The Executive Director of UCC, Godfrey Mutabaazi says that recently UCC published a quality of service report for the period October –December 2011, the results of which indicated poor performance by many of the service providers with respect to dropped and blocked calls.

Mutabazi says that the public is informed that UCC in execution of its regulatory oversight has always engaged service providers to improve their networks so as to meet the minimum standards of quality of service in compliance with their licence obligation.

 In a view of the continued unsatisfactory standards in meeting their network quality, the commission has therefore decided to invoke the provision of the Uganda communication’s act relating to serious and repeated breach of the licence conditions, under which continuous provision of poor quality of service by service providers who don’t meet minimum standard set by the UCC in the provision in the provision of mobile voice telephony is penalised.

The commission has developed penalties schedule and after due consultations with stakeholders, it shall be gazetted for implementation. Mutabazi says the commission shall convene a public stakeholders dialogue to discuss the status of the quality of the telecommunications service in the near future. The leading telecommunication companies inUgandaare MTN Uganda, Uganda TelecomUganda, Orange telecomUganda, and Warid telecomUgandaamong others.

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In the suit, Shell contends that in November last year, Otafiire received 1.2bn shillings from it after entering into a lease agreement for land located in FRV304 folio, Plot No.174.

Through Ssebalu and Lule advocates, shell claims that Benzina asked that Otafiire be the lead negotiator in the agreement and also mandated him to receive the agreed dround rent.

Otafiire in his letter dated 19^th of last month allegedly conceded receiving the said money and dispensing it to Benzina accounts.

The aggrieved Petroleum Company avers that Benzina refused to vacate the land and started throwing out shell agents from the petrol station.

Shell now seeks for an order of specific performance of the said lease agreement or alternatively receives compensation for damages for breach of contract and also returns the paid money.

Shell claims to have lost income at a minimum monthly rate of 8m shillings due to the non use of the land from the first day of last month when the agreement commenced.

It seeks 1.2bn shillings compensation in special damages also court to order respondents to pay costs of the suit.

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