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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Farmers want to hold pro-Gaddafi demonstration

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JINJA - About 10,000 sugar cane growers in Busoga have sought police clearance to stage a peaceful demonstration in support of embattled Libyan leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi. The farmers say they reject the central bank’s recent seizure of Tropical Bank— one of the Libyan investments in the country.

The bank was last week taken over by Bank of Uganda in accordance with the UN resolution, 1973 that froze Gaddafi’s assets world-wide. In the letter to the Inspector General of Police dated

Policeman held for extortion

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MUKONO - Police in Seeta have arrested a police constable from Bweyogerere police station, who allegedly extorted Shs500, 000 from a scrap dealer.

According to Gaston Twinamatsiko, the Officer in charge of Seeta Police station, Ismael Tomusange was arrested on Wednesday night at Bbuto village in Kira Town Council.

Twinamatsiko said Tomusange was arrested together with Eric Ssewava, a property dealer at Bweyogerere town.
He further said that the two, traveling in a Toyota Ipsum Reg No

Government should use PAYE tax to pay interns

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Before students graduate at university, they are required to go to the field and practice what they have learnt in class. Perhaps this is one of the most relevant requirements before graduation that needs collective support, from academic institutions, lecturers, teachers, and organizations that offer placements.

Unfortunately searching for an internship placement puts a student in a more or less desperate situation just like looking for a permanent job. It’s plain knowledge that

Citizens hold the key to safety in the country

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The heat created by elections is way out of our system and fortunately so are all planned demonstrations. Our lives have normalised and it feels great to once again go back to the things we love like football, music, comedy, dance and fashion shows.

However, what seems to be a problem in our culture is that we tend to get so excited about everything else at the expense of our safety. If more Ugandans were mindful of their security especially when we go to crowded places such as mentioned

MUK must dismiss students who take long to complete their degrees

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Makerere University’s new policy to expel students who have taken too long to complete their degrees will see about 2,000 students face dismissal. These students failed the senate requiremet that students stay for a maximum of two years after the expiration of the stipulated period for their courses.

In reality, most Bachelor’s degree courses take between 3-5 years, meaning that the designers of these courses knew the right time to complete such courses.Sadly, there are students who have

New UK visa application policy is unrealistic

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I was disappointed when I read the Daily Monitor article “Application for UK visas now online” dated 29 march 2011.
The article elaborated that starting May 30, 2011 people will apply for UK visas on online.
This, in my opinion is unrealistic for many Ugandans.

Visa applications on line may be of advantage for the elite from distant places trying to beat time spent in the application process and queues as put by the UK High Commission in Kampala but it does not favour the computer

How can Traffic Lights not be Intelligent?

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I was happy to learn that Traffic Police will no longer be controlling city traffic and will leave this responsibility to Kampala City Council. This was reported in the New Vision on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 in the article, ‘police officers ordered off traffic lights.’ Surprisingly, the justification given for the intervention of traffic police, in the past, was because traffic lights are ‘not intelligent.’

How can traffic lights not be intelligent? Remote-controlled-traffic-lights

Police need to get a hold on lynch mobs

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Almost everyone loves to hate thieves and murderers to say the least. There are a menace to society and would be better off caged someplace. But the burning to death of a suspected thief in Ntinda by a lynch mob of boda boda cyclists marked a significant miscarriage of justice and suggested that mob justice if left unchecked could become the order of the day.

An investigation into repeated killings of suspected thieves by lynch mobs, Police say, reveals that boda boda cyclists are taking

Giants in tricky away fixtures

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The Ecobank Super League resumes today with six fixtures on card at different stadia. The league was suspended for two weeks to pave way for the national teams – The Cranes and Kobs’ preparations for international competitions.

Table leaders URA visit Kampala Utoda at Wankulukuku in a game that the revenue collectors must win to retain their top position. The team’s coaching staff was tight-lipped about the availability of star midfielder Steven Bengo, who was allegedly suspended

Romanian club fans welcome Sseppuuya

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Uganda’s most travelled striker Eugene Sseppuuya has received overwhelming support from fans at his new Romanian second division side Petrolul Ploieşti. A fan wrote on his fan page on facebook, “Welcome and Good Luck! Don’t forget to update your website information with new position at FC Petrolul Ploiesti.”
Another wrote, “I hope you will score a lot of goals at Petrolul”.

The Ugandan international joined Petrolul after his previous club North Queensland Fury, in Australia

Arsenal in contact with Onyango

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ordered his chief scout Steve Rowley to contact Cranes goalkeeping sensation Denis Onyango. The Gunners boss is tired of his bungling custodians, and is ready to take a gamble on the 27-year-old Ugandan goalie.

Wenger believes Arsenal would have been odds on favourites to win the English Premiership this season if he had the correct man between the sticks. Rowley used the international soccer break to travel to Bissau and saw first hand as Onyango stopped

Rugby worn-out players’ day out at Kampala club

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Kampala rugby club ground will be the centre of attraction this evening as veterans showcase their talents in an encounter that promises to fire-up fans. The Wazees match attracts participation from former players, above 35 years.
Kampala veterans beat their Kyadondo counterparts 35-30 in a friendly game where star Edmond Owor lipped off the pitch with fractured right leg.

The veterans play this game with the mind of selecting a team that will represent Uganda for this year’s Kenya

Kawempe girls shine

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Kawempe Muslim SS is closer to qualifying for the quarter finals of this year’s Kampala girls’ football league.
The Bombo road-based school picked up two identical 2-0 wins over Old Kampala SSS and Saved to Serve, thanks to Shadia Nandaula and Sandra Nabweteme’s goals.

In other games, All Stars Academy thrashed Maroons 6-0 as Spenca Nakachwa scored four times while Swabra Namutebi and Betty Nansubuga added one each. The league continues today when Kawempe host Maroons at Old Kampala

City Tyres U-14 team goes north

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The City Tyres U-14 select team will this weekend tour Northern Uganda, playing games against select sides of Lira and Gulu.
Davis Katabira, the administrator of organising body –Friends of Football said in a press statement that the youngsters will play at Lira Primary School play grounds on Saturday before travelling to Gulu’s Pece Stadium on Sunday.
The City Tyres’ select team lost 0-2 to their counterparts of Kampala before playing to a 2-2 draw against Masaka in their last

Lubega, Lumala for fundraising sprint event at Mengo

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The upcoming clock fundraising sprint on April 17 at Lubiri, Mengo could leave rally fans with in excitement if former champions Charlie Lubega and Moses Lumala agree to support local motorsport governing body, FMU by driving.

FMU has already sent out separate invitations to Lubega and Lumala, urging them to turn up and spice up the event.
FMU’s vice-president technical Kisitu Mayanja revealed that they had finalised plans to meet the duo with a sole agenda of requesting for support in

Inter-cities on today

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The inter-cities boxing championship starts today at Resort Beach Hotel, Munyonyo, after weigh-in in the morning.
The event is the first to be hosted by the Godfrey Nyakana administration since he took over from the Rogers Ddung administration two years ago.

Kenya was the first team to jet into the country on Wednesday night, arriving with a team of 10 boxers. Bujumbura and Dar-es-Salaam arrived yesterday.

Mwanza city team of 10 boxers is expected today, according to UABF organising

Edgars boosts St Julian High

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Edgars Youth Programme has continued to support football by donating equipment. The youth donated four footballs to St Julian High School, Gayaza, to enable them to take part in the Wakiso District Copa Coca-Cola qualifiers. One of Edgars’ coaches, Saidi Segirinya, handed over the balls to the school’s coach, Peter Sebuliba.
“This is a timely donation because we are competing in the Coca-Cola post primary qualifiers,” said Ssebuliba.

By Joseph

Bunamwaya face URA in Bell Cup

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Ecobank league giants Bunamwaya and URA will face off in the Bell Lager Uganda Cup quarterfinals. Defending champions Bunamwaya, who ejected Jogoo Young in the last round, will host the tax collectors at Nakivubo stadium, according to the draws conducted yesterday at the Fufa House – Mengo.

The draws, conducted by Competitions’ Committee secretary Eng Moses Magogo gave holders Victors FC the winner between Proline and Baza Holdings, who rock horns next week to determine the winner.

‘Farmers need free inputs for food prices to reduce’

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Farmers should be given free farm inputs during the rainy season as one of the ways to arrest rising food prices, an economist has advised. Chris Mukiza, a macro-economist statistician at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) gave the advice following the announcement yesterday that food prices in Uganda rose by 15 per cent in March.
The rise in food prices pushed up headline inflation rate for a fifth consecutive month.

“The annual food inflation rate increased to 23.7 per cent for

Striking hair makers given more Shs2,000, resume work

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Striking workers of Darling Industries, the company that makes artificial women’s hair, have got a 33 per cent pay rise.
The workers laid down their tools on Monday protesting the low pay and poor working conditions. Some female workers claimed they were being harassed sexually, an allegation denied by the managers.

However, when The Razor visited the factory in Bweyogerere yesterday, the 1,100 workers had resumed work and according to management production was at full capacity. At the

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Top wetland grabbers named

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A lack of respect for the law has triggered an out-of-control onslaught on Kampala’s wetlands and paints a grim picture of national environmental body’s desperate push to preserve the country’s ecosystem balance.

