Several government schools were by yesterday forced to close temporarily as teachers stayed away from class for the third day and the administrators could not control the pupils. If you visited any of, Buganda Road, Nakasero, Bat Valley, Kyaggwe Road, Nabagereka, Old Kampala, East Kololo, Shimoni and Ngora District’s St. Aloysius and Okoboi Demonstration primary schools, you be greeted by padlocks as there were neither teachers nor students. “It is only Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) that will advise us otherwise. We shall not yield to any intimidation by some of the State agents who are threatening us,” Mr Asiata…
Corporate mafia, voodoo or laziness: why are Ugandans not making it to CEOs?
The domination of Kenya in East Africa’s economy is obvious. A survey carried out by Summit Business reveals that foreign CEOs, especially Kenyans, have completely taken over as CEOs in Uganda’s top sectors especially insurance, banking, and hospitality. One of the top entrepreneurs reckons Kenya will be the manufacturing hub of East Africa by 2030 due to the said high work ethics and productivity in Kenya compared to other East African countries. Recent decisions by Bata and BAT to transfer their manufacturing operations to Kenya validate this prediction. Other top supermarkets in the country import all and sundry (including…
Government loses Shs107.8b in inflated Internet deal
Taxpayers have lost $41.8 million (more than Shs107.8billion) in an internet deal awarded to a Chinese company without competitive bidding. Public Accounts Committee investigating the scam found that corruption and negligence on the part of the technical people bungled the $106.5 million (about Shs274b) National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure Project meant to promote e-governance in the country. PAC yesterday opened investigations into the allegations of corruption in the deal. “The technocrats let down the taxpayers and approved the inflated costs from the Chinese firm,” Mr Wadri said. “Those who facilitated this fraud are going to pay back the taxpayer money.”…
KCCA, contractor differ on Nakivubo
Ham enterprises limited has defied Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) directive to stop the construction of lock-up shops in place of a perimeter wall they had agreed on around Nakivubo Stadium. The company is said to have entered an unscrupulous public private partnership with the stadium management and have instead resorted to constructing lock-up shops along the area where fire has gutted twice in the last three years KCCA public and corporate affairs deputy director, George N. Ndahendekire said the authority gave a notice directing Ham Enterprises Ltd to halt the construction for flouting a given plan. We have learnt…
Government in Ugx30 billion to revive the health system
The government has signed a Ugx30 billion deal with CareRight HealthCare, a consortium of foreign investors, tasked to start reforms which will help fix the so called ‘sick’ healthcare sector in the country. Officials from the Ministry of finance reveal that, more focus is being on how to reduce the high health costs, make services accessible to people which make it easy for the government to deal with the major killer diseases like breast cancer, malaria and HIV/AIDS. Under the memorandum of understanding, CareRight HealthCare would provide support in scaling up localized programmes focused on improving the health of women…
Rubaga Hospital sued over fatal abortion
Rubaga Hospital is in the spotlight after it was sued for alleged negligence of a former employee of Kampala Capital City Authority’s daughter, who died while she allegedly procured an abortion from the facility. Ms Betty Nambuya, whose daughter, Linda Nambuya, died at the hospital, is seeking Ugx. 70 million in compensation over alleged negligence. She sued the hospital before the High Court on July 18. Ms Nambuya accuses the hospital of having carried out an abortion on her 21-year-old daughter, on the night of February 1, 2012. She contends that Nambuya was neglected leading to her death. She claims…