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In Bushenyi

Police at Ishaka police station in Bushenyi district are holding 10 people suspected to be part of a gang that has been terrorizing residents in Ishaka town and metropolitan.

The suspects are said to be behind breaking into people’s houses and attacking people in corridors with knives.

The officer in Charge of Ishaka police station Godfrey Balanda has said that the suspects were picked from Kyamuhangaza bars and other places during the operation at night.

He further added that the operation was launched last evening in an effort to rid the town of wrong doers.

Balanda added that they are continuing until they see that bad elements terrorizing people are out of the town.

He said that suspects, who are kept at Ishaka Police Station, will be produced in court to answer charges of vagabond and other related cases once investigations are complete.

Of recent, cases of burglary and theft have been common in the area.

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By Sylvia Kugonza

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In Kabarole

Police in Fort portal are investigating circumstances under which a bodaboda rider was stabbed to death and his motorcycle stolen by unknown assailants in Kanoni Apollo cell, Karago town council Kabarole district.

The Rwenzori west police spokes person Lydia Tumushabe has identified the deceased as John Bagonza aged 21 a resident of Kichwamab sub county Kabarole district.

Tumushabe has noted that the deceased was stabbed to death by unknown thugs at around 2:00am after being hired to drive them as passengers then stabbed him in the stomach to death and left with his motorcycle.

According to Lydia, the deceased has been a bodaboda rider operating at Kichwamba and kihondo stages.

John’s body was discovered by some people who were passing by who harried to notice the police.

The deceased’s body was taken to Fort portal regional referral hospital commonly known as Buhinga for post mortem as police carries its investigations.

Meanwhile the spokes person expressed her concern over motorcycle theft in the area saying that the behavior had reduced.

She has however urged the boda boda riders to be vigilant whenever they are ferrying people especially during night hours.

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By Sylvia Kugonza

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In Fort portal

Police in fort portal are stack with a two years old baby girl that was abandoned by her parents.

According to the Rwenzori West police spokes person Lydia Tumushabe, the baby was yesterday evening abandoned at Virika Hospital.

She was discovered a missing child after people saw her loitering around approaching everyone while crying looking for her mother.

She was handed over to the hospital administration that brought her to fort portal police after she was moved in the hospital but none of the people in the hospital claimed to be theirs.

The missing baby is putting on a dark blue blouse, a blue and white short and shoes commonly known as Kirihona.

According to Tumushabe, fort portal police have in three months discovered three abandoned children since March, May and June this year.

She has attributed this to some young girls who get unwanted pregnancies thus urging parents to talk to their children.

Tumushabe has further asked people who could know the lost kid or else she will be taken to Tooro babies home.

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Masindi

By YosamGucwaki

A section of people affected by Kisanja-Para road tarmacking project are in worry after National Roads Authority (UNRA) fails to compensate them for their properties that are going to be destroyed during road works.

The contract to tarmac the over 80  kilometer road was awarded to China Communication construction company  that began work mid last year but up to date a number of people affected in Pakanyi sub county, Masindi district say they have not been compensated.

KanaginagiAteenyi, the area district councilor who is also one of the project affected persons says some people were compensated but he was skipped and he had not been compensated despite his properties being valued. 

He adds that UNRA was supposed to compensate the affected people this financial year which is ending on 30^th this month.

Several residents from Kihaguzi, another nearby village along the road are fearing that their buildings also might be demolished without being compensated claiming that  UNRA has  released a list indicating that it  compensated them  yet they have never received any money.

Cosmas Byaruhanga, the district chairperson condemned UNRA’s act of starting the project before fully compensating the project affected people which he termed as unlawful.

However Byaruhanga advised the residents who have not been compensated to write to his office so that he can engage UNRA on the matter.

When contacted on the matter, Luis Byaruhanga, the project focal person admitted that there are residents who had not been compensated by UNRA including Kanaginagi.

Byaruhanga explained that those who had not been compensated had dormant bank accounts which resulted into bouncing of the money when it was banked on their accounts.

He however assured the residents that they will be compensated once UNRA receives money from government.

On Kanaginagi’s issue Byaruhanga revealed that they had not compensated him due to his failure to present his land title to them that he claimed was in the bank.

