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By Ambrose Katooto

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In Kampala—-

A total of 3700 students will tomorrow graduate from Kampala International University to join thousands of others in the job market.

The 19th graduation ceremony which will take place in her main campus at Kansanga, Ggaba Road, Kampala, is scheduled for 7:00 am.

KIU has two graduations in a year, one in June and another in November.

According to the acting Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Prof George Nasinyama, six students will be awarded doctorate degrees (PhDs), and 36 students will graduate with first-class degrees in different disciplines.

Prof Nasinyama said KIUs main campus has four constituent colleges and four schools; College of Education, Open and Distance Learning, College of Computing and Information Technology, College of Higher Degrees and Research, College of Professional and Extramural Studies, School of Law, School of Economics and Management, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and School of Humanities.

Since establishment in 2001, KIU has so far graduated over 40,000 students and as such the institution has grown progressively with regards to the numbers of students, infrastructure, and facilities, to provide a world-class education to all her students.

Last year a total of 2400 students graduated at various levels from certificate to PhD levels during the 18th graduation ceremony at the campus where President Museveni was the Chief Guest.

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In Kampala—–

A finalist of Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) at Makerere University Business school (MUBs) has been found burnt in her rented room in Bugolobi, a Kampala suburb.

Immaculate Kembabazi a resident of Rukungiri was found with hands tied with ropes and several marks on her body suggesting a spirited fight, before she was set ablaze and locked the room.

Kembabazi had just completed her Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) at Makerere University Business school (MUBs) and was due to graduate in January with honours.

Neighbors and colleagues on Friday morning found Kembabazi burnt in her rented room

According to the deceaseds sister who preferred anonymity, Kembabazis life could have been ended by her boyfriend, a one Solomon who has been complaining about Kembabazis behavior of bringing friends to her room.

However, other witnesses interviewed claim that, the deceased had refused to move in with her boyfriend who has been paying her tuition, a move that prompted action from him.

Immaculates lifeless body was later taken to Mulago Hospital for postmortem.

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In Kampala

City lawyer, Mr Wilbert Muhereza of Owoyesigire & Co Advocates was allegedly shot by a security guard at his chambers on Access Building along Rubaga Road in Kampala and he is admitted in the hospital.
Mr Luke Owoyesigyire Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson said that Muhereza was hit by a stray bullet discharged from the guards gun when he was trying to check it.

Today at around 7am, Muhereza Wilbert, a lawyer by Profession was shot in the arm along Rubaga road on Access Building. Its alleged that a security guard identified as Morris Odamat Adape, while performing Normal Safety Precautions on his gun a bullet came out and injured the lawyer. The lawyer was later rushed to Mengo hospital and he is now nursing wounds, Mr Owoyesigyire said.
He said the security guard belonging to Securex; a private security company has since been arrested and detained at Old Kampala police station.

A case of negligence has also been preferred against the suspect, according to Mr. Owoyesigyire.

He added that they have the security guard in their custody on charges of rush and neglect as investigations into the matter go on.
An eye witness had earlier told our reporter that Muhereza was shot by two stray bullets; on the arm and in the waist.
I think the Askari was cleaning his gun when it discharged two bullets that hit the lawyer. He was rushed to Mengo hospital by a boda boda. The Askari was arrested by police, said a lady who works in the same building.

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By Kevin Tuheirwe

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In Kabale—-

Mortuary attendants at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital are accused of extorting money from relatives for the dead bodies.

The concern was raised on Friday morning during a community dialogue that was organized by PATH; anon profit organization that is implementing the Advocacy for Better Health, to improve availability, accessibility, and quality of health and social services in Uganda that held in Kabale Municipal stadium.

Eve Namara from Mafuuga Cell, in Butobere Ward of Kabale Municipality who is a Community Health Promoter under the Butobere Twimukye Association, says that people are being charged money between 100,000 and 200,000 shillings.

Namara said that yesterday she received a complaint that the body of Anthony Muhwezi aged 25, a resident of Bushuro parish, Kitumba Sub County who died in an accident was also charged with over 20000 shillings in order to hand over the body to the family.

Justus Tindyebwa, a champion of advocacy for better health in Butobere ward explains that he recently felt a victim when his cousin sister died in an accident in Kabale town and the mortally attendant tried to solicit the family shillings 190,000 before in order to make postmortems. They say that the issue has been there for over years.

Speaking as the chief guest at the function, the Kabale District Deputy RDC Gad Rugaju expressed dismay about such health workers who extort money from people saying that he will make a follow up on such people so as they can face legal action.

In a phone interview with www.mknewslink.com , Principal Nursing officer at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, Christine Akurut admitted the allegations, but said that they still have a challenge of people who report outside in the public and fail to report to the office of the hospital administrators.

Akurut urges members of the public to always report such cases to Hospital administrators so that necessary action is taken, adding that no one is supposed to pay in order to claim a body from the Hospital Mortuary.

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In Kampala—

Following summon by the Speaker of Parliament to the ministry of finance, the state minister for Finance David Bahati on Thursday assured Parliament that the mobile money tax will reduce from 1 percent to 0.5 percent effective today Friday 16.
This follows questioning from Members of Parliament about why the change in the tax had not been implemented, more than a month after it was passed by the House.

The Nakaseke South MP, Ssemakula Luttamaguzi questioned on why telecom companies are still charging the 1 percent tax on all transactions despite the new law being in place.

The lawful charges should be 0.5 percent but up to now telecom companies are still charging one percent. We want to know because most of the people dealing in mobile money have fallen out of that business. Is it designed by government to kill its own people or it is an accident? he questioned.

In response, Bahati said, the president assented to the bill within the period as indicated in the Constitution and the law will be gazetted tomorrow. And the effectiveness of the law will start tomorrow.”
The president had also signed the new bill into law last week, but telecoms were still taxing mobile money users at the rate of 1% on every withdrawal.

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