The death of Uganda’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Eriya Kategaya, 70, has split Ugandans, especially members of the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Kategaya died last Sunday in Nairobi based hospital.

But some members of the ruling party, some opposition politicians and members of the general Ugandan public ask for the reasons why the late Kategaya was not taken to Europe for treatment and why president Museven and the first family are quiet over the matter.

Some Ugandans along the streets of Kampala have been overheard as saying that ‘president Museveni was not happy with late Kategaya as the deceased was opposed to lifting up of presidential term limits for president Museveni to rule for life.’

Critics allege that president Museveni never fully forgave the deceased and perhaps suspected that Kategaya was equally very opposed to the first family’s reported maneuvering to see Museveni’s son Muhozi Kainerugaba becoming president of Uganda.

Mulindwa Warid Lubega, opposition activists in Kampala wonders how Museveni’s government could fail to take Kategaya to Europe yet the same Museveni can afford to take his daughters to German just to give birth.

Kategaya died of “blood clots” which is the same condition that affected Mrs Clinton last year. Doctors say that blood clots can not kill anyone after diagnosing it in European and some good Asian hospitals.

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A panel of seven Supreme Court Justices led by the Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki have ruled in favor of the National Social Security Fund.

The judges have allowed an appeal by the NSSF challenging a 40bn shilling award to Alcon International Uganda that was not party to the signed contract to construct Workers House.

The construction company sued NSSF seeking compensation for arbitrarily terminating its contract to build Workers House.

In 2009 the Court of Appeal dismissed all grounds given by NSSF, and upheld the lower court’s multi-million dollar award to Alcon.

Richard Byarugaba NSSF Managing Director

The NSSF then filed an appeal at the Supreme Court that stopped payment of the said amount to Alcon on grounds of breach of contract.

The same court has faulted the lower courts’ decisions of using fraudulent information that was deliberately concealed by directors of Alcon International Kenya during the signing of the contract.

Court also discovered that Alcon Kenya misled the NSSF when it substituted one company with another during the signing of the contract, and that Alcon Uganda did not have the expertise to do the job.

The Judges have now ordered that the matter be referred back to the High Court because no party had agreed to arbitration.

The ruling was read by the Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court Godfrey Opuseni.

The NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba has welcomed the ruling.

Here is the full ruling of the the Supreme Court

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The Omara Bashir government in Northern Sudan is in trouble after intelligence reports indicated that the major rebel groups there are planning to carry out massive attacks onKhartoum.

The main rebel forces in Northern include the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)  and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF).

The Bashir government claims that the rebels troublingNorthern Sudanare being trained and supported by the National Resistance Movement (NRM). NRM is the ruling political organization inUganda. The senior advisor of president Bashir, Sheikh Mustafa Osman Ismail on Monday warnedUgandato stop the financial support it allegedly gives to the rebels fighting the Bashir administration.

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The Omara Bashir government in Northern Sudan is in trouble after intelligence reports indicated that the major rebel groups there are planning to carry out massive attacks on Khartoum.

The main rebel forces in Northern include the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)  and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF).

The Bashir government claims that the rebels troubling Northern Sudan are being trained and supported by the National Resistance Movement (NRM). NRM is the ruling political organization in Uganda.

The senior advisor of president Bashir, Sheikh Mustafa Osman Ismail on Monday warned Uganda to stop the financial support it allegedly gives to the rebels fighting the Bashir administration.

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Jobs are scarce in most parts of the world. In countries like Uganda, South Africa and some parts of Europe getting a job is as hard as passing through the hole of a needle. Our reporters to day bring you the problems job seekers in Uganda go through. For purposes of being accurate, we have allowed job seekers to tell you their own experience.

John Lwanyaaga: I have a degree in mass communication from Makerere University, but one day I applied for a job in European Union (Uganda) and I merged out the best.  I was promised to start the work a week after. But in the mid of the week I received a call that instructed me to give it two more weeks. At the end of two weeks, I received no reply and I decided to go there. I got the shock of the day when another person from the ruling tribe was working in my place.