A new report titled; The Wetland Status Report 2009-2011, authored by National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) Wetlands Management Department, says 16 developers in Kampala are degrading preserved ecosystems in total disregard of court orders.

The department’s

Top wetland grabbers named

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A lack of respect for the law has triggered an out-of-control onslaught on Kampala’s wetlands and paints a grim picture of national environmental body’s desperate push to preserve the country’s ecosystem balance.

A new report titled; The Wetland Status Report 2009-2011, authored by National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) Wetlands Management Department, says 16 developers in Kampala are degrading preserved ecosystems in total disregard of court orders.

The department’s

Mbabazi murder plot hitman jailed

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The self-proclaimed hitman who startled the country on Monday after he accused the all powerful Minister of Security Amama Mbabazi of hiring him to bump off a political opponent in Kanungu District has been handed over to police.

Serestino Muhanguzi, 34, was yesterday evening still being held at Central Police Station, Kampala, where he has been since Tuesday. The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) deputy chief Moses Musana confirmed the development in an interview with The Razor

Jinja highway blocked

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Kyankwanzi squatters are army bosses - MP

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The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday took the defence ministry to task to explain why it has not evicted 400 squatters settled on its land in the newly created district of Kyankwanzi. This followed the ministry’s permanent secretary Rosette Byengoma’s assertion that the army had failed to evict the squatters since 2005, when Kiboga District Land Board allocated the 35 square miles to the ministry. “Mr Chairman, the issue of Kyankwanzi land is too sensitive and big

Two arrested for attempted robbery

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Police in Zirobwe are holding two people who allegedly gave a lorry ton boy a laced drink with intent to steal his tipper truck. According to central region spokesperson Lameck Kigozi, the suspects approached the truck driver Meddie Nsubuga, claiming they wanted to transport their property from Zirobwe to Wakiso. Kigozi told The Razor when the ton boy drunk the adulterated juice, he collapsed, prompting the driver to make alarm. They were saved from the mob by police.

By BASHIR

Students strike over power cuts

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Makerere University students on Monday night turned rowdy following another bout of load shedding at campus. The guild Spokes person, Peter Mwesigye, told The Razor yesterday that the students are about to do exams and are also busy with tests and course works so frequent power cuts are a disruption to their preparation. It took the intervention of the riot police to quell a simmering riot at Mitchell Hall. The police sprayed tear gas to disperse the students who had barricaded major roads at

Man sells Shs2m scrap for 8,000/-

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Poverty is driving people to do all sorts of crazy things, including stealing goods worth Shs2 million in exchange for Shs8,000! In a statement to police on Tuesday, John Bosco Nteziyaramye, 32, said he stole scrap worth Shs2 million from Jag, a company dealing in scrap and sold it at a paltry Shs8,000 because he was broke. He asked for forgiveness and said he is a responsible man. However, Jag gave him Shs8,000 and demanded he returns the scrap. When he failed, he was relieved of his job.

Maid held over child theft

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Police arrested but later released a housemaid alleged to have stolen a 11-months old baby girl from its parents in Nsambya, a Kampala suburb. The suspect, Stella Chacho, 21, stole Cynthia Nalubega, a daughter of Eric Sonko and Cecilia Kobusingye, last week. It is the second case of child theft reported at the police station within a week.

According to Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Ibn Senkumbi, Chacho could have stolen the baby with the intention of getting cash from her

Museveni did not win polls, says DP

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The Democratic Party has joined the list of opposition parties rejecting the results of the February 18 presidential election.
This conclusion was reached after a two-day meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee in Masaka convened to review the results of the 20II elections.

Mathias Nsubuga, the party’s secretary general, said the NEC got reports on the elections, discussed them and noted with concern that the elections were not free and fair. It also concluded that the

Busia child vendor faces theft charges

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A man who tried to sell three of his children now faces fresh charges of theft. Musa Kawanguzi, 38, a builder who lives in Kironde Zone, Ndeeba, a Kampala suburb, had been on the police’s wanted list of robbers since last September. He allegedly stole goods worth Shs9.2 million from Marine and Agro Export - Fish Processing Ltd, Jinja.

“Last year, while working as a fish purchaser for the company, he loaded a vehicle with fish worth Shs9.2 million and disappeared with it,” Kampala

Mayor Kezaala in garbage feud

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Jinja - The Mayor, Muhammad Baswari Kezaala, has blasted the municipal environment officer for barring neighbouring town councils from dumping garbage at the municipal refuse plant. Kezaala said the environmentalists’ decision was “an act of selfishness” and ordered him to stop immediately.

“What this technical person (Vicky Kakaire) has announced in connection with stopping town councils from dumping garbage is wrong because the municipality is a bigger government branch which has

The pains of making money upcountry

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Minister Kabakumba sued

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Information and National Guidance Minister Kabakumba Matsiko’s victory in the February 18 parliamentary election has been contested in court. Her political nemesis, Phinehas Kyotasobora, claims that the minister rigged the election contrary to the Parliamentary Elections Act, 2005. On March 25, Kyotasobora, who contested as an independent candidate in the Bujenje parliamentary race, filed a suit in the High Court in Masindi.

Kyotasobora says that Kabakumba used the Army to intimidate

More than just at YMCA

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These days, sports activities are turning out to be more recreational than before. There are some activities whose fans indulge in more fun than the actual sport itself. It would take hardcore fans to follow some games to the end. It seemed to have started with motor rallying, then rugby and now basketball.

I am talking about sports disciplines where fans turn out to have fun (call it proggie) and do less of cheering those participating in the game. Like is with motor rallying and rugby,

Kusasira launches ‘Enkola ya Taxi’

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Last Friday, Catherine Kusasira launched her latest album Enkola ya Taxi at Club Obligato (former Little Flowers). On
the title track, Kusasira rants at men who take women for granted and engage in multiple relationships. It is believed that Enkola ya Taxi was inspired by misunderstandings between Kusasira and her hubby Fred Seruga. Seruga himself reiterated by releasing Enkola ya Boda to counter Kusasira’s song. In the song, Seruga disses women saying they are too many and one can get a

New nightclub opens at Centenary Park

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Club Le Beaujolais. This name was inspired by certain red wine produced in the Beaujolais region of France. Last Friday, most Kampala party animals were anxious to fi nd out what new thing this new nightclub with a fancy name had to offer. Located at Centenary Park, the interior of Club Le Beaujolais doesn’t really offer anything special. And the VIP section, which can only seat a handful of people, doesn’t come with anything splendid either.

Dubbed Oscars Night, the launch event

The Uganda Cranes need more partners

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News that the Uganda Cranes could fail to honor their make-or-break 2012 Nations Cup qualifier against Guinea Bissau before they finally travelled is still disturbing. All willing sponsors and partners must act now. Otherwise the Cranes will continue to face a serious dilemma.

President Yoweri Museveni saved the situation by giving the team the funds it needed to travel to Guinea Bissau.
The team was financially constrained. Fufa had clearly failed to raise the Shs180m required to

Everyone needs a manifesto

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The word manifesto originated from Latin manifestum meaning something clear or obvious to the eye. Today manifestos are generally understood as public declarations of principles and intentions, often political in nature. These principles and intentions can originate from individual political candidates in a non-party political system or from a group of members within a political party. As such, manifestos clearly indicate priority areas which must be tackled by the political candidate.

Call for democratic uprising

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The peoples of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria have summoned the courage to stand up against well-established and sometimes brutal dictatorships for the mere hope of establishing a democratic form of government.

Yet the people of Uganda can't summon up the courage to stand up against the corruption, election rigging, nepotism and lack of rule of law just to restore the realistic guaranteed hope of reviving our democracy. Why must we continue to succumb to the current system as it

Allied forces must respect African Union

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The African Union as a continental body is a union consisting of 53 African states. The AU has a number of official bodies among others; The Peace and Security Council. This is the organ of the Union in charge of enforcing union decisions. It is patterned somewhat after the United Nations Security Council.

For this matter, the AU can take decisions correctly for the sake of peace and security on the African continent including the capacity to contribute militarily and financially to the

Why Ugandans resort to mob action

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Much as it is difficult to bear the sight of someone being lynched, it is equally painful to see property that you have worked for over so many years of your life being swept away by thieves. These have turned it into a daily business breaking into houses and taking people’s property. This has left people disgusted.

Worse still, these thieves do not stop at taking property, they have also resorted to raping women, innocent children and killing as well. On several occasions people have

Current police force is moving forward

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We must first appreciate the fact that Uganda is peaceful. The history of Uganda is dented with regimes in which policemen were shrewd, and brutal towards the people. The NRM government should be appreciated for the change they have brought to the police. The police have been restructured and professionalised as well as giving officers proper guidelines about their responsibilities and duties.

I urge the public to acknowledge that the new police officers are people hailing from our

Libya crisis shows just how useless the AU is

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A London conference to map out a post Muammar Gaddafi future in North Africa was held this week – curiously without the African Union. Did the AU snub the conference or was it totally ignored? From the outset, it appeared as if the sleepy African giant had finally woken up to smell the coffee and take a firm united stand on Libya to indict Western interference in the continental problem.

