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By Aggrey Twesigye
In Mbarara

Police in Mbarara City are investigating circumstances under which an angry mob attacked two suspected thieves, killing one on spot and leaving his accomplice hospitalized.

The Duo was intercepted by boda boda riders near Mbarara Modern Secondary School in surveyor cell, Kakiika, Mbarara city north on Thursday 6th April.

The two thieves reportedly snatched a bag from a lady who had withdrawn unspecified amount of money from a mobile money agent along Ntare Road from where a Boda Boda mob followed them until they killed one of the thieves and severely injured his colleague.

The two were traveling on a motorcycle before they were intercepted in Surveyor cell, Mbarara city North.

According to eyewitnesses, one of the suspects identified as Ben Kazora also a Landlord in Surveyor cell tried escaping from the mob but was eventually intercepted at Kosiya Hotel but Police managed to rescue him from the angry mob.

Residents say he has been behind several robberies in Mbarara City.

ASP Samson Kasasira the Rwizi police Spokesperson, condemned the mob action, saying police could not identify the deceased because he did not have any identification documents.

He said one of the suspects who sustained serious injuries was admitted at Mbarara regional referral hospital.

By Ambrose Kweronda
In Kisoro

More than 100 people in Rubuguri town council, Nyabaremura cell, Kisoro district have lost homes and other belongings following a daylong heavy downpour on Tuesday.

The village Chairperson Ananias Mujunyi, says that landslides triggered by heavy rains destroyed 16 houses leaving over 100 people stranded with nowhere to sleep.

Other thing destroyed include crops, household items, latrines as well as 12 livestock, including sheep and goats.

He is calling on Government to send urgent support because most of the affected people are without any food or shelter.

Worse still, tourism activities have been affected too as the Nyabaremura-Nyiguru tourism road has also been partially cut off limiting access for tourists to see the mountain Gorillas.

Mahane Ambrose, 41, a father of four who lost a house says he has nowhere to go, and his orphaned children need help.

Hajji Shafiq Sekandi, the Kisoro Resident District Commissioner directed the Nyabaremura LCI chairperson Mujunyi Ananias to harmonize with Rubuguri town council leadership and compile a report to ascertain the property destroyed, so as to get assistance.

By Libino Byamukama
In Kabale

The Kisoro chief Magistrates court led by his worship Komakech Kenneth has committed six suspects connected to the murder of 24-year-old Patel Kumar Kuntaj to Kabale high court.

Kuntaj was shot by Gumisiriza Elioda, a police officer in Kisoro municipality during a broad light assassination on the 27th of October 2022.

He was then immediately rushed to St Francis hospital Mutolere where he was later pronounced dead.

Six suspects connected to the heinous act have since been arrested and appeared before the Kisoro chief Magistrates court for the last time today.

They include A1- Gumisiriza Elioda, A2- Ntiziyaremye Benard alias Lampard, A3- Nyabagabo Gard, A-4 Charles Nteziyaremye, A-5 Ntibakunze Godfrey aka Kafero and A-6 Hatel patel.

The Kisoro chief Magistrates court state prosecutor, Ainomugisha Christopher stated that investigations are complete and prayed that all suspects be taken to high court in Kabale.

The Kisoro Chief Magistrate, Komakech Kenneth read that both suspects are charged with two counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

He also noted that investigations indicate that Hatel Patel, an Indian and businessman in Kisoro municipality, was the chief facilitator of the killing.

According to Komakech, Hatel Patel hired Godfrey to kill Patel Kuntaj due to business wrangles. However, Godfery aka Kafero also hired Nteziyaremye Charles, Ntenziyaremye hired Nyabagabo Gard, he also hired Nteziyaremye Bernard who lastly hired Elioda at 20 million shillings.

Komakeck also revealed that Hatel Patel used to meet with four other suspects in one hotel in Kisoro municipality to discuss how to end the life of Kuntaj and used to facilitate them with huge chunks of money.

Other details indicate that a local herbalist was hired to finish the mission through local science but failed which prompted the Indian to buy motorcycles to use in completing the mission as first as possible before Elioda was given a bonus of 6 million out of 20 million promise to use a gun.

He noted that all evidence required including mission motorcycles, call voice notes, projectors of SMG, Magazines and several rounds of ammunition have been collected.

Meanwhile, trusted sources indicate that this matter is likely to be among many others that will be heard in May when the Resident Judge will be sitting in Kisoro for 40 days in order to pay attention to the district that has registered more cases in the high court, Kabale.

By Ambrose Kweronda
In Rukungiri

High Court in Rukungiri presided over by Resident Judge Justice Tom Chemutai has sentenced a 40-year-old woman to 9 years in jail for defiling a 17-year-old juvenile

Ampaire Daphine a resident of Katereza cell, Katungu parish, Rugyeyo Sub-county in Kanungu District was sentenced for defiling a 17-year-old teenage boy whose name is withheld as he was a minor at the time of the incident

Prosecution states that on 17th January 2019, Ampaire Daphine invited the teenage boy, a resident of Mutojo cell, Kishoro parish, Katete Sub County, Kanungu District to her home promising to train him in sex and had sexual intercourse with the victim. Ampaire pleaded guilty to the charges.

Justice Tom Chemutai handed her a fair punishment for not wasting the courts’ time and sentenced her to 9 years in jail but considered the 4 years and 1 month she has spent on remand, so she will serve 4 years and 11 months.

According to the Penal Code act, sexual intercourse between an adult and a child above 14 years is an offense for which the adult is liable on conviction, to imprisonment for 18 years.

By Innocent Atuganyira
In Kampala

The former bishop of Hoima Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Bishop Albert Edward Baharagate, has passed on.

His death was announced by the Bishop of Hoima Catholic Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Vincent Kirabo.

According to Bishop Kirabo, Bishop Emeritus Baharagate passed away at Nsambya Hospital on 5TH April Wednesday at around 11p.m.

“Dear people of God, with deep sorrow, I announce the death of the Bishop Emeritus of Hoima Catholic Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki, who has passed on at Nsambya Hospital,” he announced.

For the last 29 years, the prelate lived outside of the Hoima Diocese, but in 2020, he decided to return home, spending a year at St. Cyprian Parish in Hoima before he finally relocated to his home parish in Masindi.

Unfortunately, a few days after their relocation, the bishop suffered an accident as he was coming out of a bathroom, leaving him with a fracture in his thigh bone that has since made him immobile.

Bishop Baharagate was wheeled into the room because he was currently unable to walk. Because of his advanced age, the bishop was not able to perform many activities.

However, whenever he would meet with priests, he would offer advice on how to evangelize and resist early temptations.

Rt. Rev. Bishop Albert Edward Baharagate was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima.
He was appointed bishop of Hoima on July 7, 1969, and he resigned on March 9, 1991.

Baharagate was born on February 25, 1930, in Nyamigisa Village, in present-day Masindi District, in the Bunyoro sub-region, in the Western Region of Uganda.

He was appointed Bishop of Hoima on July 7th, 1969, and was consecrated a Bishop at Hoima on August 1st, 1969, by Pope Paul VI, assisted by Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, Titular Archbishop of Iconium, and Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala.