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In Ntungamo

State Minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been declared the winner in the Rushenyi county NRM Primary elections for the Parliamentary flag bearer in the 2021 general election.

Rukutana has defeated his closest opponent Naome Kabasharira after tallying votes from over 12 polling stations that had not been counted.

The National Resistance Movement Party Electoral Commission Chairman, Dr. Tanga Odoi cancelled results in which the NRM returning officer declared Kabasharira winner having trounced Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana with 40 votes.

Kabasharira garnered 24,006 while Rukutana got 23,966 votes.

Rukutana’s team petitioned the NRM EC headquarters with overwhelming evidence to overturn the results announced in Ntungamo last week.

The Ntungamo district NRM election officer Mirembe Maria declared Kabasharira the winner. The declaration form was however not signed by Rukutana’s agent, who out rightly disagreed with the results.

Accordingly, Rubaare sub county, which is considered Rukutana’s stronghold didn’t vote after the register disappeared.

Voting was deferred to Saturday, the same day when chaos broke out in the area resulting into multiple shooting and injuring of Rukutana’s rival’s loyalists.

As a result, Minister Rukutana was sent to prison battling several charges; attempted murder, theft of a gun, malicious damage and assault.

However today Rukutana was released on bail at Ntungamo magistrate court.

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In Ntungamo

The High Court has on Tuesday, September 15 granted bail to the State Minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana.

Mr. Rukutana, has been in jail in Kitalya prison since September 8, after he was a week ago charged with seven counts including attempted murder.
The court, which sat  on Monday 7^th Sept.2020  after Mr. Rukutana, drew nationwide condemnation for his involvement in the ruling NRM elections violence on September 5, charged him with attempted murder in Ntungamo, and to Kitalya Prison in Wakiso, some 400 kilometres from his home in Rugongi, Rushenyi, Ntungamo district.
Mr. Rukutana and three of his police bodyguards are charged with attempted murder, assault and malicious damage.
Mr. Rukutana who was arrested by the police, spent three days in detention at Mbarara police station following a confrontation in Ntungamo which left a supporter of an opponent injured has also been charged with causing bodily harm and malicious damage.
He was later charged together with three of his bodyguards before the Ntungamo Magistrates Court and remanded to Kyamugorani prison in Mbarara.
The four were charged and remanded by Ntungamo Magistrate Grade One, Namayanja Nazifah.

Mr. Rukutana was arrested on Saturday afternoon from his Rushenyi home.
Mr Rukutana was arrested after a reported shooting incident which left Mr. Dan Rwiburingi with serious head injuries as the Minister tussled for the NRM flag for Rushenyi County against veteran politician Naome Kabasharira.
The Minister who now says he never released bullets on to the victims as earlier reported has since lost the election too, as he navigates the criminal charges against him.
Mr Rwiburingi also says he was hit with another object in the head and not a bullet.

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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Bushenyi

Bushenyi district NRM registrar Alkangiro Barekye has revealed that he never refused to give tally sheets, declaration forms from villages and all the information pertaining the Sept 4, 2020 NRM parliamentary elections.

However, candidate marvin Baryaruha’s political assistant  Mr. Stelison Nahwera told www.mknewslink.com managing editor today morning that Mr. Barekye refused to give him the above materials as asked by their lawyer.

Mr. Stelison added that Registrar Barekye has been uncooperative throughout the exercise.

He said that there was cheating in the parliamentary NRM elections in polling stations of Ishaka division and central division.

He noted, that is why he demanded for all declarations from villages to expose the theft that Mr. Barekye presided over but refused to give them to him.

In an interview on phone with www.mknewslink.com, Mr. Barekye denied refusing to give the information to candidate Marvin Baryaruha’s political assistant.

“I gave Mr. Stelison the political assistant of Baryaruha all documents including soft copies and hard copies” Mr. Barekye said on phone today morning.

In the Sept 4, 2020 NRM parliamentary elections, four candidates rejected results and called for fresh elections.

These candidates are; Marvin Baryaruha, Arinda Gordon Cowboy, Anald Spencer Tir  womwe and Chris Muganzi

The winner candidates rejected but was declared by Bushenyi district Registrar is Derrick Kabuura Baimukye. He is a flag bearer until otherwise.

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By Grant Ahumuza

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In Kabale

Women in Kabale district have attributed the increasing cases of domestic violence among families to the husbands who sell off family agricultural products for consumption of alcohol.

Women revealed this in exclusive interviews carried out by our reporter during his visit to Buhara and Kamuganguzi subcounties in Kabale district.

The Buhara Sub County Community Development Officer Liberty Kesande Ngabirano said that her office receives at least five cases of domestic violence weekly.

Now, Women including Violet Tumuheirwe, a resident of Rwiraguju in Bugarama parish, Fortunate Niwamanya of Kabanyonyi in Kafunjo parish, Allen Night parish and Allen Atuheire both from Muyebe, say that husbands always sell off agricultural products like sorghum and animals like pigs to get money to take to bars.

The women claim that whenever they ask them, it results into fights adding that men should be educated on how to always harmonize with the wives.

The Forum for Women in Democracy Kabale branch field officer, Dorothy Kesiime Naturinda said that the project intends to advocate for improved resourcing and implementation of policies and programs that enhance peace and security for women and children.

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Mbarara

Police in Mbarara have in detention a 34-year-old man who allegedly assaulted his mother to death over yet to be known reasons.

The suspect Joseph Asiimwe allegedly attacked his mother Nakibule Restatuta aged 66 years with kicks and feasts from her bedroom in Kitojo cell, Katojo ward Nyakayojo division Mbarara city.

 It is also alleged that the suspect in the scuffle killed the mother whose body he later dragged to the path that leads to her house.

According to the Rwizi Police spokesperson ASP Samson Kasasira, the suspect has had a mental illness but the Police had to apprehend him to establish what could have forced him to kill his mother. 

Kasasira noted that so far, the motive of the murder has not yet been established as the body of the deceased was taken to Mbarara regional referral hospital for post-mortem.

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Kiruhura

Grade one magistrate’s court in Sanga  Kiruhura district has ordered members of King of Kings church in Sanga town to pay 5 million in two weeks time to Yasin Sango, a money lender who is claiming the land where the church sits.

The land had previously been given out to Yasin as collateral security by a pastor who is now at large and the church has so far paid shs4 million on the 9 million debt and Yasin maintains that he is ready to pay back their 4 million and he fully owns the land, a provision the church has turned down.

Grade one magistrate Patrick Bamuhiga yesterday, Monday September 14,2020 adjourned the matter until September 28,2020 when the plaintiff is expected to come with the amount and hand it over to the defendant.

Meanwhile, Bishop Silas Tayebwa who is the King of Kings senior pastor of the mother King of Kings Church in Mbarara expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict saying places of worship are still under lockdown due to COVID-19 yet the money is mobilized from Christians.

“But we’ll raise what we can and God will do his part. You cannot buy church like that,” the man of God added.

Christians also accuse Yasin for allegedly being behind the demolition of the church on August 31,2020 though he says it was brought down by wind. Court has halted construction for two weeks until the payment is fulfilled.

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