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By Cynthia Arinda
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In Bushenyi
Magistrate’s Court in Bushenyi has today remanded two men on charges of stealing vehicle number plates and obtaining money by false pretence.
Court led by Her worship Jane Mugara heard that on different occasions while in Lwengo, mbarara and greater Bushenyi the accused Tumwesigye Ronald Bataringaya alias Nyabagwende 42 years and Kamusiime Derrick 19 years both residents of Ntungamo district stole vehicle number plates.
It heard that the two after removing number plates they would leave a phone number for the owner to contact them in order to retrieve their number plates.
According to exhibits presented in court, the two were found with two vehicle number plates UAG/234S belonging to Namugira Naume and UAN/104K belonging to Kateeba Joseph.
While testifying in court Namugira Naume one of the victims said that they demanded for 70,000 sh to bring back her number plate.
The accused have been remanded to Nyamushekyera govt prison till 28th/3/2019.

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In Kampala
Bowmans advocates and MMAKS advocates that were controversially paid exorbitant legal fees by Bank of Uganda face a fresh legal suit by a concerned citizen should they fail to honor his demands.
The front legal faces in the illegal sale of crane bank limited include; sacked Buganda Attorney general, David Mpanga is a leading partner at Bowmans advocates while Timothy Masembe Kanyerezi is also a senior partner at MMAKS advocates(Masembe, Makubuya,Adriko, Karugaba & Ssekatawa).
It should be recalled that Bank of Uganda paid about Uganda shillings 25 billion as legal fees for external lawyers.
Whereas BoU spent such huge sums of money to sale crane bank, the report by parliaments committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises (COSASE) revealed that the sale of crane bank violated the Financial Institutions Act of 2004.
Also, it was noted that Bank of Uganda didnt have minutes of negotiation meetings with the said external lawyers. External lawyers also drew their terms of reference.
In a demand notice cum notice of Intention to sue dated 28th February 2019 to both Bowmans and MMAKS advocates, a concerned citizen, Steven Masanso makes a series of demands to both firms failure of which to honor will attract lodging of both civil and criminal proceedings against the two firms.
As you are, its on record that as part of resolution of various banks facts of which are well with in your knowledge you continually received various monies in collusion with individual Bank of Uganda officials which sums were charged on received banks.
You also routinely billed way beyond permissible scale and in instances for no work done at all. A case In point is with respect on the monies taken out as legal fees for purported drawing of the Crane bank sales agreement even when it clearly shows having been drawn by the Legal Department of Bank of Uganda.
Mr Masanso further contends that, You accordingly offered no consideration and per took in an illegal and criminal enterprise
He also accuses MMAKS of performing a regulatory coup variously significantly advising the banking regulator while at same time sitting on different boards of regulated commercial banks and/or acting for them.
According to Masanso for instance, in the case of cbl, the lawyers acted without authority of the board and the legal department.
All the actions of the advocates were construed in bad faith, self-interest and usurped the constitutional powers of the regulator.
The complainant demands that the accused firms publish an apology in the nations media, refund of all illegally levied fees failure of which will attract both criminal and civil proceedings.
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By Allan Mugabe
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In Kanungu

Police in kanungu are investigating circumstances that led to the Murder of a 40 year old man.

Dennis, a resident of Bushambe Cell, Kiringa parish, Kambuga
sub county Kanungu district was on Sunday night ambushed and murdered as he returned home from watching the Manchester United- Arsenal match in Nyarutojo trading centre.

The deceased’s body was discovered yesterday morning in banana plantation by the residents who mounted a search after his brother found his cell phone abandoned on the way.

Police from both Kanungu and Kambuga visited the scene and took the body to Kambuga hospital for postmortem as investigations continue

Twinomujuni Emmanuel the LCI chairperson Bushambe Cell described the deceased a law abiding resident who had no grudge in the village.
He however suspects that the deceased was murdered from elsewhere, then his body dumped in this place since he had no blood stains nor any signs of a struggle before he was murdered.
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By Sylivia Kugonza
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In Fort Portal
At least 3 patients run away from hospital to traditional healers and churches for prayers in a week due to too much pain.
According to the Fort Portal regional referral Hospital director Florence Tugumisirize, patients ran away from hospitals because they want to relieve themselves from suffering or pain.
Florence noted that this has led to some deaths giving a case in point of a 17 year old boy suffering from terminal liver who was taken away from hospital by his relatives for prayers and died immediately.
She disclosed that the majority run to traditional healers, churches for prayers due to physical, spiritual or psychological pain.
Dr. Florence explained that the habit of running away from hospitals is most common in male ward and Neonatal.
However, in a bid to curb the problem, an NGO identified as palliative care Association of Uganda, a medical care focused on improving the quality of life of patients with serious illnesses by treating symptoms and providing emotional support has intervened.
According to Dr. Jackson Amone, the commissioner clinical services ministry of health said that palliative care approach will improve the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness.
He noted that this will be done through prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification , impeccable assessment and treatment of pain.
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By Beinomugisha Jonan
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In Mbarara—–
The vice chairperson Mbarara district Godfrey Baryomunsi has called upon members of parliament to amend and tighten the laws that govern Cooperative, Savings and Credit Organizations (SACCOs).
Baryomunsi who is also the chairperson governing board of Nyarubanga Twimukye Sacco in Kakiika Division Mbarara municipality said that, due to weak laws, Saccos have lost money to loan defaulters, since it becomes difficult to use the available laws to apprehend them.

Baryomunsi who was speaking during Nyarubanga Twimukye Sacco Annual General Meeting appealed to legislators plus other Sacco leaders to come up and work together so that the law is amended.
Speaking as the chief guest, The Mbarara Municipality legislator Michael Tusiime said that, since its the role of parliament to make laws, he is to coordinate with Sacco leaders and frame the law that is required.
Tusiime also called upon Saccos to always keenly verify those who apply for loans, before they are given the money.

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By Okoodi Deo
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In Mbarara
Over 300 inmates remanded at Kakiika and Mbarara central government prisons yesterday benefited from plea bargain program that is meant to reduce case backlog in courts.
The inmates, who included sixty seven women, are charged of different capital offences ranging from defilement, rape, murder, robbery among others.
Addressing in mates on the plea bargain process, Principal Judge Dr. Yorakamu Bamwine asked judges not to allow defense lawyers and inmates take advantage of plea bargain to undermine justice.
He said justice is a privilege that must reflect the interests of all parties involved in an offence adding that giving light sentences to offenders who have pleaded guilty just to reduce case backlog is not fair because majorly cases that are capital in nature attract death sentences.
He was talking to inmates at Mbarara central prison before they entered into a plea bargain process that was witnessed by officials from the Universities of Pepperdine, Yale in USA and those from International Justice Mission.

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