Wake up people! Is Museveni looking for military power to own East Africa? He is already messing with Congo and after aiding Kagame to settle in Rwanda M23 is busy terrorizing the Congo people is this right? Now Museveni is eyeing Mombasa port? Is Museveni from the Heaven space a super-man? Are there real men in Africa or just men with afwongos; men wearing old fashion bikinis ??? They are there for show and protecting nothing........ How much did Museveni pay to help the political campaign in Kenya for him to demand the Kenya Ports.....Mi na uliza, is this man's head correct ??? Judy Miriga Diaspora Spokesperson Executive Director Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc., USA http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com East Africa: Uganda Wants to Run Mombasa PortBy Joyce Namutebi, 19 April 2013 Uganda is seeking to participate in management of Mombasa port and other ports in the East African Community, a senior government official has said. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of East African Community (EAC) Affairs, Edith Mwanje said Thursday that Uganda should have a say in the management of ports because of "the too many delays" at the ports, which she said affect trade. "Let us be recognized as full stakeholders in the management of ports. The ports should be managed collectively as EAC," Mwanje said at a 'validation workshop on Uganda's country position on the single Customs Territory' held in Kampala. At the workshop a draft report on "Uganda's position on the negotiation for a single Customs Territory", which was authored by Development Economist, Paul Bagabo and his colleague Lawrence Othieno was released and discussed by various stakeholders. The two were commissioned by the Ministry of Finance to undertake a study and develop a position for Uganda for the negotiations for a fully-fledged Customs Union. Their report will inform Uganda's negotiating team. They study is meant to enable the High Level Task Force to develop a mechanism for engagement in the negotiations for a single customs territory and ensure that Uganda is not disadvantaged, among others. The Single customs Territory provides for free movement of goods in the EAC partner states, non-payment of tax of the good that are circulating in the states and imposition of a common tax on goods coming from outside the territory, Mwanje explained. She said that apart from the issue on ports, there are still administrative barriers and problems of corruption which should be addressed. She advised that Uganda and the partner states should watch out for goods imported into their countries and re-packaged to look as if they are made in EAC and end up evading taxes. Uganda, she said, needs a strong law to monitor such anomalies. The draft report stated that currently ports handle over 805 of the imports for Uganda. 'The research revealed that recent changes in port charges and other decisions particularly at the port of Mombasa have been taken without input from Uganda. This has led to inconvenience and disruptions in the import process in the country," Bagabo said. Given the role that the sea ports of Mombasa and Dar-es-salaam play in the import regimes of landlocked partner states in a regional integration arrangement, the study recommended that Uganda should be involved in the decision making process at the ports. The draft report was debated by representatives from the ministries of Finance, trade and EAC affairs, private sector, manufacturers, Kampala City Traders Association, members of the high level task force involved in the negotiations with other partner states on the single customs territory, and the Uganda Export Promotion Board, among others. Uganda Appeals to U.S. for Army SupportBy Jackie Nambogga, 18 April 2013The chief of the newly established civil military operation (CMO) affairs force in the UPDF Col. Moses Ddiba Ssentongo has called for support to establish a centre of excellence training academy of the CMO cadres. He said the UPDF elevated CMO affairs to a fully-fledged chieftaincy two weeks ago but it faces challenges which include human resource and lack of training manuals to pass information to other generations. "We need to have organized information by developing history regarding CMO which can be stored and also be passed to other future cadres in terms of developed materials," Ssentongo stressed. He said this at the ongoing two-week CMO training which has attracted 55 UPDF officers at the Junior Staff College in Gadaffi barracks in Jinja town. The training that is being funded by the United States armed forces is also facilitated by trainers from U.S.A under the combined joint task force horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), led by Maj. Mark .J. Berman. All the trainers have ever served in war torn countries such as Comoro, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and are sharing their experiences with the participants on how to deal with civilians during their civil military operations. However, Ssentongo stressed the need of having written manuals on civil military trainings which he said can be passed to other cadres in the force other than basing on foreign trainings by the United States army officers. "There is need for UPDF experts to work with U.S.A experts in order to write CMO training manuals, we shall require support in this regard," he noted. He added that; "I know the challenge is big but if we get a fully-fledged centre and also have manuals to follow, we will manage basing on the knowledge we are acquiring. In response, Lt. Commander Anderson Perez, US' country coordination element officer in Uganda said they were ready to facilitate and build Africa's capacity to solve her own problems. Ssentongo who was flanked by Lt. Col. John Paul Ssonko, UPDF's director of civil military affairs and the commandant of the Junior staff college Col. Godfrey Golooba revealed that the participants would be deployed in Somalia on a civil military operation affairs mission after undergoing the training. "Somalia is steadily stabilizing and today's conflict is not much in the guns or fighter