Do not be deceived however. What we are witnessing is the contradiction that the AU is. Here is a club

Tuberculosis kills 150

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Jinja - About 149 people died of tuberculosis in the last two years, Dr Bernard Mugabe, the district tuberculosis/leprosy control supervisor, has said. He said the long time taken by TB patients to realize they are infected and the failure to complete treatment by patients had resulted in increased number of deaths.

“TB is an air borne disease which spreads through air; the problem is when some people contract it they do not quickly go to health centres for treatment so it spreads to other

Karimojong reject water dam

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MOROTO - Tepeth elders have rejected a plan by the government to evict over 500 families to pave way for the construction of a valley dam in Katikekile Sub County near Mount Moroto. During a village meeting held yesterday, the elders told the Resident District Commissioner, Nahaman Ojwe, that water was not their priority. They claimed that the government wants to grab their land.

They also criticised the manner in which the planned evictions will take place. The people rejected a promise to

Otunnu must go, group insists

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UPC president Olara Otunnu is expected to receive a hand-delivered petition calling for his resignation today.
A group of people, who claim to be party members from various universities, accuse Otunnu of inefficiency and lack of accountability in the running of party affairs.

The group’s spokesperson, Dennis Enap Adim said on Tuesday that about 300 members of the party from Makerere, Kyambogo, Nkumba and Mutesa Royal universities will march to Uganda House, the UPC headquarters, to

Police officer beaten over woman

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Soroti - A police officer was yesterday beaten after he was allegedly caught having sex with a married woman.
Tommy Opio, the Officer-in-Charge of Awoja Police Post, was allegedly committed adultery with Judith Abonyo, the wife of David Etocu, a resident of Awoja Trading Center.

Opio and Abonyo were caught in the act during day time inside Opio’s house by residents who pounce on him.
In the process an unidentified person called the Soroti deputy Resident District Commissione,r Joseph

Your pulse could power your iPod

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Someday, your pulse could provide all the power you’ll need for your iPod. At least that’s the promise held out by researchers who say they’ve developed the first commercially viable nanogenerator. The nanogenerator is actually a flexible chip containing millions of zinc oxide nanowires. The important thing about these wires is that when you flex them, they create a tiny bit of electric current. This phenomenon, known as the piezoelectric effect, was discovered more than a century ago and

Tullow and Total seal

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Tullow Oil has sold part of its interests to China’s National Off-shore Oil Company (CNOOC) and Total at US$2.9bn (about Shs7 trillion) paving the way for the start of oil production in the Lake Albert Basin. This deal had been delayed over a tax dispute between Tullow and Uganda Revenue Authority.

The sale and purchase agreements concluded yesterday allows CNOOC and Total one-third interest each in 1, 2 and 3A exploration areas. Brain Glover, the general manager Tullow Uganda, announced

Coffee hits Shs10,000 per kg

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Coffee farmers in Bugisu are all smiles after a local company promised to increase the price of coffee to Shs10,000 per kg.
The chairman of Community Organised Farmers From Elgon Escarpment Arabica Coffee Uganda Programme (COFFEE CUP), Mathias Nabutele, said that the new price takes effect immediately.

“With effect from this harvesting season, coffee bean seeds shall be bought by this organisation at Shs10,000 per kilogramme so as to of the farmers in the region that survives on

Villa’s Zivo admires Lule’s off-pitch players’ relations

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SC Villa’s Serbian tactician Srdjan Zivojnov has praised KCC coach Matia Lule for motivating players. Zivo reasoned that club coaches are supposed to watch local and international matches to draw references for the players as a way of improving their performance.

“Coach Lule watches all league games and always interacts with players, such a relationship encourages them to work harder,” commented Zivo.

He explained that there was no way a coach could learn of players’

Walusimbi, Okwi boost U-23 team

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Uganda Cranes’ stars Emma Okwi and Godfrey Walusimbi have been summoned to the U-21 team ahead of the Hippos’ return leg Olympic qualifiers campaign against Congo Brazzaville.

The duo, alongside Bunnamwaya’s Caesar Okhutti and Mike Mutyaba, St George goalkeeper Robert Odongkara and SC Villa defender Asuman Alishe, have been called up to replace Isaac Muleme, Joseph Sebuliba, Ddumba Sadala, Ayub Kiiza, Musa Mukasa and Ronnie Kisekka.

Uganda picked up a 1-0 win in the first leg at

England coach to handle Uganda’s volleyball team

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Former England and Netherlands sitting volleyball women’s coach John Beste Broer has been impressed by the Ugandan team preparing for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games qualifiers. Broer and Martin Lysser are in the country to train the Uganda team that is preparing for the Paralympics qualifiers due in August in Kigali, Rwanda.

“Their skills and speed have improved a lot in the one week we have handled them. So, when we return from Burundi next month, we shall just polish

Goals galore as Corporate returns

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The 2011 Corporate league got off with a bang as goals rained in at Kyadondo Rugby Club. Many teams seemed to have entered the competition with a pre-set mind to score as Graphic Systems went on the rampage to beat Rift Valley Railways 6-2.

Centenary Bank also ran riot, hammering hapless Sanlam/Niko 5-0 as Uganda Coffee Development Authority and Roofings were 4-0 winners over AAR and NSSF, respectively. Defending champions Coca Cola brushed aside Sanlam/Niko Insurance 3-0 to brighten their

Setuba, Kiko in Mulindwa final

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Setuba United, a team which organisers smuggled into the Mulindwa Cup Championship after KB Lions’ withdrawal, has now set a final date against Kiko FC due on Sunday.

Setuba comprise nine active football players, whose average age is 37. The team, whose name is derived from the late Bunamwaya SC player Micheal Setuba, ejected Mawoggola Boys 3-0 in post-match penalties following a goalless draw.

URA assistant coach Ibrahim Kirya had a bright day, commanding his teammates from the defence

Mutebi tips Muwonge

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Defending national rally champion Nasser Mutebi has said ‘Super lady’ Susan Muwonge’s chances of winning this year’s NRC are high, only that she needs to keep with the top five positions in each event.

The Mogas-sponsored driver gave a brief account about his chances of recapping the national championship for the second time. “Of course the championship is still wide open and it will get wider if any of the other top drivers like Ponsiano Lwakataka or Godfrey Lubega wins the next

Mwanza, Nairobi here for boxing

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Boxers from Mwanza and Nairobi were the first to arrive in Kampala ahead of this year’s Inter-cities championship, Uganda Amateur Boxing Federation (UABF) confirmed yesterday.

The event starts tomorrow at Lake Victoria Resort Hotel in Munyonyo. UABF publicity secretary Sande Kisuko said yesterday that preparations for the three-day event had been finalised. “We are set for this event, and Ugandan teams are also ready for the challenge,” said Kisuko.

He added that besides Mwanza and

Uganda ‘can be rid of poverty by 2020’

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Half of the world’s 48 poorest nations, including Uganda, can graduate from poor to middle income countries in the next 10 years, a UN report released on Tuesday has said. This can however happen only if Uganda makes good use of the development aid and invests more in improving agriculture and education, the reported added.

The report claims that this can be achieved considering the fact that altogether there have been 51 LDCs since the category was created in 1970 and three countries;

Barclays scraps ATM fees

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Clients of Barclays Bank will have unlimited use the Auto Teller Machines (ATMs) at zero cost starting May, the bank has announced.

In a statement, the bank’s managing director, Charles Ongwae, said: “Barclays Bank of Uganda Limited will waive ATM charges effective May 1t, 2011 for all its customers.”

The bank has been charging Shs15,000 to issue a new ATM card, Shs15,000 to replace an old one, Shs800 for every withdrawal a client makes, Shs800 for every deposit, Shs100 for

Medicine for the struggling relationships and marriages

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Listen ladies sometimes we are to much with our insecurities and all around baggage. Who cares if he is cheating or not. This is my question. What are you doing to keep the focus on you? Are you going through his pockets? Walking around with an attitude like you are entitled his attention? You are blessed to have a man to come home to you no matter what and take your low down attitude and your own crazy ways. Instead of trying to find out if he is cheating by following him and watching his every move, go home and fix yourself up, cook, clean and get ready to welcome your man to a happy home when he walks into the door. He is out there dealing with temptations, stress, insults, failures, low self-esteem at times and in all that he is trying to figure out how he is going to get ahead so that he can provide you all your demanding needs and inner-most desires. Give him a break he needs his castle to be a calm place to relax and enjoy the spoils of war.

Work on yourself. Stop trying to work on him. Show him that you support him and love him and that he is the most desirable man on the planet. Then he can open up to you, he will ask you what do you think about this or that! If he has to come home and deal with your legal questioning about the girl next door he just might focus on her a little bit more and you will slowly disappear. Keep yourself happy and stop whinning about if he is or not cheating...men will always fantasize! Sometimes they just might take a leap! If you really want him to stay make it about you and keep the focus on you! In doing this you will always be the apple of his eye! Men dislike an unconfident woman! They love attention! Pay him some attention and cheating will be a thing of the past and keeping up with your love life between you and your man will be a theme of the future.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Fill key technical positions at

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There is a saying that ‘when the elephants fight, the grass suffers.’ I am writing to express concern about the prolonged delays in filling key technical leadership positions at the Ministry of Health. When there are leadership gaps, the health system and ultimately health consumers suffer.

