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Health Activists Want Negligent Mukono Doctor Suspended

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Health Activists are demanding for immediate suspension for Dr. Christopher Bingi for his negligence that caused to the death of a lady at birth.

Mukono Health centre IV Dr Christopher Bingi, is accused of luring Florence Nakamya, to deliver from his private clinic Trinity Clinic in Nasuuti where she died.

He was charged on Wednesday with manslaughter and remanded to Luzira prisons.

The postmortem from Mulago hospital revealed that the cause of death was hemorrhagic shock following a ruptured uterus.

According to the petition handed over to the registrar Uganda Dental and Medical Practitioners Council, Dr Christopher Bingi, is guilty of abandonment of a patient under one’s care, professional incompetence and Professional negligence that leads to maim or death.

All these breach the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council code of professional ethics.The complainants demand the medical council to suspend Dr. Christopher Mpanga from medical practice.

The medical council is in-charge of regulating the medical profession. Dr Katumba Ssentongo Gubala, the registrar of the Council’s says the council will hire a lawyer next week to analyze the situation.

FDC’s Maj. Rubaramira Crosses Back to NRM

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Rubaramira Ruranga

Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Major Rubaramira Ruranga has today Friday confirmed that he has crossed sides to join National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.

Former FDC electoral chairman Maj. Ruranga said he will no longer work for the FDC but has decided to cross back to the ruling party NRM.

It was reported in the media early this week that the major had a meeting with the NRM party chairman President Yoweri Museveni.

“Is it a big deal to meet Museveni? I don’t see any value in it and what’s with meeting him. I have always desired to meet that man (President Museveni)” he said.

Maj. Ruraga refutes allegations that he has been bought into going back to the NRM ruling party.

“ People think everyone can be bought like a goat.I talked to President Museveni and I told him what I could do. I am not looking for a position but I wanted to pave way to continue my fight against HIV/AIDS. President Museveni is known world over for his struggle in the fight against HIV/AIDS” he added.

Maj Ruraga Rubaramira is an HIV/AIDS activist who has lived positive for the last twenty years. He resigned his position in FDC as Electoral Commission Chairman to head the National Guidance and Empowerment Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Uganda (NGEN).

FCAU Opens Uganda Press Photo Award 2013 Winner’s Exhibition

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The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) together with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) are pleased to announce the opening of the Uganda Press Photo Award 2013 Winner’s Exhibition. The opening ceremony and prize-giving will be at 6 pm today October 17th2013 at Makerere Art Gallery, Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University.

This year’s winners include a large number of freelance photographers from all over Uganda, as well as from the national newspapers.
The award ceremony is preceded by a public panel discussion on the subject of photojournalism’s role in contemporary society, which started at 12.00 pm today and still on going. The discussions stimulated around the state of photojournalism in Uganda throughout the years, and embracing the role of photojournalism for society and outlines of how photojournalism can support empowerment and encourage social change.

At the event is Elly Rwakoma who said that the new technology is being wasted. The young people of today are not taking up opportunities to use it as well as it need to be. He challenges young men to be serious, read and put theory into practice. Rwakoma spoke about how he took a photo of an accident at Owen Falls Dam in 1971-2 and a soldier destroyed his camera he had another one.

This kind of dialogue sets the stage for the official opening of the exhibition, which will include the winners and runners up of the Uganda Press Photo Award, as well as historical images from photojournalism’s early days in Uganda. Photographers from all over the country submitted their pictures and the exhibition will show some of best Ugandan photojournalism, in a range of fields, from the past year.

Tweets coming in from in the event have to this say;

First presentation at #UPPA by Elly Rwakoma and Peter Busomoke. Classic photographers!

— Simon Kaheru (@skaheru) October 17, 2013

At #UPPA at makerere wth @africimages + AFPs Carl de Souza speaking on developing powerful photos #uganda pic.twitter.com/b25sOpQMVQ

— Rosebell Kagumire (@RosebellK) October 17, 2013

#UPPA Peter Busomoke started photography in 1969 when the Pope came. He took a pic of Obote with the Pope using his Kodak camera & took off

— Simon Kaheru (@skaheru) October 17, 2013

Marketer’s Celebrate End of the Year in Style

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Marketing Africa will this year-end the year in style with yet another Marketer’s Night out on the 3rd and final 2013 Kampala Marketers Night on Friday 1st November, at the Kampala Serena Hotel from 7:00 pm on the dot. The event that happens once every quarter will be focusing on the theme “New Frontier Thinking: How Mavericks move Businesses from Good to Great”. The event that is intended to attract several members of the public as they come to listen to the latest developments in the marketing sector will have Mr. Pepe Minambo, the Founding Director of The Motivator Africa, an Inspirational Capacity Building Organization that focuses on personal, Academic, Career and Business Development as the Keynote speaker.

