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By Vanansio Kakogoso

In Kabale–
Town clerks in Uganda are demanding for the increment of their
salaries to effectively serve the communities.

The Town Clerks raised the demand today during their consultative meeting organized by Urban Authorities Association of Uganda-UAAU at White Horse Inn Hotel in Kabale municipality.

Currently a town clerk of a town council earns a gross pay of 940,000 shillings and that of a municipality earns a gross pay of1.8million shillings. They say that they work but they don’t earn according to their workload.

Town clerk Namasala town council; Peter Emmanuel Ogwayu said that government increased the salaries of permanent secretaries and their subordinates last financial year but as accounting officers they were left out.

He said that their pay should be increased lest they do not get tempted to swindle the available money meant for service delivery.

The Kabale Municipality Town clerk Joseph Kimbowa said that they earn same money as division town clerks in Kampala.

However he says that the imbalance between them and executive directors should be bridged since they do the similar jobs and have same qualifications.

The Mbarara Municipality town clerk Edward Lwanga noted that as town clerks the money they earn do not meet the current economic crisis.

He however he asked his colleagues to consider the payment of other lower officers in other institutions before thinking about themselves.
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By www.mknewslink.com reporter

In Kampala–

Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Emelian Kayima said after recording a statement from Mr Massa, they are looking at attempted murder of PPC Alfred Gawaya and reckless driving charges.
“The file will soon be taken to the DPP who will advise us,” Mr Kayima said.

Police said their officers on Wednesday while on a night patrol found a car suspiciously parked on the Northern Bypass section near the stadium and when they approached to speak to the occupants the driver whom they later learned was Massa knocked one of them before he sped off.

PPC Alfred Gawaya survived with injuries when former Uganda Massa allegedly rammed his Toyota Prado car into the policeman’s motorcycle.
Massa is alleged to have knocked Mr Gawaya who tried to stop him as he was getting away.
The incident happened at about 2am, near Mandela National Stadium Namboole, in Kampala.

Massa is alleged to have knocked Mr Gawaya who tried to stop him as he was getting away.
The incident happened at about 2am, near Mandela National Stadium Namboole, east of Kampala.

“Police chased and opened fire with the intent of deflating the tyres,” said Mr Kayima. Instead, a bullet ripped through the body of the vehicle and injured 25-year-old Josephine Maliza, the female occupant in the car.
“Geoffrey Massa suddenly stopped, almost hit another motorist and allegedly hit his forehead on the windscreen, injuring himself.

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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

In Bushenyi–

Four local councilors in Bushenyi district are wanted by police to explain why they illegally locked the district Chief Administrative Officer’s office.

Julius Muyambi,for (Kakanju sub-county),Adam Kyakuwa( Nyabubaare sub-county) ,Annest Kanzira (Ruhumuro sub-county) and Douglas Mucunguzi; representing people with disabilities.

The councilors while at Bushenyi district headquarters on July 10,2017 allegedly locked the Chief Administrative officer’s office for un known reasons.

www.mknewslink.com  has learnt that the district chief administrative officer; Elias Byamungu filed a case at Bushenyi Central police station accusing the councilors of locking him outside his office.

Police has since opened a file and started hunting the councilors to give explanation as to why they locked the CAO’s office.

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By www.mknewslink.com reporters

In Kampala–

Hundreds of supporters of Ruhinda County MP Capt Donozio Kahonda have this morning pitched a camp outside State House in Entebbe demanding President Yoweri Museveni’s intervention in the case of the MP, currently jailed at Kirinya Prisons in Jinja.

Kahonda was sentenced to 9 months in prison after he was convicted on alleged forgery of academic documents which he used to join the army.

The MP’s application for bail was yesterday rejected by Jinja High Court Judge Eva Luswata, who cited the ongoing industrial action by Government Prosecutors.

The judge ruled that she couldn’t release the MP in the absence of the prosecution. The decision incensed hundreds of Kahonda’s supporters, many of who had travelled from Mitooma District.

Some of them think the MP is being denied justice, by the Justice Minister Kahinda Otafiire, who was defeated by Kahonda in the last parliamentary elections.

The supporters have now decided to camp outside State House, seeking the intervention of President Museveni in the matter.

One of them who is also Buhweju county MP, Francis Mwijukye says the group has vowed not to leave until they speak to the president.

Mwijukye says the group wants Museveni to “tell them why Kahinda is using his office as minister of justice to harasstheir Member of Parliament.”

As expected, the President’s guards did not allow the group to enter State House and they decided to sit along the road heading up to the main gate of the President’s residence.

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