Warid Telecom cuts call rates by half: Warid Telecom’s 50% slash of its cross network call charges from Shs. 10 to 5 is set to send shockwaves in the telecommunication industry. Warid now becomes the cheapest service provider something that is likely to spark reactions from other players, Zain, Orange, UTL and MTN. This is not the first time Warid is leading a price war, its Pakalast profile which enables callers to enjoy 24 hour calls for only Shs.1500 is reported to have cut deep into the sales of other players and swung a number of subscribers to it.
New results for Lwemiyaga NRM primaries: Despite announcing new Lwemiyaga NRM primary elections, controversial MP Theodore Ssekikubo is still the winner. However, a team of party investigators yesterday said results announced by the party electoral chairperson, Ms Felicitus Magomu, were inflated by 11,000 votes. Previously, Mr Ssekikubo was declared winner with 15,423 after deducting 200 votes from Mr Nkalubo’s 15,466 for alleged tampering. The new results declared on Monday, however, show MP Ssekikubo has 9,413 votes while Mr Nkalubo got 9,255.
More protests against new law on public gatherings: Reports indicate that Dr Kizza Besigye the presidential candidate representing the four-party Inter- Party Cooperation said that the opposition is set to protest the Public Order Management Bill 2009. Besigye is reported to have said that the protest will highlight the potential of the Bill to instigate instability and cause confusion. The draft Bill, if passed will restrict public assemblies and require organisers of gatherings of more than 5 people to first seek permission from the police chief. The opposition will not be the first to protest the bill, civil society organisations, and international media rights activists have come up to express fear that the bill could hinder a fair election come 2010.Ssuubi, anti-Mao DP group join IPC: Ssuubi 2010, a political mobilisation group of mainly Buganda leaning politicians, and the Samuel Lubega-led break away DP faction are set to officially join the IPC.  Reports indicate that the official admission only waits the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The admission comes after an amendment of the IPC protocol that allows the alliance to admit as members political groups that are not necessarily political parties.  However, Lubega’s DP faction was admitted as a political party with full rights as other IPC partners despite pending court cases that will determine its legality as DP. The development comes shortly after DP president Norbert Mao attacked Besigye accusing him of attempting to weaken DP by forging secret alliances with the party’s members.
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written by zzkk201110, November 14, 2011
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