News; Members of Parliament on the Committee of State and Statutory Enterprises- COSASE have tasked officials from National Drug Authority—NDA to explain why the authority doesn’t have a substantive board. The board was apparently dissolved in July last year by former health minister Christine Ondoa citing fraudulent acts and mismanagement. According to NDA executive secretary Gordon Sematiko Katende, the chairman of the former board Frank Mwesigye took the matter to court which ruled that the interim board be declared null and void and that the old board be reinstated. Katende also told the committee that the current minister Ruhakana Rugunda has taken the matter before cabinet, and that the process to appoint a new board is ongoing despite the court ruling which has prompted Mwesigye to take the minister to court for contempt of court But the committee’s lead counsel Crispus Ayena asked NDA officials how another board can be appointed when there is a court order directing the reinstatement of the old board. Three villages in Lugusulu sub-county, Ssembabule district are facing a grim end of year after heavy rains destroyed many of their gardens. The most affected villages are Kyabi, Kawanda, and Kasambya. Kawanda Village Chairperson Swamadu Muwonge says 8 houses lost their roofs during the Tuesday downpour. He says he has received reports of 40 banana plantations destroyed by hailstorms and heavy winds. Maize, Beans, Peas, Sweet Potato, Cassava, and Banana plantations about to be harvested were lost to the rains. Muwonge has asked area Woman Member of Parliament Hanifah Kawooya and the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness to come to people’s rescue. He says the best aid they could receive would be seeds to plant before the rain season ends. This is the second time heavy rains batter Ssembabule in under a month. The first rains at the beginning of the month affected five Lugusulu villages: Nakasenyi, Nabinoga, Bwogero and Kyetume. Ssembabule district often suffers from heavy rains in the southern region. Police in Kisoro last evening transferred to Kampala a 22-year-old man suspected to be an ally of the Al-Shabaab terrorists. Juma Sulaiman who claims to be a Congolese National from Bucuro-Bwito in DRC was arrested from Bunagana Border post between Uganda and DRC as he tried to cross to the DRC without any document about his particulars. It is said that he was travelling from Tanzania. Authorities became suspicious of Sulaiman’s movements prompting the police to apprehend him and found him with documents concerning the Al-shabab. Kigezi regional police Spokesperson Elly Maate says that on interrogation, the suspect told Police that he has been in Tanzania at Imamushafi Islamic school from April 2009 to 2012. The suspect further explained that he has traversed the neighboring countries of Kenya and Somalia where he went contemplation joining Al-shabab operations in vengeance for his father’s failure to provide for him and the mistreatment he has suffered over the years. Elly Maate the Kigezi regional Police spokesperson says that owing to ongoing developments in the region and the fact that the country is on terror alert, such a matter cannot be taken lightly. Kampala Capital City Authority has issued stringent rules on the usage of the facilities at the newly refurbished new tax park. The park was officially commissioned by President Museveni early this month before work was completed. However, work at the facility is now complete. Lights have been installed, parking stages marked and all the sanitary facilities are in place. As a result, KCCA has tightened access conditions for all city dwellers especially hawkers and idlers. Peter Kauju, the Communication and Media Relation Manager at KCCA says no hawker will be allowed to operate in the taxi park and that no wreckages of Brocken vehicles would be left at the park there. The new taxi park has 78 stages and is expected to accommodate up to 350 taxis A fugitive senior Muslim Brotherhood leader, Essam al-Erian, has been detained by the Egyptian authorities. Prosecutors ordered Mr Erians arrest in July, after the military ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The arrest is the latest move in a crackdown by the interim government against the Islamist movement. The state-run news agency Mena reported that Mr Erian was expected to stand trial next week along with Mr Morsi and a dozen other officials.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:43:45 +0000
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