HOW FAR HAS THE US$106M LOAN FROM CHINESE GOVT GONE IN SEEING 2500 KMs OF FIBRE IN PLACE IN UGANDA?
It is important for the people of Uganda to get to know how far the project for which Uganda Government secured a USD106m (about shs180bn) loan from the Chinese Government to construct a national data transmission backbone infrastructure to foster the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has gone.
The people of Uganda need to know how far the objective of the funds has reached regarding the laying of 2,500kms of fibre countrywide. The project is meant to compliment the private sector and not compete with it so as to allow them concentrate investment on the value added service provision rather than infrastructure. The project should lead to improved communication in Uganda through the availability of cheap and easy to access bandwidth.
William Kituuka Kiwanuka
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
MOSES SSEBAGGALA DIRECTOR AT BWEYA CHILDREN’S HOME SURVIVES DEATH
The evening of Saturday, February 25 saw Moses Ssebaggala Director at Bweya Children’s Home survive death as he drove back home. Ssebaggala was ambushed by thugs who way laid him around Kasangati. The thugs had set up a road block, they stopped Ssebagala from moving on, however, Ssebaggala pleaded with them to allow him move on. It is said that someone within the group cleared him to go but this was not well received by others and that is when stone, iron bars were used and by grace of God, Ssebaggala escaped with serious injuries. It is believed that Moses is out of danger though he hopes to get more serious medical attention with time.
Bweya Children’s Home got the news of their Director’s narrow survival and only thank God that Moses is alive.
William Kituuka
Bweya Children’s Home got the news of their Director’s narrow survival and only thank God that Moses is alive.
William Kituuka
Friday, March 2, 2012
NAMUTAMBA MUST DEVELOP (NAMUDE)
For a child who was nurtured at Namutamba, I cry tears when I get there. The place is so backward yet it would be among the most progressive in Uganda. To me Namutamba was one of the 1st places in Uganda to get civilization in the actual sense. The role played by the Lea Wilson Family when they got to Namutamba and eventually evolved the Namutamba Tea Estate and Dairy Farm as well as a primary school which later came to be called Namutamba Demonstration School was very instrumental in the initial fame which Namutamba enjoyed. It was real civilization; there was a lot of togetherness more so with the Rwandese who came from Rwanda to work on the estate. Today, Namutamba is a sad story. It is poverty, yet there are resources which can see the area come up very fast, however, these have to be nurtured and the community can easily be got to participate in their eventual welfare.
I would love to spearhead the Namutamba Must Develop (NAMUDE) initiative. As a trained Rural Economist, an innovator, a man who loves to see the welfare of others, it is my desired goal to see the area which saw me in childhood develop given the current indicators which are symptoms of poverty. This to me would be a worthy task as a reward to the area whose manpower (teachers) I was able to get a bursary to one of the best schools in the country – St. Mary’s College Kisubi after being one of the top 10 pupils at my primary Leaving Examinations in the then Mubende District. Currently, Namutamba a parish is found within Bulera Sub – County in Mityana district.
The focal area I wish to have my base is about 12 – 15 miles from Mityana town along Bulera road via Kitemu. The development I wish to be part of should see the following among others:
1. Easing of transport to and fro Mityana. Currently, if one misses the very early vehicles to Mityana, he/she has to hire a commercial motor cyclist for 12 or more miles at the cost of shs 7,000. This means that there should be improved taxi availability so that people are sure of getting a taxi to and fro Mityana at anytime they wish to travel;
2. There is need to use a better health facility as a magnet to attract people to be party to the innovations that may eventually change them, this, to offer services at highly discounted rates is in the right direction and also offer a number of services including maternity, antenatal, laboratory, admissions and a full time doctor and other specialized medical personnel. People to be encouraged to have savings with the facility and also be allowed to get treatment on credit or even pay in kind using what they produce in their gardens may all go a long way in promoting the health facility;
3. Conducting a baseline survey to bring out the people’s ills and endeavouring to cater for them can go along way in easing the lives of the people at Namutamba. These may include:
i. Availing a Filling station in close vicinity. Currently, those with vehicles can only fill from Mityana!
ii. The mobile money facility calls for going to Mityana to cash or even to send. Getting these services to the people is critical and very time saving;
iii. There are a variety of goods which people have to buy from Mityana yet they would buy them from some big shop around in the area and save, this calls for opening up such a shop with a hardware component;
iv. Setting up a collecting centre for merchandize which may be taken to market in Mityana or beyond;
v.