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By Ronald Namanya

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In Bushenyi

Rev.Waren Kamusiime the suspended Curette of Greater Bushenyi Archdeaconry yesterday evening called and threatened Managing Director Mknewslink.com Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante accusing him of writing a story about his suspension.

According to the Managing director www.mknewslink.com, Rev.Waren called yesterday 10th June 2019 evening asking why he wrote the story and where he got it.

He said he was concerned about a paragraph where some Christians claimed that he was sleeping with girls and women who came for overnight.

Managing director adds that Rev.Waren tried to abuse him but he played it cool and switched off the call as he is all bout to inform the community with all kinds of news and information happening in the country.

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In Kampala

Details have emerged that top officials from Bank of Uganda led by Deputy Governor, Dr.Louis Kasekende, Chairman of Dfcu bank Jimmy Kiberu and city lawyer Apollo Makubuya from MMAKS Adocates at Serena Hotel Kigo Golf Course in a bid to frustrate Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, in case she blocks a fresh probe of BoU by parliament’s Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE).

Sources say the officials met after realizing that Kadaga would go by the call by two petitions that recently urged her not to allow a second BoU probe meant to help top officials there to clean their names that were tarnished during the first probe that started in late October 2018 and ended in February this year, pinning BoU officials on negligence and irregular closure of seven commercial banks as they didn’t follow the established guidelines.

Days ago Chairperson of COSASE Mubarak Munyagwa appointed a select subcommittee headed by Makindye East Member of Parliament (MP), Ibrahim Kasozi to probe BoU again especially over the Shs478 billion as that BoU claims it injected in Crane Bank limited (CBL) as liquidity support during its receivership that took place between October 20 2016 and January 25, 2017. BoU closed CBL due to undercapitalization.

Sources at parliament say the Speaker has been upset by the reports that senior individuals in government are plot against parliament and moreover using both Munyagwa and Kasozi to frustrate her work.

However, during the first COSASE probe of BoU, it was established that Shs478 billion was not properly utilized for the purpose as the Auditor General John Muwanga established that Shs320 billion of that money could not be accounted for as BoU did not present all documents required, moreover it was worsened by the fact the BoU acted as a lender and borrower in the transaction.

Months ago, Kasekende wrote to Muwanga pleading for an audit on account of finding new documents related to the use Shs478 billion but the former declined, arguing that he had already than his job and that only parliament could order him to revisit the audit, a response that displeased BoU officials who are fighting hard to clear their names.

Recently the same BoU officials led by Kasekende carried the documents to parliament but were sent away for not coming along with the accountant of the bank and all required documents to support the use of Shs478 billion that the bank wants shareholders of CBL to repay yet they were not involved in the transaction. Sources within the bank also say CBL only needed Shs150 billion to keep afloat even though BoU officials sold the bank to its rival DFCU Bank at Sh200 billion, paid in installments.

Two separate petitions were days ago delivered to Kadaga pleading with her to block Munyagwa’s Cosase from conducting fresh investigations into BoU’s sale of seven commercial banks.

The petitioners, Michael Businge a resident of Nsambya, Kampala and Sam Kakuru a student of Uganda Christian University contest that it would be a waste of taxpayers’ money on a ‘syndicated move’ to clear BoU officials of wrongdoing.

The Speaker who supervises all the committees of parliament is expected to look at the merits in the petitions and the rules that guide Parliament to take a decision.

The petitioners argue that the House Rules of Procedures do not give Cosase powers to re-examine its reports and accused MPs of creating a backlog.

“These exercises cost taxpayer’s money and must be performed lawfully. [We cannot keep repeating the same things uncles there is something MPs are not telling Ugandans… This is to request you to prevail on the said Committee not to spend state resources (money and time) on a re-examination which is outside its mandate” Businge says in his petition to Kadaga.

On the other hand, Mr Kakuru, another petitioner, argues that the direction being taken by the Committee amounts to “contempt of parliament” hence asking the Speaker to relieve Mr Munyagwa of his duties as Committee Chairperson.

He argues that the select sub-committee headed by MP Kasozi with instructions to hear the BoU officials in closed meetings which is questionable.

