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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Bushenyi—

The Independent aspiring Member of Parliament for Bushenyi Ishaka municipality has fulfilled the pledge he made on national teachers’ day to provide 58 temperature guns to all schools in the municipality.

The function to hand over temperature guns took place at Bushenyi district headquarters presided over by the deputy RDC Loy Namara.

In his speech while delivering the temperature guns, Don Nasser said that he does not make empty promises adding that whatever he pledges, he delivers to the respective persons.

He added that he will provide 5kgs of rice and a bucket of Omo to every home stead in Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality to help the COVID 19 affected families.

He noted that he will also provide solar lights to all villages that do not have power in order to light them as they wait for government to extend electricity to their areas.

Don Nasser also promised to provide garbage skips  to towns of Ishaka, St. Kagwa, Kashenyi, Bushenyi and Nyakabirizi.

While giving her remarks the chief guest Loy Namara hailed Don Nasser for providing temperature guns which are essential as schools partially open for second term.

She asked God to bless Don Nasser and continue to give him a heart of providing for those that are in need.

Don Nasser will be nominated on either Thursday or Friday this week to contest again flag bearers who include Derrick Kabuura Baimukye for NRM, Odo Tayebwa FDC, Yedidia Nyakahangura ANT and Denis Twahika, Kenneth Akanduhura who are both independent candidates.

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In Kampala

If Parliament passes the proposed National Social Security Fund (NSSF) amendment Bill on mid-term access to savings, the NSSF may have to sell assets to raise the Shs2.9 trillion required to pay 320,000 members who currently would qualify for 20 per cent payment of their pension contributions.

“Over 180,000 members are aged 46 and above, and a further 140,000 have contributed for more than 10 years. That means over 320,000 members would qualify for mid-term access,” the NSSF managing director, Mr Richard Byarugaba, told Daily Monitor on Thursday.

Currently, Parliament is debating an amendment in the NSSF Act to allow members aged 46 or above or who have contributed for more than 10 years to access 20 per cent of their savings.
 If the amendment is passed, NSSF members under this category will have mid-term access to 20 per cent of their savings in the private pension Fund before the retirement age at 55.    
However, Mr Byarugaba said NSSF would be constrained to pay the staggering amount in cash since most of its money is in assets. 

He cited the challenges and hazards the Fund will face if the amendment is passed and all the 320,000 members qualifying for mid-term access came knocking at NSSF to get their savings.  

He told Daily Monitor that the Fund projects is to collect Shs1.35 trillion in contributions this year and a further Shs1.3 trillion from investments.
“This total of Shs2.65 trillion is short of Shs2.96 trillion payout required. This is before considering other administration expenses, statutory payments like taxes,” Mr Byarugaba noted.

He said in paying more than 320,000 members 20 percent of their midterm savings, NSSF would not be able to make any investment and would be forced to sell or liquidate some of its investments to cover the shortfall.
He further reasoned that the above projected payments will hurt NSSF liquidity. 
He said this payment would also affect staying members’ balances and the Fund would not declare any interest to the remaining members.

“Based on our computations the Fund would within the first year pay out over Shs2.96 trillion, broken down as follows: Shs1.88 trillion to members aged 51 or above as there would have no motivation of staying in the Fund, the 20 per cent payout to the 90,504 members aged 46 to 50 translates into Shs483.9b, which amounts to an average payout of Shs5.3m per person. The 20 per cent payout to 141,777 members aged 41 to 45 translates into Shs589.9b, which amounts to an average payout of Shs4.2m per person,” Mr Byarugaba said.
He further explained that last year NSSF paid out Shs134.9b to 8,043 members in other benefit types other than age and withdrawal benefits for members aged 51 and above. 

By Elly Karenzi

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In Ibanda

Ibanda Municipality Member of Parliament Tarsis Rwaburindoore has donated shs.1,000,000/= to 32 victims who were hit by landslides to help them to buy clothes and fight hunger

He said the aid is also meant to repair their houses which were affected at Kyaruhanga II cell by landslides on 5.10.2020.

He urged the locals of Kyaruhanga II cell to emphasize coffee farming, trees planting on top of the hills and terracing their gardens.

