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By Innocent Atuganyira

KIBAALE:
A 41-year-old man has been handed a one year and eight months prison sentence for burglary and theft by the Kibaale Grade One Magistrate, Emmanuel Niyokwizera.

Umaru Kagoro, a resident of Kyamukuka village in Mugarama Sub County, Kibaale district has been convicted after pleading guilty to stealing 4 basins of Irish potatoes and two hens all valued at 150,000 shillings after breaking into the house of William Monday of the same area.

The Grade one Magistrate court heard that Umaru committed the crime on the 29th December 2022.

The magistrate ruled that he serves his punishment at Kibaale government prison.

The same court sitting remanded a 27-year-old man identified as John Mugume a resident of Kiguuza village in Nyamarunda Sub County on charges of arson.

Prosecution told court that on 28th last month, the accused willfully and unlawfully set fire on a permanent house of Bagonza Aramathan of the same village after developing misunderstandings.

In the dock, the accused was not allowed to take any plea because such capital nature offenses are only tried in the high court, therefore he will appear before the Kibaale Magistrate on Wednesday next week for the hearing of his case.

BY Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
In Bushenyi—

The director of manifesto implementation in the office of the president Mr. Willis Bashaasha has denied reconciling with Tycoon Hassan Basajabalaba during the recent Christmas holidays.
He instead noted that Basajabalaba was his father’s visitor.
Mr Willis Bashaahsa took to www.mknewslink.com managing director’s WhatsApp inbox and citizen report card WhatsApp group and strongly denied the reconciliation.
He describe this website’s story as a falsehood Bit Mr. Kakonge lee Appollo the CEO western Ankole civil society forum disagreed with Willis Bashaasha.
Mr. Kakonge challenged Director Bashaasha in a WhatsApp message that read “how could he invite Basaja to a party at their home, give him food, speech and say you are still enemies”

About 100 WhatsApp groups that MD mk news link.com shared the story, members were at beginning happy about the move but when Mr Willis Bashaasha made a U-turn and denied the deal, they started blaming him for fomenting disunity in Bushenyi district.
Tycoon Basajabalaba has never been at the Bashaashas home since 2012 but visited during this Christmas holidays.
The two families have been sworn enemies for ten years.
This reconciliation move had been looked at as a sign of relief from the conflicts that had ravaged Bushenyi district.