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By Ronald Namanya
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In Bushenyi

Councilors of Nyakabirizi division in Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality have today 27th Aug 2019 put their chairperson LC III Juliet Beyeza and town clerk Jackline in a tight spot after rejecting a photocopier machine the two bought for the division.
Speaking to www.mknewslink.com, the speaker Nyakabirizi division Mackay Twijukye said that councilors recommended the procurement of a photo copier machine and chairs worth Ugx5M, Ugx2m respectively but Juliet the chairperson instead used all the money to buy a Canon Photocopier without their consent.

He added that Juliet claims she bought the machine in question at Ugx7m but to them it should be for only Ugx3m.
Mackay asserted that as the council, they have resolved to reject the machine because they want a photocopier for five million shillings and chairs worth two million shillings.
When asked why she didnt follow councilors recommendations, Juliet responded saying that when she was ordering for the machine, she found out that the one they wanted was an old model and decided to buy a new model for Ugx7million that works better.
She added that she was trying to catch time because the financial year was about to end before they could buy it.
However, councilors say that they have always made agreements from the meetings but later she ends up amending them.
In the same meeting, two area councilors Canon Eliasafu Tabaaro and Mereth Nyongirwe both from Ntungamo Ward joined the Nyakabirizi Division council after the ward was recently added into the municipality from kyeizooba sub county

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In Kampala
City businessman Sudhir Repaleria, has vowed to file a suit against central bank calling for accountability for assets and amount of money that Crane bank had before it was put under receivership.
Sudhir said on Monday after the head of Commercial Court, Justice David Wangutusi, dismissed a multi- million case filed against him. BoU/Crane bank under receivership accused the property mogul of fleecing Crane Bank Limited of Shs397 billion.
In an interview with www.mknewslink.com Sudhir noted that the Auditor General cannot account for Shs290 billion, somebody just stole in the name of Crane Bank.
He thanked all the lawyers who really did the tremendous job adding that this is historical as nobody else in the past has been able to take on the central bank.
On what is next after this achievement Sudhir said that they are now going to put a counter case after Cosase found a lot of things including failure to account for the cash in the bank.
Why court awarded Sudhir costs in Shs397b case against Bank of Uganda
On Monday Justice David Wangutusi as expected delivered his ruling in the case where Kampala businessman Sudhir Ruparelia had challenged the decision by the Bank of Uganda/Crane Bank in Receivership to sue him and Meera Investments Limited, seeking recovery of Shs397 billion allegedly fleeced from Crane Bank Limited by the latter two entities.
But in the counter suit Sudhir dismissed the case and argued that Crane Bank in Receivership had no powers to sue since it is not provided for in the law.
Justice Wangutusi agreed with Sudhir and his lawyers, awarding costs of the suit to Sudhir and Meera Investments. But that means it is the Ugandan taxpayer that is to bear the costs since BoU that first dragged Sudhir to court is a public entity that depends on governments money purse.
In his ruling, Justice Wangutusi said that; As for costs, it is well established that unless sufficient reason is given to prevent the award of costs, the costs of any action/cause or other matter or issue shall follow the event unless Court shall for good reason order otherwise; He quoted Section 27 of the Civil Procedure Act Cap 71; Dauda vs Ahmed & Ors (1987) KLR 665.
“The issue of costs in this case rises a little difficulty. Having found herein above that the liability and assets of Crane Bank had passed over to Dfcu bank the question that arises is who is going to pay the costs.
Under such circumstances the party to bear the costs must be the one who brought the matter to court. At the time of filing the suit Bank of Uganda had taken over management. Counsel for the Plaintiff/ Respondent submitted that the proceedings were not commenced by the Bank of Uganda but by Crane Bank Limited in Liquidation,” he observed.

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In Kampala
A student of Harvard University in the United States of America (USA) has sued Ugandan President Yoweri kaguta Museveni for blocking him on his Twitter handle.
The President was sued alongside government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo and the polices Chief Political Commissar, Asan Kasingye, whom he accused of also blocking him from accessing their Twitter handles.
In his law suit filed before the High Court in Kampala yesterday, Hillary Innocent Seguya Taylr states that he is a Ugandan citizen pursuing a Masters degree in International Relations.
He stated that for the purposes of his application, he appointed his lawyer Male Mabirizi since he is not in the country.
Seguya contended that the President, government spokesperson and the polices chief political commissar use their respective Twitter handles as public fora to disseminate information relating to the activities of their public offices in their official capacities and to get feedback from citizens.
Seguya explained that as a citizen who is living abroad, he is only capable of getting information relating to his countrys governance and to communicate to the respective officers including the Fountain of Honour through social media.
That before being blocked, I used the same Twitter social media platform handles to communicate my views, dismays and suggestions to the respective officers, Mr Seguya states.
He added “The effect of blocking me from the respective Twitter accounts is that I am now not capable of following and viewing the Tweets on their respective Twitter social media platform handles and hence not capable of contacting, replying, liking, tagging, retweeting and knowing the public information thereon or commenting on the same.”
He asserted that blocking of his Twitter handle, @HillaryTaylorVI, from accessing the respective three handles on July 20, 30 and August 8, was done without giving him notice.
He is now seeking an order to quash the decision of the three officials, and general damages of the inconvenience caused.

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