Rwaburindoore added that the buildings will be restored for the historic purposes in the shortest time possible as he will table the motion to Parliament and then to the office of Prime Minister for further consideration.

The priest Kyaruhanga church of Uganda in NorthWest Ankole diocese, Evan Ayesiga who conducted the service at Kyaruhanga LC II scene, said the church had donated items which were donated by the worshippers including clothes, soap, salt, mattresses, 500 Kg of maize floor each of 5kg.

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By Ronald Kabanza

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In Kanungu

Police in Nyamirama, Kanungu District are stuck with unidentified body of a man in his 30’s who was found dumped in a rice garden.

 Elly Maate, the Kigezi Regional Police Spokesman said that the deceased was discovered by Muhwezi Elly who reported to Police at Nyamirama Police post.

John Kakooza,the Officer in Charge of Nyamirama Police post  immediately visited the scene with residents but no one could identify the body.

According to Maate, the deceased is short, medium sized with a dark skin, wearing a green jacket and green canvas shoes.

Maate added that the deceased had bruised head which suggested that he was murdered from a different place and his body dumped in Nyamirama Sub County.

He added that the body was picked and taken to Kihihi Heath Centre IV for a post-mortem.

A murder case was registered at Nyamirama Police Station under reference number SD 09/12/10/2020 as inquiries to establish the identity of the deceased continue.

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As the clock ticks to the October 16 deadline, only three presidential aspirants have so far submitted signatures supporting their candidature to the Electoral Commission for verification. 

Speaking to URN, Paul Bukenya, the acting spokesperson of the Electoral Commission said, the National Resistance Movement whose candidate is the incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Henry Tumukunde, an independent and the Ecological Party of Uganda’s Charles Bbaale, are the only ones who have submitted signatures. 

According to the Presidential Elections Act, a person qualifies to contest as a candidate if he/she is 18 years and above, his/her nomination is supported by 100 registered voters from two thirds of all districts of Uganda (98 districts) and has paid UGX20million, among others. “They are supposed to submit those signatures at least two weeks before nomination, to enable the Commission to verify them,” said Bukenya. 

During the verification, the Commission confirms, the names, personal identification number, physical address and signature of the voter supporting the nomination tally.  

On October 2, the NRM submitted over five million signatures to the Electoral Commission supporting Museveni’s candidacy. 

In a statement, the party boasted of being a mass organization with capacity to receive signatures that are over and above what the Electoral Commission actually requires.

 Last week, Tumukunde, a former minister who broke ranks with President Museveni early last year also submitted his signatures.  

Speaking to URN, Joel Sseyonyi, the spokesperson of the National Unity Platform said they are in advanced stages of collecting their own signatures supporting the candidacy of Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. “A number of signatures have already come through but others are coming in today and tomorrow because some of our people were insisting on getting more than those required, that’s why they have delayed. But certainly, we shall beat the deadline without a doubt,” said Ssenyonyi. 

For the Alliance for National Transformation whose candidate is Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, they are also in advanced stages of getting signatures.

Speaking to URN, Sulaiman Kakaire, the deputy spokesperson said that their coordinators are in the field gathering data. “Our people are already gathering them; we hope by Friday we shall have submitted them to the Electoral Commission,” said Kakaire 

FDC’s Amuiriat Oboi who was also elected unopposed last week as the party’s flag bearer told the press at the party’s headquarters in Najjanankumbi that they will be submitting their own signatures on Wednesday October 14. On the other hand, the Democratic Party that recently elected Norbert Mao as their presidential flag bearer said although they are also collecting the signatures, they are not time bound by the directives of the Electoral Commission to submit them two weeks before nomination day. 

“It’s our right to participate in this election and we shall submit the signatures any time we get them even on nomination day because there is nothing under the law that stops us from doing so,” said Enoch Okoler, the spokesperson. 

The Electoral Commission will be nominating Presidential Candidates on November 2-3. It should be recalled that over 60 people expressed interest in challenging President Museveni for the top job in Uganda by picking nomination forms. However, with only four days left to the deadline of submitting signatures to the Electoral Commission for verification, there is doubt whether all those who picked nomination forms will return them.  

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By Ronald Kabanza

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In Rukungiri

National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters in Rukungiri district are celebrating after flooring Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and other political parties in the district elderly elections that were polled yesterday at the district head quarters.  

