The melodrama within the Democratic Party (DP) hit a crescendo as a one Sebaana Kizito led faction flouted Semogerere's counsel to hold a delegates conference in Mbale in which Hajji Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala was trounced by Norbert Mao.

Crying foul, Ssebaggala forthwith rejected the election results in a press conference he called one day later citing electoral malpractices; a reason for which  he is now threatening to form a new party.

The state of affairs, according to some analysts marked yet a new epoch of renewed ramifications, which if not reversed, will lead to the final demise of the party, more so, now that another faction led by Reina Kafiire and Joseph Mukiibi is threatening to go ahead with plans to hold another delegates conference on the 24th of April 2010 after dismissing the previous one as null and void.

On top of consolidating his grip at the party's helm which includes winning a national appeal for his candidature, Pundits have said that, Norbert Mao ought to pay more keener attention to the embarrassing challenges in the party at the moment namely; healing the growing disunity amongst the member, winning back Ssebagala's estranged faction as well as negotiating a favorable deal for (DP) in the Inter-party Cooperation (IPC) as part of the way forward.

QG Saatchi & Saatchi faces full wrath of PAC

Mr. Moses Zikusooka, a former official at Saatchi & Saatchi (S&S) the Public Relations (PR) firm that partnered with Terp Group owned by Odrek Rwabogo to fraudently make a kill out of the CHOGUM publicity Tender, was together with his alleged accomplices Rwabogo, Quarcoo and Vincent Okeme put to task to explain to explain why he(Zikusoka ) signed CVs of (S& S) directors before getting powers of attorney, to present a bid that did not have the  required bid security of Shs 5 million.

All the flaws including the presenting of "empty boxes" and inflating the Contract value to Shs 2.4billion, were attributed to influence peddling by Saatchi & Saatchi.

CHOGM business forum funds chock Mulwana

City business man, James Mulwana was in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hot seat where he denied knowledge of funds collected from companies that sponsored the Common Wealth Business Forum (CWBF) held in Kampala in 2007.

According to the auditor general's report, CWBF is believed to have received Sh 180m from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which was never accounted for. Mulwana advised the MPs to get explanations from the Common Wealth Business Council (CBC).

Mulwana alleged that he was under instructions not to handle the Forum's cash but to guide the sponsors to channel the money through the CBC account in Standard Chartered Bank in Uganda or pay it directly in the CBC account in London.

UTL sued over for breach of contract

MTN (U) Ltd dragged Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) to court seeking payment of Sh 7.2 billion in interconnection fees for the contract running November 2008 to September 30th 2009.

MTN (U) Ltd issued Invoices for due payments which were not honored and the claim has since accumulated interest of Ushs 757.7 million. UTL is said to have issued two cheques worth Sh 600 million as payment for the debt but the cheque bounced. MTN wants court to issue a court order compelling UTL to pay money claimed with interest, damages and costs.  

Minister Kabakumba Masiko plays MPs hide and seek

Information and National Guidance Minister Kabakumba Masiko initially snubbed earlier summons to face the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for cross examination on her alleged reference to PAC as a torture chamber for witnesses who face it and it [PAC] was thus responsible for the death of property Mogul, Mr Behakanira. Committee members however greed to give the Minister a one-week ultimatum to appear before it on March 1.

Committee members Henry Banyenzaki, Rubanda West MP, Charles Oduman Bukedeya MP, Theodore Ssekikubo Lwemiyaga MP are keen to have the Minister arrested in case she flouts the ultimatum this time round.

Floods batter City

A Heavy downpour which lasted for eight hours and is believed to have ushered in the El-Nino conditions brought business to a standstill and devastated life in low lying areas in city suburbs of Bwaise, Karerwe, Kireka, Katwe, Lufuka, Najjanankumbi, Zana and Namasuba where people had to resort to buckets for  scooping  water out of their submerged houses. The floods were attributed to clogged water channels, and the Northern bypass.

Another Shs 84b for AIDS, Malaria

With the unfinished business on comprehensive prosecution of those who misused GAVI funds in 2005 save for Teddy Sezi Cheye who was sent to Luzira prison following Justice James Ogola's commission of inquiry , Global fund is set to give Uganda more Shs 84bn towards the Malaria fund. Part of the contribution is expected next week in the form of Mosquito treated nets while the rest of the package is expected in June this year.
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