Police are hunting for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) boss, Rama Makuza over

Makuza yesterday failed to show up in parliament as he was directed by parliament on Monday this week. Police intends to charge him contempt of Parliament.

The CAA boss is wanted to answer queries that were recently raised by the Auditor General in his report for the period ending June 30, 2011.

The auditor general’s report indicates that Sh5.4b were paid by CAA to Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA), a private firm, for collection of a debt which Uganda government had committed itself to pay.

The police wants to arrest Rama Makuza and produce him to parliament to explain whether it was necessary to have a debt collector to recover Sh54b, which the government owed to CAA.

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Striking is not good but the people in Kampala use it as a tool to force their oppressors to make changes in administration. Sources in police tell us that the police are working hard to kill the strike of the poor passengers in the bud.

According to police sources, the strike is a result of Thursday’s Uganda Revenue Authority’s (URA) act of impounding over 100 buses belonging to Pioneer Easy Bus Company for failure to clear a sh8b tax debt. The passengers who talked to our reporters in Kampala blamed URA for impounding the busses yet they have been helping poor people. 

The Pioneer bus company started its operations on March 12, taking advantage of a taxi operators strike over payment of 120, 000 shillings per month.

The manager in charge of debt collection in URA, Abdul Salaam says that they impounded the busses because Pioneer Bus Company had refused to pay taxes despite persistent reminders.

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Democratic Party secretary general Matthias says that most schools no longer put emphasis on academics but rather on money.

He says that due to commercialization even people who should be in charge of supervising these schools have resorted to opening their own schools thus affecting their monitoring role.
He said that government should come up with a policy that bars officials in the ministry of education from acquiring schools and stopping teachers from engaging in part time work.

Yesterday UNEB released the 2012 Uganda Certificate of Education results indicating a slight decline in performance compared to 2011.
Out of 262,987 candidates who sat for the exams 18,826 passed in division one which is 7.2 % compared to 22,630 which is 8.5 in 2011.

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The petition was forwarded to parliament by Kakuto Member of parliament Mathias Kasamba on behalf of 95 petitioners led by Godfrey Mitchiger seruwagi.

Kakuuto County MP, Matthias Kasamba at Parliament

The petitioners  especially from mutukula boarder through Kasamba have said that Parliament of Uganda should avert a financial loss of 64 Million  Euros equivalent to close to 200 Billion worth of the Equipment and Blank ID cards sitting idle in an un-conducive and dust environment for more than two years deteriorating day by day and put the equipment to use and print the National identity cards.

They also want parliament to avert an impending law suit against government for unfulfilled contractual obligation and breach of contract for the delayed payments for German contractor Mulhelbauer.

The boarder communities  also  want the allocated 25 Billion shillings by parliament to the immigration department under the ministry of Internal Affairs be used for the renovation  of  the Uganda printing and Publishing  Company.

Kasamba says issuing National Identity Cards will be a gift for Ugandans as we celebrate 50 years of independence.

Kasamba says that  government  should speed up n the ID project because people close to the boarder use LC letters which are not recognized by other neighboring countries .

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Mafabi has been accusing DP of allying with NRM over EALA elections. The DP spokesman Kakande Kenneth Paul says that DP has instituted a commission of inquiry into the so called alliance and asked Mafabi to produce evidence over the issue.

Kakande says that failure to do so; Mafabi will be sued by DP over defamation.

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Many people especially in slums produce bad breath. When they talk one feels bad smell. But this can be avoided and in this news article we bring to you how it can be stopped.

How to avoid bad breath: avoid spicy foods, onions and where applicable avoid eating too much garlic.

Brush your teeth well and ensure that no food particles remain in you mouth. Use dental floss to help you to keep your mouth fresh.

Rinse your mouth with a mouth freshener. Use mouth sprays whenever you can and visit a dentist regularly.

Have your teeth aligned, seek immediate treatment for cavities, and avoid medicines that cause dryness of your mouth, renal and liver failure because these also can lead to bad breath.

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He has been putting up at Uganda house building in Kampala. Prompting many people to wonder how the Lira Municipality MP Jimmy Akena could fail to build or buy his own home.

The members of Uganda Peoples Congress would even throw pieces of paper in his room advising the MP to save part of the millions MPs receive in Parliament and buy own home.

The Director of Milton Obote Foundation, CD Mindra we hear even threatened to evict Akena over failure to buy his own home. The good news is that the MP has paid his last installment on one of the houses in Kakungulu Estates near Lutembe Beach, in Entebbe sub district.

The members of Uganda Peoples Congress who preferred anonymity told our informer that Akena has now become a respectable man.

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The supporters of the Democratic Party have threatened to storm Luzira prison, break into its gates and set free the political prisoners detained there without trail.

The Public Relations Officer of the Democratic Party, Jude Mbabaali says that DP wants the government to release the 23 Bugandariot suspects who have been jailed at Luzira prison since September 2009.

Mbabali says that DP has given the government only 30 days ultimatum to start the trial of the case of these 23 suspects. Speaking at the DP head offices, Mbabali said that failure by the government to release the suspects the party would use violent means to secure their immediate release.

Mbabali says that DP lawyers headed by Mukasa Mbidde, Medard Seggona and Erias Lukwago have visited all the offices concerned in a bid to secure the release of the suspects. Mbabali says that the party has written to chief justice Benjamin Odoki over the issue.

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The information coming from Equatorial Hotel and City house building among others  indicate that many times the premises of the wealthy man can stay without power for very many days.

We hear ‘mbu’ some of the tenants on the big man’s buildings have vowed not to pay him this month because they have not done business. Ronald Senyonjo, one of the administrators of Sudhiru’s buildings explains to us that they have generators but they can not switch them on because its very expensive to do so

Senyonjo says that they have for example four generators at Equatorial hotel. But the whole place is in darkness because they find it expensive to buy fuel. He says that each of the generators at Equatorial Hotel consumes fuel of one million shillings.

By Christine Kate

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A case in which journalists protested brutal attacks by police and other security  agencies had been fixed for hearing on  December 9th 2011 at 9 00am local time at the Commission premises on Buganda Road. The complainants received summons for the slated date.

In 2007, journalists  including Sam Kayiwa working with Power FM, Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala formerly working with Radio Sapientia and Ssemakula Richard formerly working with Bukedde newspaper among others went to the Commission tribunal demanding for investigation into the violations against journalists’ press freedoms and rights. They also urged the Commission to take punitive measures against culprits including compensation for the victims.

The journalists alleged in their complaint that while covering both treason and murder trials of the opposition leader for Forum for Democratic Changes (FDC) Dr. Kizza Besigye and  the 13 Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects at high court in Kampala and Bushenyi, security forces besieged court and in an attempt to re-arrest the suspects who had been granted  bail, most journalists were beaten, their equipment and valuable items like money were  compulsorily confiscated and others were blocked from accessing  the court premises.

A complaint file UHRC 52/2007 was opened against the Attorney General for violations of freedoms and rights of the affected journalists.

Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) has discovered that the matter was not cause listed for the said session and the witnesses were erroneously summoned to appear before the tribunal on the stated date because the file was allegedly not allocated to a particular Commissioner at the Human Rights court.

Officials at the commission told HRNJ-Uganda that the summoned journalists will have to wait until the next Tribunal sittings which are slated for February 2012.

“This has come way too late when memories of the victims and the general public to whom the media reports to are fading away.  However, it is still not too late for the Commission to deliver justice to the victims.  Most of the perpetrators have since been transferred or have earned promotions within the security forces, but we pray and hope that this will not act in their favor or jeopardize the proceedings.

By Isaac Senabulya

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