“The Sub-Committee headed by Hon Ibrahim Kasozi is ultra vires on grounds that it conducts its proceedings behind closed doors. The issues of banking sector (Central Bank) are of public/tax payer concern,” he says.

The petitioners want parliament instead to act on the recommendations listed by the first probe headed by MP Abdu Katuntu as regards the irregular closure of banks and misuse of taxpayers’ money in the process.

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By Sylvia Kugonza

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In Kabarole

A panel of judges from the court of appeal led by Hon Justice Egonda  Ntende officially opened up a two weeks criminal sessions at Fort portal court.

Among the other judges include Justice Helen Obura and Justice Christopher Madrama.

According to residence high court judge Fort portal Justice Wilson Musalu Musene , the criminal session will last for two weeks whereby 40 cases will be listened to including civil and criminal cases both sentenced and convicted

While opening the session, Hon Justice Egonda disclosed that court of appeal is overwhelmed by a backlog of cases in both criminal and civil.

Justice Egonda said that they have over 200 civil and over 200 criminal cases in the whole country thus calling up on lawyers to prepare well case files that will enable them finish  in time so that everyone get justice dissevered.

Meanwhile council Vincent Mugisha  speaking to the judges expressed concern over pending charges to sick prisoner’s whom he explained that they have started calling their layers making wills before they die when their cases have not been worked on.

Mugisa has cited at two prisoners that has approached him over the same issues thus tasking the court of appeal consider special attention on them.

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By Joel Kaguta

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In Kasese

Over one hundred people in Mahango sub-county in Kasese District has been left mysteriously affected by landslides on Saturday evening during a down pour.

Burandia village in Nyamisule parish is the most hit area although other places like Kibalya, Butalimuli and Nyamutswa have also registered similar problems.

Among the items destroyed include houses, crops, clothes, books, mattresses and animals leaving the owners stranded without any immediate solutions to the catastrophe.

The torrential rains that started at around 9pm lasted for close to four hours resulting into mud flows which also destroyed the road networks connecting the affected areas to other places.

Bibiana Ithungu aged 38 narrated that three out of her seven children escaped death because the room in which they were sleeping in was hit by a huge mudflow immediately she had shifted them to her bed room.

She said that her two roomed house got submerged and everything in it including books of her children, sauce pans and the agreement of one of her pieces of land was destroyed.

“When I saw waters entering my bed room, I realized that my children are in danger and Immediately went and shifted them to my bed, after few minutes their bed room was hit by a huge mudflow”, Ithungu adds.

According to Ithungu, she needs over one million shillings to reconstruct the two rooms of her new permanent house that were hit by the devastating mudflow.

When our reporter visit the area, Ithungu’s husband Constantine Baluku Mbakania was found removing the debris.

Mbakania explained that he constructed the main house using a soft loan from a micro-finance organization in the area and was not aware where he will get the money to refund back and to reconstruct the damaged house.

“I don’t know where I am going to get the money to reconstruct my house in addition to the loan and school fees of my two children who are in candidate classes at St. Theresa Bwanda in Masaka”, Mbakania explained.

Jozoless Kabugho aged 48 is another resident whose main house was also severely damaged.

Kabugho noted that the mudflow mostly destroyed a room which accommodates three of her children who had not gone to sleep by the time of incident occurred.

Luzi Masika lost fifty coffee trees and 20 banana plantations when her piece of land was eroded by the landslide. Masika suspects that her family will be hit by hunger.

Patrick Masereka Zaire, the area local council one chairperson, quantified that the incident has left many residents poor.

“My office has started compiling a report to ascertain the actual number of people and properties that have been destroyed following the nasty Saturday incident”, Zaire said.

He asserts that he was going to embark on the campaign of sensitizing the community about the need to tame their building sites before they build since the steepness is slowly responsible for continuous mudflow in the area.

Commenting about the incident, the Sub-county Community Development Officer, Venesio Tsembere asked the district Disaster Committee chaired by the Assistant Chief Administrative in-charge of Bukonzo County, Wilson Asaba Mwigha to help in relocating families staying in prone landslides to safer places.

Between 2012 and 2013, seven children from two families in Butalimuli and Mahango villages respectively in Mahango sub-county were buried by landslides that befell the area.

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