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In Kampala

The Rural Broadcasters Association have petitioned the speaker Rebecca Kadaga demanding that ministries and other government agencies start having budgets for media airtime than always pressing media owners for offers which is impacting harshly on their daily running of media houses.

The Association that brings together regional media owners and managers cry foul of the losses they make as extended free airtime to government which tie would be so resourceful in meeting reasonable remuneration to their staff if it had been paid for.

As part of the licensing condition given by Uganda communications commission, the media houses are supposed to give one hour for free in a week to government to reach out to the public.

Meanwhile, the chairperson of the Association Julius Tumusiime explains that this free airtime is sometimes abused by government officials mentioning RDCs and on the other hand intended officials never show up to utilize it which affects the running of media business.

They have hence called for scrapping of this condition, make ministries and agencies pay for any airtime they wish to use and that the media houses be left only to air for free big national events and president’s speeches.

Tumusiime is further worried about the harassment the media is going to face in this election period especially from RDCs who keep antagonizing works of different media houses when they stop given political officials from appearing from their paid shows.

Meanwhile, speaker Kadaga says the pleas of the Rural Broadcasters Association are to be sent to both the presidential and ICT parliament committees for further discussions.

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By Christopher Agaba

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In Sheema

Sheema District RDC Frank Kyerere is in hot soup after some of the NRM aspiring candidates vowed to report him in the president’s office over segregation.

The contestants allege that the RDC has always been campaigning for only selected candidates mostly aspiring ministers yet all members are standing on NRM party ticket something that might cause divisionism in the party.

One of the first 3 top NRM leaders in Sheema District (names withheld on request of anonymity) told www.mknewslink.com that  they have already warned the RDC over his acts but in vain thus decided to report him to his bosses sothat  he can be summoned in the NRM national disciplinary committee.

“A whole RDC showing his side of politics in NRM primaries, it indicates that he has totally failed his official job and tarnished party’s reputation some thing that may lead to loss of president’s votes,” Kamukama David of Bikwase Kamukama noted.

“At least he should be working tirelessly to convince opposition leaders to join NRM party but mixing himself in politics of enmity is most unfortunate,” Kamukama added.

Kamukama added that president can’t involve himself in dividing his own members as the National chairman of the party thus the RDCshould stop misrepresenting his boss.

However ,RDC Kyerere told www.mknewslink.com that constitutionally, as of today ,nobody has already contested since they haven’t yet been nominated by the party Electoral commission wondering how he could campaign for someone who hasn’t yet contested.

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By Christopher Agaba

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In Sheema

A serious rift has erupted in the National Resistance Movement the ruling party after section of members fronted Hon. Elioda Tumwesigye while others want former URA boss Dickson Kateshumbwa to take up Sheema municipality seat in 2021 general elections.

Kateshumbwa who served as commissioner in charge of customs at Uganda Revenue Authority for over 14 years recently retired from service to contest for Sheema Municipality parliamentary seat.

Insiders in NRM told www.mknewslink.com  that when Kateshumbwa showed interest in grabbing the seat from Elioda, he was supported by a section of top NRM members.

“Kateshumbwa is the right person to lead Sheema municipality because he has everything at hand,” NRM members were quoted saying.

Sheema was declared municipality last year and Elioda abandoned his Sheema North constituency where he was MP and stood in the municipality but won with small margins.

He and other Members of Parliament representing new municipalities were taken to court and ordered out of parliament.

However, they appealed and retained their seats.

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By Grant Ahumuza

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In Kabale

Police in Kabale have seven sex workers in detention for disobeying lawful orders by staying around bars and continuously getting in touch with truck drivers acts that can easily spread corona virus.

The Kigezi region police spokes person Elly Matte confirmed that Susan Ainembabazi 20 years, Bridget Natukunda 18, Gladys Ayamba 17, Ruth Tugumisirize 20, Jamira Uwase 24, Brenda Akanyijuka 22 and Happiness Nkabire 24 are currently detained at Kabale main police station.