4. There is need to set up an NGO arrangement to oversee most of the community mobilization in the area this may undertake among other things:
a) Encourage the formation of single sex Self Help Groups (SHGs) as a vehicle to enhance the savings culture among the people and the working in group arrangement for their betterment;
b) Help with better innovations, for example the area has many cattle keepers who need to move from quantity of animals kept to quality as well as undertake zero – grazing;
c) The NGO may be able to encourage innovations which may help farmers to grow in bigger quantities and hence get means to process so as to get a bigger margin from their products;
d) There is poor agricultural undertaking. Better soil management as well as enterprise management can help the poor people move away from the misery they are currently in;
e)
5. There is need to work on the roads. The road from Mityana gets bad when one starts climbing Namutamba Hill after Bakijjulula. If there is away this road can be worked on, chances are that greater economic activity will be undertaken.
The above is my dream, it is my prayer that the Almighty God helps me to get partners with whom we can see the development of Namutamba real.
My contact:
William Kituuka
P. O. Box 2678,
Kampala,
UGANDA.
Email: wkituuka@gmail.com
My other works can be accessed on the following links:
http://williamkituuka.blogspot.com/
http://www.jckiwanuka.blogspot.com/
http://www.stmaryscollegekisubi.blogspot.com/
http://www.kisubibrothersuniversitycollegem.blogspot.com/
http://www.smackoldboysmagazine.blogspot.com/
http://www.anthonykyemwa.blogspot.com/
http://www.stpeterschurchofugandassisa.blogspot.com/
http://www.allsaintsschoollweza.blogspot.com/
http://thegloryofnamutamba.blogspot.com/
http://www.namutambademschool.webs.com/
http://www.namutambanurseryschool.webs.com/
I would love to spearhead the Namutamba Must Develop (NAMUDE) initiative. As a trained Rural Economist, an innovator, a man who loves to see the welfare of others, it is my desired goal to see the area which saw me in childhood develop given the current indicators which are symptoms of poverty. This to me would be a worthy task as a reward to the area whose manpower (teachers) I was able to get a bursary to one of the best schools in the country – St. Mary’s College Kisubi after being one of the top 10 pupils at my primary Leaving Examinations in the then Mubende District. Currently, Namutamba a parish is found within Bulera Sub – County in Mityana district.
The focal area I wish to have my base is about 12 – 15 miles from Mityana town along Bulera road via Kitemu. The development I wish to be part of should see the following among others:
1. Easing of transport to and fro Mityana. Currently, if one misses the very early vehicles to Mityana, he/she has to hire a commercial motor cyclist for 12 or more miles at the cost of shs 7,000. This means that there should be improved taxi availability so that people are sure of getting a taxi to and fro Mityana at anytime they wish to travel;
2. There is need to use a better health facility as a magnet to attract people to be party to the innovations that may eventually change them, this, to offer services at highly discounted rates is in the right direction and also offer a number of services including maternity, antenatal, laboratory, admissions and a full time doctor and other specialized medical personnel. People to be encouraged to have savings with the facility and also be allowed to get treatment on credit or even pay in kind using what they produce in their gardens may all go a long way in promoting the health facility;
3. Conducting a baseline survey to bring out the people’s ills and endeavouring to cater for them can go along way in easing the lives of the people at Namutamba. These may include:
i. Availing a Filling station in close vicinity. Currently, those with vehicles can only fill from Mityana!
ii. The mobile money facility calls for going to Mityana to cash or even to send. Getting these services to the people is critical and very time saving;
iii. There are a variety of goods which people have to buy from Mityana yet they would buy them from some big shop around in the area and save, this calls for opening up such a shop with a hardware component;
iv. Setting up a collecting centre for merchandize which may be taken to market in Mityana or beyond;
v.
4. There is need to set up an NGO arrangement to oversee most of the community mobilization in the area this may undertake among other things:
a) Encourage the formation of single sex Self Help Groups (SHGs) as a vehicle to enhance the savings culture among the people and the working in group arrangement for their betterment;
b) Help with better innovations, for example the area has many cattle keepers who need to move from quantity of animals kept to quality as well as undertake zero – grazing;
c) The NGO may be able to encourage innovations which may help farmers to grow in bigger quantities and hence get means to process so as to get a bigger margin from their products;
d) There is poor agricultural undertaking. Better soil management as well as enterprise management can help the poor people move away from the misery they are currently in;
e)
5. There is need to work on the roads. The road from Mityana gets bad when one starts climbing Namutamba Hill after Bakijjulula. If there is away this road can be worked on, chances are that greater economic activity will be undertaken.