According to the World Health Organisation: “A health system is the sum total of all the organizations, institutions and resources whose primary purpose is to improve health.” A health system

Sharp focus, preps will deliver Cranes

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Ugandans of goodwill have been walking with a swagger since Saturday night when The Cranes ended a decade-long jinx by beating Guinea Bissau 1-0 away from home in an African Nations Cup qualifier.

The victory in Bissau has brightened Uganda’s chances of qualifying for their first CAN finals since 1978 when the team lost 0-2 to Ghana in the final. The psychological lift and inspiration drawn from winning an away tie at this level is strong enough to propel the team to the Promised Land.

What should govt do for Crime Preventers?

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I thank our government for providing security in various parts of the country. The government sat, laid strategies for a peaceful election and to a greater extent they succeeded.

They planned to recruit an extra force of people that would help Police maintain law and order. This new group of crime preventers tried very much to do its work. However, as human beings they are not 100% perfect. Some were violent, were involved in theft and hiring their guns out to thieves. At the end of the

SPCs could still serve as crime preventers

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In response to an article which was published in The Razor on March 28; I am pleased to learn that the Crime Preventers who served in the previous election, are to form a reserve force.

An appeal should be made to them to maintain the spirit they displayed in keeping law and order during the elections.
There has been an improvement in the way the police has dealt with crime and we would be grateful if the same continued even after elections. Now that the storm about the crime preventers

Two for Africa championships

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Uganda has entered two players for the All Africa junior golf championship set for April 2-6 in Windhoek, Namibia.
Morris Ntege, son to lady golfer Monica, and Marko Kostic will make up the Uganda team. Ntege is riding on his recent win in the Captain’s trophy at the Uganda Golf Club while Kostic posted a good result in the Dasani Golf Series.
“I feel honoured to be representing the nation,” Kostic said. “I hope we can perform well and qualify for the World Junior

Mugabe in California

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Uganda and East Africa’s top tennis player Duncan Mugabe is in San Francisco, California, undergoing a body conditioning system aimed at improving his power. Mugabe is in camp with Mark Wellington, a tennis performance specialist in the field of athletic performance training.

The British born Wellington has coached world class athletes such as Maria Sharapova (2004 Wimbledon champion), Victoria Azarenka (top 10 women’s tennis player), Martin Verkerk (French open finalist) as well as

Sunday’s scoreboard

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Newcomers Challengers CC and Mwiri CC got off to a winning start when Uganda Cricket Association league division two got going on Sunday. Warriors CC 113 (Singh Mandeep 44, Felix Musana 5-22), Makerere University 70 (Caesar Odoko 22, Pridesh Patel 4-21, Farid Adnani 3-17); Challengers CC 324/7 (Mohammed Shafeek 140, Hillary Kuteesa 32, Akshe Deep Singh 4-75), Jinja Indians (JICC) 44 (Abdul Mubarak 5-15, Mohammed Asraf 4-24); Tamil Lions 20 (Bhandere Kishore 6-7, Bharat Varsani 4-13), SKLPS

200 girls assemble for tag rugby tournament

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Two hundred and forty girls from 24 primary schools in Kampala are expected to do battle in a tag rugby exhibition slated for this Wednesday at the Kyadondo club. Tag rugby is a non-contact version of rugby introduced to children ahead of playing the sport fully.

The event kicks off at 9am. Each school will be required to field a team of 10 players in the battle for four trophies at stake, courtesy of Game Stores, Strategic Logistics and the Uganda Rugby Union. The overall winner will have a

Varsity cross-country at Mak

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The second edition of the national university cross-country Championships will be flagged off from Makerere’s Nsimbirwa ground on Sunday. The first edition in Mbarara attracted 15 teams from institutions of higher learning in the East African region.

Makerere University Sports tutor Lawrence Kavama told The Razor that they were expecting participants from more than 15 teams to show off their talents. ‘Each participating team in this event must pay Shs60,000,’ he warned, disclosing

Cooke returns for Motocross

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Those who might have missed Canadian Mitch Cooke’s riding entertainment last year should not let another chance pass as he has agreed to take part in next weekend’s Motocross championship. The Canadian will jet in on Friday, ahead of the April 10 second round of the Uganda Motocross Championship at the Shell Garuga race track.

“Mitchell has honoured our invite, he will be with us for the Easter weekend; we shall train with him on Saturday,” said UMX director Arthur Blick Jnr, adding

Uganda start preps for Bamburi

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Uganda’s hunt for an international title resumes with the Bamburi Rugby Super Series tournament. The championship, launched early this month, is set to kick off on May 30, in Nairobi. The two teams to representative the country - Victoria and Rwenzori - started preparations for tournament on Sunday at Kampala RugbyClub under the guidance of tacticians Brian Makalama and Sam Ahamya, respectively.

The two sides are also under close supervision from a team of national squad technical

Railway firm for public listing

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TransCentury Group, the company that owns 34 per cent stake in the Uganda-Kenya railway concessionaire, Rift Valley Railway International, says it will list on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in the next six months. TransCentury said in a statement to the media that it has appointed investment firm Dyer and Blair, law firm Kaplan Straton, audit firm KPMG and a public relations company Quantum Leap as the lead advisers on the Initial Public Offering (IPO).

The announcement coincided with

Tourism ministry wants to chop UWA and UNBS power

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Government agencies under the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry will have their wings clipped if they do not stop “misusing” some their statutory powers. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry, Julius Onen, has said some of these organisation have a lot of powers—including the authority to borrow which makes them commit the taxpayer to unnecessary debts.

“We have a case where an agency can borrow money and commit the taxpayers to pay back without

EAC steps up plan for better roads

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The East African Community (EAC) has signed an agreement with the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) aimed at improving transport and customs services in the region. CCTTFA is a multilateral organisation formed by Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to facilitate movement of goods through the five countries.
EAC spokesman Owora Othieno, said the agreement binds member countries to promote the development of transport infrastructure, transit transport,

Britam Insurance in initial public offer

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If you are searching for a quick investment opportunity, then look no far. British-American Investments Company Limited is preparing for Initial Public Offer (IPO) on the Nairobi Stock Exchange by June.

The group managing director, Ben Wairegi says company, trading as Britam Insurance Company (Uganda) Limited, is also planning to spread to Tanzania, Rwanda and Southern Sudan following successful performance on the Uganda market.
Wairegi said this when releasing the company`s 2010

Dfcu introduces internet banking

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Dfcu Bank has joined the other commercial banks to provide internet banking platform for its clients.
Bank customers can now access their bank accounts, personally generate statements and make payments in batches for companies that hold accounts at Dfcu.

However, any transaction above Shs1 million will have to be verified by the bank to ensure safety of clients accounts.
The product comes with a monthly price tag of Shs25,000 for small and micro enterprises (SME`s) and Shs50,000 for the

Monday, March 28, 2011

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Amama named in murder plot

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Two people; one, a self-professed hit man, and another, a losing LCV candidate in Kanungu district, made a hair-raising claim yesterday. The hit man claimed publicly that the powerful Security Minister Amama Mbabazi hired him in September last year to bump off a political opponent, Godfrey Karabenda, a loser in the Kanungu LCV race.

Serestino Muhanguzi, 34, who claims to be a military intelligence detective attached to the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), yesterday told

Police arrest whistle-blower in Picfare deal

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Picfare Uganda Ltd stands at the centre of a petition in Burundi that has sucked in the country’s president and got the whistleblower jailed. A Bujumbura-based civil society organisation has in its petition asked the Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to shed more light on how a US$13,670,770 debt paid by the Ugandan government ended up in the bank account of Picfare Uganda Ltd.

The money, which Picfare acknowledges receiving, is a settlement for goods Burundi supplied the NRM during

Twenty families lose property in hailstorm

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MUKONO - Over 20 families were left homeless and are in fear of suffering long periods of hunger after a heavy downpour characterised by strong winds and hailstorm hit their village. The rains that hit Mukono District on Sunday March, 27 destroyed several plantations including bananas, cassava and potatoes in the sub-counties of Nama, Kimenyedde, Kyampisi and Nabbaale.

John Munyankindi, 55, a resident of Kituba village and his family of six said they had no where to stay after his house

Ugandan passports in drugs trafficking deals

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all loopholes which were previously exploited by foreigners to get Ugandan passports. But the department Publicist Eunice Kisembo insists Ugandans can’t be trusted not to sell their passports to dubious elements on the cheap. Uganda has been used as a conduit by drug traffickers. And this has proven to be costly to genuine Ugandans travelling abroad especially to the Far East because many are now subjected to lengthy and vigorous visa application processes before they are allowed entry into

Minister’s exit causes void as illegal fishing increases

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Entebbe - The political vacuum created by the exit of the Fisheries Minister Fred Mukisa could have a negative impact on illegal fishing if not addressed expeditiously.

