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By Bitunga Michael
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In Sheema
Hon Guma Nuwagaba former FDC candidate Sheema North constituency has noted that lining up while voting as proposed by NRM CEC is the best way compared to today’s Uganda’s situation.
NRM CEC meeting under President Museveni Kaguta while in their one week seminar at Chobe Safari lodge in Ndwoya district which started on Saturday of last week, proposed that next 2020 NRM primary elections of local council ones, twos ,threes, five and members of parliament should be elected by lining up behind them.
CEC explains that this practice will reduce on expenditure for printing ballot papers, transport plus petition cases.
Guma agrees that the practice will reduce on vote rigging and bribing cases since lining up may make it difficult for one to vote twice since the voting time will be the same.

He however said that many people may not vote, a thing he thinks that weak and un popular leaders may end up going through yet they wouldn’t have gone through if it was of secret box.
However Tumugabirwe Venancio Ndyanabo Chairman LC III Rugarama sub county (NRM) said that he will never support the NRM CEC proposal saying that most people in his area intentionally dodged the recent local council one elections, because lining up elections cause hatred in societies after the elections.
He said that Uganda is moving forward but not backwards, and that therefore lining up voting was of long ago years.
He refutes what was said by his president as saving money noting that NRM government has enough money to organize secret ballot elections
“if you say that they don’t have money, where do you think they get money to give members of parliament?” Venancio questioned.
Mutsinguzi Jackson Shuuku LC V Councillor representing people’s with disabilities noted that if it is done openly, it will help candidates to spend less and that even bribe cases will reduce, but added that after elections, hatred in societies will increase to another level.
Beda Nyikiriza senior political analyst said that those who passed the proposal will regret why they did it when the time for voting reaches.
He said that following what local people witnessed after the recent local council one elections, most of them won’t support both the proposal and those who proposed it.
Uganda has more than 120 districts, 40 municipalities, 1398 sub counties, 35000 polling stations and approximately 20 million voters.
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By Allan Mugabe
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In Rukungiri

The Rukungiri Municipality Environment office has issued eviction notices to eight wetland encroachers.
The encroachers have an ultimatum of 14 days or they are forcefully evicted and charged in courts of law.
In the notices seen by www.mknewslink.com , the environment office noted that the increase in peoples activities in the wetlands might be the reason as to why the area experiences a long drought spell.
The Municipal Environment officer Laban Kanyangyeyo says that the municipality has been warning the wetland encroachers since last year but they have given it no attention.
Kanyangyeyo cautioned that if the residents dont resist from the habit, they risk getting back to the 2017 disaster where numbers succumbed to hunger and others survived on spear grass.
Unless you vacate these wetlands in the specified time,the municipal officials will forcefully evict you and destroy all your belongings in these areas because they are gazzated and are out of bounds for human activities, Kanyangyeyo warns.
The earmarked wetlands encroached on include Ikona in Southern Division, Rugogo in Eastern Division, Kinyasano stretch in Western Division, Ruwobo and Kataruka wetlands in Southern Division.
Ministry of water and environment statistics shows that Uganda has lost more than 30 percent of the wetlands in the last 23 years.
This trend puts the country at increased risk and vulnerability to natural disasters and other effects of climate change.
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By Yosam Gucwaki
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In Masindi
Masindi general hospital is stuck with an unclaimed body which was dumped in the hospital by police on Saturday last week.
Vincent Katusiime the Masindi Medical supretendant says that the body was brought alongside other two bodies of the people who perished in an accident which happened on Saturday last week at Isimba village in Bwijanga sub county Masindi district.
He adds that three bodies were brought to the hospital mortuary and he did post mortem on the two bodies as instructed by police and the two bodies were taken by the relatives.
Katusiime says that they are now stuck with the decomposing body and they do not know the origin of the deceased. He explains that when he checked the body he found it with extensive fracture on the left side of the head and a deep wound on the cheek.
He also notes that they wrote to Masindi municipal council to intervene and burry the body but up to now they have not yet got any response.
Katusiime called upon the community to come to the hospital and check the body and see how to help each other.
When contacted the Masindi municipal town clerk, John Behangana confirmed receipt of the hospital’s letter saying that they are now processing the money but they have a challenge in the financial system. He however promised that by the end of this week the body would have been buried.

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By Sylvia Kugonza
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In Kabarole
Residents of Kiko town council Kabarole district were yesterday evening shocked when they discovered a 24 year old boy strangled and dumped alongside the road.
According to Police, Senjoyi Baker a student of Uganda Martyrs University hailing from Kasabya town council Mubende district was yesterday strangled by unknown people and his body damped in Kiko trading center a few hours when he had returned from home in Mubende to school.
Godliver the OC CIID Fort portal policesaid that on 5th Feb -2019 in Kasusu South division Fort portal municipality, the deceased together with his girl friend agreed to dump their newly born baby in a pit latrine where it was discovered alive by residents after several suspicions.
They were later arrested,their file sanctioned to court and later taken to Katojo government prison but was released on bail.
Godliver said that after the deceased was released from prison, he was taken home and yesterday returned back to school but to it was a surprise when he was discovered dead.
The deceased’s body has been taken to his ancestral home for burial as police carry out investigations.

Mean while Kamanywa Steven 28 years a manager at new choice bar west division fort portal municipality was yesterday night at around 6:30 Am killed in a accident at Mpanga Market near garden’s restaurant as he returned home from work.
Twebaze Boaz the OC traffic Kabarole said that the deceased who riding a numberless motorcycle coming from town heading Kampala road was knocked by a scania lorry Reg.No. Front UBB, 530Z and behind UBC, 687C that was coming from master snacks.
Twebaze said that the deceased was over speeding and knocked the lorry when he tried to overtake.
By press time the body was at Fort portal regional referral hospital.
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Elly Karenzi
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In Ibanda
Police in Ibanda district yesterday discovered a decomposing body
suspected to have been dumped by unknown people in December 2018 in Rwanyabihuka village, Kiijongo parish in Bisheeshe Division.
The District Police Commander, Ms. Emily Angomoko said that a National Identity Card in the names of Mary Nabbosa, 28 years a resident of Kibojjana cell in Kakumiro Town Council, Kagadi district was found in the coat placed near the composing body.
Angomoko said that the body was discovered by the residents who had gone to collect fire wood from the bush.
According to police, the remains were gathered, put into the polythene bag and taken to Ruhoko health center 1V in Ibanda municipality council.
The police have told the press that they have informed the police in Kakumiro to inform the parents of the deceased person to come to Ibanda and identify the body before it is taken to Kagadi district.

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