The building said to be owned by an Indian whose names have not been readily established was being constructed by Scafold construct Uganda Limited.

The building is located next to the NSSF building whihc is also being constructed.

According to Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson Ibin Ssenkumbi, the foundation wall has curved in although no one has died, and no one was injured.

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According to the Uganda Christian University Vice Chancellor Rev. Canon John Senyonyi, sensitive issues like abortion and homosexuality cannot only be dealt with as matters of legislation without considering the moral aspect.

Rev. Canon John Senyonyi

Dr Senyonyi’s comments may reawaken the debate on the anti- homosexuality bill, which has gone silent in parliament over recent months although a few legislators continue to lobby for its passing.

It also comes following a recent ban by the media council of performances of a theater production to discuss gay issues.

Dr Senyonyi also says Uganda should draw lessons from some developed countries that have realized their mistakes and are now decrying the moral decadence in their countries.

He was speaking to journalists at the sidelines of a conference on the role of religious leaders in nation building organized by the Inter Religious council of Uganda.

The conference is running under the theme Uganda at 50; the role of religious leaders in nation building “our journey.”

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Members of parliament on Wednesday asked the Vice President Edward Ssekandi Kiwanuka to explain his recent actions in stopping the police from assisting Kampala Capital City Authority from enforcing the demolition of one of the buildings being constructed on part of a road reserve in Kampala.

The MPs sitting on the Presidential Affairs Committee also resolved that they write to the inspector general of police Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura, directing him that he ensures the Force backs KCCA in its efforts to tear down this incomplete structure on Plot 42, Nile Avenue, opposite Garden City and Nakumatt Oasis shopping malls.

The chairperson of the committee Barnabas Tinkasimire says that Lt. Gen. Kayihura, who the same MPs also met today, must ensure that the building is put down.

The executive director of KCCA, Jenifer Musisi says that the building in question was registered by the defunct Kampala City Council under the names of Foton East Africa; a Chinese firm and it was only permitted to put up a semi-permanent motor vehicle showroom.

Tinkasimire says that his committee has also learnt that Ssekandi and President Museveni’s younger brother, only known as Toyota are behind the Chinese investors who are constructing the structure in the road reserve.

Mr. Toyota says that he is an employee of the company but he denied reports that he personally supervises the construction of the building with armed officers. Ms Musisi says that KCCA revoked the permit because the people constructing the building were in breach of one of the conditions which was to the effect that the front setback along Nile Avenue and Kitante Road should be a minimum of 15 metres from the road reserve.

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The KCCA director in charge of Human Resource, Ms Jenifer Kaggwa has reportedly defied court over land owned by Kansanga market vendors. This was a result of a row over a piece of land in Kampala where Kansanga market is situated. Ms Kaggwa was recently taken to court by the vendors over reported encroachment on their land measuring 0.03 decimals.

Consequently, the chief magistrate Makindye, Charles Serubuga issued an interim order on July 13^th 2012 stopping ms Kaggwa from tampering with the market land until the main suit is heard. She was served with the order which she reportedly defied and went ahead to set up a storied building. This promoted the police led by the OC Kabalagala police station, Patrick Baluku to arrest Ms Kaggwa’s workers on site.

Surprisingly Ms Kaggwa resumed work a week later saying that the order from court did not directly concern her developmental plans. The documents in court show that this said land situated on plot 843 block 254 is owned by Kasanga market vendors whose lease they got in 2000 and have a 99 year lease. When the wrangles started the vendors requested for opening of boundaries of the disputed land and this was done in May 2012, according to Kampala district land acting staff surveyor Okia Okiso. After opening the boundaries it was discovered that ms Kaggwa had encroached on the market land by 4.7 metres on the frontage and 2.3 metres at the rear. According to documents in court, the KCCA acting director Physical Planning, Joseph Semambo gave Kaggwa a temporally permit to start construction work of her storied building which is a rare occurrence in KCCA planning procedures.