According to Dr Wilson Mwanja, the Commissioner of Fisheries, the increasing cases of illegal fishing at Kigungu and Bugonga landing sites can be reversed through policy initiatives involving the line minister. Dr Mwanja’s comments come in the wake of increased immature fishing at the two landing sites near the Fisheries

Petrol station at Kaleerwe, should be cleaned

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I would like to express my gratitude at the way petrol station authorities attend to their station’s sanitation. More thanks to city oil petrol station along Bombo road, however one wonders as to why some petrol station managers don’t emulate others as far as cleanliness is concerned!

How on earth especially in this century; full of modernity, can we still have grimy petrol stations like shell- kaleerwe!! This is why when some businesses collapse or fail to make profits as expected,

KCC should use tax money valuably

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Kampala City Council should style up on the way it appropriates tax-payers' money. I wonder how many times KCC has constructed and reconstructed Kampala - Jinja road roundabout in a sense of designing the roundabout in this jobless, infested banana republic!

This is tax-payers' money that is being frittered away in such a fashion. It’s not bad to design this roundabout, but should these designs be changed on a monthly basis? If such funds were allocated to the renovation of other

Malwa-drinking causes TB scare

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ARUA - Consumers of Malwa, a locally brewed alcoholic drink are prone to contracting Tuberculosis, district officials have warned. The drink, usually taken by groups of people using tubular straws, is common in areas of eastern and northern Uganda. The shared tubes make it easy for TB to be transmitted.

And, while commemorating the World Tuberculosis Day on Thursday last week in Arua, Sabo Kamilo, the district LCV Vice Chairman said that TB kills faster than HIV/Aids. Kamilo noted that the

Rural schools tipped over sanitation

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MUKONO - Health officials have launched a hand washing campaign in rural schools and at home to prevent the high spread of diseases. Speaking at the launch, the Mukono district health inspector Yosa Kazimoto said washing hands after visiting the toilet and before having meals would enhance hygiene and health.

He said they had sensitised 82 community health mobilisers to spearhead the exercise. Kazimoto, who was speaking at the Kayini Roman Catholic Primary School, Kasana village in Kasawo

Civil Society blamed over funds

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KARAMOJA - Non-government Organisations (NGOs) working in the region have come under fire, with criticism directed at poor performance in the poverty-prone area.

Riamiriam, the umbrella network coordinating development partners in Karamoja, said some NGOs in the poverty-prone sub region have not added value to post-conflict peace-building. The remarks were made on Friday, March 25, by the Riamiriam Programme Coordinator Sylvia Atugonza, at the annual regional peace coordination conference,

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Notify police of any planned demonstrations

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Parties should learn to respect the institutions that have been put in place to administer and maintain law and order in the country. Unlawful demonstrations are tantamount to criminal offenses and the police should take firm action against or to stop such persons.

It is the role of the police to protect life and property, maintain security within the country, prevent and detect crime in society and also to perform the services of a military force. It is therefore mandatory for parties

New jets show where govt priorities really lie

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President Museveni summoned lawmakers from the ruling NRM party to his presidential palace last week to discuss a matter of national importance, so we were told. No one anticipated what the head of state had in mind. It turns out the President had called the meeting to lobby his MPs to authorise a retrospective spending of close to two trillion shillings for the purchase of sophisticated military hardware to include fighter jets and armoured tanks. MPs were shocked to learn that the government

Cranes heroes fly home today

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A triumphant Uganda Cranes team returns today, but in batches. According to the flight arrangements, the whole team left Bissau this morning at 5am and had a stop-over in Dakar, where many European based professionals connected to their respective bases.

The team then headed to Nairobi, from where local based players and a few professionals will connect to Entebbe International Airport. However, the team will arrive at Entebbe in two batches.

A well placed source who worked on the

Uganda hits Congo in Olympic qualifier tie

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Although the national U-21s picked a 1-0 hard-fought win over Congo-Brazzaville in an Olympic qualifier at Nakivubo Stadium on Saturday, head Coach Frank ‘Video’ Anyau admitted that there were lapses in his team selection.

The youngsters scored in stoppage time through second half substitute Abdul-Karim Ndugwa, who headed home off an Elukana Nkugwa. In the post-math interview, Anyau said he should have started either Ndugwa or Patrick Edema ahead of Victors’ Dan ‘Mzeei’

Rugby players come to blows

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Makerere University’s Graveyard rugby ground was turned into a boxing ring on Saturday as Impis battled Pirates in the Nile Special Rugby League. Impis chairman Dan Obote proved to be a good street fighter when he attacked and sent blows raining on his former players Rugumayo Mpuga and George Asin, scaring the day’s referee Denis Anguyo, who shied away from punishing him.

As Pirates won 24-8, Asin saw red for back chatting (complaining after being given a yellow card) and Fisher Iraguha

Mike Serumaga goes club hunting in Rwanda

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After failing to find a club that can accommodate his interests in Uganda, Cranes’ player Mike Serumaga is campaigning to get a club in Rwanda.

Serumaga travelled to Kigali over the weekend to search for a club.
Haruna Kyobe, the Fufa records officer who doubles as Bunamwaya FC secretary, confirmed to The Razor that Serumaga’s three-month suspension had expired implying he was free to play for any other club.

“We got his letter of apology but it arrived when the suspension had

Watch repairer calls for patience, honesty

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When Fred Walusimbi Mpanga, now 41, failed to get school fees to continue with his education in 1990, he never lost hope of having a better future. His father, who was a wrist watch repairer, had initiated him into the trade and this gave Walusimbi hope that he would never fail in life.

“I had struggled to complete my Senior Six, but when I saw the problem of school fees was becoming persistent I opted to take on the trade whose ups and downs I knew,” he said. It was in 1991 when

Kibuli wins

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Kibuli SS were crowned champions of the Kampala Region after beating Broadway SS 13 – 9 in the final of this year’s netball edition played in their backyard on Friday. The day-long gala which attracted 23 schools saw Ggaba Mixed coming third.
By Ahmed

Jinja oil reservoirs halted

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The construction of national oil storage reserves in Jinja has suffered another setback with the government cancelling the contract it entered with Tamoil, a Libyan oil company. This means Ugandans will have to wait a little longer for fuel storage facilities, putting the country at risk should a supply gap occur.

Having no reservoirs in the country has always led to a hike in pump prices. Recent shortages in supply saw pump prices go up by Shs400. Energy and mineral development minister

Top dogs return after three-month training in SA

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After a three-month training sojourn in South Africa, five of Uganda’s top cricketers returned home last night, along with others of their colleagues who are in the squad for Uganda’s World Cricket League division two fixtures against Hong Kong, Namibia, Bermuda, UAE and Papua New Guinea in Dubai next month.

The five were 2010 Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) player of the year Lawrence Ssematimba, who must be eager to return to the pool tables of Bukoto, fast bowler Dennis ‘the

Cricketing all-rounder puts paid to critics

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People sometimes snigger when the portly Innocent Ndawula comes to the wicket. But not so on Saturday when he and lawyer Jeremy Kibuukamusoke put on an unbroken 60 runs to win the game for a Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) Chairman’s XI.

They were playing touring team Headley Court, a UK side made up mostly of British servicemen who have been injured or afflicted during the ongoing Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. Batting first, Headley Court, spurred on by Australian Leigh Harris

Akope shatters own course record

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Professional Deo Akope was in blistering form, scoring nine under as he shattered his own course record at the MTN Monthly mug of March.

Akope shot 63 and 69 to regain back his form ahead of the Kenya Open this weekend however his compatriot who will also be travelling to Nairobi Herman Mutawe still leads with 170 points jointly with Godfrey Mande in the professional standings.Frank Ngabo, beat a total of 190 golfers to claim the overall gross title with a score of 70. Okullo Odom was winner

Friday, March 25, 2011

Woman bites off husband’s finger

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KARAMOJA - Angered by ‘infidelity’, 26-year old Grace Nakiru bit off the tip of her husband’s ring finger during a fight and asked elders to dissolve their traditional marriage.

The incident on Thursday, March 24, took place at Acholi Inn, located on the outskirts of Moroto municipality.
Nakiru said that her husband, only identified as Lochap, 30, was unfaithful, engaging in multiple sex binges with prostitutes in town.

“My husband is a womaniser and there is no more affection

Charcoal dealers face arrest

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Karamoja - Wayward charcoal dealers and other people who fell trees indiscriminately will be arrested. The Moroto Resident District Commissioner, Nahaman Ojwee sounded the warning on Wednesday, March 23, while officiating at the belated district World Water Day celebrations held at Rupa Sub County headquarters. Local leaders had informed Ojwee that charcoal dealers were encouraging people to cut down the scarce trees in the semi arid Karamoja region.

“When you see any truck ferrying poles

Why Cranes will get result today

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Shambolic as the preparations for today’s crunch African Nations Cup encounter against Guinea Bissau have been, nothing is going to stop the Cranes from getting the result they need.
By result, I mean either an away win or a draw.

Pessimists will be wondering why we should expect a victory when Magid Musisi was the last man to lead us to victory in a CAN fixture over a decade ago. Rankings Like football league tables, Fifa’s rankings do not lie. We must make our superior rankings

Hippos battle Congo in Olympic qualifiers

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Uganda’s U-21 coach Frank ‘Video’ Anyau’s preparations to down Congo-Brazzaville have been boosted by the team’s positive response and hunger for victory during their training sessions at Kisubi Technical School grounds.

