Buganda marked a full week of mourning the Kasubi Tombs which were gutted by fire last week, the mourning was characterised by the donning Kanzu's (white tunics) without coats, bark cloth arm and waist bands by loyalists.

Opportunistic traders around down town made a kill selling backcloth arm and waist bands to the mostly zealous Baganda buyers who donned the attire at Kasubi and through out the week of mourning.

The first day of mourning saw the temporary closure of Kasubi and Nakulabye Markets.

Rumours irk Museveni

Addressing a press conference at State House Entebbe, a visibly infuriated Museveni did not only warn those spreading rumours that his government was behind the inferno that gutted the UNESCO recognized Kasubi royal tombs but also promised to deal with them.

The President was keen to hear some one say it publicly and he lets them face the music as he instructed security forces to scan all tapes, radios and media because the slander was denting his Government's image.

Shilling maintains steady down low    

After weighing an undesirable 2,100 against the dollar in recent weeks, the shilling hit its lowest mark in nine months and was predicted to continue depreciating against the dollar, a rate it last traded around June 2009 at a mid-rate of sh2, 137.2.

The local currency hit it's lowest trading at 2,135/2,140 compared to the previous week's lowest close of 2,085/2,090, a trend attributed to a general rise in demand from the energy and telecom sectors and interbank trading.

Obama's health care bill finally passed

The United States House of Representatives handed over to President Barack Obama a historic health care overhaul bill that was likely to guarantee health insurance coverage to all Americans for the first time ever.

The bill which Obama later signed into law had been delayed by opposition from mainly his major challengers Republicans. The health care reform was an integral part of Obama's national blue print that was to be implemented by his administration upon commencement of office.

It was hands off Rukiga County for NRM

The Rukiga County by-election was won by NRM's Adison Kakuru garnering 10,910 votes from four sub-counties, closely followed by FDC candidate who collected 9,329 votes while independent Amos Mugisha got 6,786 votes and Mr Medard Gumisiriza, also an independent candidate, trailed with 291 votes.

The by-election was timely and significant as a measure of strength between the FDC and NRM following their face-off in Mbale Municipality by-election a month ago that was taken by FDC.

Kahinda Otafiire dares Amama Mbabazi

After being beaten to the post of NRM secretary general in 2005, Kahinda did not take the results for granted as he showed intentions to vie for the same post while meeting Moyo District's NRM party leaders.

The verbose bush war general joined Vice President Gilbert Bukenya in the fight for Mr Mbabazi's job that earned him the title of "a super minister".

Otafiire qualified Mbabazi as a suitable Minister of foreign affairs or justice because he speaks good English but a very poor organizer.

Supreme Court opts to splash Shs 90m monthly on rent

The judiciary braced up to spend a hefty Shs 90 million on monthly rent for the new supreme Court premises it acquired at Kololo, a Kampala suburb.

The Court had prior to this arrangement been spending only Shs 16 million monthly to Buganda Kingdom.

Judiciary authorities defended the whooping expenditure on grounds of space and convenience.

Status that suits the Supreme Court and extras at the building that will allow use of modern technology facilities to make service delivery easier, were the other reasons given for absorbing the heavy expenditure on the new premises.

National ID contract finally taken

A Germany firm Muhlbauer Technology Group, was awarded the controversial national identification project after staking Shs 185b, slightly lower than the Shs 180b earlier quoted by Face Technologies for the same contract.

Face Technologies a South African data processing Company sued the government for breach of contract on grounds that it had a contract with the Government to implement the national identity project, having emerged winner in the bidding process in 2006 but Government turned around and looked for another contractor.  blog comments powered by Disqus

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