The above is my dream, it is my prayer that the Almighty God helps me to get partners with whom we can see the development of Namutamba real.
My contact:
William Kituuka
P. O. Box 2678,
Kampala,
UGANDA.
Email: wkituuka@gmail.com
My other works can be accessed on the following links:
http://williamkituuka.blogspot.com/
http://www.jckiwanuka.blogspot.com/
http://www.stmaryscollegekisubi.blogspot.com/
http://www.kisubibrothersuniversitycollegem.blogspot.com/
http://www.smackoldboysmagazine.blogspot.com/
http://www.anthonykyemwa.blogspot.com/
http://www.stpeterschurchofugandassisa.blogspot.com/
http://www.allsaintsschoollweza.blogspot.com/
http://thegloryofnamutamba.blogspot.com/
http://www.namutambademschool.webs.com/
http://www.namutambanurseryschool.webs.com/
Thursday, March 1, 2012
MBABAZI'S NAME IS BAD NEWS TO SOME OF US
It is sad but true that the name of Mbabazi to many Uganda's is bad news. The prayer is that it gets out of the news.
William Kituuka Kiwanuka
Govt denies silencing Mbabazi on Basajja compensation saga
By Monitor Reporter
Posted Friday, March 2 2012 at 00:00
In Summary
Bad example. The Prime Minister was reportedly silenced by fear that he could send bad signal to the public after he failed to step aside over the oil allegations.
Government and the ruling NRM party yesterday denied reports that Cabinet has asked Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi not to say anything about the culpability of State officials implicated in the Basajjabalaba compensation saga on the floor of Parliament for fear that he might send a bad signal about the fight against corruption.
NRM parliamentary caucus chairman David Bahati (Ndorwa East) jumped to the defence of the Prime Minister, insisting that as the compensation saga gathered steam, Mr Mbabazi was away in Ghana from where he returned recently.
“When he is not in the House, it is Gen. Moses Ali who leads us,” Mr Bahati said.
Gen Ali is the Third Deputy Premier and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament.
Cabinet sources, however, said shortly before Gen. Ali presented Cabinet’s position on the PAC report to Parliament last week, Mr Mbabazi had been dissuaded by his colleagues from appearing in the House to present the statement.
“We thought it was the right thing to do,” the sources, who cannot be named because they do not have authorisation to speak for Cabinet, said.
“The ad hoc committee on oil is investigating him and Parliament had wanted him to resign over certain allegations. The court has stopped his resignation but we thought Gen. Ali was in a better position to deliver the statement. It would have sent a bad signal for Mbabazi to ask [ministers] Khiddu Makubuya and Syda Bbumba to resign when he himself has issues,” Daily Monitor was told.
Although Mr Mbabazi attended the Cabinet meeting, which formulated the statement read by Gen. Ali, he did not attend the afternoon Parliament business.
Not sorted
Mr Mbabazi together with Internal Affairs Minister Hilary Onek and Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa, who stepped aside because of another Chogm corruption case, have been named in oil bribery allegations. A parliamentary committee is investigating the allegations against the three ministers and other bureaucrats in the Ministry of Energy.
At the start of the debate on the PAC report, which implicated Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime-Mutebile and former ministers Bbumba and Makubuya, First Deputy Premier Eriya Kategaya was the one in chair.
It was only last week when Mr Mbabazi requested Parliament to stay its decision on Mr Mutebile to allow a Cabinet sub-committee first interrogate him.
Information Minister Mary Karooro Okurut also said: “It is not true that the PM was gagged. He is not a member of the select Cabinet committee dealing with these issues. It was, therefore, the chair of the committee Hon [Crispus] Kiyonga and Hon. Ali, who sits on the committee, who had the mandate to present Cabinet/ government positions to Parliament.”
Party caucus sources also indicated last night that they didn’t expect any contribution from Mr Mbabazi.
“He is also tainted in our eyes, and it wouldn’t be good for him to come and defend the indicted ministers,” said an MP, who preferred anonymity for fear of being cited for indiscipline.
PAC made recommendations to government that caused the sacking of Ms Bbumba and Prof. Makubuya. The same report indicted Mr Mutebile.