The arrival of foreign based stars Sula Matovu and Moses Oloya has also eased the coach’s selection worries. The duo underwent training drills with the rest of the team and Anyau was relieved figure. “So far, the sessions have been good and everyone is

180 golfers to take part in MTN mug of March tournament

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One hundred and eighty golfers have entered the MTN mug of March which tees off at the par 72 Kitante course today.
This weekend’s tournament will see 16 professional golfers battling for Shs4.2m, courtesy of MTN.“It’s going to be a tantalising event as the majority of the amateurs will be vying for several honours on the course,” said Sadi Atibu, the Uganda Golf Club teaching professional. “The course is dry and that will make it difficult for the golfers to play; however the greens

Rapid master enters chess tournament

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Geoffrey Kanduho, a former Olympian who has been off the chess scene for some time, made a surprise entry into the Zabasajja Memorial Rapid tournament scheduled for this weekend at Hotel Africana.

Kanduho, despite his absence, is expected to put up a spirited challenge against perennial contenders such as Bob Bibasa, Harold Wanyama, Shadrack Kantinti and Elija Emojong. Rapid chess differs slightly from conventional chess as each player is allocated fewer minutes within which to finish a

Fumblers, Budo date in league

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After beating Lango College in a re-fix game, Namilyango College is out to stop defending champions Kings’ College Budo's supremacy in the Coke schools’ league.

Namilyango face Budo in the semi-finals this Sunday at Kampala Rugby Club. “I am happy we are meeting them again. We lost to them 6-8 after giving away a try in added time when we were leading 6-3 but this time they will feel the pressure,” said Valence Bizimana, the Namilyango games teacher.

He added; “They always send

Blick meets Kabenge over 2010 Delhi Games mess

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The Uganda Rugby Union (URU) boss William Blick will today meet the Kabenge Probe team determined to expose the Uganda Olympic Committee officials who abused their roles as leaders of the national team at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Blick will be testifying as a witness from the rugby team office who travelled to Delhi and tasted the UOC members’ “abuse of office”. The rugby boss moved a motion that UOC treasurer Omala Geno be put out of office for similar offences.

He also

Fimbo’s mum wants assistance

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Andrew ‘Fimbo’ Mukasa’s mother believes the league’s record goalscorer can still bounce back to cause nightmares to defenders. Mukasa, who scored a staggering 45 goals during the 1999 national super league seaso, has since undergone mental disturbance and is currently in hospital at Butabika.

But his mother, Grace Nandaula of Wakaliga, says her son only lacks proper care. “He still knows everything about the local game. When I was there on Tuesday, he told me that the Cranes had

Machines roar in Masaka

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Two-time former National Rally champion Ponsiano Lwakataka has vowed either to win or roll his car in the Masaka Rally which starts with a super special stage at Misaali, Nyendo, today.

Lwakataka drove through the route on Thursday and Friday. “I am too hungry and thirsty for a win, I am taking no chances, I will attack from the beginning,” said Lwakataka who is likely to leave the ramp in seventh place.

The 2005 and 2007 champion has been fueled by Diamond Trust Bank, as well as

Is there no end to this exploitation?

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For a long time now, passengers have been exploited by taxi-operators. This exploitation occurs in various ways: A taxi-conductor might deliberately refuse to return the right amount of change (or balance) to a passenger, taxi-operators (drivers and conductors) often take advantage of traffic jams to hike the taxi-fare and sometimes overload the vehicle (beyond the required 14 passengers) making the entire journey cramped and uncomfortable for passengers who paid for one seat.

Lately, due

What is the hidden agenda of the allied forces in Libya?

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Obviously, Libya is currently faced with violence that has destroyed lots of life and property. The Security Council is now implementing Resolution 1973 (2011) it adopted on 17th March which authorises the use of force in Libya by the allied powers led by France to protect civilians from attack.

Resolution 1970 earlier adopted on February 26th took the first step towards a decisive response to the crisis, imposing a targeted regime of sanctions, and, reflecting the commitment to pursue

Who is controlling the world?

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Who gives the right to any head of state or president or prime minister to say to another that “you have to go now” “It’s finished for you and your regimes?”

I am wondering what is controlling the world. Is it money and trading, armed forces, Oil! The entire world knows that the Security Council and UN are always under the Veto’s Group and they can make the right choices at the right time which I think is acceptable.

But on the other hand when you observe what is going in

We need to liberalise the pension sector

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Liberalisation of the pension sector is vital. First and foremost, to access savers’ money under the current scheme is a hustle. There is no provision for accessing the money even in the case of dire need, not until retirement. Even upon retirement however, withdrawing these savings is a tag of war.

There are also reports that people die before getting their savings and the relatives are not informed of the existence of the money and as a result of this ignorance, the relatives of the dead

Let us end child labour in our country

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Through your esteemed column, I want to inform you that more than one and a half million children are doing child labour and two million children are not in school in this country.

We the responsible citizens should pledge together that we will support these little children and our little actions can bring change in their lives.

Let us pledge today that we will strive to contribute towards the right to free and compulsory education and prohibition of child labour in and around our

Be afraid when fame corrupts local celebrities

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In yet another bizarre scandal, music heartthrob Joseph Mayanja, better known by his stage name Dr. Jose Chameleon, is said to have ran over a hapless man in Entebbe a few days ago. Ahmed Hamidu is the latest victim to face the wrath of Uganda’s local celebrities who now clearly appear drunk on their fame.

Word is that Dr Chameleon was involved in a verbal altercation with Hamidu and when tempers flared, the Befuula star ordered his stone faced body guards to rough up his fan. Not done

BoU takes over Tropical Bank

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As central bank deputy governor Louis Kasekkende yesterday announced to government takeover of Tropical Bank, Energy Minister Hillary Onek broke the news that Libya could lose a multi-million dollar deal to build the planned oil pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala.

“We have relieved of duty the Libyan Investment bank-appointed general manager and other senior staff, and now Prince Kassim Nakibinge becomes the bank’s general manager as we appoint a new board,” Kasekkende announced.
At

New city buses to cut fares by half

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The gradual phasing out of commuter taxis from Kampala will start on June 1 with the deployment of about 500 buses to ease congestion in the city.

And the biggest beneficiaries are city commuters who will witness a 50 per cent fall in transport fares.
For example, if you have been paying Shs1,500 from Bweyogerere to Kampala by taxi, you will be charged Shs750 by bus.
Pioneer Easy Bus Company, which currently operates a limited service, is the brain behind the US$70 million investment

Plan for East African single quality mark under way

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The East African community will soon agree on a single quality certification mark after the committee in charge of quality control meets in May to deliberate on the matter.

At the beginning of this month Kenya accused Tanzania of creating a non-tariff barrier by refusing entry of Kenyan goods onto the Tanzanian market through the Namanga border post.

While Kenya maintained it operated three marks namely Diamond, Standardisation and Import Standardisation, Uganda said it operated two -

UBA eyes Kyeyo dollars

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Ugandans working a broad now have a better option of remitting and managing their money back home.
United Bank of Africa (UBA) has unveiled new products called Non-Resident Ugandans (NRU) savings and current accounts - tailored to suit the specific needs of Ugandans in Diaspora.

These accounts can be opened and operated in Uganda shillings, US dollars, Pound Sterling or in the Euros.
Speaking during a recent US-Uganda Trade Forum in Kampala, the managing director of UBA Uganda, Margaret

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Girls’ tag rugby tourney on

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Girls from primary schools in Kampala are set to do battle in a tag rugby exhibition slated for next Wednesday at the Kyadondo club.
Tag rugby is a non-contact version of rugby introduced to children ahead of playing the full sport.

The event, in which 24 schools have said they want to take part, will kick off in the morning. Each school will be required to field a team of 10 players.
By Dorah

Super lady Muwonge breathes fire ahead of Masaka rally

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‘Super lady’ Susan Muwonge has roared, declaring that she’ll trim big rally guns into small men when the second round of the 2011 National Rally Championship (NRC) gets under way tomorrow in Masaka.

Muwonge, who currently leads the championship chart on 100 points having won the opening round in Mbarara, said she had nothing to worry about. “I am the same Muwonge who has always given them hard times, and Saturday’s outcome will give a clear picture of what is ahead,” said

Huge fight for places

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As the rugby league nears a climax, some teams have given up on the title chase, turning their focus to finish in the cash-prize bracket.

The Nile Special-sponsored league awards the winners with Shs5m, while the runners-up take home Shsh3.5m. The MVP and top try scored pockets of Shs1m and Shs0.5m respectively.

Jinja-based Nile rugby club, who are second from bottom, believe they have all it takes to scoop the fair play team award, which comes with a Shs1m cash prize.
By John

Shs1m for up grabs in shot contest

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A lucky basketball fan is set to pocket over Shs1m this evening when the Friday Night Lites Challenge returns to the YMCA Wandegeya courts.

This cash has been accumulating since the challenge began four weeks ago, because no fan could make a winning centre shot in any of the previous Lites’ games.

