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By Grant Ahumuza
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In Kabale

Police in Kabale are holding six suspects for allegedly murdering Livingston Rukarekoha of Kategure cell Kigata parish Kyanamira sub county Kabale district .
The suspects are; The area chairperson Karisti Katsigazi aged 54 years, Bebwa Selevesti 64 years, Baguma Telesiforo 49 years, Besigye Benon 48 yrs, Sunday Medad 50 years and Arinaitwe Moses 45 years all residents of the above address.
According to the Kigezi region police spokes person Elly Matte, the incident happened on 15/03/2020 at around 09:00 hours at Kategure cell on allegation that he threw stones on the house of the area chairperson Karisti and damaged the iron sheets in the night of 13/03/2020 and went into hiding.
Matte added that when they found the deceased at Alice Tumwebaze’s home, he tried to take off but was overpowered few meters away and murdered.
He added that Police visited the scene, took the body to Kabale hospital mortuary for postmortem and the hunt for all people on the run that were involved is being made so that are brought to book to answer charges accordingly.
The case was registered at Kabale main police station under reference number CRB 317/2020.

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By our reporter
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In Rwanda
The first recorded Ugandan national to test positive for coronavirus since the outbreak in China has been identified in Rwanda, their Ministry of Health confirmed.
The Ugandan national was part of the four additional virus cases to be identified on Sunday which brought Rwanda’s total confirmed cases to five having confirmed their index case on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
In a statement accessed by Nile Post, the Rwanda Ministry of Health identified the Ugandan as a “22 year old man with Ugandan nationality who arrived in Rwanda from London on 15 March 2020.”
The other three cases included a 34 year old Rwandan man who arrived from South Sudan on 6 March, 2020, His brother, a 36 year old Rwandan who arrived from Fiji via USA and Qatar on 8 March 2020 and a 30 year old Rwandan man in Kigali with no recent travel history.
The ministry of Health also announced that all the confirmed cases are stable and receiving treatment in isolation from other patients.
They said that they were tracing contacts for further containment of the virus.
Rwanda on Saturday had announced that all religious activities were to be carried out from home, placing a temporary ban on places of worship, gatherings and advised employers to guide on their employees on how they can work at home where possible.
Rwanda became the second East African country to confirm a case after Kenya.
Uganda remains with no confirmed case of the coronavirus as per the Ministry of Health at the time of writing this report.
Elsewhere, coronavirus that start in the Hubei Province, Wuhan city in China has so far spread to over 100 countries with 169,373 cases worldwide and over 6,475 deaths as of March 16,2020.

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By our reporter
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In Kololo
Former Security Minister Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde’s health has detoriated and is admitted in Kololo hospital after he was allegedly tortured while in police custody.
According to the knowledgeable source, he was rushed to Kololo hospital when it was discovered he was unwell after going through physiological and physical torture.
This website has learnt that after several searches at both his home and office that didn’t yield any evidence to sustain treason, the investigators resorted to crude methods of torture with a view of extracting evidence.
Meanwhile Major General Kasirye Ggwanga has warned government and forces against the torture of their colleague saying it won’t deter them (generals) from speaking ills in government. His voices follows reports that generals are watching events surrounding one of their own

“you cannot arrest a general like a dog” Major Kasirye added.

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By Domisiano Ayebare
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In Bushenyi

MBUGA a pressure group in Bushenyi and civil society have today staged yet another demonstration accusing the town clerk Bushenyi Ishaka municipality of refusing to interdict the tresurer Beyendeza and Engineer Nuwagaba as directed by Minister Rapheal Magyezi.

Apollo Lee Kakonge blocking vehicles that were supposed to take Councillors

Two Bushenyi Ishaka Municipal councilors have also refused to join the rest for tour in which Minister Magyezi assigned them to visit the Municipality and discover its boundaries.
Evalist Mucunguzi councilor for ward II Central division,and Ninyesiga Hebert ward IV have refused to join the rest in the tour of municipality boundaries noting that instead of rushing to go for tour,the town clerk William Makune should first effect interdiction to the treasurer and engineer as directed by Magyezi.
During the Friday’s stakeholders meeting Minister Raphael Magezi assigned the town clerk to write the interdiction letters to the people who were caught in wrong before they do a tour as he also assigned them but the town clerk has since been reluctant.

