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By Innocent Atuganyira
HOIMA

Police in Hoima City are investigating circumstances under which unidentified people torched over 100 files in the office of the resident state attorney in Hoima City.

According to the Albertine Regional Police Spokesperson Julius Allan Hakiza, the incident is suspected to have happened between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

He told our reporter that the criminals accessed the resident state attorney’s office through the window, gathered the files, and set them ablaze.

Hakiza disclosed that after getting the information, the fire brigade rushed to the scene and put out the off fire before it could spread to other offices.

The police mouthpiece asserts that they have commenced investigations into the matter.

Kweronda Ambrose
KABALE

The Principal, National Teachers’ College Kabale Madam Komunda Annet has urged the government of Uganda to construct new accommodation facilities for students and staff to to facilitate the improvement of teaching and learning environment at the institution

While speaking on Tuesday 27th December 2022 at the opening of a two-day professional’s camp that was held at National Teachers College – NTC, that was organized by international community of Banyakigezi (ICOB) Uganda in partnership with Kigezi Oweitu Foundation in a bid to give back to the community where people were given free services, Principla Komunda said that the National Teachers’ College Kabale NTC needs connection to solar lighting in all college facilities due to unstable power and the high cost of electricity,

She said that NTC receives a capitation grant of one thousand eight hundred shillings (1800/=) only per student per day for all services offered at the college of the grant was remitted at 35%

She thanked His Excellency the President of Uganda Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for honouring the pledge of Ugx 200 million for the college BUS and accepting to continue spearheading this country to greater heights

The International Community Of Banyakigezi ( ICOB)President Sandra Ndyomugyenyi trashed disputed reports that The ICOB opposes the government saying that these are rumors that should be treated with contempt

She revealed that ICOB is nonpartisan and encouraged everyone from Kigezi to join. She revealed that the first ICOB member is the president of Uganda who joined in 2009 when it was launched after revealing that he hails from Nyarushanje sub county in Rukungiri district.
Mugabirwe asked Banyakigezi not to politicize ICOB but focus on the development of the sub-region.

Sandra Ndyomugyenyi the Presidential legal advisor who is also the President of Kigezi Oweitu/Kigezi our mother land is a camp aimed at giving back to community saying that there a number of Banyakigezi who are successful in their professions but detached from home
The minister of state for Trade, Industrial and Cooperatives Hon David Bahati who doubles as the member of parliament for Ndorwa West represented the Chief Guest whop was the former Prime minister Hon. Amama Mbabazi and Ruhakana Rugunda mentioned there are rules that describe Bakiga and first of all is its people, intelligence, faithfulness, hardwork and telling the truth.

He went on assuring the public that the president of Uganda His. Excellence Y.K. Museveni is ready to contest again in the coming elections of 2026.

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Residents in Rukiga district have attributed underdevelopment to high charges involved in Electricity power connections which has left out many families and trading centers not connected to UMEME Electricity power supply.

Kamushaba Jackeline, the councilor lc5, Muhanga Town council said that they have failed to develop because they have no electricity and that they always travel long distances looking for salons and power.

Some of the concerned residents added that the Rural Electrification agency has been charging over 700,000shs that is unaffordable for the majority yet the electric poles are in their compounds.

Ruth Nakabirwa , the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development while touring the area on 17th dec2022 pledged to send a team of surveyers from her ministry to access the agency of Electricity power connection.

She however said that she had worked out elecricity arrangement with the president of the republic of Uganda which will benefit those having electric poles near their homes.

Nakabirwa added that the arrangements require one to pay 200,000shs to access electricity and the president has given out a subsidy of 250,000shs which was required from the 720,000 and the balance of 270,000shs will be protected by Uganda Development Bank (UDB) where there will be no interest for a period of 8yrs.

However, The Rukiga District Woman MP Hon Kamusiime Caroline Muhwezi applauded the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development who pledged to have a solar to farmers in Kamwezi to preserve milk .

By innocent Atuganyira
MASINDI

People Living with Disabilities [PWDs] have been asked to embrace government programs in order to improve their lives.

The call was made by Gilbert Bigirwenkya, the Executive director Hoima Union of People with Disabilities -HUDIP during the commemoration of people with disabilities’ day at Kitara Secondary School in Hoima City on 13th dec 2022, Tuesday.

Bigirwenkya challeged the people living with disabilities to position themselves and embrace government programs so that they can benefit from them like other community members.

The Hoima City East Division Mayor, Bosco Muhanuzi revealed that there is a special grant for the people with disabilities from the government but unfortunately the people with disabilities have not taken advantage of it.

Muhanuzi attributed this to failure by the PWDs to form groups through which they can tap into these opportunities.
He therefore asked the PWDs to form groups in order to benefit from government programs.

Meanwhile,William Mwambu, the district male councillor representing PWDs in Masindi district cited mobility as some of the challenges facing PWDs and asked the government to provide them with assistive devices such as wheelchairs and white sticks to aid them in their movement.

