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AMBROSE KWERONDA

Police in Kanungu is currently investigating circumstances under which a 30 year old man was killed in a motor accident in Kanungu District

Elly Maate the Kigezi Region police spokesperson identified the deceased as Muheire Felix 30 a farmer and resident of Bihomboorwa cell Bihomboorwa ward Kihihi Town council in Kanungu district.

Maate disclosed that the accident occurred yesterday 25th November 2022 at around 6:30pm at Bihomboorwa along Nyanga Bihomboorwa road when a motor vehicle he was was travelling in from Nyanga heading to Bihomboorwa side lost control and fell into the stream killing him on the spot.
Maate said the ill fated motor vehicle Registration number UAV 590M Isuzu elf whose driver’s particulars are not established as he is still at large

ASP. Maate said police visited the scene and the body of the deceased was taken to Kihihi Health Center 1V for postmortem.

Maate added that Motor vehicle towed to Kihihi police station pending iov inspection as inquiries about the matter go on.

By Kweronda Ambrose
DRC

Fighting between Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) troops and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels yesterday erupted in Rutshuru territory, just a few hours to the expiry of the withdrawal order by mediating African leaders.

After a meeting on Wednesday this week in Angola’s capital Luanda, Tete António Angolan Foreign Minister released a statement affirming that the leaders from DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Angola, and former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta who is mediating the crisis signed an agreement declaring an immediate cease-fire of fighting.

M23 rebels were given 48 hours to withdraw from all captured positions to gazetted ones of Tchanzu and Runyoni. The ultimatum ends this Friday evening at 06:00 PM.

The agreement also involves the cessation of all support to armed groups, M23, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) as well as the resumption of dialogue between Rwanda and the DRC leading to the normalization of diplomatic relations.

M23 rebels are also required to hand over all fighting equipment. According to the final communication, if the M23 refuses to disengage, the East African Heads of State will instruct the regional force to use force to induce them to submit.

However, fighting which had paused for about two days resumed yesterday in Chumba locality, Bishusha groupement, Bwito chiefdom, Rutshuru territory.

Fighting also happened in Rusekera, Swagara villages, and Kabarozi hill same grouping, according to very reliable local sources. A local source told our reporter that FARDC soldiers launched an attack using heavy and light weapons against rebel positions in the area from 0708hrs.

Fresh fighting has caused the movement of civilians towards Kitshanga and other villages in Masisi territory. Both rebels and government troops are yet to release an official statement about the fresh fighting.

M23 rebels are also yet to withdraw from their positions, in accordance with Luanda agreement.

Lawrence Kanyuka, M23 rebels’ political spokesperson says in a statement that M23 is aware of the Luanda documents through social media. He says that since they were not at the summit, the document does not concern them.

Ambrose Kweronda
KABALE DISTRICT

Kabale district Local government is struggling to recover over One Billion shillings that was given to women groups under Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP).

The fund was set up by the government in the financial year 2015-2016, to improve access to financial services by women and equip them with skills for enterprise growth, value addition and creation of a market for their products and services. The funds are given to women with already established business enterprises who receive interest-free revolving credit to strengthen their enterprises. YLP is a nationwide government intervention intended to improve the socio-economic status of vulnerable youth aged 18-30 years by equipping them with skills and start-up capital to improve their quality of life.

The district received 965,256,145 million shillings for youth livelihood programs and 791,496,495 million shilling for women groups from the ministry of gender, labour and social development. According to the breakdown, 965,256,145 million shillings was dispatched to 146 youth groups and 791,496,495 million shilling to 148 women groups in the district according to a report released by Kabale district Labor office.

While addressing the Kabale district Community Development Officers (CDOs) and the sub county chiefs yesterday in a review meeting about the new implementation recovery strategy of Youth Livelihood Program (ULP) / Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) held at the district headquarters in Kabale municipality, Ronald Bakak the Kabale district Deputy Resident Commissioner (DRDC) said that the district has managed to recover 261,885,232 million shillings and they have an outstanding balance of 703,370,913 million shillings for youth livelihood program.

Bakak also revealed that the district has managed to recover 289,806,100 million shillings leaving a balance of 501,690,395 for 148 women groups in the district. He further said that the district is currently hunting a recovery of 1,205,061,308 billion shillings from both 164 youth groups across the district.

Both women and youth groups have been given an ultimatum of 30 days to cough up the outstanding money, failure to do so they will be arrested and subjected to courts of law by February 2023.