Councillors as they set off for a tour

MBUGA team during today’s peaceful demonstration staged at Municipal headquarter under the theme ACTION NOW, INTERDICT THE CORRUPT argued that they have come to realise that corruption is not only within Procurement and Finance but it is from the political leaders including all the technical team at the municipality.
Apollo Lee Kakonge of civil society forum accused the councilors who have gone with the municipality mayor , town clerk in the touring of the municipalty boundaries of being diverted by ugx 11,000 allowance.
Kakonge noted that they should have first made sure that the town clerk signed interdiction letters for the accused before going for a tour which is less important compared to the former.
Evalist and Hebert vowed that they cant sell their municipality because of eleven thousand shillings (11000) as an allowance from the field of touring the boundaries .

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By Domisiano Ayebare

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In Bushenyi

The Managing Director National Water and Sewerage Corporation Dr.Eng.Silver Mugisha has promised to work with his colleagues in Bamugisha community welfare to provide an ambulance van to Nyabubare health center III.
Eng. Mugisha said this yesterday at the commissioning of water in three areas around Bushenyi district ;Karama primary school in Ruhumuro subcounty ,Nyabubare health center III , and Nyabubare Secondary school in Bushenyi district .

MD ,Jaffari planting a tree at Karama P/S in Ruhumuro

The MD Mugisha revealed that he will continue giving Ugandans water as president Museveni promised and he also promised to bring an ambulance van to Nyabubare health center as part of health services.
Eng. Mugisha noted that through the ministry of water, they have decided to extend water to most of the greater Bushenyi areas showing that in some areas, families have been disturbed by water, moving long distances looking for water sources.

Eng. Mugisha, Jaffari launching water

He said that stakeholders of areas that have not received water should engage Francis Kateeba the manager so that he can extend the service to their areas.
Eng. Mugisha urged people not to be diverted in politics but to have their own choices by voting people who have intergrity to support their work plans .
He gave a contribution of 1.5 milion shillings at Karama primary school in Ruhumuro to buy a solar , a bull to the students of Nyabubare secondary and Promised to work with Bamugisha community to bring ambulance van to Nyabubare health center III as he did for Kabushaho Health center.
Other dignatories present at the commissioning including chairman Jaffari Bassajabalaba as the chief guest at Ruhumuro Launch ,Manager Francis Kateeba , DISO Bushenyi representing RDC and other technical team from NWSC.

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By Felix Twinomugisha
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In Kampala
The Electoral Commission has issued tough conditions to former Security Minister, Lt.Gen.Henry Tumukunde as he carries out his consultative meetings.
Early this month, the former spymaster hit the ground running by declared his presidential bid to unseat President Museveni when he wrote to the election body requesting to have him allowed to consult voters.
However, in response, the Electoral Commission chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama has acknowledged receipt of Tumukunde’s letter but issued tough conditions to be fulfilled by the retired UPDF officer as he consults voters.
“We wish to point out that consultations ought to be distinguished from campaigns which take the form of distributing materials, campaigns, holding rallies, meetings, canvassing or soliciting for votes envisaged under section 21 and 24 of the Presidential Election Act 2005,” the March 4, 2020 response by Byabakama says.
In the letter, the Electoral Commission chairperson says the former spymaster is required by law to inform the local leaders and police of the venue for his consultations.
In his March 3 letter to the election body, Tumukunde said he would consult various groups of people including security agencies, law enforcement agencies, urban dwellers, women, youths, elderly, civil society and government institutions among other groups of people but warned against interference by anyone.
“I pray that the statutory mandate of the EC shall be respected by other organs of the state and that there will be harmony throughout this important constitutional exercise,” Tumukunde said in his letter.
However, if the developments happening to Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine are to go by, the former spymaster might find a bumpy road as he faces off with police during his consultations.
On several occasions, the Kyadondo East legislator has had his consultative meetings stopped for “not” meeting the set regulations by police.
The law
Section 3 of the Presidential Elections Act 2005 (1), (2) and (3) states: “An aspirant may consult in preparation for his or her nomination as a presidential candidate within 12 months before nomination date.”
It also stipulates, “While consulting, a presidential aspirant may carry out nationwide consultations, prepare his or her manifesto and other campaign materials, raise funds for his or her campaign through lawful means and convene meetings of national delegates.”
“While consulting, the aspirant shall introduce himself or herself to the commission and notify the relevant local council and the police of the area to which he or she goes,” the law adds.
Henry Tumukunde is a retired senior military officer of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). He was the Minister of National Security in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016.[3] On 4 March 2018, he was relieved of his duties in an unexpected cabinet reshuffle.[4]

