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By Ronald Kabanza

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In Rukungiri

Pig farmers in Rukungiri district are counting losses following the suspected outbreak of African swine fever that has claimed over 600 pigs in the area.
The African swine fever is a contagious and infectious disease that spreads rapidly among pigs. It is passed on to the pigs in a vicious cycle between soft ticks and wild pigs and direct contact with infected pigs.

According to Rukungiri District Veterinary Officer, Dr. Johnson Ninsiima, some cases of swine fever have been in the sub- counties of Bwambara, Nyarushanje, Bungangari and now in Rukungiri municipality where farmers have lost scores of pigs.

“We are yet to establish the exact number of pigs that have so far died in the past one week, the disease has also been reported in neighboring districts of Kabale, Rukiga and we are working jointly with authorities to contain it,” he said during an exclusive interview with our reporter over the weekend.

He said the disease is dangerous since it causes sudden death of the animals.
Dr.Ninsiima explained that, an infected pig shows signs of high fever, loss of appetite and labored breathing.

“Between two to three days, the animal completely loses strength to stand due to paralysis in the legs,” he added.

He said that they have deployed a surveillance team of veterinary extension workers to sensitize the affected communities.
John Rwebitooga, one of the affected farmers in Bwambara Sub-county, he has lost 49 pigs in a three days time warning fellow farmers against letting their pigs wander from village to village because they may contract the disease.

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In Kampala

Bank of Uganda (BoU) has dropped David Tibamwenda a son to the Director of Human Resource of Bank of Uganda Dr. Jan Tibamwenda.

Tibamwenda junior (David) who works with DFCU bank had recently participated in the ongoing recruitment exercise of 40 banking officer’s jobs in Bank of Uganda. The recruitment though undertaken by a hired firm was and is supervised by Dr Tibamwenda.

When media broke the story recently, the public expressed anger complaining that Dr. Tibamwenda is caught by conflict of interest to be supervising an exercise where his son is competing with others for a job causing the bank to drop him.

The Bank has also dropped Agaba Moses Edmond son of Charles Mwesigwa a retired BoU deputy Director in the department of procurement.

Issues were raised over the qualifications of the two sons of the Bou directors although Kelvin Kizito Kiyingi the BoU deputy director of communications told the www.mknewslink.com that they possessed the required qualifications.

Indeed the two appeared on BoU‘s long list from which a shortlist has been made and their names are missing which confirms that they have been dropped.

Kiyingi has also denied allegations that other directors had sneaked in their children in the recruitment.

Kiyingi also explained that some applicants who were called to the Human Resource department were to present their academic documents for vilification.

Some members of the public have demanded to look at the list of the successful candidates to confirm whether Bou directors and bosses will recruit their children or not.

We are waiting for the successful candidates to see if they are children of the BoU directors” a parent stated.

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By Yosam Gucwaki

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In Bunyoro

Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom’s royal Samuel Nyaika is demanding for compensation from the Administrator General of Uganda for not benefiting from the share which was left by his father Sit Tito Winyi.

Nyaika says that in 2013 he sued the Administrator general, His royal highness Solomon Gafabusa  Iguru the Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara kingdom, Godfrey Magezi Kwirigira and Komukyeya Doreen the Estate administrator Musa Rugaba accusing them of conniving with administrator General’s office to get the power of attorney to manage the Kingdom’s properties without his knowledge and yet is supposed to know as a member of the royal family.

Nyaika adds that the Administrator General has been mismanaging Bunyoro’s restituted properties by giving them to a few individuals without giving accountability, the will and the inventory and yet there are people who have the letters of administration and are supposed to be contacted first.

He also accuses the Administrator of not fulfilling his duties explaining that when his father Sir Tito winyi died, the Administrator General was supposed to take care of his life, accord him good education, feeding, among others but all in vain.

Nyaika says among the estates which were mismanaged is the one square mile of land located at Kyesiga in Bugahya county Hoima district. He says that the land was allocated to an individual who is not a member of the royal family and yet it is a kingdom’s property which is supposed to benefit everyone in the royal family.

He adds that he has never benefited from any property left by his father Sir Tito winyi and yet he is supposed to.

He says that he wants the Administrator General to compensate him for the damages and the losses he has incurred adding that it is only him who has been affected but also the other family members.

He explains that he went to court such that it can determine what should be paid to him saying that right now he cannot determine the amount he is supposed to be paid since it is a lot of money and it needs time to determine it.

According to Nyaika, he filed the case in 2013 in the family division at the high court in Kampala but it was transferred to Masindi high court on Omukama’s request.

Yesterday the case was supposed to be heard by the Masindi High court  resident  judge, Paul Gadenya Wolimbwa, but none of the accused  surfaced in court which forced the judge to adjourn the matter to 24^th/February 2020.

Nyaika was flunked by his sister Joan K Gafabusa to court. Gafabusa  told our reporter that on the 22^nd of  June2019 three people from the royal family including; Solomon Gafabusa Iguru the Bunyoro’s king, Joan K Gafabusa and Harrison Kintu Gafabusa  secured letters of administration which will help them administer all Bunyoro’s restituted properties.

She adds that no one in Bunyoro has authority to sell any kingdom property without their consent.

She also warns residents of and nonresidents of Bunyoro to stop involving in any transaction of the Kingdom’s property without consulting them.

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In Kisoro

Ugandan officials yesterday received the body of a Uganda who was killed in Rwanda on 18^th Jan.2020

Delegation of district leaders led by Rt.Capt. Peter Mugisha RDC Kisoro received the body of Theogene Ndagijimana 25 years at Chanika border in a No man’s land

The Rwandan delegation which brought the body was led by Ms Marie Uwanyirigira Chantal mayor of Burera district.

According to Kigezi region Police mouth piece Elly Maate,the body was taken to Chahafi Health Centre IV for another post mortem and it will be buried at their ancestral home at Kabingo village Chahafi parish Murora sub county.

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