Matte added that the suspects were arrested last night 14/7/2020 at around 23:00 hours at Safe lodge near Bombokya in Kabale township during an operation to fight the spread of Corona.

The case was registered at Kabale main police station under file number SD 90/14/7/2020 as inquiries are underway.

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In Kampala

Dfcu bank has again been thrown in the eye of the storm after it issued a notice on the disposal of bank OFFICE assets that it irregularly acquired from Crane Bank even after a Court ruling that ruled that Crane Bank’s properties belong to Meera Investments and thus cannot be sold by Dfcu.

Court on August 26, 2019 in the Miscellaneous Application 320 of 2019 ruled that Dfcu’s takeover of the properties that were housing Crane Bank was illegal because the properties belonged to Meera Investments, and not Crane Bak in receivership as was being claimed by Dfcu.

Indeed, following the ruling, Dfcu bank relented and vacated properties and buildings that had been owned by Crane Bank before it was acquired in 2017.

Stunned by the court ruling, Bank of Uganda(BoU) also acknowledged that Dfcu Bank had opted out of the acquisition of the properties held under a Ruparelia Group subsidiary – Meera Limited and can therefore, not auction them.

In its 2019 annual report, the central bank indicated that Dfcu will return to BoU certificates of title for Meera Investments Limited properties and requires BoU to pay to dfcu the net book value of the properties recorded in the assets and inventory compilation report as at October 20, 2016.

“… Dfcu in a letter dated September 12, 2019 communicated … its decision to exercise its option to rescind its interest in purchasing the 48 properties pursuant to clause 8.7 of the agreement,” read the BoU report.
Though it remains unclear why Dfcu bank has now turned around to make attempts to auction Crane Bank furniture, in 2019, it emerged that Dfcu bank had been misled by Law firm Ssebalu & Lule Advocates to illegally transfer title properties into its name yet the properties belong to Meera Investments Limited even though it had leased them to Crane Bank Limited.

In the notice that was published in the print media, Dfcu claimed that the viewing dates will be from 15th July-21st July, with bidders required to pay a non-refundable fee of Shs50,000.

“Dfcu bank Uganda invites interested bidders to participate in public auction for used furniture, equipment and other assorted items under the listed categories/lots. Successful bidders shall be required to pay a full cash bid or issue 100 per cent cheque and take the units immediately, failure of which shall be withdrawn automatically and the next highest bidder will be considered, “reads the notice.

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By Grant Ahumuza

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In Rukungiri

Police in Rukungiri have in their custody 3 children arrested in connection to the mysterious death of their father.

Kigezi Regional Police Spokesman Elly Maate has confirmed that the 3 children include two boys and one girl.

Maate identified the deceased as 50-year-old Charles Mugisha, a resident of Rugasha village, in Kahoko Parish in Nyakishenyi Sub County in Rukungiri District.

It’s reported that the deceased was last seen alive on Sunday 12th July 2020, and that he spent the whole of Monday sleeping in his house.

Maate told our reporter that yesterday evening, his daughter identified as Kyarikunda Prita took food to her father whom she found still sleeping and later in the night, the deceased is reported to have made an alarm that threatened the daughter who ran outside the house and slept in the kitchen.

“It was today July 14th 2020 morning that one of the deceased’s son identified as Turyamushanga Paul went to check in the house where his father slept and found him dead,” Maate explained.

Maate said that, when Turyamushanga informed his relatives, they called in the Police who took the body to Kisizi Hospital for a post mortem report to be carried out.

Maate said that the case of suspected murder was however registered at Rukungiri Central Police Station under reference number CRB 1303/2020 to help in investigations.

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Mbarara

The former TV West talk show host Yedidia Nyakahangura has joined the Alliance for National Transformation -ANT days after quitting his job on the Mbarara based TV.

Early this month, the talk show host who has been working with the vision group for close to 9 years announced that he was quitting without giving reasons for his decision.

However, sources told www.mknewslink.com that Nyakahangura is also eying the hotly contested Bushenyi Ishaka municipality parliamentary seat bringing the number of contestants to seven so far.

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