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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Isingiro–

Isingiro district chairman Jeremiah Kamulari has been summoned to record a statement following attempted rape allegations slapped against him.

It is alleged that on 27^th Jan. 2021 at around 1840hrs , Kamulari tried to rape one Patricia Katushabe a student at Kampala international university main campus and a resident of Endinzi B cell,  Endinzi Sub-county,  Isingiro District.

According to sources, Patricia needed a stamp from the chairman as she applied for sponsorship and needed a recommendation.

Sources alleged that the chairman told Patricia to find him in Mbarara but when she arrived, he opted to take her to a certain lodge in Ruharo where he attempted to rape her before she ran away.

It is also alleged that the victim was rushed to police by some people who rescued her from the lodge and when the chairman was contacted, he directed police to Booma hotel where they picked the victim’s property.

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Mbarara—

Police have today afternoon arrested the former Igara east parliamentary candidate Karaka Modern at Ntare School as western Uganda youth delegates chose their MP.

 It is alleged that Modern Karaka a former ANT candidate who was an agent to FDC’s candidate Adios Denmark Beinomugisha was arrested after he failed to show his accreditation letter.

Earlier today the Regional Returning Officer Apollo Musinguzi had warned all agents without accreditation letters not to dare accessing the Ntare school polling station.

By press time Karaka Modern was being whisked on a police vehicle and taken to Mbarara Central Police Station waiting to be charged.

The Rwizi police mouthpiece ASP Samson Kasasira however refused giving details concerning Karaka’s arrest. 

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Mbarara—

Western Uganda FDC Youth delegates have been denied access to Ntare school polling station by security operatives.

2,049 delegates from 38 districts of western Uganda had today converged at Ntare School in Mbarara to vote for their candidates from different parties.

However, according to Mbarara DPC SP John Rutagira, FDC delegates who had come to vote for their candidate Adios were closed out side because they had no documents to identify them.

Rutagira also accused the candidate of campaigning on the polling day since earlier in the morning he had processions in town which is against the law.

Adios has accused the security of conniving with some candidate to destabilize the Electoral process.

“It’s somehow intended to bar my delegates from entering the polling station and am already to file a case in court protesting these irregularities,” Adios added.

Meanwhile the voting process which had earlier delayed started at 11:00am.

However, most of the candidates including NRM’s Rugumayo Edson and Anold Turwomwe had not arrived at the Polling station to vote by the time of this publication.

FDC’s Adios Beinomugisha also refused to enter into the polling station after his party delegates were denied access to the station by security operatives.

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In Kampala—

Over 4000 Ugandan workers have lost an opportunity to work in Saudi Arabia after the Ambassador halted the job orders due to a financial meltdown at Uganda’s embassy in this Middle East country.

Saudi Arabian labour companies had issued an order of 4000 Ugandans to work as maids, nurses, English teachers and warehouse workers.

Local firms dealing in labour exportation in Kampala had started recruiting the needed workers before they learnt of the suspension.

This website a few days ago reported how Uganda’s Mission in Riyadh was undergoing tough times because of limited funding by the Ministry of Finance and as a result the Ambassador Isaac Ssebulime called off the orders because there is no money to process them in the system.

Ssebulime has since written to Ministry of Gender about the embassy’s inability to process the orders until government allocates money for the embassy.

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Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) Chairman Baker Akantambira, who travelled to Saudi Arabia to assess the condition of migrant workers, observed that the Embassy is in dire state and needs urgent government intervention.

UAERA is an association that brings together all legally registered labour externalisation firms.

Baker observed that the Mission has accumulated rent arrears. There is no hope for renewal.

Medical bill accumulated and now the embassy has no credit facility not even health assurance.

The embassy staff had resorted to pulling their own personal resources to send critical cases to hospital.

Migrant workers who rushed to the embassy for help have been sleeping outside for two weeks now.

The job order processing system is down for lack of money to renew the licenses and servicing.

If labour companies want job orders to be processed they must finance the embassy.

Ambassador Ssebulime has already written to Ministry of Gender to halt this business until government funds the embassy.

But shockingly government earns $1.4B from labour externalization business and most of the business orders arise from Saudi Arabia.

Through UAERA, labour companies in Uganda hard started contributing $300 to fund the Mission.

Blind eye?

It remains a fact that government of Uganda earns $1.4 billion from labour exporting business and Saudi Arabia remains one of the bigger markets for Ugandan migrant workers.

The embassy staff wondered why government of Uganda couldn’t use some of this money to fund the embassies.

Ministry of Finance late last year issued a notice warning all government bodies against making unnecessary expenditure because government had run out of cash.

This warning affected the embassies.

A source at Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed that Ministry of Finance halted funding of embassies.

“It is true government is not releasing funds until further notice. That is why most of our embassies are in cash crisis. However, our embassies have been making their own money. Why can’t government use this money to fund them?” the source said, asking not to be named fearing to be reprimanded.

This source said that for the case of Saudi Arabia embassy, the Foreign Ministry is well aware of its deplorable condition but “can’t do anything.”

The source further said that Uganda’s mission in Saudi Arabia oversees 5 countries in the Middle East.

“That embassy is overstretched but at the same time it is underfunded. So how do you expect the staff there to do work?” asked the source.

Ambassador Isaac Ssebulime didn’t respond when contacted for a comment.

By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Mbarara—

Supporters of candidates contesting for western Uganda Youth Member of Parliament seat have accused NRM’s Edson Rugumayo of holding campaign meetings at Mwengura suites in Mbarara city beyond campaign period.

The voting process which was supposed to start at exactly 07:00 am and close at 04:00 pm has not kicked off up to now due to undisclosed reasons by Electoral commission.

