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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Bushenyi—

The chief petitioner in the disagreements between West Ankole Bishop Rt. Rev. Johnson Twinomujuni and Christians; Emmanuel Karasi has decided to go to court after a 14 day ultimatum.

Karasi who was supposed to meet Archbishop Stephen Kazimba at his office today morning only found the provincial secretary Rev. Can. William Ongen at the Namirembe based office.

According to Karasi, Rev. Ongen advised him to go back to Namirembe on Monday when he will be able to get the archbishop.

However, Karasi who is the representative of West Ankole diocesan Christians told www.mknewslink.com that since the deadline was today Friday, 1^st April 2022, he will begin with the court process on Monday next week.

“Am right away going to meet my lawyers to discuss my case with Bishop Johnson Twinomujuni,” Karasi told our reporter.

Karasi noted that he will go back to Namirembe for the last time and go to court.

A section of West Ankole diocese Christians last month wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Church of Uganda Stephen Kazimba over ‘unlawful’ 11^th synod constituted on12^th March 2022.

Christians led by Emmanuel Karasi pinned Bishop Johnson Twinomujni of allowing Mbarara and Kampala chapters to have representatives in the synod which is against the constitution of the West Ankole diocese.

They also accused the Bishop of wrongly appointing the diocesan chancellor Marvin Baryaruha.

They contended that instead of the bishop nominating the chancellor, he was rather nominated by a synod member Anthony Katwarana which is also against the West Ankole diocese constitution.

They wanted the head of laity elections to be rendered null and void since the synod that elected them was unlawful.

The Christians demanded that the diocese reconstitutes a new synod as per the law established and wanted to meet with the archbishop to formally discuss some of the issues pertaining their diocese.

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By Onesmus Ndyanabo

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In Sheema—

The NWSC Managing Director Eng. Dr. Silver Mugisha has challenged the people of Sheema to conserve the environment if they are to enjoy clean water.

Eng. Dr. Silver Mugisha was yesterday in Sheema as the district celebrated the world water day under the theme, ‘Ground water making the invisible visible’.

Eng. Silver Mugisha who was the chief guest thanked the staff NWSC for the good working they are doing in Sheema and Bushenyi districts.

Jemimah Buhanda the district chairperson and other leaders welcome Eng. Silver Mugisha

He also thanked Jemimah Buhanda the LCV chairperson for the cooperation and hard work stressing that it could be the reason why Kitagata is soon to be elevated into a regional referral hospital

He assured the people that in five years, NWSC targets 10200000 connections and assured that Sheema will be a big beneficiary.

Eng. Silver said that as of now, 85% of their customers are now happy with NWSC services and promised to raise the percentage to 90 in the next 5 years.

He added that they are working hard to fulfill the president’s pledge of putting up at least two public water taps in every village by 2026.

He further pledged to give Sheema two public water toilets worth 30 million shillings.

The Sheema District CAO John Betungura asked Eng. Silver that if he can, he should influence the government to come out strongly about the plastic bottles and kavera issue.

Sheema district CAO John Betungura

Sheema NWSC area has four branches; Kitagata, Bugongi, Shuuku and Kabwohe and has a water coverage of 81%. Of the 229 villages in the municipality, 162 are covered by NWSC

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By Innocent Atuganyira
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In Kagadi—-

An 80 year old man has been stabbed to death and his two other family members injured when unidentified people raided their home.
The incident happened on Wednesday night in Gayaza B cell Paacwa town council in Kagadi district.

The deceased has been identified as Cosma Bakainaga, 80, a resident of the same area.The injured are Juliet Asiimwe, daughter to the deceased and Maria Tindikaba, wife to the deceased.

Jackson Mbabazi, the liaison officer at Kagadi central police station told www.mknewslink.com reporter on Thursday afternoon that the attackers raided the home of Cosma Bakainaga and started hacking the family members indiscriminately. Other family members survived after they fled for their dear lives.

He said that although the police were notified and rushed to the crime scene, it was too late to pursue the attackers since they had already escaped.

Police carried out the postmortem at the scene and handed the body to relatives for burial arrangements, while Maria Tindikaba who was critically injured was rushed to nearby clinic, pending transfer to Kagadi general hospital for medical attention.

According to Mbabazi, the motive behind the attack is not yet known but investigations into the attack had commenced.

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By Innocent Atuganyira

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In Masindi—-

Jessy Byaruhanga the resident judge Masindi High Court has Thursday afternoon thrown Dinah Kasangaki the Buliisa district service commission chairperson out of the office.
This follows the case filed at Masindi High Court in May 2021 by Gilbert Tibasiima the district councilor representing Kigwera sub county challenging the appointment of Dinah Kasangaki as the Buliisa district service commission chairperson.
Kasangaki was appointed by Agaba Kinene Simon the former Buliisa district chairperson in March 2021. However, Tibasiima ran to Masindi High Court in May 2021 challenging her appointment on grounds that she wasn’t residing in the district as per the local government act.

In his ruling, Jessy Byaruhanga the Resident Judge Masindi High Court ruled that Kasangaki should vacate the office. He also directed the district chairperson to appoint the new district service commission chairperson.

According to the ruling, Kasangaki and Buliisa district will not pay the costs or damages incurred during the court session.

Speaking to our reporter at Masindi High Court after the ruling, Gilbert Tibasiima expressed his excitement after winning the case.

Tibasiima who also doubles as the vice chairperson Buliisa district asserted that they have spent over 15million Uganda shillings in this case.

Efforts to get a comment from Dinah Kasangaki was futile by press time since she didn’t appear at Masindi High Court and her known number wasn’t available.

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