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By Aggrey Twesigye
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In Mbarara

Fagil Mande the former commissioner in the Ministry of Education and consultant has revealed that liberisation in education has caused positive trends.
He said this at Bishop Stuart University yesterday 10th March 2020 where he appeared as the chief debater .
Fagil Mande said that the Ugandan private sector has contributed much in the development of education in the country.
The debate that had a motion “economic liberalisation has squandered education system in uganda” attracted many institutions around Mbarara such as Bishop Stuart university, Ntare school, Mbarara high school, Kashaka girls, Welden school, Kakoba college Mbarara, Allied school Mbarara among others.
Fagil Mande cautioned both the students and parents to work hard to implement the new introduced secondary school curriculum adding that this curriculum aims at imparting skills to students.
The vice chancellor Ms Mauda Kamatenesi thanked all the participants from all the schools and the debate society at BSU for the work done in the university.
The open debate was part of the activities that will take place in Bishop Stuart University week that will have many events including Football competitions, running competitions among others.

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In Kampala
Dfcu bank Uganda Managing Director Mathias Katamba is under scrutiny after it emerged that he forced the bank’s management to controversially donate Shs500 million to Buganda Kingdom, raising questions of conflict of interest and sectarian choices.
This website has reliably learnt that Senior Dfcu Management questioned why Katamba zeroed down on donating Shs500 million to Buganda Kingdom yet the country has many other kingdoms that have not been considered for such grants.
Top management has also queried whether such a donation may not trigger sectarian undertones given the fact that Katamba is a known close associate of senior Buganda Kingdom officials, and that he is particularly close to former deputy Katikiro, Apollo Makubuya.
During one of the many meetings that have been convened over the matter, one of the directors asked Katamba why his predecessor, Juma Kisaame, never had such an initiative with Busoga Kingdom, yet it is less privileged than Mengo.
“Katamba could not definitively explain why he chose Buganda Kingdom to benefit from such a dubious donation. It was certainly not in good faith. Had it been in good faith, then certainly other Kingdoms would also have benefitted, “a Dfcu director, confided to this website.
Kisaame resigned as Dfcu Managing Director in October 2018 as the bank went into a downward spiral amid pressures of taking over the highly-successful Crane Bank.
On assuming the reigns at Dfcu Uganda, one of Katamba’s key assignment was to ensure that Dfcu improves its Minimum Capital Requirement (MCR), a task he has badly failed at.
What triggered more suspicion was that Katamba’s initial proposal was to give Shs500 million disguised as Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) to Buganda Kingdom and when it was rejected, he returned with an alternative of funding the Kabaka Birthday Run.
Dfcu officials familiar with Katamba’s controversial appointment as Dfcu Managing Director say that he was helped by the Mengo establishment to secure the highly coveted job and that the fictitious donation may be a pay-back package to the central kingdom.
This website also understands that some Dfcu board members, are said to be furious over the questionable donation to Buganda Kingdom and plans to summon Katamba to explain why he has failed on the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that were set for him when he was appointed in October 2018 and is now expending energy on transactions that do not bring capital to the bank. They allege that this could easily be understood by other traditional leaders and kingdoms where the bank operates as well.