Jane Nakazibwe: I hold a degree in community psychology from Makerere University.  Some employers/interviewers demand sex before they give us the jobs. This happened to me when one day I applied for a job in one of the companies owned by Indians in Kampala. An Indian told me that I qualify for the job but I had to first fall in love with him if I needed the job. I told him that I was, married the man refused. And I needed the job so…

Grace Nabagulanyi: I have a degree in business administration from Nkumba University. I had to bribe to get a job. I am working in one of the beverage companies in Uganda. The people who were on the interview panel told me that the job would be there for me only when I gave them one million shillings-my dad sold his two cows and I got the job.

Robert Musiime: I don’t have a job yet I am a graduate of Social Work and Social Administration from Makerere University. I have failed to get a work because to get a job in Uganda one needs to have links with the ruling government or to be from western Uganda where president Museveni comes from.

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In Uganda a murder charge carries maximum of death sentence on conviction or life imprisonment or pardon depending on the way the judge wishes.

Court ruled on Thursday that Ms Karitundu who is jointly charged with Christiano Bulila, and their friend only identified as Eric, molded a stick at Texas pub in Kampala and used it to murder Winkle.

Late Winkle was murdered on March 15, 2008 at his home in Kisugu, Kampala and the police detectives suspected that it was the wife who was behind the murder.

Court assessors, Silvia Kakumba, Stella Zziwa and Margret Nakigudde, the principal state attorney from the Directorate of public prosecution in their opinion asked the High Court to convict Ms Karitundu and Bulila saying that the suspects participated in the murder of winkle.

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We don’t know whether this one will please United States of America, England and other super powers that have interests in the political administration of Uganda. Every one would have expected Uganda to adopt rules, regulations and ordinances from USA or England. But the surprise is that among all countries Uganda wants to adopt rules of procedure from Philippine, Malawi, Zambia and Kenya.

A source in parliament of Uganda told our informer that Uganda wants to borrow a leaf from Philippine, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia where the parliament(s) there have more than two speakers of parliament. In Uganda, parliament has only two speakers: deputy speaker and parliament speaker.

The source says that government wants to have a panel of speakers to serve in the absence of the Deputy and Speaker of parliament.

However the members of opposition in Uganda say that the government wants to create a panel of speakers because the current speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has acted independently yet the ruling government wishes to have parliament speakers who nod on government terms all the time.

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According to sources, President Museveni and NRM Secretary General Amama Mbabazi have proposed that each MP on NRM ticket pays a monthly tax of 15% of their monthly income to NRM. Remember the MPs have to remit funds to NSSF and contribute to social events in their constituencies and families among others.

Before the President’s proposal, the MPs have been paying a monthly tax of 10% to NRM head offices on plot 10 Kyadondo road in Kampala. The request by the president to NRM MPs to cough more money to the ruling party has been delivered to the members concerned today by the party’s treasurer, Amelia Kyambadde.

However some MPs have vowed to disrespect Museveni’s proposal saying that they can not increase the amount of money they remit to the party when shilling has lost value and inflation is so high. Some of the MPs who have vowed to challenge Museveni’s proposal include Mohammad Nsereko for Kampala Central and Theodre Sekikubo for Lwemiyaga County.

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The police deployment at Old and NewTaxiParksin Kampalahas entered day three. This follows Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) took over the management of the taxi parks.

The High Court in Kampala on Monday dismissed a case filed by Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) against KCCA on grounds that the case was wrongly filed.

Following the ruling the police heavily deployed at both Old andNewTaxiParks fearing that the members of UTODA might violently demonstrate protesting against the ruling.

When our reporters visited the contested taxi parks, the policemen were guarding at the entrances of the taxi parks while KCCA officials were collecting taxes from the drivers.

When contacted, the Lord Mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago said that the management of UTODA has now discovered that he has started to bite.

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A source in Mabikke’s party, the Social Democratic Party tell us that Mabikke is bitter because all members of opposition parties are being harassed by the ruling government but when FDC leaders go to human rights organisations, they report there that the government is harassing their supporters without specifying that even SDP supporters are harassed.

We hear that Mabikke wants SPD to start his own pressure on government such that he too can go to donors and tell them that his supporters are being persecuted like the way Col. Kiiza Besigye reportedly does to get donor funding.

When contacted Mabikke explained that SDP is an independent party and it is free to carry out its activities without leaning on FDC.

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