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By Sandra Tumwekwase& Micheal Atwakiire
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In Bushenyi—-
Police in Sheema have today arrested and taken to court Dr. Davis Asiimwe, in charge Kabwohe health centre IV after missing three times to appear before court to answer to charges of assaulting vision group journalist Sheikh Abdurhatif.
Dr. Asiimwe was on Monday 12, picked from his work place by the police and a group of journalist to Bushenyi court following arrest warrant issued last week.
He later appeared before grade one magistrate Asanansio Mukobi where he claimed that he did not appear before court because he was supposed to appear before the Parliamentary Public accounts committee on behalf of Sheema.

Mukobi later released him again on a non-cash bail against state attorneys decision of remanding him. The state attorney revealed that since the doctor is always in meetings, the file is likely never to end if he is not kept around.
Dr. Asiimwe was warned against missing session and the case was adjourned to 23rd Nov.2018.
Apollo Lee Kakonge a civil society activist wondered how an arrest warrant is issued and when the accused is presented before court he is released again. He added that there must have been money factor in this case.
Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante the managing director Mknewslink.com and member of Bushenyi journalist and Media Association (BUJOMA) noted that Sheema has turned into a battle field for journalists thus calling upon them (journalists) to stand up and fight for their rights.
We as journalists of BUJOMA we shall ensure that justice is seen happen, we shall not retreat, and no one will threaten us, Muhwezi noted
Dr. Asiimwe allegedly assaulted Sheikh Abdurhatif after the latter reported a story about of a one Faridah Kinconco who was allegedly given ARVS when she was HIV negative. Kiconco was tested HIV positive by Dr Asiimwe in 2011 and later in 2017 tested HIV negative.
It is alleged that the ARVS she used to take made her suffer to an extent of changing colour plus abdominal pain all the time.

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By Kevin Tuheirwe
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In Rukungiri—
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations have kicked off without complaints in Kigezi region.
Mknewslink.com contacted heads of schools and associations for head teachers in Kigezi Region, who all confirmed that they exams had been collected in time and by 9.00am, students were already in their examination rooms and examination papers being distributed.
The chairperson of Association of Secondary School Head teachers Union in Kigezi Region, also a head teacher at St Peters Nyarushanje Secondary school in Rukungiri district, Zine Narasisio, told www.mknewslink.com that he had not received any complaint throughout the whole region.

The chairperson of Association of Secondary School Head teachers Union in charge of Rukiga district, who also doubles as the St Pauls Bukinda Secondary school head teacher, Johnbosco Ruhanga Asiimwe, said that all examinations were properly set and the students began in time.

Students have begun with Mathematics and history. The Kigezi high school head teacher, Steven Mugume said that all their 149 candidates turned up for exams and no complaints were registered.

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In Kampala—
Five people from different parts of Kampala, who have been missing for weeks, have been found at the armys Special Investigations Unit at Kireka.
A team led by the chairman of Uganda Human Rights Commission, Med Kaggwa, visited SID Kireka, a detention facility run by both police and army, and found the suspects were being held incommunicado.
They are Sulaiman Ssenfuka, a resident of Kazo-Angola in Kawempe Division, Robert Lubega, Baker Walusimbi, who was arrested at High Court, Abdulrahman Namwanja and Brian Robert Lukumbuka. The suspects were arrested on unclear offences and none of their relatives or lawyers was allowed to visit them in detention.
Following the Commissions intervention, Ssenfuka was produced before court and remanded to prison while Lubega and Namwanja were released. The Commission is working out modalities with security agencies to ensure the rights and entitlements of these and any others that are incarcerated are respected and actualised even while in detention, Kaggwa told a press briefing at the Commissions offices in Kampala on Friday.
All suspects except Walusimbi were picked by armed men in civilian clothes.
Their families have been looking for them in different detention facilities but without success. Walusimbi was released by High Court last month after being on remand for 13 years on murder charges of women in early 2000s.
Kaggwa said the Commission is monitoring the situation of Walusimbi and Lukumbuka who are still detained at SID.
The UHRC leadership has also met the heads of security agencies and the minister of Security regarding human rights abuses and agreed on six steps to stop torture. Among the measures agreed upon is charging the perpetuators of these human rights abuses under the Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act.

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In Kampala
Eight top Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials are facing the spotlight as the parliamentary inquiry into the sale of seven banks including the Shs 200 billion giveaway of Crane Bank to DFCU Bank enters week three.
The 8 are deputy governor Dr. Louis Kasekende and senior bank officials Benedict Sekabira, Timothy Sekirayi, Grace Ndyareeba, Margaret Kasule, Titus Mulindwa, William Kasozi and Justine Bagyenda who has since retired from the central bank under a cloud.
MPs on the Parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) who are investigating irregularities in the closure of commercial banks following the Auditor Generals special audit last week orders the central bank officials to file all the papers as it emerged the BoU Board didnt endorse the selling of some of the banks.
According to sources that have scrutinised the documents submitted by the central bank to the MPs last week the eight had a big hand in the issues surrounding the sale of the banks.
It is understood that the MPs will also question NSSF Managing Director Mr Richard Byarugaba, whose hand has been cited into the closure of Global Trust Bank and Mr. Juma Kisaame, the deposed DFCU Bank Managing Director, who has been in the spotlight following the controversial takeover of Crane Bank, which he presided.
The MPs inquiry is also focusing on the mismanagement of closed banks by BoU after the Auditor General Mr John Muwanga issued a stinging criticism of the central bank in a special audit that cited massive flaws in the closure of Teefe Bank (1993), International Credit Bank Ltd (1998), Greenland Bank (1999), The Co-operative Bank (1999), National Bank of Commerce (2012), Global Trust Bank (2014) and the sale of Crane Bank Ltd (CBL) to dfcu (2016). All the former directors of the above closed banks will also be cross-examined by the committee

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