Isaac Todoko, the Koboko District Production, Marketing and Natural Resources Secretary, says the local government is dealing with a complicated syndicate involving powerful individuals.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga also asked why government had chosen the path of EAC passports yet it is not a sovereign state and as to whether there had been any amendment to the protocol establishing the East African Community to provide for the passport.
Amina Kalinaki, the Community Liaison Officer Masaka Central Police Station, says Bunya paid the duo Shillings 700,000 to bump off the deceased, which they dead.
The aspirants include Ronald Ndawula, the current LC 5 Chairman Luweero district, Denis Ssekabira former MP Contestant for Nakaseke South Parliamentary seat and Charles Ssebyala former LC 3 Chairperson of Luweero town.
William Mutashaba, the Wakiso Senior Education Officer, told URN that they have received several defilement allegations against Masaaba from residents and elders forcing them to interdict him.
Jemimah Kobutumwa, a resident of Kigunda village, says they were forced to storm the RDCs office to demand for explanation why government has failed to compensate them because he is the presidents representative in the district.
The Bank of Uganda says that Global Trust Bank, which had built a network of 23 branches at the time of its closure, had accumulated losses to a tune of 60 billion Shillings. The Bank which was valued at 75 billion Shillings was then handed over to DFCU Bank.
Governments rationalization exercise in which government agencies will be merged, abolished or reverted to the mother ministries will be done in a phased manner over a three-year period.
Musa Kiyimba, the father of the deceased, says he was shocked to receive a phone call from a neighbor informing him that his daughter had died after being assaulted with a shoe on the head.
Ibrahim Lubega Kaddunabbi says while the idea of rationalizing government agencies is not bad, the method was wrong citing lack of consultation as an example.
Speaking on Tuesday at the belated World AIDS Day Celebrations for Hoima district held at Mbarara primary school, the patients argue that there are no adequate drugs in the health facilities. Vivian Tumwesige, a 23-year-old youth says that failure to avail the health facilities with ARVs puts their lives at risk. She wants the government to available ARVs to all health facilities in the district.
Initial reports indicate that the boat, which capsized 150 meters from Mutima Country Haven, had more than 100 people on board. But by the close of rescue operations, only 60 people could be accounted for. These include 33 bodies that were retrieved from the water and 27 people that had been rescued alive.
Kasaija told Uganda Radio Network after inaugurating the 11th NSSF board on Tuesday that he made the recommendation of 15 percent after a deep study. Kasaija said the money was available and its owners were existing.
The Kanungu District Health Officer, Dr Stephen Ssebudde, says that out of those who turned up for HIV testing, 300 were reluctant to know their status. He explains that some of those who come to test run away during the process of examining blood by health workers.