In tonight’s action, Team Wazee, who stunned Team Ikong last Friday, will look prove they were not flukers when they confront Team Philip. Team Norman play Team Enabu in this basketball

Sudhir wants to manage Uganda’s national parks

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City tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia wants the government to liberalise management of national park so as to give local investors, such as himself, a chance to manage tourist sites.

“It is becoming tricky and difficult for us local investors to promote tourism especially in the government dominated national parks. We are requesting government to liberalise this sector to enable us boost the tourism industry,” said Ruparelia, who owns a chain of hotels in the city.

The government has the

Former Miss Uganda winners: where are they today?

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Since 1990 when a company called Promoz started organising Miss Uganda contests, a total of 16 girls have won the coveted crown. But just where did they end up after their reigns? Gilbert Mwijuke gets on their trails.

Jessica Kyeyune (1990-1991)
She was crowned at a time when glamour was yet to come to town —no prize cars, no fully paid trips to London, no Shs1m worth of airtime from UTL. During those days, all the winner got was a return air ticket to whichever city hosted that year’s

Cultural display at Francophone Day

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Celebrating the language and culture of the French speaking people was the main theme at the Francophone Day that was marked last Saturday.

This year’s celebrations coincided with the 40th anniversary and inauguration of the Paris Headquarters of the International Organization of La Francophonie, one of the biggest linguistic zones in the world.

In Uganda, the Francophone Day was held at the Alliance Francaise offices in Nakasero, Kampala. It was a fun-filled day with lots of

WB to invest in safe water for Africa

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The World Bank Group has entered a partnership with 17 agencies of the US government to support developing countries in managing global water crises.

Such crises are the lack of safe drinking water and sanitation, diminishing aquifers, drought, flooding, and climate change impacts.
According to the group President, Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank is helping countries balance competing water demands for agriculture, energy, people, and the environment.

“Look at almost any poverty

Uganda joins cyber crime fight

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After numerous attempts by cyber criminals to access various bank security systems to steal money, the East African Community has revealed that it plans to tighten cyber laws among partner states.

According to Owora Othieno, the bloc’s public relations officer, all stake holders in the region will convene in Mombasa to discuss the next phase of cyber law implementation in the partner states.

“The meeting will take stock of advances in cyber law development since the last gathering in

Uganda’s customer care wanting - tourism expert

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Tours and travel operators have been advised to improve the way they handle tourists if the industry is to attract more visitors, an expert in the sector has advised.

Charles Conconi, the Vice President of International Executive Service Corps, a not-for-profit organisation that recruits and assigns American volunteer experts to assist businesses in developing countries, said Uganda needed to re-package customer care to appeal to tourists from rich countries.

“There is need to change

Dr Heard to Jose: Leave my wife alone or lose your balls

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Socialite Judith Heard’s husband has sent a serious warning to singer Jose Chameleone: “leave my wife alone or lose your balls!” This comes days after the singer got cozy with Judith in Club Silk in front of Dr Heard. It all started at around 11pm after the famous Fashion Night last week.

The Heards were having a good time when Chameleone appeared and joined them on the couple’s table. A visibly ecstatic Judith got up and gave Chameleone a warm hug that left Alex startled.

And

Have Radio and Weasel crossed to MTN?

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You can never separate the duo of Moze Radio and Weasel from controversy. During the award-giving ceremony of the MTN Chairman’s Cup last weekend, the sponsors sprung up a surprise for the participants by introducing the singing duo, much to the surprise of the audience.

And the two couldn’t stop heaping praise on MTN chief executive officer Thembo Khumalo as they entertained winners and participants.

Now we all know that the MTV Awards nominees have had a long term sponsorship deal

Beti Kamya donates a paltry 300k to Sanyu Babies Home

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While the bible teaches us to share WHATEVER we have with others, reality has its own version.

When Sanyu Babies Home launched a fundraising drive to raise Shs7m to treat children suffering from pneumonia recently, many well-wishers flocked the place and donated whatever they could.

And one such good Samaritan was former presidential candidate Beti Olive Kamya, who gave Shs300,000 to the cause.

Well, we are not trying to be mean but we just expected a person who thinks that she is

Def Jam distributes Benon’s music

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“Big tings a guan,” the Jamaicans love to say. And for producer/singer Benon Mugumbya, big tings a guan, indeed! After dropping his latest album Olunaku Olupya (A New Day) in Uganda last December, Benon Mugumbya has now digitally released his album to the world on hip hop mogul Jay-Z’s Island Def Jam Records, the same record label that distributes music for international superstars Kanye West, Rihanna and Neyo among others.

Olunaku Olupya was released last week on iTunes, Amazon,

Shaggy’s heart for heart patients

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From his backyard studio right in his home, Jamaican born reggae star Shaggy has recorded an all-Jamaican track in aid of those many children suffering from heart problems.

The song titled Save a Life was recorded a few weeks ago and is aimed at fundraising money for the millions of children with heart problems around the world.

Some of the artistes lending their voices to thing song include international dancehall stars Elephant Man and Sean Paul.

Well, we here at Blade think

Jackie Chandiru dumped by lover

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Guys, songbird Jackie Chandiru is single and searching again! And
this is a hot tip for you! We can
reliably inform you that Chandiru’s
most recent boyfriend, a one
Robert, has hardheartedly dumped
the Overdose singer. The reason?
Mbu, Jackie has been going out
with spendthrift Meddie Ssentongo.
According to the rumour mill,
Chandiru’s boyfriend caught her
cozying up with Ssentongo at Guvnor
last Friday night and instantly
made up his mind to dump the Blu
3 vocalist. Well,

Beti Kamya donates a paltry 300k to Sanyu Babies Home

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While the bible teaches us to share WHATEVER we have with others, reality has its own version. When Sanyu Babies Home launched a fundraising drive to raise Shs7m to treat children suffering from pneumonia recently, many well-wishers flocked the place and donated whatever they could.

And one such good Samaritan was former presidential candidate Beti Olive Kamya, who gave Shs300,000 to the cause.

Well, we are not trying to be mean but we just expected a person who thinks that she is fit

Jamal hawks CDs in Denmark

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Singer Jamal (whose second name is Wasswa) never ceases to amaze and entertain us. From taking a boda boda ride to his Unplugged show at Club Silk, to footing from Kibuli to Bukoto, the soulful singer seems to be the ultimate entertainer—on and off stage. Now news seeping in is that when he was heading for his gig in Denmark last week, Jamal took over 200 CDs loaded with his music that he is currently hawking as he performs in the Scandinavian country. Well, we can’t blame you Jamal! After

He is threatening suicide if I don’t go back to him

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Go to the police and report this suicide threat then forget him or forgive him and live with his temptations forever.”Dear Dr Lungfishman,
I am aged 22 and I met this guy, with whom I have had a relationship for 18 months. He is a married man but he has been good to me and I love him so much. He recently proposed to me but said he cannot leave his wife although he says he does not love her. I grew up in this God fearing home where a church wedding is a must. What should I do?
Joy

Dear

It’s time for the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze!

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The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze doesn’t pretend to be something it isn’t. It’s not designed to appeal to urban hipsters or performance junkies. It’s focused instead on the core attributes that should appeal to someone shopping compact sedans: economy, comfort, usability and safety. As a bonus, the Cruze delivers a surprising level of interior sophistication and sporty handling.

Performance
Powering the front-wheel-drive 2011 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ is a turbocharged 1.4-liter inline-4 that

Samsung Galaxy touted to end the days of Blackberry

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Samsung Galaxy S Pro: If there is any candidate that threatens to end the days of Blackberry sitting pretty on the top of the list of smartphones/PDAs, the Samsung Galaxy S Pro is being touted as the one! But of course, with Blackberry’s reputation of performance and quality, the competition won’t be that easy to handle for this Samsung model.

Anyway, for the Blackberry fans out there, see Samsung’s specifications: 1Ghz Hummingbird CP, 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, 512MB RAM, 1GB

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Victors target away triumph

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Victors FC team captain Isaac Katwere is confident his team will not suffer an inferiority complex against Motema Pembe in the return leg of the CAF Confederations’ Cup match.

Katwere, whose side played to a 1-1 draw at Nakivubo Stadium last Saturday, believes their hosts Motema Pembe are as vulnerable as any other team. “This is football; we can win away in Congo. Our problem on Saturday was the weather. The ground was very slippery and muddy, so we had a poor show opposed to what we

Fans curse Dmark Power

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Mukono basketball fans left the Uganda Christian University courts cursing Dmark Power for their failure to honour an invitation to play in the institute’s annual tournament. Many fans were expecting to see faces like Norman Blick, Ben Koma and Joseph Ikong in action but their club’s absence, without a reason, annoyed them.

It was also a chance for the fans to know how different clubs had beefed up their sides ahead of the Fuba national league scheduled to throw-off next month. But the

Villa in talks with Pepsi

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SC Villa fans may have to wait for another three years to celebrate a title victory. The country’s most successful club’s managers are targeting to reclaim their side’s fading glory only after 2014, despite investing over Shs270m in acquiring
good players and administrative reorganisation.