The Tusker Malt Lager sponsored event is aimed at delivering an exclusive event courtesy of the TML 100 club which is an exclusive, online platform that gives Tusker Malt Lager consumers the opportunity to relax, interact and network with like-minded people and enjoy a wide array of benefits thus the partnership with Marketing Africa to bring marketers together to create solutions to challenges facing the marketing sector.

The event presents a great opportunity for business managers to not only market products but widen corporate contacts. If you are a manager or marketer who is intending not to attend, please think twice.   Go and listen to Mr. Pepe Minambo who will give the keynote speech on New Frontier Thinking: How Mavericks move Businesses from Good to Great.

However this quarter, there will be a full quiz session at the forum where the categories will be: Anthems, Brands, Music, Movies, Places, and Faces, with the winners pocketing a cool cash prize of UGX. 2,000,000/= among many other prizes up for grabs for runners-up and other category winners.

“The TML 100 Club is at the forefront in promoting Business forums where Marketers come together to learn and network. This time around we will be hosting one of the finest African mentors in the Business community Mr. Pepe Minambo, the Founding Director of The Motivator Africa as the Keynote, “said Harry Mwanje, Tusker Malt Lager Brand Manager.

Tickets for the exclusive evening go for UGX 125,000. However, Marketing Africa magazine subscribers get tickets at UGX 100,000. Advance tickets are available from calling Pius Seba on 0703 – 813 002 for your tickets.

Man Shot Dead in a Land Dispute in Mukono

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Crime Scene

The State Minister for Lands Aidah Nantaba has criticized Police involvement in a land dispute leaving one resident shot dead.

Aidah Nantaba, the state minister for Lands, started her campaign to fight land grabbers with a lot of enthusiasm to an extent of accusing Police for siding with land grabbers.

This follows the death of Lawrence Katende 56 years of age over a land dispute in Buzira Njovu Mukono district where he got shot at by Police.

“Katende came to my office complaining how on how they were being arrested over their land. Police has continued to kill people and grab their land. Last week a Police officer was shot dead by Police in Kasese over a land dispute” she said.

Nantaba says she will continue to fight for the rights of people and she accused the Police for torture and siding with land grabbers.

“Many people have been arrested are being detained because of their land”.

Nantaba about a month back accused the Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, of fighting her, by issuing contrary decisions in some of the cases she has handled in Kayunga.

Nantaba, who also chairs a committee that is fighting illegal land evictions, accused Kayihura of siding with rich people in evicting people and called for Museveni’s intervention. The clash between Nantaba and Kayihura stems from a long-standing land dispute in Kayunga that has sucked in the president.

Food Prices Hiked Inflation Rate In September

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Food Prices

High price levels of food have led to increase in the Annual Headline Inflation rate for the month of September 2013.

The Annual Headline Inflation rate for the year ending September 2013 rose to 8.0 percent from the 7.3 percent registered in August, according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) statistics.

The Consumer Price Index for the month of September indicates the Annual Food Crops Inflation rate went up to 16.2 percent in September 2013 from 12.9 percent in August 2013.

Speaking to the press on Monday at the Statistics House, Mr Ben Mungyereza said the Annual Core Inflation rate increased to 6.9 percent for the year ending September 2013 from the 6.6 percent increase recorded in August 2013.

However, Bank of Uganda’s target rate is at five percent.

As par the rates by centres, Mbarara district registered the highest Annual Inflation rate at 10.5 percent, followed by Kampala with 9.8 percent.

“This was driven by high price levels for food, beverages & tobacco, clothing, charcoal, firewood, unmetered water, meals in restaurant and others goods & services,” Mr Mungyereza.

He also noted that Arua district recorded the lowest Inflation rate of 0.3 percent up from -1.7 percent in August 2013. This was mainly driven by increased price levels for beverage & tobacco and medical services.

For food crops, the UBOS executive Director said the Monthly Food Crops Inflation also increased by 5.3 percent in September from the 15.9 percent increase registered in August 2013.

“There has been an increase in prices of matooke, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, sweet bananas, carrots, beans, fish, and milk in most centres because there has been less food supplies on the market.”

But, a reduction in prices was recorded for pineapples, oranges, cabbages, bbugga, green pepper, egg plants and bitter tomatoes.

Also prices for firewood, petrol and bicycles went down in most centres reduced.