NRM won all the five seats beating candidates from Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) while other political parties had no representatives. 

In the 2010 and 2016 general elections NRM also took all the five seats, according to the district returning officer Abas Namara.

On the district chairperson seat Jackson Ndyarimanya of NRM polled 48 votes defeating Vicent Byarugaba of FDC who got only 2 votes.

 At the seat of vice chairperson, Fausta Rubagangara of NRM went through unopposed while George Ruraka of NRM also went through unopposed on the seat the publicity.

 On the seat of general secretary, Stanley Tibakanya of NRM polled 48 votes while Emmanuel Tugineyo of FDC polled only 3 votes.

On the seat of Secretary of finance, Fredrick Kyabati of NRM polled 48 votes while Ezra Kemugisha of FDC polled 2 votes.

The election that was conducted amidst lose security was peaceful, apart from a few incidents were representatives from Nyakagyeme, Bwambara and Nyakishenyi sub- counties did not turn up.

Of the 250 votes that were casted across the whole process, only 3 votes were invalid.

By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Kiruhura

Nyabushozi county Member of Parliament has confirmed that he will not participate in the forthcoming elections in 84 villages slated to take place on 14th, Oct,2020.

Col. Fred Mwesigye while appearing on NBStv yesterday night with his former contender Wilson Kajwengye confirmed that he will not stand again since he was on 8th, Oct ,2020 confirmed by the NRM party chairman electoral commission Dr. Tanga Odoi as the duly elected Nyabushozi county NRM flag bearer.

Mwesigye noted that initially the party chairman who is also the president had guided that elections be repeated in 26 villages of Nyabushozi that were scheduled to take place on 06th,Oct,2020 following the public outcry that elections in those villages were marred with violence among other irregularities but his colleague Wilson Kajwengye boycotted the exercise when Mwesigye had deployed his agents in those villages.

Mwesigye noted that he was confirmed as Nyabushozi county flag bearer and received endorsement from the party Secretary general as the official NRM flag bearer Nyabushozi county.

“Am the duly elected NRM flag bearer Nyabushozi county so there is no need to repeat these elections without any written official communication,” Mwesigye added 

Meanwhile, yesterday Dr.Tanga Odoi the NRM electoral commission chairman while at the party headquarters in Kampala postponed polls in the 84 villages of Nyabushozi that were supposed to take place today 13th to 14th, Oct,2020. 

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By Grant Ahumuza

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In Rubanda

Police in Rubanda are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 43 year old man who was found lying dead with a bottle of alcohol.

The deceased identified as Jason Nsasibwoha is a resident of Kagoogo village Kashasha parish Ikumba subcounty.

The Kigezi region police spokesperson Elly Maate said that the case was reported to Nshanjare police by Agaba Benson aged 30 years, a business man and a resident of Nshanjare cell,Kaara parish,Muko sub county in Rubanda District .

Matte revealed that the deceased was found dead in front of a house at Nshanjare trading centre on Monday morning 12/10/2020.

Maate said that detectives led D/Asp Ronald Baryatwijuka visited the scene and found the bottle of suspected waragi besides the deceased’s body.

He noted that Post-mortem was done and samples taken, adding that report is yet to be released to establish the cause of death.

Sudden death case was registered at Rubanda main police station under file number CRB 342/2020.

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Kiruhura

Kiruhura district NRM returning Officer Angom David Andinda has been arrested on orders of the NRM party National chairman President Museveni.

Andinda was yesterday afternoon picked from his home in Akatongore Kenshunga subcounty Nyabushozi county by Detectives.

His arrest follows fraudulent parliamentary elections in Nyabushozi county which are to be redone in 84 villages to decide the winner.

Andinda who is now detained at Kiruhura Central Police Station faces charges of issuing false documents, forgery, conspiracy to commit felony among other charges.

Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports also indicate that some registrars in greater Kiruhura could also follow the same suit.

Nyabushozi county in Kiruhura district will return to polls on Wednesday Oct,14th ,2020 with 84 villages participating in fresh NRM parliamentary primaries.

President Museveni who doubles as the NRM party National chairman on Thursday Oct,8th,2020 ordered for fresh primary elections in 84 villages of Nyabushozi that were marred with violence among other irregularities.

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