The official government position on the fate of Mr Mutebile is expected on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday next week.
editorial@ug.nationmedia.com
William Kituuka Kiwanuka
Govt denies silencing Mbabazi on Basajja compensation saga
By Monitor Reporter
Posted Friday, March 2 2012 at 00:00
In Summary
Bad example. The Prime Minister was reportedly silenced by fear that he could send bad signal to the public after he failed to step aside over the oil allegations.
Government and the ruling NRM party yesterday denied reports that Cabinet has asked Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi not to say anything about the culpability of State officials implicated in the Basajjabalaba compensation saga on the floor of Parliament for fear that he might send a bad signal about the fight against corruption.
NRM parliamentary caucus chairman David Bahati (Ndorwa East) jumped to the defence of the Prime Minister, insisting that as the compensation saga gathered steam, Mr Mbabazi was away in Ghana from where he returned recently.
“When he is not in the House, it is Gen. Moses Ali who leads us,” Mr Bahati said.
Gen Ali is the Third Deputy Premier and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament.
Cabinet sources, however, said shortly before Gen. Ali presented Cabinet’s position on the PAC report to Parliament last week, Mr Mbabazi had been dissuaded by his colleagues from appearing in the House to present the statement.
“We thought it was the right thing to do,” the sources, who cannot be named because they do not have authorisation to speak for Cabinet, said.
“The ad hoc committee on oil is investigating him and Parliament had wanted him to resign over certain allegations. The court has stopped his resignation but we thought Gen. Ali was in a better position to deliver the statement. It would have sent a bad signal for Mbabazi to ask [ministers] Khiddu Makubuya and Syda Bbumba to resign when he himself has issues,” Daily Monitor was told.
Although Mr Mbabazi attended the Cabinet meeting, which formulated the statement read by Gen. Ali, he did not attend the afternoon Parliament business.
Not sorted
Mr Mbabazi together with Internal Affairs Minister Hilary Onek and Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa, who stepped aside because of another Chogm corruption case, have been named in oil bribery allegations. A parliamentary committee is investigating the allegations against the three ministers and other bureaucrats in the Ministry of Energy.
At the start of the debate on the PAC report, which implicated Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime-Mutebile and former ministers Bbumba and Makubuya, First Deputy Premier Eriya Kategaya was the one in chair.
It was only last week when Mr Mbabazi requested Parliament to stay its decision on Mr Mutebile to allow a Cabinet sub-committee first interrogate him.
Information Minister Mary Karooro Okurut also said: “It is not true that the PM was gagged. He is not a member of the select Cabinet committee dealing with these issues. It was, therefore, the chair of the committee Hon [Crispus] Kiyonga and Hon. Ali, who sits on the committee, who had the mandate to present Cabinet/ government positions to Parliament.”
Party caucus sources also indicated last night that they didn’t expect any contribution from Mr Mbabazi.
“He is also tainted in our eyes, and it wouldn’t be good for him to come and defend the indicted ministers,” said an MP, who preferred anonymity for fear of being cited for indiscipline.
PAC made recommendations to government that caused the sacking of Ms Bbumba and Prof. Makubuya. The same report indicted Mr Mutebile.
The official government position on the fate of Mr Mutebile is expected on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday next week.
editorial@ug.nationmedia.com
WHAT SOLUTION TO AFRICAN DICTATORS?
I for one still think that prayers will help Africa get rid of notorious dictators. Under the cover of dedicated service to their countries they have established methods of systematically looting the countries and in some cases you need to be very well informed to be in the know of what they actually own. It is sad, but the truth. Many are not worthy being in leadership at this moment of advancement in knowledge and technology.
William Kituuka Kiwanuka
Solution to the Problem with African Dictators & Famine?
So you send a team in to take over the capital. Then place yourself(or someone capable of running the country correctly) in power. Also since people in Africa are mostly loyal to those who pay the bills you wouldn't have to worry about the military showing up later. (If that doesn't work having a helo for a quick escape won't hurt.)
The way I see it the President of Equitorial Guinea has a estmated value of $600 million. With 70% of the population(473,200 people) living on $2/day. If you do the math everyone in the country would get almost 1,000 dollars(US) to help them buy food,medicine and to rebuild their country.
Several years later when the country was stable again you could turn control over to the people of the country.
But the team couldn't be supported by the American government so as to not affend other countries. A team of retiredArmy Special Forces soldiers acting on their own could do it since they're trained in guerilla warfare and also seem to be the older and "most mature Special operations unit" no offense intended.
