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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
In Mbarara

45-year-old man identified as John Muramira Kein, a resident of Kyaruhijika village in Rwijangye Parish, Kyabugimbi Sub County in Bushenyi district died at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital after presenting signs of Rift Valley Fever.

Rift Valley Fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever that is most commonly seen in domesticated animals as cattle, sheep, and goats and can also cause illness in people. It is caused by the rift valley virus.

His relatives said he started with a fever, headache which they thought was malaria and took him to Mushanga Health Center III.

It is reported that When they reached the health center he started passing blood through the nose, stool and then rushed him to Ishaka Adventist Hospital where he also failed to stabilize and they ended up at Mayanja Memorial Hospital in Mbarara city.

The victim was later transferred to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital for better management and it is where he was diagnosed with Rift Valley Fever (RVF).

The head of Community Health at Mbarara regional Referral Hospital Dr Francis Mugabi said that the patient was brought when he was unconscious, bleeding from the nose, vomiting blood and also had severe kidney failure which symptoms made them to take samples from him and sent them to Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe which confirmed rift valley fever.

Dr Mugabi further said that the Ankole sub region experienced an outbreak of RVF in January 2023 and the disease has been in the districts of Kazo, Isingiro, Mbarara and Kiruhura.

He said that the disease rarely causes death in humans apart from a very small percentage that gets severe signs like the one that has claimed the life of Muramira.

He said Majority of the people get mild symptoms and they recover.

By Innocent Atuganyira
In Kakumiro

Residents of Kyabalitwa Cell in Kisiita town council have been engulfed with shock and grief this morning after unknown assailants hacked a 23-year-old man to death.

The deceased has been identified as Justus Ssempewo 23, a resident of Kyabalitwa cell, Kisiita town council in Kakumiro district.
Ssempewo was a renowned boda boda cyclist in Kisiita town council. He was hacked over unknown reasons.

It’s alleged that he was butchered last night while at Kisiita Pentecostal Church alias the Church of Ntungura where he is said to have spent a night worshiping.

John Baptist Biryomumisho, the LC1 chairperson told our reporter that he was alerted by other residents at around 7:30 am reaching there to find Ssempewo killed in cold blood.

He called upon the residents to always help whenever they hear any alarm calling for help.

Wilson Ssebaduka, a father to the deceased told our reporter that he was a well-behaved boy at home and in the community but he was battling with the cases of his motorcycle that was burnt and was supposed to go to court today.

ASP Peter Kayemba the OC station for Kisiita police station has condemned the evil act asserting the police are to kick start the investigations and make sure that the culprits are brought to book for family justice.

He asked the residents to help the police in investigations in case of any information.

By press time, the Kakumiro police reached the scene with a sniffer dog, took the body to Albertine Hospital for postmortem, and later was taken by relatives for burial.

By Byamukama Libino
In Kabale

Four suspects are being detained at Kabale Cps after being arrested yesterday afternoon by police in conjunction with state house anti-corruption unit staff.

Elly Maate the kigezi region police spokesperson identifies the four as
Denis Twesigomwe, the district engineer and project manager Rubanda district, David Otika, the district water officer Rubanda, Spencer Ngabirano, the town engineer Ryakarimira town council in Kabale district and, Mutumba Eric Sevaseya, the senior district engineer Kanungu.

The four are facing charges of abuse of office, causing financial loss and embezzlement of government funds among others charges.

All these were discovered recently during the visit to Kigezi region by the minister of state for economic monitoring Honorable Beatrice Akello.

The suspects plus others still at large, may be transferred to Kampala for further management at an appropriate time or may not, depending on circumstances surrounding their arrest.