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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Bushenyi

NRM national electoral commission tribunal has today at 7:30 pm October 3rd, 2020 evening finally ruled in favor of Derrick Kabuura Baimukye declaring him the winner in the Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality Parliamentary race.

The tribunal maintained that Derrick Kabuura Baimukye is the true winner in the race .

The election between Kabura and other seven was held on 4^th September 2020, and Kabuura was announced the winner the victory Arnold Spencer didnot agree to thus had to petition the NRM national Tribunal.

the chairperson of the tribunal Enock Barata and Tribunal member Isaac Newton Kyagaba ruled that the difference between 7376 garnered by Kabuura and 5505 polled by Arnold Spencer could not make him a winner.

According to a recount that was done on Wednesday this week, Arnold was leading Kabuura with 213 votes.

Judgement was postponed from yesterday afternoon up to day when it was read at 7:00pm.

Arnold Spencer in an interview with www.mknewslink.com after judgement said that he has accepted defeating adding that he will first sit with his team to decide on whether he will stand as independent.

Arnold Spencer denied allegations making rounds that he submitted fake declaration forms adding that it is wrong he presented the correct forms.

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In Kampala

Residents in slums of Nsooba Mulago and pupils at Good Samaritan Primary School have a reason to smile after receiving an Eco- toilet from Ruparelia Foundation.

This Facility was constructed from the previous Goat race proceedings which was aimed at promoting hygiene in the slums of Nsooba -Kamwokya.

While commissioning the facility Rajiv Ruparelia, managing director of Ruparelia group is optimistic that the community especially pupils will put the facility to good use.

Good Samaritan Primary school comprising of 500 under privilege pupils has been running without toilet for the past few years

By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Sheema/Kampala

The hotly contested Sheema south NRM parliamentary race was yesterday finally resolved by NRM electoral commission national tribunal

According to reliable source from Kamuntu’s camp who attended the tribunal during judgement, all the issues that were raised by Prof. Mushemeza and Nickson Bandiho were disregarded and Prof. Kamuntu announced a winner.

Prof. Kamuntu had been announced winner with only a difference of 90 votes followed by Prof. Mushemeza and Nickson Bandiho the 3^rd.

Nickson Bandiho and Prof. Mushemeza petitioned the electoral commission of the NRM and the judgement was delivered yesterday reconfirming Kamuntu a winner.

In the same tribunal, Kamuntu was given the NRM flag to go and contest in the Sheema south as NRM flag bearer.

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By Kenneth Twinamatsiko

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In Bushenyi

Lucas Muhangi a renown businessman in Bushenyi town has today 3^rd Oct.2020 been nominated as an independent candidate to contest for Bushenyi Ishaka mayorship.

Lucas an NRM supporter said he could not contest in the NRM primaries because he was late for the process.

Lucas Muhangi said that he is here to take Bushenyi Ishaka municipality to another level with new developmental ideas.

Lucas added that he is ready to change the Municipality for better ,focusing on developing business, empowering tourism attraction, improving Sanitation and cleanliness and creating opportunities to the public most especially the youth among others.

He advised that people should always focus on the ideas of their candidates than receiving money in exchange for their votes.

He cited out that Bushenyi Ishaka municipality is still undeveloped because politicians just buy voters during elections and when they reach in office, they want to get back their money used in elections.

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Kabale

The Executive Director (ED) of Pro-biodiversity conservationists in Uganda (PROBICOU), Paul Twebaze has challenged government and the public to jointly conserve the environment.

Twebaze said that government institutions like National Environmental Management Authority-NEMA and National Forestry Authority-NFA should work with court, police and other stakeholders to ensure that they bring to book all encroachers.

He added that more efforts are needed to sensitize the community on the importance of natural resources for continued proper environmental protection and natural resources governance

This follows Kabale high court verdict by Lady Justice Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya on September 21,2020 in favour of Kisoro district Local Government (LG) after four years of battling 12 defendants who encroached on Kafuga forest,one of the remnant forests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park found in Rubuguri parish Kirundo sub county Kisoro District.

This forest is one of the community forests supposed to be protected by the district but on 23rd May 2016 and on 9th January 2017, some 12 people attacked the forest, cut down trees and set the forest on fire claiming that the land belonged to them and had intentions to use it for tea growing which prompted the district to sue them.

While delivering judgment, Lady Justice Kazaarwe said ‘court was conviced that DW6 and DW2 participated in cutting down trees on the 23rd May 2016 and the 9th January 2017.

When a trespass has caused physical damage to the land, damages thereby caused to the Plaintiff, which in all ordinary cases is measured by the resulting diminution in the value 5 of the property.

The measure of damages is not the cost of reinstatement- the cost of restoring the land to the condition in which it formerly was- a cost which may greatly exceed the actual diminution in the value of the land.’

Court also awarded shs12,000,000 to the plaintiff (district) though the district wanted the defendant to pay about shs300 million.

Pro-biodiversity conservationists in Uganda (PROBICOU) supported Kisoro district L G with both technical and financial resources during this battle including facilitated the surveying of the forest and developed maps.

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Ntungamo

Panic has engulfed the civil servants, security and the people of Ntungamo district after two security officers in the office of the District Internal Security Officer (DISO) have tested positive for COVID 19.

The two are undergoing treatment at Mbarara regional referral hospital.

According to the RDC Ntungamo district George Bakunda ,the two officers have been evacuated and are being treated, thus there is no cause for alarm because they are healthy and responding to the treatment.

Bakunda noted that the office of the DISO Ntungamo has been closed temporarily for 14 days to pave a way for disinfection.

The District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. Richard Bakamuturaki blamed the spread of COVID 19 to laxity among the public and implored everyone to observe SOPs in order to contain the disease.

He revealed that over 50 contacts have been tested and turned negative appealing to whoever came in contact with the office of DISO to show up for testing.

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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Bushenyi

The former minister of general duties in the office of the prime minister Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere Bazaana has discarded his cadre ship to NRM and decided to stand as independent.

Kabwegyere has lost NRM primaries twice; to Magyezi in 2010, 2015 but never stood as independent though he did not accept results.

He never run as independent on the two times because of his loyalty to the party but he says that this time around, he does not agree with the way primaries were conducted most especially ignoring the register.

Prof. Kabwegeyere told www.mknewslink.com managing editor in an exclusive interview today 3^rd Oct. that he has already picked nomination forms to contest against Mbwatekamwa adding that he will be nominated on either 10^th or 11^th Oct.2020.

Prof. Kabwegyere was a Member of Parliament for 10 years from 2001 to 2011 as well as a minister in different portfolios. He made contributions in schools, churches and mosques.

He also represented Igara West in constituency assembly as a part of people who made the constitution in 1995.

He has been loyal to NRM and president Museveni since he came into power in 1986.

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