LEERO MU MAWULIRE; The ministry of relief, refugees and disaster preparedness has today announced that 530,000 Ugandans are at high risk of suffering gross effects of hunger. The Electoral Commission is to wait again to prepare for Local Council one ant two elections until Parliament amends Local council Act to give them room to have enough preparations. The Chairman Electoral Commission Eng Badru Kiggundu while appearing before Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee said it has become very expressive for the commission to conduct the elections because the law requires gazzeting voters register which is above the Budget of the Commission. Addressing journalists this afternoon, the disaster minister, Hilary Onek and the acting commissioner disaster, Rose Nakabugo estimate that about 60 districts with over millions of people are in dear need for relief in terms of food with the main hit being the people of Karamoja. Retirement benefits regulators have assured Uganda workers who are about to retire that the proposed reforms in the pension sector will not affect accessibility of their savings with the National Social Security Fund. Launching the KCB Bank custody and trusteeship services this morning, the chairman Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority, Andrew Kasirye said the reforms to liberalize the sector only intend to help beneficiaries diversify their investments. Bundibugyo district MP Harriet Ntabaazi has expressed concern that pupils in her district are no longer learning after Congolese refugees left their schools in a sorry state. According to Ntabaazi who due describes the situation as a crisis requiring urgent attention says over 65, 000 refugees have for about three weeks now made learning in Bundibugyo difficult. Ntabaazi says much as some refugees have been found settlement in Bubukwanga, the pupils cannot resume learning because the latrines, compounds and surrounding bushy areas have been littered with human waste making it difficult for parents to send their children to school. The deputy commissioner prisons services, Mwanje James has confirmed to radio Buddu that the prisons has lost 70% of the grown food in its gardens for this season which now creates fear that the sector and the country might face a huge food shortage. Mwanje reveals to the radio that the affected farms are mainly in the west, central and north though he assures that the past seasons had given the service more food which is now still kept in the silos and will be used to feed prisons hoping that the draught does not continue. The ministry of finance has today announced that it has released UGX.2.35 trillion for the 2013/14 1st quarters budget funding representing a 21% of the budget allocation, among the funds released include teacher’s salaries totaling to UGX.44.08 Bn. Speaking to the media to announce the release today, the permanent secretary to the treasury, Keith Muhakanizi reveals that the funds released are to implement govt projects and programmees in the Health, education, water and environment, works and transport, agriculture and energy but warns all accounting officers of different govt entities to desist from paying out monies to ghost servants. The M23 head of negotiating team in Kampala, Rene’ Abanah reveals that the group has great hopes in the coming great lakes region meeting slated for 31st July 2013 in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Rene’ states that the meeting that is to discuss regional conflicts with the aim of finding a lasting solution to the problem hopes that it will discuss on how DRC govt and M23 can expeditiously go about the talks in Kampala that are currently static.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:52:54 +0000
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