The appellant submitted in regard to sentence that the trial Judge failed to consider the appellant's remand period while passing sentence. That the award of fines would have been sufficient instead of a custodial sentence.
After independence, I used to hear leaders talking of “double production” ─ meaning more production of the same product ─ raw materials. That double production did not help as long as we were at the same qualitative level ─ producing raw-materials and not adding value to them ourselves.
Haji Ahmed Kayongo, the UMSC Electoral Chairman, who administered the interviews on behalf of the College of Sheikhs, explains that each of the districts forwarded the names of three candidates.
Citing the Kasese killings and murder of Muslim clerics in the country, Sheikh Mubaje said there is need for those involved in conflict to mend their relationship with others and desist from violence.
Museveni who made on spot visits to Kaliro district, then to Namakoko swamp in Namutumba district and later walked across river Mpologoma on the Iganga-Tirinyi-Mbale road on Friday evening, said the country needs to put on new spectacles to address the issue of drought and starvation that are causing death and destruction.
As the leader of the NRM and its precursors Fronasa, etc, for almost fifty years today, I must salute the Ugandans in general and our supporters in particular because they have always rallied around our cause.
On the side of agriculture, we have resolved the issue of improved seeds and improved breeding stock. The problem, however, is that this information is not available to all the farmers. Some continue to use the old seeds when the new ones are available. With the breeding stock, you find a lot of cattle that are under-performing yet consuming the grass that should be consumed by cows that are giving more than 20 litres a day.
When we won the victory, we were able to identify the ten strategic bottlenecks including the lack of infrastructure and the low level of the development of the human resource education and health for our people.
I urge German and European companies to invest in Uganda and in Africa. By so doing, they are, actually, supporting German and European prosperity as well as our own prosperity. Why It is because a German company investing in Uganda, provided the investment climate is right, helps Uganda to earn more money and to create more jobs.
South Korea is part of the huge Asian continent and its population of 4.4billion people. The potential for the two areas is huge. I am glad you came to visit us so that we put more bricks on that potentially very lucrative co-operation.
NCHRD-U and DefendDefenders are concerned with the Ugandan governments failure to uphold the rights to freedoms of expression, assembly and association, and deliberate targeting of media workers and human rights defenders during this electoral period.
Africa has the capacity to deal with these problems. When we sent our forces to Somalia or to CAR, countries that do not have borders with us, we were sure of this capacity.
I congratulate the Ugandans who turned out in big numbers on the 18th of February and on subsequent occasions to vote for the President, Parliament and the different levels of Local Governments. I congratulate the NRM Party for, once again, galvanizing its members and sympathizers to achieve victory at the national and local levels. I also congratulate the other Parties and the Independents who won at the national and local levels. Uganda belongs to everybody.
Government feels that since the electioneering season is now over, there is need for our people to return to work and production. Besides, in the past, such unlawful and acrimonious actions have disrupted business and put the lives of our people - including journalists, at risk.
Bbale Francis was admitted at the Mulago cancer institute last year in November with a cancer the doctors and his caretakers have refused to reveal to the media.
