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By YosamGucwaki
In Masindi
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Government has given one week time frame to pastoralists and cultivators to vacate the oil refinery land in Kabaale parish, Busruka sub-county Hoima district.

This follows reports that pastoralists who were evicted from northern Uganda are ferrying hundreds of cattle into the oil refinery land for grazing while residents neighboring the same land had turned area into their farm land.

Addressing the alleged oil refinery encroachers at Nyamasoga primary school on Thursday, Major General Sam Okidingi, the commandant Field Artillery Masindi army barracks emphasized that all illegal activities in the refinery land must stop within a week.

He noted that the eviction is done to protect the interests of over 38 million Ugandans who are expected to benefit from the refinery other than a few individuals who want to utilize it for their own gains.

He said they have noticed a similar problem where hundreds heads of cattle are being ferried into districts of Masindi, Buliisa, Kiryadongo and others advising the herdsmen to consider embracing modern methods of cattle keeping.

Christopher Kasalawo, the senior commissioner of police and deputy director counter terrorism unit asked the affected families to adhere to the directives and keep law and order.

Kasalawo revealed that police has created an investigation committee on the police officers who have been allegedly taking bribes from pastoralists to carry out illegal grazing.

John Steven Ekom, the Hoima Resident District Commissioner said government had let the pastoralists graze their animals in the refinery land during the dry spell despite the fact that most people had been compensated.

He thus confirmed that it was time for them to vacate since the drought is over. He added that the district is willing to issue movement permits to those ferrying their cattle outside the district to avoid inconveniences.

OzibondiTwesigye, head of the pastoralists however said the time given to them to vacate was too short proposing that they would have been given two months.

But Ekom turned down the proposal saying they are going to deploy the army and police to Mann security in the area.
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By Vanansio kakogoso
In Kabale
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Kigezi region secondary sports organizing committee has banned Kabindi
secondary school girl’s football team from Kisoro district for one
year from participating in regions football competitions over
indiscipline.
In a letter dated 17th April 2018, signed by the committee Chairperson
Edwin Babimpa Nuwagaba,indicated that Kabindi was banned due to the team’s disruption of the regional tournament that were recently concluded in Kisoro district.
According to Nuwagaba, the team refused to adhere to the referee’s
decision and refused to resume the match after conceding a goal in a
match they were playing with Kihihi high school from Kanungu district.
Nuwagaba says that after they had been kicked out of the tournament
they went ahead to block the play of the semi finals by sitting in the
field of play which contravenes article 10 of the rules and regulations that govern football in secondary schools and Federationsof Uganda Football Association-FUFA.
Nuwagaba also said that the school games teacher Steven Tushime
has been banned from managing football related activities for one year
for inciting violence and ordering players not to continue with the
game contrally to article 14 subsections D of the rules and
regulations that govern football in the country.
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By Sylvia
In Kabarole
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Kabarole district members on the committee of Violence against Children (VAC) are irked by the manner in which some Head teachers of both private and some few government primary schools are violating the rights of children, by refusing P.7 pupils to register for Primary Leaving Examinations (P.L.E).
The meeting held at the district headquarters Kitumba, was attended by the District Inspectors of schools, District Education Officer, Health Officer, secretary for health and education, Labor officer, District Community Development Officer, Probation officer among others.
Harriet Angwena the district inspector for people with disabilities said that the act is against the government policy since it denies children chance to complete the primary cycle.
Mr. Godffrey Gumisiriza the project officer ‘Joy for Children’ noted that violations are rampant in private schools where they aim at getting grades instead of identifying the learners’ potentials and build on them.
The meeting resolved to table the concern in council to have head teachers arrested for violating government policies and denying children right to education.
In her closing remarks Madam Kasenene Elizabeth senior education officer commended ‘Joy for Children’ and other partners for the initiatives of addressing the concerns of children to ensure they grow in a friendly school and home.
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BY OKOODI DEO
IN MBARARA—-
Grief engulfed the people of Nyarubungo in Rwampara County in Mbarara district, following the Murder of a two year old toddler.
Murungi Lowena Era a first born daughter of Muhumuza Andrew a police officer attached to very important persons protection unit (VIPPU) in Kireka, was allegedly kidnapped by a Pentecostal church pastor on 12th April and immediately demanded for a 5 million shillings ransom from her parents.
Though the parents alerted police they however paid some money to Kidnappers but to their surprise the Kidnappers strangled the toddler and dumped the body in a swamp around Rugando Sub County along Mbarara Ntungamo district.
Police tracked and arrested the Pastor Ngasirwe Godfrey who after interrogation led security to the swamp where the body was retrieved this morning.
Mbarara district police commander Jaffar Magyezi said the Kid was strangled by pastor’s wife after learning that police had arrested some their people adding that the dumping of the body in the swamp was disguise that the kid had drowned.
He said eleven people have so far been arrested in connection to the murder of the toddler, among them is a sixty year old man who recently also Kidnapped a student in the same Sub County but police managed to rescue him.
Rwizi region police spokesperson Kasasira Samson said the suspects are undergoing serious interrogation to find out why people from the same Sub county Kidnapped and killed such a young child

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