It seems the Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) is not leaving the Old and New Taxi Parks as it was earlier anticipated following President Museveni’s directive to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).

It is said that the president on Tuesday sent a memo to the clerk to KCCA council and to the KCCA executive Director, Ms Jenifer Musisi indicating that the council should reorganize the transport system in Kampala between March and April and in May 2012 the powers to run the transport system should get back to UTODA.

The memo comes weeks after the chairperson of UTODA; Hajji Moses Katongole went to state house and pleaded with the president to save UTODA. According to sources in KCCA, Museveni advises that eliminating UTODA may cause more turmoil in the KCCA transport system.

Museveni reportedly advised that the tender to run buses and taxis should remain with KCCA but KCCA should hire an organisation such as UTODA to implement the contract.

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Today in history! It was like today when the soldiers under the Milton Obote II regime reportedly split pregnant women’s bellies.

The LC5 chairperson of Luweero district, Hajji Abdul Nadduli recalls that during that time some people had their hands and lips cut.

He also recalls that some soldiers in Obote II regime would rape women and go away without being charged.

Nadduli likens the acts of Obote’s soldiers with those of LRA rebels. He says that LRA soldiers reportedly rapped women, kidnapped people and displaced millions of others.

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Hajji Abdul Nadduli’s son, Juma Nadduli separated with his dad Nadduli over Besigye. The son announced that he had joined FDC to support Besigye and Nadduli, the NRM chairman in Luweero told him that that was impossible because their family was part of the ruling party.

The son however told Nadduli what was on his mind. Juma told Nadduli that he was to join Besigye and escort him wherever he goes. Nadduli was overheard telling his pals that Juma is determined not to turn back.

Juma’s action reminds us of a boy Martin Luther King talks about who was been refused by his dad to join the Negros struggle and the boy told the Dad that “if u lock me I will jump the fence, if you are to punish me, I will take the punishment. I am not walking for freedom I am also walking for you dad and mum, I want you to get freedom before you die.”

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The Senior Private Secretary to His Excellence the Vice President of Uganda, Hajji Hassan Nakabaale says that the office of the Vice President has got requests from England among other countries in Europe to send their qualified pharmacists, nurses and doctors.

He says that a doctor will be paid $30,000 per annum, a pharmacist $15000 per year and a nurse $12000 per annum.

He has told our informers that there are thousands of opportunities for Uganda medical practitioners both in Uganda and abroad. So Nakabale has urged students to opt for science subjects in order to target the increasing job opportunities for doctors, nurses, midwives and pharmacists among others.

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This comes after the court on Monday ruled that KCCA is free to take over the administration of Old and New Taxi Parks.

UTODA says that it is preparing to file an ordinary suit to block KCCA from taking over the taxi parks. The chairperson of UTODA, Hajji Moses Katongole says that they are to file an ordinary suit where the validity of the contract between KCCA and UTODA will be examined.

However the KCCA director Jenifer Musisi has told our informer that whatever UTODA does will not help it because the authority wants to take over the administration of the parks.

By Christine Kate

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The Lord Mayor ofKampala, Hajji Erias Lukwago has set up a committee to find out how 800 million shillings were used to evict vendors from the city streets.

Lukwago says that there is no way how the KCCA director, Jenifer Musisi Semakula could have used 800 million shillings in evicting vendors. However a source in KCCA accounts department told us that out of the 800 million shillings, only 88 million shillings was used in eviction exercise and the remaining balance cannot be accounted for.

Lukwago says that negative forces fight him wherever he asks for accountability of such public funds. He says that there would be no pothole if the public funds at KCCA were not being embezzled. Lukwago says billions of money disappear in KCCA coffers every single day.

 President Museveni not so long ago told the citizens that the government created the post of city executive director and that of Minister forKampalato fight graft inKampala. However desipite the creation of the above posts graft is on increase in Kampala and in Uganda as general. In fact one can conclude that 85% of the Uganda public officials and civil servants are corrupt.

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This came true when Lukwago was yesterday attacked by a sleeping bug at Kampala Students Centre where he had gone to open a seminar on HIV/AIDS.

 Lukwago was the one presiding over the function. One of the KCCA councilors intimated to us that Lukwago really struggled to keep his eyes open in vain. 

The students looked at him in disbelief as the sleeping bug fought him throughout the function. Lukwago was overheard telling his escorts that he had not slept last night.

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Semujju has told his political pals at parliament that he wants to retire from politics and concentrate on managing his businesses including the weekly observer newspaper and a farm in Mbiriizi on Mbarara Masaka road.

 Semujju has been quoted by his pals as saying that ‘he is now looking for a suitable person to replace him as MP come 2016.’

 Semujju replaced FDC National chairman, Sam Njuba as MP for Kyadondo East constituency in Wakiso district.

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 Lukwago got the title of Al-hajji fromMeccain November this year. Lukwago’s wishes have come at a time when the secretary for Dawa at UMSC, Nuhu Muzaata Batte has asked Lukwago to change his personality because he is Al-hajji. 

Lukwago says that he wants when he retires from politics to concentrate on running the affairs of Uganda Muslim Supreme Council.

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He says that the first week in 2012 is for moving to people to mobilize them to handle the cleanliness in the city while on 6^th January KCCA is to hold business committee aimed at focusing on how traders could run there businesses.

He says they are to tour markets and review there their renovation plans including for both tax parks and for drainage channels reconstructions, installing road lights and buying dust bins since all their budgets were passed out in this financial year.

Lukwago notices that all companies that are responsible for Kampala road construction and haven’t finished the work are also to be reviewed saying billions of shillings were passed in this financial year for them.

He cautions those misinforming people that the Lord Mayor is ceremonial saying such loose talk should be stopped before this year ends.

By Isaac Senabulya

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