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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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In Bushenyi—-
The 12 Bushenyi Ishaka municipal council councilors that illegally censured their deputy mayor Mr. Joel Nkole are scheduled to pay 200 million each to Mr. Nkole as damages.
According to facts available, the solicitor general Counsel Betty Karungi Gafabusa wrote to Bushenyi councilors warning them not at all to censure the deputy mayor.
He further warned that if they go ahead and go against her advice, each councilor will handle the repercussions personally.
DEPUTY MAYOR JOEL’S LAWYER DEUS KAMUGISHA, ISSUES INTENTION TO SUE, COUNCILORS SWEATING
Going by the above background, Mr. Joel Nkole has issued intention to sue the 12 councilors for libel and each councilor is required to pay 200m to Mr Nkole or be sued.
THE COUNCILORS REQUIRED TO PAY 200M INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING;
Hon Juma Matovu chief petitioner councilor town ward in Ishaka division,
Hon. David Bamwesigye councilor ward 1
Hon. Agaba Ambrose councilor Ruharo ward in central division
Hon. Namukasa Sauda Town Ward Ishaka division
Hon Komugisha Phiona Ntungamo ward in Nyakabirizi division
Hon. Bamwikirize Jenipher Kyeitembe ward central division
Hon. Nimwesiga Andrew kashenyi ward in Ishaka division
Hon. Sherura Sheila Female youth councilor
Hon. Flavia Mweheyo councilor ward iv
Hon. Mbetegyereize Scondinah councilor ward iii
Hon. Bangonza Lovance councilor Ryamabengo ward in central division
Hon. Fokushaba Justine female councilor kashenyi ward
All the above 12 councilors are required to pay 200m or go to court and pay more.
A solicitor general is the chief legal advisor of government where Bushenyi Ishaka municipal council falls however the chief petitioner one Juma Matovu asked the mayor Richard Byaruhanga, Town clerk Mr. Mukobe during the fateful council sension not at all to tell them about the solicitor general. “We are independent. How can the solicitor general come in here?
They successfully censured the deputy mayor illegally who is highly educated and as well highly connected.

By Ambrose Kwewronda
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In Ntungamo—

Police in Ntungamo have arrested two officials of Itojo referral hospital in Ntungamo district over alleged abuse of office, criminal neglect of duty and causing financial loss to the government.

Ntungamo District Police Commander (DPC) SP Patience Baganzi (SP) identified the suspects as David Ajuna the Itojo hospital administrator and Dr. Beda Senkware the hospital medical officer special grade.

Ajuna was charged with abuse of office and causing financial loss to government as well as negligence of duty because as a hospital administrator he failed to control the hospital properties.
It is alleged that one of the hospital motor vehicles Reg. No.UG 2071M. was taken away by one district Councilor Denis Muhumuza Savimbi (representing Itojo Sub county) and started using it without the authority from administrator and never reported him to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) or any of his bosses at district that the health facility.

The two officials were arrested from their offices during the operation by state house health monitoring unit (HMU) headed by Dr. Warren Namaara and his deputy Dr. Julian Nabatanzi and the team leader Dr. Brian Arinaitwe.

The team pitched camp in Ntungamo district to monitor all government activities especially the health centres following the public’s outcry that the services were not moving on smoothly due to some corruption allegations.

Recently, the state house HMU arrested the district CAO of Ntungamo to help police in investigations of how the almost 10 ghost health centre 1Vs were created in his district.
The CAO Nassar Mukiibi was later released on police bond after sleeping one night in the police custody alongside his other three staff.

Collins Karugaba a CID-police officer attached to the HMU to State house and his other police officers but armed with pistols arrested Ajuna and Dr. Senkware from their work station at Itojo to help the police in its investigations.

DPC Baganzi said, Dr. Senkware was arrested after he failed to explain clearly on how a pregnant mother Katusiime Annet died of PPH cascade that was complicated by DIC disseminated intravascular coagulopathy while delivering.

Dr. Warren Namara said some medical health workers are not delivering service effectively when actually they are paid well, and that’s why some officials had to be arrested!

The state house HMU team was also helped by area RDC Ntungamo one Cadre-Muchunguzi Geoffrey, District Internal Security Officer- Esau Nsiimire, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Nassar Mukiibi, Chairman LC5 Sam Muchunguzi-Rwakigooba, Ag. District Health Officer Beatrice Chemisto, among others.

In a related development, the HMU team also discovered that there were some drugs which were mixed up with those which are expired and the team also suspected that the responsible people at the government stores could have done it intentionally so that they can steal those drugs which are not expired but mixed with the expired ones, after sorting them later.

By Aggrey Twesigye
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In Mbarara—

Police in Mbarara city on Wednesday arrested Ssebunya Muhammad Ali a resident of Wakiso district and the Chief Executive Officer Kauthra Agency Limited a labour exporting company for extorting Ugx.44 million from Ugandans.

Ssebunya was arrested from his office at Bam Complex in Mbarara city after he allegedly snubbed summons by the office of the deputy Resident City Commissioner Mbarara city south,Aruho Moses.

Addressing the media in Mbarara city, Aruho Moses explained that Ssebunya was arrested following complaints from 11 youths who came at his office, demanding for refund of Ugx.44 million, Ssebunya extorted from them in pretense of finding them jobs abroad.

Aruho revealed that police officers conducted a search at Ssebunya’s office and recovered marijuana, Fake Covid 19 vaccination cards, computers among other things.

He said Ssebunya claims to have a license from ministry of gender to export labor in Poland, Kuwait, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Quarter and Abudabi which police are still investigating.

Aruho added that Ssebunya is currently being detained at Mbarara central Police Station awaiting charges.

He said the operation against fraudsters is still on to have the rest detained.

In his defense Ali Ssebunya revealed that his exporting company has been in operation for five years, however the company was unable to take the youth who had applied of recent and the company was to refund them their cash on 11th. Nov,2022 but instead the youths rushed to authorities.

Sam Muhoozi a resident of Rugaga in Isingiro District alleged that he applied in Kauthra Agency Limited in September,2021 seeking a job in Kuwait, of which the company asked him to pay UGX.600.000 and promised him to get clearance in two months.

By Innocent Atuganyira
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In Buliisa—

Four people including a Kenya trailer driver yesterday afternoon perished in a nasty road accident along Hoima – Wanseko road in Buliisa district.

The Waaki East Village LC1 Chairperson Geofrey Ukumu told our reporter that the incident happened at Waaki bridge.

”The trailer ferrying a container failed to negotiate the sharp corner at the river hence knocking two road users on spot and then rammed into the Waaki river waters,” he said.

The Albertine Region Police Spokesperson Julius Allan Hakiza confirmed the incident and identified the deceased persons as Abdul Ahmed, a Kenyan trailer driver, Ahmed Deoho, a Kenya passenger and Munguromo Boy 25, a pedestrian and a resident of Waaki East Parish Kihungya Sub County in Buliisa district.

Hakiza said they are yet to identify another person who was riding a Bajaj boxer registration number UFS 150D.

”They all died on the spot, we suspect the brake failure to be the main cause of the nasty accident,” he said.

According to the police mouthpiece, the accident involved a trailer registration number KBJ 426K {front}, ZE 0752 {behind} and a Bajaj motorcycle registration number UFS 150D.

Hakiza told our reporter that they have already evacuated the bodies of the deceased to Buliisa General Hospital for postmortem.

”The trailer and the motorcycle have also been conveyed to Buliisa Central Police Station,” he added.