Browsing by Author "Arinaitwe, Solomon"

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    Age limit: Museveni to meet NRM caucus
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-11) Arinaitwe, Solomon; Manzil, A Ibrahim
    Petitioned. The meeting comes after nine NRM legislators petitioned the President over proposed amendment of Article 102(b) of the constitution.
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    Construction of Parliament chamber to start soon
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-13) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    The construction of a new modern chamber at the north wing of parliament's parking yard is to set to kick-off after the contract was sealed on Tuesday.
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    Court orders eviction of British mining firm
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-09) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    The High Court has ordered eviction of a UK mining firm, Kerilee Investments, which has been extracting wolfram in Rubanda District following wrangles over control of mines.
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    Drug thefts mar hospitals as patients bear the brunt.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-12-02) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    A 14-year-old child lets out a shrieking cry that pierces through the sleepy, newly refurbished children's ward at Apac hospital on a cold Tuesday as her mother struggles to force her to drink some fluids. She has been diagnosed with malaria and has just finished taking her final dose of the day.
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    EC to give update on results every 2 hours
    (Daily monitor, 2016-02-18) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    After polling closes at 4:00pm today, the Electoral Commission (EC) will give an update of presidential results every after two hours before declaring the winner by Saturday evening. The electoral body announced yesterday district returning officers will only "read out" results of presidential candidates from each polling station in the district but can only declare winners of parliamentary races.
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    Government to pay traders Shs 453b for supplies to South Sudan
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-02) Musisi, Frederic; Arinaitwe, Solomon
    The government plans to muster at least $126m (shs453b) as a settlement to a group of Ugandan traders who supplied goods and services to South Sudan government.
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    Govt gagging media - global rights body.
    (Daily monitor, 2016-02-11) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    A rights body that tracks global media freedom has warned that media houses that do not bow to pressures from the ruling National Resistance Movement [NRM] are being singled out for attacks. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RWF) warned that as the election campaign hits the final stretch, attacks on media personnel have hit the peak, effectively frustrating the coverage of the elections.
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    Halt Hepatitis B vaccination, MPs order.
    (Daily monitor, 2018-03-15) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    Parliament's health committee has ordered private health facilities to stop carrying out Hepatitis B Vaccination until the health Ministry issues special approval.
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    Museveni in last minute effort to secure NRM 'black spots'
    (Daily Monitor, 2016-02-14) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    Soroti is one of the four districts the FDCs Kizza Besigye defeated President Museveni in the 2011 polls.
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    Museveni makes u-turn on science teacher's pay.
    (daily monitor, 2018-05-31) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    After facing stiff resistance from NRM parliament caucus regarding his proposal to increase the salaries of science teachers only, president museveni made a U-turn and agreed to differ their salary enhancement to financial year 2019/2020.
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    Museveni team to vet debate audience.
    (Saturday Vision, 2016-02-13) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    The demand was received with scepticism from Mr Museveni's opponent, who accused the organizers of changing rules simply to honour the wishes of the NRM.
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    Schools must be a safe place for girls- MP Adeke.
    (Daily monitor, 2018-05-20) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    Reports of sexual harassment in institutions of learning have been on the increase recently. Such is the problem of sexual abuse in the country that the government has borrowed $40m (Shs144b) to address the vice. Parliament has also approved a motion moved by National Youth MP Ann Adeke Ebaju calling for a select committee to look into the crisis of sexual violence and harassment in institution of learning.
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    Striking doctors enemies of the state, says Museveni
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-01) Muwulya, Moses; Arinaitwe, Solomon
    " I wanted to bring Cuban doctors because ours behaved very badly and unprofessionally". President Museveni said. Doctors across the country downed their tools for three weeks last November demanding that Government fulfills a raft of demands that included improved salaries,...
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    Voters stay away from local council elections.
    (Daily Monitor, 2016-02-25) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    The emotions running from last week's presidential elections yesterday came to play as voter turnout in the local government elections took a beating with many shunning voting in what analysts said was the after-effect of the jumbled-up presidential poll. Voting across the country was fraught with similar glitches to those that hit last Thursday's presidential and parliamentary elections, ranging from delays in delivering voting materials to mixing up candidates' particulars on ballot papers.
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    Will voters defy downward trend in 2016 election?
    (Daily Monitor, 2016-02-14) Arinaitwe, Solomon
    With frustrations over the integrity of the elections increasingly coming under scrutiny as recorded by the 2001 and 2006 supreme court rulings, voter turnout in the 2011 polls tumbled to a record low of 59%.