth Aceng making a point during a past. presentation. She is reported to be against the idea by government to have companies process Marijuana here.

Ministry of Health has Suspended vaccination camps for Hepatitis B by private health workers saying the process of accreditation of new service providers is ongoing.

In March, Ugandan media was washed by stories of counterfeit hepatitis B vaccine at UMC Victoria hospital Bukoto; Mbarara Community hospital, Devine Mercy, Mayanja Memorial hospital, Family Doctors’ clinic Ntungamo, Mbarara City clinic, Malcom Health Care Kisaasi and Kampala Medical Chambers along Buganda road and other health facilities.

In the process, UNDA launched an operation leading to seizing of a total of 196 suspected falsified 10ml units of the vaccine purportedly manufactured by Serum institute of India for investigation.

Heath Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng said, UNDA has made efforts to monitor side effects among those who received the falsified vaccines but none have been identified or reported.

She said falsified vaccines had significantly lower antigen potency than the authentic, thus reducing its efficacy, “The protective ingredient (a protein from the surface of Hepatitis B Virus) was present in some falsified samples and absent in others, presenting uncertainty in efficacy,”

She noted that there were significant labeling differences as earlier confirmed by UNDA and no residual chemicals, contaminants, bacteria or fungi in both samples. There was no possible harm to whoever received falsified vaccine.

“To further establish the actual ingredients of the falsified vaccine, Ministry of health sought assistance from world health organisation and supported confirmatory tests at Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA),”

She revealed that both the suspected and genuine 10ml multi dose samples had major similarities in physical appearance however the Major differences were observed in external labeling and both samples returned similar pH and extractable volume results.

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Parliament to reconsider amendments of Tobacco Control Act, 2015

By
Geoffery Serugo
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Speaker Rebecca Kadaga

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, says the August House is set to reconsider the amendments of Tobacco Control Act, 2015 for provisions to control and demand for consumption of tobacco and its products.

Kadaga was responding to remarks by Rob Kelsall, the Director, Nilus Group Company that the Act does not allow them to deal directly with farmers.

She vowed to follow up the amendment when Jinja East MP Paul Mwiru tables Private Members Bill to review this Act. This law was very contentious.

“As Parliament, there are areas that we did not consult on fully and hope we shall rectify that clause that do not allow you to talk to farmers,” she said at the opening of a new tobacco factory in Masese, Jinja.

Mwiru said as parliament passed the act, it mainly concentrated on the use and abuse of tobacco, rather than export, “The bill was largely looking at the health issues. “With the help of the tobacco industry, I will present a Private Members Bill to amend the highlighted issues that have been raised here. We shall work hand in hand with the stakeholders to improve on the bill,” he added.

Kelsall remarked that, the challenge with the tobacco industry is the misinterpretation of the act to the effect that tobacco companies were not to be in contact with the farmers.
He said the act states that the company cannot be in communication with farmers, which means that they cannot provide inputs and training to the farmers.

“How then are we going to expand to other areas? The industry had improved the welfare and livelihoods of farmers,”

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