2,049 delegates from 38 districts of western Uganda have today converged at Ntare School in Mbarara to vote for their desired candidate.

Western Uganda Youth MP seat has attracted six candidates including NRM’s Edson Rugumayo, Independent candidate Arnold Turwomwe Spencer who contested in NRM parliamentary primaries for Ishaka-Bushenyi Municipality but lost to Derrick Kabura hence being nominated for western Uganda MP seat, Edwin Muramuzi Independent, Kamukama James of NUP, Adios Beinomugisha Denmark of FDC, and Kato Paul independent candidate.

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By Ronald Kabanza

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In Rukungiri—

Kishonga Primary School in Buyanja Sub County in Rukungiri District is struggling to operate without a pupil’s latrine.

The only five stance semi-permanent latrine in the school collapsed in November last year.

 Kishonga Primary School in Rubanga parish, which has a population of more than 200 pupils, is stuck with the problem of lack of toilet facilities after a three stance pit latrine was destroyed by heavy rains.

Currently, pupils have to use the school neighbors’ toilets whenever nature calls.

 Emmanuel Mugarura, the Chairman School Management Committee, says the old latrine was built by parents and the one that is used by teachers was built by well-wishers of Uganda project 2 years back but the government has never built a toilet at the school.

 According to Mugarura, the toilet collapsed because it was built using rudimentary materials which got rotten thus the collapse of the toilet. Mugarura now wants government to intervene immediately to save the situation.

 Erick Marambuzi , the Head Teacher, says the situation is appalling adding that, the matter was brought to the attention of the district authorities to help the school get new pit latrines before schools opened for a new term but nothing has been done.

 Marambuzi says that pupils and teachers are now inconvenienced in case anyone needs to use a toilet.

He adds as result of the toilet shortage at school, pupils are forced to trek to the nearby trading centers to access latrines and at times they use staff toilets which is very risky in terms of teachers privacy.

Agaba Emmy Rubondo, the Buyanja Sub County LC III Chairperson, says they notified the district on the situation at the school, but they haven’t received any response.

Jackson District Education Officer says that his office is aware of the problem at the school. He says their hands are tied because the funds which can be used to address such issues come from the Ministry of Education.

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In Kampala—-

A team of over fifty lawyers from different law firms are getting ready to represent National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate General Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the Independent Electoral Commission with the help of lawyers from the Attorney General’s Chambers after National Unity Platform (NUP) party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine notified the Supreme Court that he is ready for a court battle to challenge the 2021 presidential polls.

Lawyer Anthony Wameli, who is going to lead Bobi Wine’s legal team told our reporter that they are set and are expecting to file their petition on Monday morning after supreme court denied them an opportunity to file it on Saturday.

Wameli’s pronouncement was confirmed by the Judiciary senior communications officer Mr. Solomon Muyita.

“Yes we received a notification from Wameli and company Advocates and we will be waiting for them to file on Monday,” Mr. Muyita told our reporter in a phone conversation.

Once he files, Bobi Wine will join other unsuccessful veteran politicians, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Dr. Kizza Besigye and Go forward’s John Patrick Amama Mbabazi who previously challenged Museveni’s presidential victory in the Supreme Court.

When our reporter exclusively spoke to one of Museveni’s longtime personal lawyers on how they are prepared to face off with fresh legal brains who are set to represent Bobi Wine, he revealed that the petition will be challenged from the start.

“We don’t need to panic with Bobi Wine’s petition because we have been expecting it, but I think this is going to be the easiest presidential petition of all petitions we have faced in the last 20 years,” Museveni’s lawyer who declined to be named confidently bragged.

He added that the moment they face the nine Supreme Court Justices, they are going to raise a preliminary objection (PO) challenging the presidential petition.

He explained that if Bobi Wine files his petition on Monday, after 17 days made it filed out of time.

“There is a difference between interpretation Acts made by parliament and the National Constitution.

The interpretation Act gives the aggrieved party liberty to file his petition in the stipulated days and if the last day is on a weekend or on a public holiday, it gives the aggrieved party an opportunity to file his petition on the next working day when public offices are open, that’s section 34 of the Interpretation Act. Here we are dealing with a national constitution which states that the aggrieved party in the presidential elections has to file his petition in fifteen days without adding any day, and we shall not allow people to play like that with the constitution because did is strict on those days,” he said.

However, Wameli divulged that they tried to file their petition on Saturday because it’s the day when the fifteen days expired from the day Museveni was declared winner but the Chief Justice Alphose Owiny Dollo advised them to file on Monday.

He promised NUP supporters that they are going in for a win and by May this year, their principal Bobi Wine will be declared the new president of Uganda.

DOLLO SET TO HEAR THE PETITION FROM TYCOON SUDHIR’S MUNYONYO RESORT

Credible sources in the Judiciary have intimated to our reporter that the Chief Justice Dollo has advised the technical team to look for a place bigger than the Supreme Court where the presidential petition will be heard from.

According to these sources, it was resolved that the petition will be heard from Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Hotel owned by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia.

“Because of COVID-19, we needed a bigger but also a flexible place not only for Court attendants but also Justices and lawyers, Commonwealth Resort is the best,” one of the technical experts in the judiciary revealed.

Our source added that even the technical assistants to the nine justices who are set to hear the petition, Court Clerks and other supporting staff will spend almost a month sleeping in the hotel to avoid the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

This website has also learnt that the judiciary has procured new gadgets which are going to be used during the hearing of the petition especially computers.

“It was a proposal that was brought from within, that to help fight COVID-19, we needed bigger space but it hasn’t been finalised since we have not yet even received the petition. I believe the judges will make the decision when they meet on Monday or Tuesday,” the Judiciary senior communications officer Mr. Solomon Muyita said.

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