Njuba wins poll petition
New Vision, Monday, 1st May, 2006By Hillary Nsambu
NAKAWA Circuit High Court Registrar Erias Kisawuzi has lifted an interim order in which he had temporarily stopped the Electoral Commission (EC) from gazetting Sam Kalega Njuba as the winner of the Kyaddondo East MP seat.
The lifting of the order confirms Njuba, a top official of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), as the winner.
Kisawuzi ruled that he had been misled into thinking that Njuba had not been gazetted when the application was made.
âThe interim order issued on April 20, in which the EC was ordered not to publish or gazette Njuba is hereby lifted for being superfluous and of no legal consequence, since by the time the order was issued, the EC had already gazetted Njuba as the directly-elected MP for Kyaddondo East on April 19,â Kisawuzi ruled.
Kisawuzi reversed his order on Thursday, after Yusuf Nsibambi, Njubaâs lawyer, argued that his orders were unenforcable and without legal effect, since the EC had already gazetted Njuba.Museveni warns economic saboteurs
Publication date: Monday, 1st May, 2006By Milton Olupot
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has again warned of serious action against anybody who attempts to sabotage economic development in the country.
âOur economy is in a crisis created by past mistakes made by these chaps who we eventually threw out and are now in FDC (Forum for Democratic Change),â he said.
Speaking at the international Labour Day celebrations at Kololo yesterday, Museveni, accompanied by wife Janet, accused the 6th Parliament and donors of sabotaging the building of dams, thus causing the current electricity power crisis that is threatening to cripple the economy.
âThis should be the last time we are having shortage of electricity because of our mistakes. This should be the time we have these mistakes. I am going to take a very serious view of anybody who wants to create those problems in Uganda,â Museveni said.
The celebrations under the theme, âunemployment and Poverty: challenges to National developmentâ, were poorly attended.
Museveni, accompanied by the Prisons and Police chiefs, inspected a guard of honour mounted by the Police and Prisons forces, workers and students, who were drenched by the mid-morning downpour.
The opposition parties were conspicuously missing, while only 10 ministers and five MPs attended.
Present were Vice-President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki, premier Prof. Apolo Nsibambi and ILO Deputy Area Director Alexio Musindo.
Museveni said the Government was working around the clock to end the power crisis. He said Bujagali and Karuma dams would be completed within 42 months, with or without donor assistance.
He said in the short run, the Government would import two diesel generators that would generate 100MW and that the government was also focussing on introducing power saving mechanisms, including energy-saving bulbs and solar systems.
Museveni explained that by the use of energy-saving bulbs and water heating systems, the country would save 96MW of the required 185MW.
Labour minister Bakoko Bakoru (left) said it was critical that the employment policy be adopted, now that the labour laws have been passed. She said a new Wages Advisory Board was due to be appointed by her ministry.
Museveni also warned that no employers should deny workers the right to form trade unions.{Museveni is full of It! First, he is not even man enough to admit hisown mistakes. Instead he engages in finger pointing and blaming past regimes and political opponents who had nothing to do with his own failed policies and corruption of his regime. Does anyone not remember what Museveni said and did when workers at Tri-Star protested poor working conditions sometime ago? Someone among his army of presidential advisors ought inform him that denial is a poor substitute for policy.}To top it off, the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing in Museveniâs government. Last year the press reported how his regime came up with the bright idea of exporting health workers to developed countries. Now look what they have to say about the mess they created:Health staff shortage bothers government
Publication date: Monday, 1st May, 2006By Milton Olupot
The Government is concerned about the shortage of health workers, the Vice-President has said.(kwewugguusa, like one who breaks wind in the market place and blames the stench on rotting fish)
Prof. Gilbert Bukenya (right) said the Government was working out a comprehensive plan to build capacity in the health workforce by providing adequate training and remuneration. Uganda is rated among the 36 African countries with a critical shortage of health workers.
Bukenya, in a statement delivered by finance, planning and economic development minister Dr. Ezra Suruma over the weekend, said good health services are a standard measure for the standard of living of a country.
Suruma represented Bukenya as chief guest at the launch of The World Health Report 2006 at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. The 209-page report, under the theme, âWorking together for health,â contains expert assessment of the crisis in the global health workforce and an ambitious set of proposals to tackle it over the next 10 years.
Bukenya regretted that large numbers of Ugandans were still dying of preventable diseases, while non-communicable diseases were on the rise. He said the Government had embarked on expansion on immunisation.
Health state minister Capt. Mike Mukula said the Government was committed to developing the human resource. âThere is higher demand for health services,â he said.
He regretted that Uganda is not able to hire the health workers she trains. He appealed to finance to find ways of raising the health budget.
Letter to the Editor:What if Uganda gets a bad leader?
Publication date: Monday, 1st May, 2006SIR â The recent removal of presidential term limits from the constitution of Uganda was a sad blunder by narrow-minded MPs. It seems experience has taught them nothing.
It is true President Museveni has done well but that is no reason why the term limits should have been scrapped. The constitution should not be an ad hoc document.
What if after Museveni we get a dictator? He will certainly be protected by the constitution! MPs should never support certain stands merely because they personally benefit from them.
This mistake will have far-reaching consequences and the Seventh Parliament MPs who supported the lifting of term limits will be guilty for ever because they have contributed to the problem! Everything has an end and good seeds should be sown for the future.
The donor community and the opposition have warned Uganda against removing term limits, but nobody seemed to be listening!
Ali Bihande
Kasese
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