Browsing by Author "Walubiri, Moses"

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    990 lawyers fail LDC entry examinations.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-18) Walubiri, Moses
    the Law Council yesterday released exams for the mandatory pre-entry exams for layers, indicating that 814 out of the 1,812 who registered to sit for the paper passed. With five of the lawyers who registered to sit for the exams skipping the examinations,
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    Amuru to get shares in sugar firm
    (New Vision, 2017-06-27) Walubiri, Moses
    After more than a decade of litigation and behind the scenes negotiations, residents of Amuru have accepted to give Madhvani Sugar works 10,000 hectares to establish a sugar factory in which they, together with the government, will be part of the share holding.
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    Armyworm not linked to NAADS - government
    (New Vision, 2017-07-05) Walubiri, Moses; Ssekanjako, Henry; Katamba, Joshua
    Little is known about the cause of out break of the armyworm among ordinary Ugandans, save for the fact that the ruinous caterpillars are 'natives' of Latin America. The armyworm is an African moth. It is a deleterious pest, capable of destroying entire crops in a matter of weeks. the larvae feed on all types of grasses and the early stages of cereal crops.
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    Besigye warns on secrecy in oil sector.
    (New Vision, 2016-01-03) Walubiri, Moses
    The recent plummeting global oil prices notwithstanding, the prospect of Uganda joining the elite affluent club of oil-producing countries is a matter of national pride. However, Dr. Kizza Besigye used his presidential campaigns in Masindi district on Friday to caution Ugandans against counting their chicks before they hatch, citing what he contends is a veil of secrecy surrounding Uganda's budding oil sector.
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    Farmers encouraged to grow quick- maturing crops.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-22) Walubiri, Moses
    As preparations for the second planting season get underway in many parts of Uganda, the Government has advised farmers to plant quick-maturing plant varieties in light of adverse weather patterns. A number of areas in the country have received intermittent rainfall,
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    Government moves to review mining policy.
    (New Vision, 2017-09-13) Mulondo, Moses; Walubiri, Moses
    The Government has embarked on amending the mining policy and mining Act to empower local artisan miners to participate in mining activities.
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    Iganga district woman MP dead
    (New Vision, 2017-07-09) Walubiri, Moses
    The Grim reaper on Friday brought sorrow to the Busoga parliamentary caucus when Grace Hailat Kaudha, the 30-year-old Iganga Woman MP, lost the battle to pregnancy related complications at Mulago Hospital.
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    IGG takes over probe into Kilembe
    (New Vision, 2017-07-06) Walubiri, Moses; Ssekanjako, Henry
    As the inspectorate of government embarks on the task of finding out whether money changed hands in the award of a concession to a Chinese firm to manage Kilembe mines for 25 years, lawmakers across the political divide yesterday blamed government technocrats for causing the country the resultant loss from the deal.
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    Law to allow electric shock for mental treatment in offing.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-08) Walubiri, Moses
    A Bill seeking to overhaul the current legal regime on mental health treatment in Uganda is in the offing, with Parliament's health committee set to begin public dialogue over the same next week. If enacted in its current state, the Bill,
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    Monitoring unit seizes stolen drugs from Kampala house
    (New Vision, 2017-07-11) Walubiri, Moses
    Over the weekend, detectives attached to the Health Monitoring Unit (HMU), acting on a tip-off, raided a house in Bunga, a Kampala suburb, to recover an assortment of drugs and equipment that they suspected had been stolen from government stores or medical facilities.
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    MPs eulogise Kaudha, call for better health sector.
    (New Vision, 2017-07-13) Mulondo, Moses; Walubiri, Moses
    A mood of lamentation engulfed Parliament yesterday as legislators eulogised the Iganga Woman Mp. Hailat Kaudha Magumba, who passed away last Friday. Kaudha succumbed to pre-eclampsia, a type of high blood pressure that normally afflicts pregnant women.
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    Only FDC government will pay veterans - Besigye
    (New Vision, 2016-01-02) Walubiri, Moses
    Richard Onuba is an ex-serviceman in Zeu sub-county, Zombo district. The lanky 64-year-old wears an inscrutable face when asked what challenges residents in the area want the next government to solve. He reels off a litany of problems residents of this hamlet face ranging from walking long distances to fetch water from brooks, poverty to child marriages.
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    Parliament suspends deadline for vehicle inspection
    (New Vision, 2017-06-30) Walubiri, Moses; Wasajja, Nicholas
    Parliament yesterday stepped in to ease the apprehension among the general public over the approaching deadline for the ongoing mandatory vehicle inspection by effectively lifting it until one of its committees submits a report on a range of thorny issues pertaining to the project
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    Pre-eclampsia: complication stealing many mothers' lives
    (New Vision, 2017-07-10) Agaba, John; Walubiri, Moses
    Grace Hadat Kaudha, the 30 year old Iganga district Woman MP, succumbed to pre-eclampsia, a merciless birth complication related to high blood pressure on Friday but she is not the only one. Data from the health ministry shows the condition is responsible for close to 22% of all maternal deaths in the country and incidences seem to be on the rise.
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    Solicitor general defends vehicle inspection deal.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-10) Walubiri, Moses
    To a section of lawmakers sitting on the physical infrastructure committee, the admission yesterday by Solicitor General William Atoke that some clauses in the contract signed between the government and Socie'te' General de Surveillance (SGS),