To those who want to insult me I'm just a 17 year old trying to help a country. This plan probably isn't perfect but atleast I can say I tried to help.
William Kituuka Kiwanuka
Solution to the Problem with African Dictators & Famine?
So you send a team in to take over the capital. Then place yourself(or someone capable of running the country correctly) in power. Also since people in Africa are mostly loyal to those who pay the bills you wouldn't have to worry about the military showing up later. (If that doesn't work having a helo for a quick escape won't hurt.)
The way I see it the President of Equitorial Guinea has a estmated value of $600 million. With 70% of the population(473,200 people) living on $2/day. If you do the math everyone in the country would get almost 1,000 dollars(US) to help them buy food,medicine and to rebuild their country.
Several years later when the country was stable again you could turn control over to the people of the country.
But the team couldn't be supported by the American government so as to not affend other countries. A team of retiredArmy Special Forces soldiers acting on their own could do it since they're trained in guerilla warfare and also seem to be the older and "most mature Special operations unit" no offense intended.
To those who want to insult me I'm just a 17 year old trying to help a country. This plan probably isn't perfect but atleast I can say I tried to help.
AFTER UPE AND USE YOU GET TO IMPOSSIBLE TUITION; THAT IS UGANDA
Fees burden looms as cheapest varsity course to cost a million
By Patience Ahimbisibwe
Posted Friday, March 2 2012 at 00:00
In Summary
Extra burden. The cheapest university course will now go for Shs650,000 in lieu of other functional fees like medical, internship, and worse, accommodation fees.
Students gaining admission to both public and private universities under the private admission scheme will have to fork out more than a million shillings on tuition and other requirements regardless of the course they choose to pursue, a survey by Daily Monitor has indicated.
The cheapest courses at Makerere University, for example, Bachelor of Arts in Education or Bachelor of Arts in Arts, charge between Shs650,000 and 750,000 for tuition minus other fees charged on registration, examination, internship, guild and medical, which when factored in, would raise the figure to more than a million shillings per semester.
This burden stretches further in light of the fact that students also have to do a lot of photocopying of notes and find accommodation, on top of other requirements.
Figures parents fear
Figures made available to the public by the various universities indicate that a Bachelor of Business Administration at Makerere University will cost learners Shs1,150,000 per semester without examination costs, medical fees and accommodation. The same course will go for Shs980,000 at Mbarara University (MUST) while Uganda Christian University is charging Shs1,575,000. Gulu University is considerably cheaper, asking of its students Shs650,000.
In addition to these, parents will have to cater for accommodation mainly in hostels in the neighbourhood of the campuses where charges vary depending on facilities and location but hardly go below Shs200,000 for the cheapest and go well over Shs500,000 per semester depending on whether they are shared or not. A few top class hostels charge much higher. Meals are paid for separately.
Ms Jenniffer Komakech, a mother of five, yesterday said it will not be possible for her daughter who scored 15 points in last year’s Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education to join university after she spent the little money she gets from rent to pay for her three other children already in universities of Kyambogo, Makerere and UCU.
“It’s just hard and I don’t know what to do. Yet I wanted to educate my children until they complete university where I wasn’t able to go,” Ms Komakech said.
NCHE report
For public universities, the figures quoted this far remain far below what the universities say is ideal to educate and maintain a learner on the campuses. They have been making a case to increase fees though government has blocked the move.
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) last year also carried out a survey to establish a unit cost per course in five public universities of Makerere, Kyambogo, Gulu, Mbarara and MUBS, but the council recognises the difficulties in implementing the finding, especially that most Ugandans earn less.
For instance, while MUST and Makerere each charge Shs1,344,000 for Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery per semester, according to NCHE annual studies of financial and human resources last year, the same course should go for Shs10,565,591 for the two semesters in a year or Shs5.2m per semester.
Prof B.K. Kasozi of NCHE said the real cost of educating a higher education student is far higher than the per capita income of Ugandans.
“In Uganda, class determines access to higher education in public universities as well as to scholarships. Children of wealthy social groups attend the best nursery, primary and secondary institutions which have facilities needed for making the good grades required for tertiary admissions,” Prof Kasozi told a meeting at Makerere University Graduate School.
“University education is consumed by wealthy families due to structural inequalities in the way education services are delivered. Efforts to establish a unit cost for higher education have been contested in the last five years,” he added.
pahimbisibwe@ug.nationmedia.com
By Patience Ahimbisibwe
Posted Friday, March 2 2012 at 00:00
In Summary
Extra burden. The cheapest university course will now go for Shs650,000 in lieu of other functional fees like medical, internship, and worse, accommodation fees.
