KAMPALA NEWS NEW VISION, Wednesday, July 4, 2012 9 Mulago launches a sh1b oxygen plant PICTURE BY ENOCK KAKANDE By NOAH JAGWE uid oxygen from Kenya. However, he involved since oxygen is highly flam- said that if they decide to go commer- mable,” Baterana said. Mulago Hospital has signed a sh1.8b cial, sh1.8b will be recovered within “I hope we will serve the people contract with a Chinese company the two years. by giving them oxygen, especially China Sinopharm Corporation Lim- When the plant is completed, the those in intensive care,” Baterana ited to construct an oxygen plant at hospital will be able to supply most noted. We shall have the capacity to the hospital. of the Government hospitals around meet the demands for oxygen even Sinopharm was among the 11 bid- the country with oxygen. when other hospitals come to us, but ders that competed after Mulago ad- The project is expected to be com- I would want them also to get these vertised the tender for the supply of pleted in November. plants. It is very dangerous to trans- oxygen for medical use. The plant can generate 40 litres of port it. The executive director of Mulago oxygen per hour by each of the six He said the machine would be Hospital, Byarugaba Baterana, said cylinders attached to the plant. helpful even during power cuts, say- Sinopharm sales manager, Fan Ping (left), and Byarugaba Baterana this will save sh700m they have been “If it is completed, it will reduce ing it can use the reserves in the oth- (right) after commissioning the oxygen plant on June 29 spending every year on importing liq- the transportation costs and the risks er cylinders. Former workers sue Kyambogo PICTURE BY MARK OWOR University over dismissal BY JOB BWIRE Kyambogo from 1993 up to the time the university was A group of 55 former em- established. ployees of Kyambogo Uni- In 2009, however, the versity have dragged the university terminated their university to Kampala Capi- contracts. tal City Authority (KCCA) The Nakawa Labour labour office over dismissal. Office ruled that their The complainants include termination was unlawful cooks, office attendants, and awarded them terminal hall attendants, kitchen benefits. attendant, security guards However, they claim their and drivers. They worked benefits were undercalcu- for the university from 2003 lated. to 2009, when they were Consequently they filed dismissed and want com- a complaint in the KCCA pensation worth sh1.9b in labour office and the case accumulated salary arrears. was decided in their favour. Kyambogo University was However, the directives of established in October 2001 the ruling were not effected. by merging three institu- According to court docu- tions; Institute for Teacher ments, the complainants Education Kyambogo, were supposed to have Kampala Capital City Authority has closed Qualicel bus terminal building over poor hygiene and inadequate toilet Uganda National Institute been paid by June 14, but it facilities. KCCA health officer Dr. John Lule ordered the tenants out of the building yesterday of Special Education and was not done. Uganda Polytechnic Kyam- They told New Vision that bogo. when they went to the bur- The complainants claim sar’s office for their money, KCCA closes Qualicel bus terminal they were employees of they were thrown out by the the Uganda Polytechnic Police. BY JULIET WAISWA off the building. KCCA health inspector, Lule said they had served Lubega with John Lule accompanied by central di- three notices on that building, but he Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) vision’s Johnson Kasigaire stormed the has not taken any action. Repairs on New Court orders on has closed another business of city ty- building and closed it, warning tenants The building has bars, restaurants, coon, Drake Lubega. In June, Energy it would remain closed until the mess a toilet whose sewage pipe leaks. The Centre was closed down for three days was sorted out. building also has a Police post. The offi- Taxi Park start KIU murder file over poor sewage disposal. “We have closed these premises to cer in charge of the post who preferred The Qualicel bus terminal business save people’s lives. We shall not enter- not to be named pleaded with KCCA to Repairs on the New Taxi Park BY ANDANTE OKANYA centre in Nakivubo was sealed off over tain such buildings, which don’t have leave some offices open while manage- will start soon, according to poor sewage disposal. facilities like this one because people ment deals with the problem. Kampala Capital City Author- The Director of Public Pros- The building, located between Nabu- are going to catch diseases like chol- Some traders welcomed the idea. “We ity’s director of engineering, ecutions (DPP) has been or- keera Plaza and Qualicel bus park, ac- era,” said Lule. have complained to our land lord but Andrew Kitaka. He revealed dered to avail vital documents commodates over 600 businesses. He said the structure is built on a all he cares about is his business, it is this during a council meeting to Kampala International Uni- A team of health officials from KCCA sewer line and that needs to be recti- the right time for KCCA to intervene,” on June 28. The sh47m tender versity student Jane Ndichu, head office and Central division sealed fied before any business can go on. Nalongo, a dealer in mobile said. to carry out the repairs was who is accused of murdering given to Sterling Construction her boyfriend. and the work is expected to Justice Jane Kiggundu on be completed in one year. In Monday said Ndichu must be its budget for 2012/13, KCCA given copies of the patholo- expects to raise sh11.5b from gist’s report, medical report, Armed robbers shoot trader, take off with money both the new and old taxi death declaration report, parks. scene of crime report, plus the BY SIMON MASABA ling on a motor cycle. One large amounts of money investigation officer’s report. jumped off and asked me to and written orders enclosed Ndichu, 22, allegedly mur- The Police are hunting for surrender the bag I was car- in envelopes,” he explained. dered Musunga at Kansanga three unidentified armed Shot rying. The Kawempe Divisional near the university, in 2010. robbers who shot and se- When I declined, I was Police Commander (DPC), Court restrains n A prominent business The order was prompted by verely injured a city promi- was shot twice in the left Siraje Bakaleke, quoting man from Kawempe was an application by Ndichu’s nent trader before making knee. When I fell down, preliminary probe reports, KCCA on land boss on Monday shot and lawyer Rose Sengendo. off with unknown amount they grabbed the bag. said robbed of an unspecified Court has restrained Kam- Ndichu demanded for the of money. They were all clad in the suspected robbers had amount of money. pala Capital City Authority documents to enable her per- The incident took place on clothes similar to police uni- trailed Lubega from his from redeploying the secre- sonal experts analyse and use Monday night in Kyebando form,” Lubega said. shop near Kyebando mar- tary of the city land board. while defending her. Kisalosalo a Kampala sub- Lubega said he did not ket. Jennifer Kaggwa, KCCA’s di- The judge agreed with Ndi- urb. three daughters, is nursing know how much money “According to our intel- rector for administration and chu, saying the documents are The Police have identi- wounds at Mulago Hospi- was in the bag. “It was alot ligence, the robbers had human resource, had told crucial in helping her defend fied the victim as William tal where he was rushed by of cash whose particulars been following Lubega’s Sarah Kusiima to hand over herself. The crime division Lubega, 47, a prominent relatives after the 10:00pm I was yet to determine on movements for some time office to improve service de- registrar was also ordered to businessman in Kawempe attack. reaching home. before raiding him on his livery, which she challenged help Ndichu’s lawyer get other division. Lubega, a father of “These men were travel- My customers often send way home,” Bakaleke said. in court. exhibits..