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Members of parliament have tasked Gen David Muhoozi, the state minister for Internal affairs to explain what will happen when citizens national IDs expire in 2 years’ time.
As the 2nd December 2024 expiry date for some national IDs nears, Betty Ethel Naluyima, the Wakiso woman MP expressed concern over the UGX 50,000 for renewal which she said many Ugandans may not be able to afford and called for comprehensive program on the renewal process.
In response, Gen Muhoozi said National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) is working on a program for the mass renewal of National IDs.
Gen David Muhoozi, the state minister for Internal affairs speaking during the plenary sitting on Thursday.
Gen Muhoozi also said that the replacement fees was misreported by the media clarifying that the fee was proposed only for changes relating to correction of dates of birth where the error was made by the ID bearer and not all other changes.
Adding that the revision is still subject to consideration by government and all stakeholders including Parliament and that it has not been approved or taken effect.
Gen. Muhoozi promised to come with an explanation next week on Thursday as tasked by parliament.
Nigerian Pastor is wanted by police for charging demanding 310,000 naira (UGX 2.4m) from his followers to show them heaven.
Pastor Ade Abraham who claims God showed him the location of Heaven. (Photo Credit-BBC)
Pastor Ade Abraham was reported to police by one of his followers, who said the pastor had charged him 310,000 naira to see the supposed site in Araromi-Ugbeshi town, Ekiti state in south-western Nigeria.
Pastor Ade’s camp in Ekiti state. (Photo Credit-BBC)
Pastor Ade, also known as Noah Abraham told BBC that “the God he serves” revealed heaven’s gate to him to try the faith of his church members, but denies having received any payment.
The Christian Association of Nigeria has since released a statement disowning Pastor Ade Abraham.
In the same regard, Ekiti state police have collected written statements from members of his church and launched an investigation.
Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) in Kazo district has today held an election at Compassion hall in Kazo Town Council-Kazo District that saw Innocent Ahimbisibwe, the Headteacher St.Paul Rwemikoma Primary School elected the Union Chairperson.
Mugabo Katabarwa Enid, the presiding officer said the exercise was free and fair and moved on smoothly where she hailed the members for participation and the exhibition of maturity.
Tusingwire Jacklin Mutongore, a teacher at Bugarihe Primary School has been elected the Vice Chairperson, Bayenda Grace from Bishozi Primary School-Engari Sub-county elected the Treasurer, Mugabe Medard from Ngomba Primary School is the new Branch Secretary.
Other committee members are; Kansiime Monica from Kazo Secondary School, the new Secretary for Women Affairs, Tushemereirwe Gilvasio from Kitongore 1 Primary School, the new Secretary for Disputes and Welfare, while Kanyesigye Richard from Kyabahura 1 Primary School was elected Secretary for Planning and Organizing.
Speaking at the same function, Mugabo expressed concern over delayed recruitment of teachers to Government payroll arguing that for one to be on the payroll you find him or her in his or her 30’s whereby the district has failed to get a youth teacher representative to the National level to constitute the Quinquennial Delegates Conference (QDC).
The Elected Chairperson, Innocent Ahimbisibwe expressed his colleague’s dissatisfaction about the way the district transfers them, Adding that as per now there are some going to shift and they lack work identity cards.
In response, Agume Robert Rwabwizi, the Kazo District Education Officer said that transfers are normal in public service.
Angume appreciated the achievements of the Union in the District saying that it helped them to reduce on teacher strikes in schools in Kazo district.
MTN Uganda has pledged its commitment to support Makerere University’s centenary celebrations through a sponsorship worth UGX 180million towards the events organized by the University to mark 100 years of its existence.
The sponsorship by MTN will be dedicated towards an exhibition showcasing the journey of Makerere at 100 scheduled to take place from 27th September to 10th October, 2022 at the Freedom Square, Makerere University under the theme: “A Century of Service to Humanity.”
Speaking during the announcement ceremony held at MTN Headquarters inKampala, Uganda on Wednesday 4th May, 2022, Somdev Sen, the MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer said as one of the leading employers in the country, MTN has taken the opportunity to appreciate the esteemed institution for its contribution to educating a sizeable population in the job market.
Somdev Sen, MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer making his remarks during the announcement of the MTN UGX180million sponsorship for the Makerere University Centenary celebrations in Kampala on Wednesday.
“This support to Makerere University is also very important to MTN as it is synonymous with our core values anchored on empowering and skilling youth to achieve sustainable societies, which is a key pillar of our organization strategy,” he said.
The commitment by MTN follows a stakeholder mobilization event organized by Makerere University in November 2021 during which, a strategy for rallying key stakeholders to support and participate in the year-long anniversary celebration was launched.