Navio Scoops Big At Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2013 (Winners Full List)

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Rapper Navio

Daniel Kigozi aka Navio has scooped the Best East African Artiste/Group of the year award at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2013 held last night at the NYU Skirball Performing Art Center, New York City, USA

Rapper Navio managed to beat Radio & Weasel, Camp Mulla, Fally Ipupa, K’Naan, P Unit who were nominated for the same award.

 

Excited Navio broke the great news on Twitter saying;

The 8th Annual NEA Awards also saw the likes of Ice Prince, Rita Dominic, Big Brother Africa emerge winners.

Winners List

BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR
YBNL – Olamide

HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Kukere – Iyanya

BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR
Burna Boy

GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Sammy Okposo

BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Davido

BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEAR
Ice Prince

MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Spellz

MOST PROMISING MALE ACT
Endia

MOST PROMISING FEMALE ACT TO WATCH
Emma Nyra

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
JJC

BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP
Olamide

BEST COLLABO
Ghost Mode – Phyno & Olamide

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN FILM
Rita Dominic

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM
Ali Nuhu

BEST FILM DIRECTOR 
Tunde Kelani (Maami)

BEST TV SHOW
Big Brother Africa

BEST EAST AFRICAN ARTISTE/GROUP OF THE YEAR

Navio
PAN AFRICAN ACTOR
John Dumelo

PAN AFRICAN ACTRESS
Nadia Buhari

WORLD DJ
DJ Bayo (UK)

BEST COMEDIAN
Basket Mouth

ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER
Coko Bar

RADIO ON AIR/TV PERSONALITY
Freeze – Cool FM

TV PERSONALITY
Labi Layori

ENTERTAINMENT BLOG
NotJustOk

Congratulations to Navio!

UPC – East African Community Isolating Tanzania

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The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has accused member states of the East African Community (EAC) for isolating Tanzania in drafting of the EAC federalist constitution.

Addressing a news conference at the party headquarters in UPC party spokesperson Luchima Okello said Tanzania seems to be isolated in this process because Tanzania doesn’t move in a very deliberate and measured pace before they can engage themselves in the issues of the political federation.

“It Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya who are going to draft a federal constitution for the East African Community. This shows a lot of concern because Uganda and Rwanda are terrible democratic deficits. Any serious and legitimate process for the East African Community Federation cannot ignore the misgivings of Tanzania” he said.

Okello added that any East African Community federation constitution drafted by dictators will not be acceptable to all democratic forces in East Africa urging them to draft a constitution that will be meaningful to the original East African.

High Court Dismisses Simcard Case

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Ugandan Simcard Case

The High Court dismissed a case filed by activists led by the Uganda Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ-Uganda) and the Legal Brains Trust challenging the national SIM card registration exercise that ends tomorrow. The exercise is under the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act, 2010.

The activists sued Uganda Communications Commission and the government saying the registration exercise, which began in March 2012, was marred by inconsistencies and anomalies which must be addressed.

High Court judge Yasin Nyanzi who dismissed the petition this afternoon said the case had no merit. He said UCC and the telephone service providers had the mandate to register SIM cards. He also faulted the applicants for failing to provide statistical evidence of the would-be aggrieved people should their SIM cards be de-activated.

In the main application before the Court of Appeal, HRNJ argue that no structured and sufficient public consultations, sensitisation and awareness-raising activities were carried out to justify the switching off unregistered SIM Cards on March 1 or any other deadline set without obtaining parliamentary approval.

However, UCC lawyer Paul Kuteesa said the communication body is not in charge of switching off phones, neither do they direct action.

Kadaga Writes to UPDF Over Gen. Sejusa

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Hon Rebecca Kadaga

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has written to Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) inquiring to know his status in the army before she can consider extending his leave for more three months.

Hon. Kadaga wants to know whether Sejusa who is in exile in London is still serving in the army. She is thus waiting for a response from UPDF to make a decision regarding Sejusa’s leave request.

However UPDF army spokesperson Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda last week implied that it would be wrong for the Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, to exercise her free mandate to either extend the general’s leave as requested or refuse it.

“We have heard that he has asked Parliament to extend his leave. We will see if Parliament will allow extension of his leave. In fact, it will be erroneous to extend leave of a person who has already declared to fight a legitimate government,” he said.

The embattled General who is exiled in London recently wrote to the speaker, through his lawyer Joseph Luzige requesting his leave to be extended for more three months.

The army last week outlined likely charges awaiting the former intelligence chief, Gen David Sejusa, suggesting that he is suspected of treasonous activity, an offence punishable by death under Uganda’s laws.

Gen Sejusa ran into trouble with the regime early this year over a letter written to the director general of the Internal Security Organisation, asking him to investigate reports of a plot to assassinate senior government officials (including himself) thought to be opposed to “the Muhoozi Project”.

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