Villa’s fans’ co-ordinator Denis Mbidde believes there is no sense in rushing for a title race, yet the club could win back-to-back titles after the players have matured.

“We have the

Uganda at third attempt

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Uganda’s volleyball men’s team arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, yesterday to compete for a slot in the All African Games Zone 5 qualifiers. It will be Uganda’s third attempt at trying to qualify for the continental political games, after two unsuccessful missions in 2005 and 2007.

“We’ve been together for quite a while and I believe we are going to post game results; we want to make our country proud by qualifying for the All African Games,” said Tony Lakomy, the team captain.

Team

Child offenders should face death penalty

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Too often I read in the papers about children being abused by the very people who should love and protect them.
I am awed by the penalties handed to these people who abuse or kill children.

If someone kills a police officer they get the death penalty. This officer has had special training, a gun, a stick for protection what does a child have? Often, the child is abused for 2-3years.

Can’t we make and enforce laws on child abuse. A three year old child died recently, what can we

Crime prevention has greatly improved work of the police

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No Ugandan will ever forget what we went through, the entire globe was watching the televised final game of the 2010 World Cup, terror visited home and 79 lives were lost.

It was sad that no one, not even police, anticipated this disaster, otherwise they would have done everything in their power to save lives. The police displayed effectiveness when it came and immediately rushed people to Mulago Hospital and also further investigated the terrorists behind this outrage .

A few days

Financing for essential medicines must be increased

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Through the years, Uganda’s overall resource envelope has grown; from about 5% from 7,552 billion in 2010/2011 to 8,004.1 billion for the year 2011/2012. However, budgetary allocations for the majority of the sectors including health have not changed from last financial year.

In fact, the Health Sector Budget Framework paper indicates that the health budget will remain at 660 billion in 2011/2012. Nevertheless, the Ministry of Health internally increased the budgetary allocation for

The world should revise policies on nuclear power

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As the crisis in Japan unfolds, we are well aware that it could happen elsewhere too. Nuclear power provides about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity with the US, France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity.

Also, more than 150 naval vessels using nuclear propulsion have been built. Nuclear power is controversial and there is an ongoing debate about the use of nuclear energy. Proponents contend that nuclear power is a

Strikes only breed more problems

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Just as one takes aspirin for a headache, strikes have become the ‘cure’ by organizations, for social problems. Politicians, hospitals, private and government secondary schools and universities, none of them are spared from strikes.

But what would make one go on strike? There are many things that can lead to strikes like poor diet, poor school facilities, bad policies, delayed or no payments and many more. In schools, students can go on strike for not being taught and they almost

The extortionist taxi men must be reined in

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The norm is, a little spike in the price of fuel by about 50 shillings usually triggers a humongous hike in transport fares by about Shs 300 -500.

As we speak now, a litre of petrol costs about 3500 up from 2800 last December. But over the four months’ stretch, the transport fares have more than tripled in some places. Government concedes it has no control over fuel prices because the market is liberalized and there are external market forces beyond its realm.

Well we can

Attacking Libya was unnecessary

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For once I am against President Barrack Obama and his French, British, Canadian and Danish counterparts for attacking Libya. If attacking Libya is the only way the western world can handle the situation then the world is doomed.

Since African leaders had already organised talks with Colonel Gaddafi, these four countries could have left the Africans leaders to handle the situation since it was on the African continent. All that was needed was patience until the results of the talks were

We should emulate the order in Japan

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The Japanese have been great examples to emulate in the way they handled themselves in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Despite all the devastation, the power loss and leaking nuclear plants and economic loss they have remained orderly – there are no incidents of looting, rape or any other form of crime reported. All people in the world, including Ugandans should learn from the Japanese about what being humane is all about.

I did not see any person running through

Rampant Noise pollution in Makindye

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I am sure this issue has come up many times, but we never realise its severity until we face it personally daily. I live in a good locality in Makindye but my home is close to a slum dwelling.

The people there are very jolly and celebrate every written holiday on the Ugandan calendar. Unfortunately this is preceded by huge blaring loudspeakers announcing a do planned at some common grounds. These loud speakers make so much noise you would regret living here if you did.

Well according

Govt fails to pay coffee farmers

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They borrowed money. Some spent their savings to invest in coffee seedlings, but a decade later government has refused to pay them.

These are coffee nursery farmers scattered in different parts of the country who had hoped to cashin on the multi-billion coffee replanting programme. On a sad note they have not been paid. They supplied seedlings worth Shs1 billion to government through the Uganda Coffee Development Authority in 2001 but up to now they have not been paid.

Robert Waggwa

Equity Bank closes two branches

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Equity Bank has closed the Nakawa and Kamokya branches in what inside sources interpret as cutting operational costs.
The bank now remains with 40 branches and 37 ATMs scattered countrywide. “The branches have not attracted the numbers of accounts the bank had anticipated to get in these areas,” a source who talked to The Razor on condition of anonymity yesterday said.

“Kamokya will be merged with Wandegeya while Nakawa will be moved to Oasis,” the source further

Colgate importers row over market

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Consumers of Colgate toothpaste will be shocked to hear this. Importers of two different types of Colgate made by the same company are engaged in a smear campaign against each other.

And importers of Colgate made in Egypt have approached Uganda National Bureau of Standards to ban Colgate made in Brazil from the Uganda market, claiming that the product is fake. Unilever is the official manufacturer of Colgate Palmolive products in Africa and the Ugandan market is mandated to get its

USE shares trade up tenfold

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Buying and selling of shares at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) has gone up by 10 times with total turnover rising from Shs1.44 billion in January 2010 to Shs13.8bn in February this year.

The Bank of Uganda says in its March monthly financial report that the number of shares that changed hands at the burse also rose five times from the previous level. USE operates under the jurisdiction of Uganda’s Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the central bank—the regulator

Keeping up appearances

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Taxi Money, a popular song by Goodlyfe featuring Sizzaman, released late last year is the closest reference to how some Kampalans live fake lives but want us to believe otherwise. In this song, the artistes wonder how supposedly “hot
babes” behave in unbelievable ways.

Some look fl ashy but cannot even afford taxi fares so they will beg for a lift. Although this is just a song, in reality these things happen every day. These wannabe “celebs” literally comb Kampala searching for

Cayenne finds own niche

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With many bars, restaurants, nightclubs and hotels springing up within Kampala city and its suburbs, investors have to fi nd their own niche in the already crowded leisure and entertainment industry. Named after red hot Mexican chili, Cayenne, an up-market entertainment spot, comprises a bar, restaurant and also plays host to live bands and private parties.

The Bukoto-based hangout has been around for only about a year now but has quickly established itself as one of Kampala’s top

The Corporate League is back

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Thirty-eight teams have registered for the popular Corporate League, which gets under way this Sunday at the Kampala
Rugby Club. “This year we are welcoming seven new corporate teams to the league,” says Joseph Kwizera, the league’s public relations offi cer.

The new entrants are MTN Uganda, Civicon, Balton Uganda, Sanlam, RVR, Barclays Bank and Fiduga. According to Kwizera, this year there will be a special edition of a one day Corporate league golf tournament sponsored by Coca

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Whats Wrong With You?

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Ladies! Ladies! Ladies!
We Ugandan men are tired of this notion ...'Ugandan men can't do this or that. Just wanna tell u if your man is lazy,coward or what ever he is, that's ur damn problem so pliz stop generalizing everything to look like Ugandan men we don't know how to honor,cherish,respect and to love a lady.So u better stop envying wat u see in soap operas and naija movies cause i promise u that u'll still be upset for u'll get no such treats from some us.or you relocate to those countries to get such treats.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Sex Sells..... But The Repercussions Are Deadly

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Today i beg not to greet you. i am disgusted to the point of going berserk. i came close to tears when i saw a form three girl hawking a baby from one Masaka road Chinese contractor to another. it was even sad to hear that she did not know the father. (oh my, what a life?)

....and what if the girls is a Proud to be a Ugandan member? if she is i am sure she is one of those who log in to check explicit material or post her half naked pictures. my heart almost missed a beat when she was being interviewed....she must have forgotten to say 'serikali inisaidie' or 'haki yetu'. i have never seen such a generation.... i am sad very sad.

i have said here before, lack of discipline is hurting this country in many ways than one. we look the other way and have taken to using sex overtones for material gains. the following are some of the events leading to increase in immorality in our society.

1. lack of discipline - i blame the parents who pretend to have not time for their children. wake up before its too late.

2. ponographic materials - ponographic materials are being posted all over the internet. those who paste such materials here should be ashamed of themselves.

3. radio and tv -the media especially some radio stations only speak about sex withiout caring that some underage might be listening. what happened to ethics in this country?

4. western influence - i have even noted that here on kenyanlist people like sexual material and stories and everything labled explicit is very popular. please stop, you are hurting this society.

5. alcoholism and drugs - what are our grand daughters smoking? she slept with a man she does not know and did not use protection. this just one reported case, you imagine how many others goes unreported.

i beg you villagers.............. please lets stop the above. lets talk, walk, and act in ways what will improve the morals and ethics in our society.

HAVE A BLESSED WEEK. AND PRAY OFTEN.... WE NEED PRAYERS.

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