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By Aggrey Twesigye
In Ntungamo

The 2nd Division court martial sitting in Rubaare Town council Ntungamo district,on Wednesday sentenced Pte Fred Albert Eyanu 41years and a resident of Amulia district to 30 years in jail after he was found guilty of murdering a civilian and injuring another.

The court presided over by Col. Rodgers Kitwala the chairman 2nd Division Court martial found Pte Eyanu guilty of two counts which include murder and attempted murder.

The convicted soldier was attached to 33rd Battalion, Irenga.

The court found out that on December 25,2022 at around midnight, Pte Eyanu shot and killed Benard Namanya a resident of Mutojo Village, Rubaare Town council, Ntungamo district in a bar brawl as he attempted to force him out of a bar. The soldier also shot and injured the bar owner, Eric Kadugara.

Eric Kadugara, the bar owner told court that there was a disagreement between the soldier and the deceased.

Defence lawyer Lt. James Omondi requested court to hand his client a lenient sentence on grounds that he is a first time offender with a family of one wife and six children.

“This court has unanimously sentenced you to 20 years’ imprisonment on the first count of murder and 10 years’ imprisonment on the second count of attempted murder and they will be served concurrently at Mbarara main prison,” Col Kitwala further ruled.
He advised the convict to appeal against the ruling within 14 days in case he is not satisfied with the judgment.

By Byamukama Libino and Ambrose Kweronda
In Kabale

The physical verification exercise team accessing how the lockups were distributed to vendors at Kabale central market has today discovered most lock ups, locked with padlocks and not operating.

The team was instituted by the minister of local government this year in January Raphael Magyezi while meeting a section of aggrieved vendors at Kabale municipal council hall, to capture memorandum of understanding, national identity card and allocation slip of every vendor in the market.

Kabale District Deputy RDC Bakaki Ronald together with a team from local government has today ordered six vendors in the produce section to make a police statement after they were found without documents of ownership of lockups in Kabale Central Market.

Among them are Orimwikyirize Esau Lockup No A2-056, Kaguriri Vincent No A1_025, Byansi Robert lockup No Al_030, Kato John, Bisamunyu Medard No A1_067 and Mbonigaba John chairperson of Abashubuzi Tukore group (7Members) who admitted to have grabbed the lock up No Al _095 without any documents.

Addressing the journalists after the verification exercises Ronald Bakaki the DRDC said that the physical Verification exercise is going to take two days to confirm whether the vendors are the rightful owners of the lockups.

He added that some produce vendors who confessed that they had just grabbed the lockups were sent to Kabale Central police station to make statements.

Bakaki said that some of them were found without enough documents while others lockups were found closed despite the Market officially given to the vendors.

He added that the guidelines give the vendors a grace period of two months to have occupied the lockups and those whose lockups shall be found unoccupied after cross checking and shall be handed over to Kabale Municipal Authorities for flesh distribution.

However, a number of lockups owners had half of the documents missing ranging from occupational permits, MOU among others.

By Ambrose Kweronda
In kabale

The ministry of health donated a consignment of medical equipment yesterday to hospitals and various health facilities in Kabale district.

The equipment was delivered by the Kabale woman member of parliament Hon Catherine Atwakiire Ndamira to authorities in the district at the district headquarters.

The consignment included 60 beds, 34 mattresses, 60 bedsheets and 60 blankets.

While handing over equipment to the district authorities, Hon. Catherine Ndamira said that the development intends to reduce congestion at Kabale regional referral hospital.

She added that the equipment will enable health center IV’s, III’s and II’s in hard-to-reach areas to extend services to the community without laboring to seek for medical services at Kabale regional referral hospital.

While receiving the equipment, the Kabale district health officer Dr. Gilbert Arineitwe Mateeka, district LCV chairman Nelson Nshangabasheija and the Kabale resident district commissioner, Godfrey Nyakahuma, commended the legislator for tireless efforts to lobby for the district.

They said that they are optimistic and that the equipment will boost health services in the district.

They also warned directors of various health facilities against selling government equipment and urged them to execute their work.