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Day: July 20, 2021

Where is Museveni’s heart?

Where is Museveni’s heart?

FEATURED, Latest News, Politics
By Hon Beti Kamya (on 28th Jan 2008 in Daily monitor) "When the white man came to Kenya holding a Bible, he found us with our land, he told us to close our eyes to pray. When we closed our eyes after prayers, we were holding the bible and they were holding our land" Said Jomo Kenyatta as he justified the bloody Mau Mau war that ousted the colonialism out of Kenya. Writing this article on January 25, am thinking how befitting that we should remember Kenyatta's words on the eve of Jan 25th as we wait to celebrate (my foot) the anniversary of the NRM victory! Indeed Museveni came holding "peace" and sleep as Ugandans held factories, Banks, buses, aeloplanes, railways, co-operative unions, food silos, fuel reservoirs, hotels, schools, Kampala City and land. He convinced us to catch up on t...
Uganda Airlines mess & Museveni’s fishermen, a country run like a kiosk

Uganda Airlines mess & Museveni’s fishermen, a country run like a kiosk

Business, FEATURED, GOSSIP, Latest News, NEWS, Politics, Rwanda
Last week, Uganda got yet another embarrassment when the Uganda Airline plane got stranded at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam due to lack of fuel leaving passengers stranded for hours. This incident follows sacking of the top management of Uganda airlines three months ago on allegations of corruption & mismanagement! It also follows the sacking of Junior minister for Transport Monica Azuba and appointing one Byamukama Fred in the recent "recycling" sorry reshuffle by Gen Museveni! These scandals or blunders come less than two years since this national carrier was revived after spending decades in limbo. This is on top of losses amounting to 15 billion that the airline faced in 2018/19 and another loss of 102 billion in 2019/20 as unearthed in the Auditor Gener...
Take Back The Pick Ups And Buy ICU Beds And Ventilators, Dr Ekwaro

Take Back The Pick Ups And Buy ICU Beds And Ventilators, Dr Ekwaro

FEATURED, Health, Latest News
In a move to curb Covid 19, former president of the Uganda Medical Association, Dr. Ekwaro has said that lockdown is not sustainable. ” Lockdown is not sustainable, we have to go back to the basics. The idea was to promote prevention and improve our ability to manage cases, in this case, we haven’t done well,” said Dr Ekwaro. While on NBS TV, Dr. Ekwaro advised the government to instead expand on the testing of Covid 19, and also pay the salary walkers for medical workers who are on the front line. He also advised the government which recently purchased a fleet of over 282 double cabin pickups in the Shs23.9bn COVID-19 response donation funds to return the cars and instead use the money to buy testing kits. He said that in this crucial situation, ICU beds and ventilators are more import...