Students gaining admission to both public and private universities under the private admission scheme will have to fork out more than a million shillings on tuition and other requirements regardless of the course they choose to pursue, a survey by Daily Monitor has indicated.
The cheapest courses at Makerere University, for example, Bachelor of Arts in Education or Bachelor of Arts in Arts, charge between Shs650,000 and 750,000 for tuition minus other fees charged on registration, examination, internship, guild and medical, which when factored in, would raise the figure to more than a million shillings per semester.
This burden stretches further in light of the fact that students also have to do a lot of photocopying of notes and find accommodation, on top of other requirements.
Figures parents fear
Figures made available to the public by the various universities indicate that a Bachelor of Business Administration at Makerere University will cost learners Shs1,150,000 per semester without examination costs, medical fees and accommodation. The same course will go for Shs980,000 at Mbarara University (MUST) while Uganda Christian University is charging Shs1,575,000. Gulu University is considerably cheaper, asking of its students Shs650,000.
In addition to these, parents will have to cater for accommodation mainly in hostels in the neighbourhood of the campuses where charges vary depending on facilities and location but hardly go below Shs200,000 for the cheapest and go well over Shs500,000 per semester depending on whether they are shared or not. A few top class hostels charge much higher. Meals are paid for separately.
Ms Jenniffer Komakech, a mother of five, yesterday said it will not be possible for her daughter who scored 15 points in last year’s Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education to join university after she spent the little money she gets from rent to pay for her three other children already in universities of Kyambogo, Makerere and UCU.
“It’s just hard and I don’t know what to do. Yet I wanted to educate my children until they complete university where I wasn’t able to go,” Ms Komakech said.
NCHE report
For public universities, the figures quoted this far remain far below what the universities say is ideal to educate and maintain a learner on the campuses. They have been making a case to increase fees though government has blocked the move.
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) last year also carried out a survey to establish a unit cost per course in five public universities of Makerere, Kyambogo, Gulu, Mbarara and MUBS, but the council recognises the difficulties in implementing the finding, especially that most Ugandans earn less.
For instance, while MUST and Makerere each charge Shs1,344,000 for Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery per semester, according to NCHE annual studies of financial and human resources last year, the same course should go for Shs10,565,591 for the two semesters in a year or Shs5.2m per semester.
Prof B.K. Kasozi of NCHE said the real cost of educating a higher education student is far higher than the per capita income of Ugandans.
“In Uganda, class determines access to higher education in public universities as well as to scholarships. Children of wealthy social groups attend the best nursery, primary and secondary institutions which have facilities needed for making the good grades required for tertiary admissions,” Prof Kasozi told a meeting at Makerere University Graduate School.
“University education is consumed by wealthy families due to structural inequalities in the way education services are delivered. Efforts to establish a unit cost for higher education have been contested in the last five years,” he added.
pahimbisibwe@ug.nationmedia.com
WHEN SHOULD PEOPLE BORN ON 29th FEBRUARY CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAY?
It looks like it is bad lack to be born on 29th February as this day comes once every 4 years. The question is: When should people born on 29th February celebrate their birthday in case it is a 28 day month?
William Kituuka Kiwanuka
Possible answer is accessible on:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080107152346AA89jJw
Each time that we have a birthday we are one year older. One year is 365 days ( for the sake of this argument).
If I'm born on February 29, then 365 day's later is March 1. The following year March 1 is 365 day's later as is the following year. The next year is another leap year and so 365 days from March 1 is February 29.
Conversely, you could have no birthdays in between and just have one party every four years that is four times bigger than everyone else's, four times the presents and so on!
March 1st is the typical birthday for Feb. 29. Sometimes, if you were born before noon on Feb 29 you celebrate it on the 28.
William Kituuka Kiwanuka
Possible answer is accessible on:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080107152346AA89jJw
Each time that we have a birthday we are one year older. One year is 365 days ( for the sake of this argument).
If I'm born on February 29, then 365 day's later is March 1. The following year March 1 is 365 day's later as is the following year. The next year is another leap year and so 365 days from March 1 is February 29.
Conversely, you could have no birthdays in between and just have one party every four years that is four times bigger than everyone else's, four times the presents and so on!
March 1st is the typical birthday for Feb. 29. Sometimes, if you were born before noon on Feb 29 you celebrate it on the 28.
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