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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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In Mbarara

48 Girl Pupils of Rwentanga, Mugarusya ,Nyakayojo II all in Kashari and Rugarama II primary schools were Saturday,Sunday last week and Monday 9th March 2020 taught how to make their own local sanitary pads to be able to manage their monthly menstruation periods.
The trainer and executive Director of Action for Reproductive health Uganda [ARH] Ms Riisa Kauzya a Ugandan living in USA told the girls during training that manufactured pads are expensive and the ordinary girls and parents can’t manage them
She added that the best alternative is to make ordinary pads to rescue them and be able to remain in schools such that they don’t drop out of schools because of the above problem.
The trainings took place at Rwentanga primary school. The money used for training was donated by the family of Dr. John Kauzya and Ms Riisa Kauzya plus Johnson and Johnson

Many school going pupils have dropped out of schools in Uganda’s rural areas because they cant manage the cost of sanitary pads during menstruation periods. This is a big problem that ARH is trying to address.

ARH staff demonstrating to pupils

Ms Rissa Kayuzya teaching pupils on how to make local sanitary pads at Rwentanga primary school yesterday

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By our reporter
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In Kampala
The role of psychology in sports is yet to be appreciated by Ugandan sports associations, federations and clubs yet it has over the years proved to be a strong pillar in a team’s performance.
Many talented teams falter at the most important but challenging stage of competitions due to players failing to cope with the psychological demands of the sport, tournament or competition.
Sometimes talent and physical fitness alone are not sufficient for a team to deliver success and trophies. Some of the world’s not so talented teams have had to hire the services of psychologists to get to the highest levels of on-field success.
In September last year, Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) had the opportunity to engage with sports psychology at Victoria University and according to their Chief Executive Officer Martin Ondeko, the results have been positively amazing.
“I don’t know whether it is a miracle, but immediately after we had the session with Victoria University in September 2019, and in December we had a tournament, when we were there, we won all the five games,” Ondeko told our reporter in a telephone interview.
Before the 2019 Oman Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in December, Uganda had decimally performed at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Region Final in May, but after an encounter with psychologists at Victoria University, a spirited Uganda defeated Hong Kong, Kenya, Italy, Jersey and Bermuda.
While Ondeko doesn’t solely attribute the good performance in Oman to the session they had at Victoria University, he believes those hours when the whole team was psychologically evaluated and tipped on how to overcome their psychological weakness counted.
“We were coming from a tournament where we had completely lost in May but when we had that partnership (with Victoria University) in September, and looking at how we performed in Oman, things changed for the better,” Ondeko explains.
“We believe we gained from helping players understand who they are and what can be done. We believe it made a difference at the tournament in Oman,” he adds.
In a separate interview, the Vice-Chancellor Victoria University Assoc Prof Dr Krishna N. Sharma said that during the evaluations which took at the university players were given written interviews with basic questions about the sport.
“And then we started identifying the gaps that they had in their training. We realised that they had good coaches and they were training well but one thing that was totally being neglected was their mental health and their sports psychology,” the VC said.
He added: “Sports psychology is quite different from the normal psychology. In normal psychology, you sometimes have to find your own internal way of counselling yourself. But in sports, we teach them a lot of mental toughness. Players go through a lot of stress and surprises during the game.”
The Vice-Chancellor said that through working with the association, coaches and players, they have been able to solve two major challenges – the lack of mental toughness and mental practice among players.
“Mental toughness is how you overcome criticism from fans, surprises in the game as it proceeds, and how you overcome a situation where you are not performing the way you wanted to perform. With mental practise, players imagine the whole situation. They imagine the whole game even before it starts. They imagine they are right on the track.”
Now that they tasted success on the pitch after working with professional psychologists, Ondeko says that they pondering hiring a psychologist to work with the national teams.
In the same spirit, the success with Uganda Cricket Association has led Victoria University to working with Uganda Volleyball Federation and became a member of Uganda Woodball Federation so they can introduce the aspects of sports psychology to these associations.