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By Tumwekwase Sandra
SHEEMA

Police in Sheema district are investigating circumstances under which a 25-year-old man was murdered by a mob.

The deceased has been indentified as Bosco Kasasira a resident of Rutoma cell,Kyempisi Ward,Shuuku Town council in Sheema District.

According to Marcial Tumusiime the greater Bushenyi police spokesperson the deceased was on 11th August 2022 allegedly caught red-handed together with his father John Kusasira stealing from a belonging to Anthony Ssekate of the same area.

Tumusiime says the father escaped but the mob ganged up against Kasasira and beat him to death.

The police mouthpiece told our reporter that their team from Shuuku Police post visited the scene of crime and recovered two pangas and a knife as exhibits.

The deceased’s body was taken to Shuuku H/Centre IV for postmortem while inquiries are ongoing.

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By Byamukama Libino.

KABALE

A cross section of residents in Kabale Municipality have raised an alarm over the increased crime rate in the municipality, poor sanitation and the state of roads in their area
This was revealed in a stakeholder meeting organized by Kabale Municipal council authorities and Central division Authorities at the division headquarters in Kigonji central division Kabale Municipality Kabale District.
Speaking to our reporter at the division headquarters, the residents were also concerned about the worrying state of sanitation at the municipal abattoir
Charles Bisati the chairperson lc1 of Kanyakiriro cell attributed insecurity and the prevalent high crime rate in the area to shortage of security lights.
Sam Arinaitwe, the chairperson central Division Kabale Municipality promised to work on Ntagari road in Nyabikoni. Ward central Division.
Arinaitwe was further concerned about the intermittent power supply to Kabale and said he had already approached UMEME over the same
He promised to deal with the marijuana smokers around the area abattoir who carry out robberies .
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The Kabale Municipal Mayor Byamugisha Sentaro said that they have a small budget that cannot work on all the roads in the municipality at once.

On poor quality murum used on the municipal roads, Byamugisha said that he has nothing to do , since the works are approved by the municipal engineer
The Kabale District Resident District commissioner Godfrey Nyakahuma through the District Intelligence security officer Mr. Mutabazi Reuben pledged to hold a meeting with security stakeholders to address matter concerning crime and security that were raised during the meeting

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Eddie Kwizera Wa-gahungu, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer has been declared the winner of the Bukimbiri county by-election in Kisoro district.
Kwizera garnered 12,214 votes while his rival independent candidate Asgario Turyagyenda got 10,105 votes.
Another independent Edward Mutabazi got 308 votes while Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) flag bearer James Owebeyi got 280.

The Kisoro Returning Officer Daniel Nayebare says that the elections were peaceful since no cases of violence were recorded.
After being declared the winner, Kwizera promised to advocate for better health, infrastructure, and education services.
Meawhile NRM’s Derick Orone was declared the winner of the Gogonyo County Parliamentary by-election.
Orone defeated his rival Joseph Okoboi Opolot of the National Unity Platform-NUP party with 19,199 votes against Opolot’s 519 votes.

The by-election attracted three candidates but two of the candidates who were nominated to contest announced that they had withdrawn from the race.
They include Okoboi and independent candidate Issa Bantalib Taligola who officially announced his withdrawal during a rally attended by President Yoweri Museveni in Obutete and Kaukura sub-counties in Pallisa District.
He said the election was generally peaceful although there was low voter turnout.