Opening its doors to 14-day students in 1922, Makerere University has grown to become one of the most prestigious learning institutions in Africa.
Representing the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Henry Alinaitwe the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Makerere University, lauded MTN for its support, noting that the company’s dedication to supporting youth in Uganda is of mutual interest to the institution.
Prof. Henry Alinaitwe the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Makerere University making his remarks during the announcement of the MTN UGX180million sponsorship for the Makerere University Centenary celebrations in Kampala on Wednesday.
Professor Alinaitwe highlighted that the sponsorship from MTN Uganda is aligned to the Makerere University’s strategic plan (2020-2030), focused on making the institution research-intensive.
“MTN Uganda’s support to the Makerere@100 exhibition will in addition to enhancing the visibility of our research and innovations attract more partners from the private sector and business community to bolster our efforts to commercialize these research outputs,” said Prof Alinaitwe.
Adding that Makerere University welcomes MTN Uganda’s support through this partnership that will benefit both the students at Makerere University and the youth in Uganda as a whole.
“This gesture acknowledges that you cannot talk about Uganda’s development and socio-economic transformation without involving the youth. Makerere and MTN are both in the business of giving the youth a platform to achieve their full potential. This partnership will therefore inspire our students and the youth in general to innovate and contribute significantly to the transformation of Uganda,” said Prof Alinaitwe.
MTN Uganda for years has championed progress of the youth through various initiatives aimed at galvanizing their creative and entrepreneurial spirit with the most recent being the Nsindika Njake youth entrepreneurship show currently airing on NBS TV.
The exhilarating show mentors young people by equipping them with practical business and technical skills with the goal of enabling job creators to curb youth unemployment.
Police is investigating circumstances under which a boat capsized on Lake Victoria on Wednesday night while ferrying passengers from Kasenyi landing site in Katabi Town Council, Wakiso district to Kisaba Island in Kalangala district.
According to a Police statement released on Thursday, the incident involved a boat which first dropped off some people at Lukuba Landing Site at around 8 pm, and on it’s way to Kisaba Landing Site on Lake Victoria, it got into an accident.
Rajab Ssemakula, the Kalangala LC V Chairperson says because of the bad weather, some passengers heading to Kisaba disembarked and used Boda bodas to Kisaba.
“When the boat left for Kisaba, the engines got stuck in the laid fishing nets and capsized,” said Ssemakula.
Uganda Police Marines has revealed that it swiftly responded to the boating incident and managed to ensure that all the 9 people who were on the boat all got off safely.
Part of the boat engine retrieved from Lake Victoria by Police Marine Officers.
Preliminary reports by police indicate that the boat engines got entangled in fishing nets, causing the boat to fall into the water.
“Both engines have been retrieved from the waters by our marine officers,” read the statement in part.
Part of the boat engine retrieved from Lake Victoria by Police Marine Officers.
The statement further revealed that the boat was then hit by strong winds up to the mainland near Lukuba.
Moses Musiitwa, a fisherman at Kasenyi landing site believes that the boat capsized between Lukuba and Misenyi island after being hit by unusual strong winds, which usually lead to large waves that have since Saturday been ravaging the lake.
“This could have worsened the situation after the engine stopped because the boat could not float freely,” said Musiitwa.
Police cautioned that transport boats against moving at night saying charges will be preferred against the boat owner when all the facts have been established.
Police in Kitagwenda District is holding Musambo Moses (20) on allegations of murder.
It is alleged that on the 06/02/2022 at around 8:00pm at Kiswara cell, Kagazi ward, Kabujogera Town council in Kitagwenda District, a one Kabate Moses (67), was beaten up by Musambo(his son) into comma after a misunderstanding where Musambo was denied by the father not to slaughter his chicken.
It is said that in the fight that ensued, Musambo used a piece of wood to seriously and repeatedly beat up his father until he became unconscious.
Kabate was then rushed to Kagongo hospital in Ibanda District from where he was referred to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, but he was later discharged after four days after realizing that his condition couldn’t be handled.
He was taken back home where he has been until Tuesday 03/05/2022 at around 03:00pm when he passed on.
Mugarura Henry, the DPC Kitagwenda says the suspect was arrested and on 17/02/2022, he appeared in court in Fort portal on charges of attempted murder and is currently on remand.
The deceased’s post-mortem has been done, report retrieved and the body has since been handed to relatives for burial.
Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee have questioned Government’s preparedness to implement the Parish Development Model (PDM).
This follows a budgetary shortfall of UGX 72.8 billion required for effective coordination and supervision of PDM in FY 2022/23 presented by Godfrey Onzima, the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Service and Local Government.
Out of the 72.8 billion required by the Ministry of Local Government, 20 billion is for Secretariat operations and pillar Working Groups, and 52.8 billion is for local governments. The Ministry also needs an additional 26.69 billion as facilitation for parish chiefs.
