Mr. Ojambo
I have been looking for your articles on the subject matter. US$360,000 (shs 650 million )yes, where this money come from? I think this place, is where Namirembe road starts- it is just opposite the main entrance to Kikubo market or besides the gate into Mukwano building or the former Uganda Transport Building- It is small and small money is used - so for the poor of our capital city this is a go area. There, there's an Indian making brisk NO minting money on drugged, homeless, hungry Ugandan souls. He has an automated league of playing machines where mostly men, pass time into the night, playing their little earnings away. For the time I spent studying this situation, I was assured the men are homeless and this is form of a dwelling, until the Indians have decide to drive them on the chilling streets, when they have made enough and resign to their posh houses to wait for the next day. There must be a law � to close day all shopping centres by 9.00 p-m otherwise when this mannerism spreads- young men will be trapped into a deadly behaviour. The Indian stand guard closely watching ----- Uganda Lotto in trouble KAMPALA � The Uganda Lottery Company Limited (Uganda Lotto), a firm which the government gave exclusive rights to run a lottery, has suspended operations after it incurred a loss of over Shs650 million in operational costs within a year. The company has written to the Minister of Finance, planning and Economic Development, Mr Gerald Sendaula (right), suspending operations with effect this Sunday, ministry officials told The Monitor yesterday. The Lotto, which has been run in partnership with a Chinese firm Defarri Technology and Development Company of Beijing, was launched in June last year after an acrimonious battle between the company officials and government until Sendaula ruled that they operate as the sole online and offline lottery in the country. �As provided for in the agency agreement between Uganda Lottery Company and the government of Uganda, we wish to inform you that the company�s lotto sales have been suspended with effect from June 27, 2004� the Company director and Secretary, Moses Semuwemba, wrote to Sendaula, Secretary to the treasury Chris Kassami and the Commissioner General Uganda Revenue Authority, Aslund Annebrit on Wednesday. �This (suspension) has been a result of the company�s dire need to adapt to the players demands, to the communication infrastructure demands and to the power distribution demands,� the confidential letter to Sendaula said. Semuwemba told the minister the company was introducing a computerised and player friendly video lottery, trading as Uganda Video Lottery. He said lottery had been fully installed at the Royal Complex on Market Street Kampala for sales launch in the first week of July. A Ministry of Finance source said the lottery had run into a loss of US$360,000 (about Shs650 million) due to high operational costs. The source said on average the company had been spending Shs55 million monthly as operational costs well above its revenue. This figure excludes prizes and jackpots, the ministry source said quoting a preliminary audit report. Semuwemba, while confirming the suspension of operations, said all prize claims after Sunday would be claimed directly from the company offices on Workers House until July 27. �The video lottery we are introducing has taken into account the challenges of the online lottery. The lottery players shall enjoy a more comprehensive convenient sales network and shall experience more fun and value for each coin played ----------------------------------------------------------- Spela poker mot verkliga m�nniskor �ver Internet. �ver 40 000 spelare online http://www.multipoker.com -------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