jets, majority of the conflicts are symmetrical, it is to do with the community where operations take place, we have to get into people's hearts and minds and this is what we are targeting for this training," he noted. Siaya Governor warns public on land deals Siaya County Cornel Rasanga. Mr Rasanga has warned officers of defunct local authorities against engaging in unscrupulous land deals. Photo/FILE NATION MEDIA GROUP By NATION CORRESPONDENT Posted Thursday, April 18 2013 at 15:54 Residents of Siaya County have been warned against engaging in land transactions with former local authorities without consulting the office of the governor. It is fraudulent for anybody to buy or sell government land through the former local authorities, said Governor Cornel Rasanga. He said land transactions should have stopped when the county government came into force. The governor warned officers of defunct local authorities against engaging in such deals. He said he had established that such transactions were still being carried out and appealed to relevant government agencies to take stern action. "Those transactions are null and void. We are warning those involved that the long arm of the law will catch up with both the sellers and buyers," Mr Rasanga said. He told the public that the plots were now under the county government and nobody should purport to sell them on behalf of the local authorities. According to the Transition to Devolved Government Act, 2012, anybody who transfers assets without obtaining the approval of the county government or contrary to the mechanism provided by the Transition Authority commits an offence. Kidero interdicts officers over Sh180m graft claims Nairobi county governor Evans Kidero inspects a parade by City Council workers. Photo/FILE Nation Media Group By EMMANUEL TOILI etoili@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Wednesday, April 17 2013 at 13:15 Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has interdicted four senior City Council officers over the loss of Sh180 million and ordered investigation of 25 firms involved in graft claims. The officers have been accused of misappropriating Sh180m in the infamous 'air supplies' at the City Hall. 10 more officers from the departments of Procurement, City Engineering, Treasury and Inspection and Acceptance Committee are also being investigated. Also, 25 firms allegedly involved in the 'air supply' together with their directors are being investigated over the misappropriation. "Am in the process of initiating necessary legislation on governance with special focus on tackling corruption within the county. Within three months, I will have sealed all revenue leakages and all financial malpractices," he said. "I also intend to set up the County Ombudsman's Office with a clear mandate to handle all aspects of integrity and corruption within the rank and file in the County," Kidero added.
EU envoy wants open tender for Karuma dam Journalists take pictures of Karuma Falls recently. Construction of a 600-Megawatt dam at the site has stalled over allegations of corruption in the bidding process. By TABU BUTAGIRA Posted Thursday, April 18 2013 at 01:00 In Summary Top EU envoy says unlike a grant, Ugandan tax payers will have to repay the loan for the project and its intended works must offer the best value-for-money. Kampala The government should re-open up the tender for construction of the 600-megawatt Karuma hydro-dam to all interested "competent" firms irrespective of which country finances the project, the Head of the European Union Delegation in Uganda has said. Ambassador Roberto Ridolfi told the Daily Monitor on Tuesday that handpicking a firm from a country offering a $2.2 billion loan for the construction works, would amount to "breach of the public procurement rules". "Public procurement rules are very simple and are at the core of good governance: transparency, free and open access to everybody to the tendering and no discrimination," he said. Government urged "I hope the government will abide by the court ruling and the (Inspectorate of Government's) recommendations without breaching the public procurement laws because a loan, even if it's a very soft loan or concession loan, will have to be paid back by Ugandans." The considerations, he said, would however be different if Uganda received a grant. The envoy's comments come weeks after the largely state-owned New Vision reported that China has agreed to deploy resources and firms to build Karuma dam. President Museveni and his new Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping reportedly sealed the deal during the recent BRICS summit in South Africa, the newspaper reported, quoting unnamed sources. In the Tuesday interview, Mr Ridolfi made no mention of China but said it would be unfair for the Ugandan government to exclude other "competent" companies and only favour firms from country bankrolling the project. Call for respect of the law "The laws of public procurement must be respected. If we are talking about loans, Ugandan tax payers have to pay it back, which means ultimately that the infrastructure will be paid for by Ugandans tax payers, he said, "Therefore, Uganda has the right to get the best value for money. The laws of public procurement were not invented to delay projects, they were invented to give value-for-money to the tax payers, avoid corruption and collusion." The process of procuring a contractor for the already delayed Karuma dam has been rife with allegations of corruption, bidders falsifying work records and violation of procurement rules, prompting a plethora of lawsuits and investigations by police, the statutory public procurement entity and Ombudsman. The Inspectorate of Government cancelled the initial process that placed China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE) in pole position to win the $2.2 billion tender, and advised government to restart the process but through restricted international bidding. Salini, an Italian company, has fought hardest, including through the courts, over the Karuma dam deal. |
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