The revelation raised concern from a section of MPs who noted that the government is not well prepared to implement the model that is envisaged to help poverty eradication.
Patrick Isiagi, the Budget Committee Chairperson, expressed concern over how the government is handling the model.
He said that it is unfortunate that up to now there is no money to facilitate parish chiefs, who are the drivers of the strategic program.
Fox Odoi, the Budama North East MP said he is disappointed that the government cannot pay focal persons at the parish.
Under this initiative, each of the 10,594 parishes in the country is supposed to receive UGX 17 million in the current financial year to start the implementation of the programme. According to the plan, each parish will receive UGX 100 million with effect from the next financial year 2022/2023.
The MPs claim that the apparent strategy could go to waste if the project is not adequately funded and coordinated to serve its intended purpose.
A fatal accident has occurred along the Fort Portal-Kampala Highway on Wednesday at Sebitoli, Fort Portal –Kyenjojo Road, near Kibaale National Park.
The accident which occurred 2KMs from Fortportal city involved a link bus REG No. UBA 003S that was traveling from Fort Portal to Kampala.
According to eyewitnesses, the Link bus swayed off the road and overturned several times crushing into a tea estate.
Faridah Nampiima the Traffic Police Spokesperson confirmed the development saying so far 20 people have been confirmed dead, out of whom thirteen are adults while 7 are juveniles. Out of the twenty, 11 are male and nine are female.
Nampiima added that the territorial Police in Kyenjojo responded to the fatal accident and the injured have been rushed to Buhinga hospital for first aid while the dead are at the same hospital for post-mortem.
The particulars of casualties and cause of the accident are both yet to be established.
“A detailed traffic investigative report to be shared later,” said Nampiima.
Government of Uganda has revealed that the process to amend the laws regulating the Media Industry in Uganda has already begun.
On Tuesday, Uganda joined the World to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day with a range of activities organized by Uganda Human Rights Commission at ICT Hub in Nakawa.
Godfrey Kabyanga Baluku, the Minister of State for ICT and National Guidance noted that a committee has been put in place to have these ideas collected and later the amendment geared towards improving on the performance of the media as it also considers the social media platforms.
Baluku noted that the 360 radio stations are too many, with most of them employing comedians who make fun of important issues in the country and prioritizing playing music more than news.
Speaking at the same function, Uganda Human Rights Commission Chairperson Mariam Wangadya asked journalists to be professional while doing their work and castigated Uganda’s security agents for always leading the queue in violating press freedom in Uganda.
Meanwhile, opposition’s Democratic Party wants the government to work closely with the media owners to address the welfare of the practicing media personnel.
Addressing the news Conference at the party offices on Tuesday, Gerald Siranda, the Party Secretary General, argued that this will save media professionals from seeking greener pastures as well as promote independence reporting.
This comes at a time when Uganda’s Press Freedom Index is worsening with the latest release ranking Uganda at position 132 globally.
As the world celebrates the World press freedom day, journalists in Uganda have decried the poor working conditions and poor pay.
A section of journalists said celebrating the world press freedom day serves no meaning since a number of journalists are either paid poorly or not paid at all.
“We are still restricted in terms of access to information as we try to inform the public. Also, there is lack of proper unification; most bosses for some of our colleagues have a bad habit of poorly paying journalists or not paying at all. Many of our colleagues have gone years and months without pay. I believe we need one voice, where our grievances can be handled lawfully,” Ndugu Brian Ampumuza, a freelance journalist.
“Journalists are still not respected enough, our colleagues are beaten while covering news stories and there is limited access to some crucial information. We are not allowed to do our jobs, yet we even deserve to be protected by government,” said Paddy Byaruhanga, a journalist with Kazo FM.
“Most of us journalists are entangled in politics; we end up doing more public relations stories than journalism work. We are extremely partisan, not objective at all, we have conflict of interest and it affects the quality of journalism in this country,” said Darius Kanyangoga, a freelance journalist.
An independent study by Kazo FM has revealed that although, the 2006 Employment Act requires employers to make timely payment of remuneration to the employees, most journalists don’t get paid and some take long to be paid and when these journalists speak out, they are threatened with dismissal from their places of work and this has greatly affected the quality of output in journalism.
In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly declared May 3rd May to be World Press Freedom Day to evaluate press freedom, observe and raise awareness about the importance of freedom of press, defend the media from attacks on their independence, pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives while exercising their profession and remind journalists of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal declaration of Human Rights.
According to United Nations (UN) information page, the 2022 commemoration under the theme “Journalism Under Digital Siege” was intended to highlight the multiple ways in which surveillance and digitally mediated attacks endanger journalists and journalism.