It can be recalled that the dispute on this land has not started today, for in the year 2005, a brand new KCC pickup was burnt to ashes as the dispute simmered by goons led by one Aisha Nabukenya who is believed to have sold to Kaggwa. In 2007 the former IGG Raphael Baku affirmed the correct Kansanga market boundaries.

However ms Kaggwa in her written statement of defence, denied each and every allegation of trespass and avers that the construction of a storied building is within the boundaries of her land. She also says that her building plan was dully approved by the defunct KCC and she was accordingly allowed to commence construction on her land. Ms Kaggwa also avers that her boundary marks have been intact for a long time and that the surveyors later tampered with her boundaries without consulting her consent.

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Women Leadership and Disability Scholarships; Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD – USA) annually brings together approximately 30 women leaders with disabilities to strengthen leadership skills, create new visions and build international networks of support.

During the 3-week program in USA, participants take part in workshops and discussions, conduct on-site visits, and participate in team-building activities, to explore challenges and exchange strategies for increasing leadership opportunities and employment of women and girls with disabilities internationally.

Program activities focus on priority issues for women with disabilities, including:

• Leadership for economic empowerment
• Rights and opportunities
• Career planning and higher education
• Employment strategies
• Health and family issues
• Using the media and coalition building
• Organizational development and sustainability
• Inclusive international development programs
• Cultural and team-building
• Mentorship and networking
• Goals and action plans

Limited scholarships may be available based on applicant’s demonstrated financial need. Application deadline is March 1.

Who Can Apply

• Emerging and established women leaders with disabilities from around the world who demonstrate:
• Personal experience with disability, an understanding of issues, and a commitment to working for the rights of women and girls with disabilities
• Membership in an organization led by and for people with disabilities, or by and for women, with particular attention to issues of women and girls with disabilities; or employment in a business or program committed to inclusion of women and girls with disabilities
• Commitment to and capacity for increasing leadership opportunities and employment of women with disabilities in the community and/or country

 Scholarship Includes

• Round-trip airplane tickets for participants to travel from home countries to USA
• Travel health insurance during the WILD program
• Food, lodging, program activities and accessible public transportation during the WILD program
• Disability-related accommodations, including sign language interpreters, funding for personal assistants, etc.

For more information and application, see; Women Leadership and Disability Scholarships.

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After serious considerations of many factors, the councilors of the Kampala Capital City Authority agreed and laid the city budget for the financial year 2012/13.

The laying of the KCCA budget was held from KCCA chambers, not at Entebbe Botanical hotel as it was earlier on suggested.

The laying of the KCCA budget took place on Thursday, June 28, 2012 starting at 10:00am. All members of the public who were interested in seeing what is in the KCCA budget were invited and attended the session at city hall building in Kampala. The building houses the headquarters of KCCA.

The KCCA analysts told us that the decision to hold the council lay budget council at City Hall building could have helped to save millions of shillings.

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Museveni Scholarship: The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics at the University of Oxford invites applications for a President Museveni scholarship of £10,000 to support Africans wishing to pursue economic research at the University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil).

Candidates will be drawn from students accepted for D Phil research by the University of Oxford.

The thesis topic should be of relevance to African economies. Museveni Scholars will be attached to the CSAE and will normally be supervised by members of the research team.

Scholarship applications, which should include a copy of your research proposal together with your c.v. should be sent to; The Administrator, CSAE, Department of Economics, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ, Email; rose.page[at]economics.ox.ac.uk.

For more information and to apply, please contact: Museveni scholarship

Apply for Museveni Scholarship in Oxford University

Museveni Scholarship: The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics at the University of Oxford invites applications for a President Museveni scholarship of £10,000 to support Africans wishing to pursue economic research at the University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil).

Candidates will be drawn from students accepted for D Phil research by the University of Oxford.

The thesis topic should be of relevance to African economies. Museveni Scholars will be attached to the CSAE and will normally be supervised by members of the research team.

Scholarship applications, which should include a copy of your research proposal together with your c.v. should be sent to; The Administrator, CSAE, Department of Economics, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ, Email; rose.page[at]economics.ox.ac.uk.

For more information and to apply, please contact: Museveni scholarship

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PhD Studentship in Structural Engineering: Loughborough’s Faculty of Engineering offers financial support to talented research students in a number of ways.

Funding for PhD students is awarded on the basis of academic merit and your potential to become a member of one of our internationally recognised research teams.

The Faculty has wide-ranging research capabilities and all six of our departments are able to offer unique and challenging research opportunities. The links below provide information on the areas in which our departments are able to supervise PhDs.

• Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil and Building Engineering
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering (including Systems Engineering)
• Materials
• Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

There is always extremely strong competition for our funding awards and you need to have achieved a high standard in your studies to date (the equivalent of a UK distinction/high upper second class degree) to receive a funding award.

There are opportunities to obtain funding through research studentships funded by EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK), the University and the individual departments. Alternative routes for funding your PhD also exist through our Doctoral Training Centres, Research Associate/Assistant vacancies and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.

For further details, and application materials, contact: Civil and Building Engineering PhD Research Studentships

PhD Studentship in Structural Engineering: Loughborough’s Faculty of Engineering offers financial support to talented research students in a number of ways.

Funding for PhD students is awarded on the basis of academic merit and your potential to become a member of one of our internationally recognised research teams.

The Faculty has wide-ranging research capabilities and all six of our departments are able to offer unique and challenging research opportunities. The links below provide information on the areas in which our departments are able to supervise PhDs.

• Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil and Building Engineering
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering (including Systems Engineering)
• Materials
• Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

There is always extremely strong competition for our funding awards and you need to have achieved a high standard in your studies to date (the equivalent of a UK distinction/high upper second class degree) to receive a funding award.

There are opportunities to obtain funding through research studentships funded by EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK), the University and the individual departments. Alternative routes for funding your PhD also exist through our Doctoral Training Centres, Research Associate/Assistant vacancies and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.

For further details, and application materials, contact: Civil and Building Engineering PhD Research Studentships

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Femmes Africa Solidarité Internships: Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS), an NGO with offices in Geneva, Dakar and New York, has regular open positions for unpaid internships for any person, male or female.

The candidate must be interested in actively participating in gender based conflict resolution and peace building in Africa.

FAS aims to facilitate, strengthen and promote the leading role of women in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts.

These aims and objectives are carried out by a number of women actively working in various parts of Africa.

Internships at Femmes Africa Solidarité are challenging and highly rewarding.

Interns should expect to gain: practical skills, a greater understanding of the daily running of an international NGO and peace initiatives in Africa, and as well as the opportunity to work alongside international organizations and UN agencies. For more information and application, visit: Femmes Africa Solidarité Internships

Apply for  Femmes Africa Solidarité Internships

Femmes Africa Solidarité Internships: Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS), an NGO with offices in Geneva, Dakar and New York, has regular open positions for unpaid internships for any person, male or female.

The candidate must be interested in actively participating in gender based conflict resolution and peace building in Africa.

FAS aims to facilitate, strengthen and promote the leading role of women in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts.

These aims and objectives are carried out by a number of women actively working in various parts of Africa.

Internships at Femmes Africa Solidarité are challenging and highly rewarding.

Interns should expect to gain: practical skills, a greater understanding of the daily running of an international NGO and peace initiatives in Africa, and as well as the opportunity to work alongside international organizations and UN agencies. For more information and application, visit: Femmes Africa Solidarité Internships

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Some people told our health tam that they brush their teeth and cleanse the mouth well but still their gums bleed. So in this news report we bring to you how you can guard your gum against bleeding.

You should brush your teeth gently with a soft-bristle toothbrush after every meal, rinsing with salty water or hydrogen peroxide and water.

Avoid using alcohol-containing mouthwashes because they aggravate the problem. Flossing teeth twice a day can prevent plaque from building up. Avoid snaking between meals, and reducing carbohydrates can also guard your gum against bleeding. Eating a balanced and healthy diet also works well.

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