However, Mwambu applauded the government for increasing the scholarships for PWDs from 64 to 300 at the university level noting this will help fight illiteracy among the PWDs

He therefore asked the parents to take their disabled children to the learning institutions such that they can benefit from this offer.

By:Reporter,JINJA.

Twenty-eight officers from different units in the Uganda People’s Defense Air Forces-UPDAF graduated after completing two weeks of training on air operations laws at the Jinja city-based Legal Training Center-LTC.

The trainees comprised technicians, pilots, and legal officers. Lt. Col. Susan Mwangi, the commandant of LTC, said the course is aimed at enabling the air force unit commanders to appreciate the relevance of legal officers in the safe execution of military operations.

Mwangi argued that a section of commanders prefers direct aggression against enemy targets, but with advice from legal officers, operational mistakes are easily minimized, which largely contributes to the success of the mission without human rights abuse.

He challenged legal officers to authoritatively advise their commanders on effective ways of enforcing the internationally recognized military operational protocols, rather than playing the liability of lawyers’ role of quoting laws without ensuring their enforcement.

Col. Michael Wambi, the Director of Training said the legal courses improve the smooth operability of forces and human rights observance throughout the execution of different missions in their respective areas of deployment.

Wambi further expressed hope that due to the current technological advancements, military forces all over the world are devising means that restrict attacks on enemy targets rather than massive destructions to weed out either one individual or a small group of people.

AMBROSE KWERONDA
KANUNGU DISTRICT

Hundreds of trucks are stuck at the Ishasha border as heavy fighting intensifies in eastern DRC leading to an influx of Congolese entering the Kanungu district searching for food, shelter, and other needs while other Refugees enter the district through numerous porous borders

The district leadership has appealed to the government and other organizations like the Red Cross, USAID, and many others to quickly intervene to ensure proper screening of refugees and fight challenges like the spread of Ebola and also provide maximum security at borders to stop the invasion of M 23 rebels in the country.

According to Deputy RDC Kanungu Ahimbisibwe Gad Rugaju, over seventy Trucks as per now are stuck at the Ishasha border waiting if there could be some hope of proceeding to DRC and as a District, they have received a lot of Congolese immigrants seeking for asylum in the country ever since the heavy fighting begun in Eastern DRC.

He also added that many truck drivers have been here for a long and are facing numerous challenges like lack of Food, Shelter which has exposed them to a lot of suffering where some have decided to park trucks and move to Kampala till the condition normalizes.

The District Chairperson Arineitwe Sam Kajojo says many Congolese are infiltrating the district using porous borders to enter the district mixing up with truckers without being screened which is of danger to the country where he calls upon the Red cross and other Charity organizations to make a quick intervention by ensuring proper screening of refugees on these porous borders.

Tugume Moses-Sub-County Chief Nyanga Sub-Counties said that numerous porous borders and according to the Sub-County Chief, they receive a lot of Congolese entering the district on a daily basis for refugees and some looking for food.

Kwesiga Barigye a Resident of Nyanga sub county told our reporter that they are faced with challenges by these refugees that come with bad behaviors like stealing, Raping thus becoming a problem to the community.

However, Chris Baguma-Regional representative of GAIN Uganda showed the need for teaching laws to the community and organizing a constant dialogue between refugees and Ugandans to create good harmony between the two.

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Smart Robert Mugabe.

The Former LC5 chairperson Rukungiri District Andrewson Charles Katebire has expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing process for the election of the new Bishop of North Kigezi Diocese
Katebire was on saturday officiating at a Thanksgiving function organised by Atweta Dickens at Rwobuyojwa church of Uganda, Kyaruyenje parish, Buhunga Archdeaconry, North Kigezi Diocese.
Atweta Dickens is the lay leader at Rwobuyojwa church of Uganda and he was commissioned into service on 5th Nov 2022 by the North Kigezi Caretaker Bishop Patrick Tugume Tusingwire at Kyàmakanda Bible College.
Katebire Andrewson Charles noted that Christians from Rujumbura constituency are unhappy the way members of clergy hailing from the area are being left out of the committees handling the election of the new Bishop.
He says that the process is driven by politics in this will affect believers in the area.
He noted that members of the clergy who were close to the late Bishop Benon Magezi who succumbed to covid in 2021 have been deliberately sidelined from the process.
Katebire emphasized that they are not happy with that sub counties in Rujumbura county are not represented on the committee that was selected to participate in the lection of the new Bishop and church leaders from the area are being sidelined from the process and other church roles

He requested that the church leadership treats all Christians equally for the good of the church

The Archdeacon Buhunga Archdeaconry Venerable James Tumusiime in his remarks to use the little they have to celebrate Christmas peacefully.

In Bushenyi—-
Uganda national roads Authority [UNRA] yesterday morning handed over Katungu– Nyaruzinga road located in Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality.
The road was a tarmac one, which was a presidential pledge, president Yoweri Museveni gave to PIBID/BIRDIC.
The 3 kilometer road will help the people of Nyaruzinga to transport their goods and services comfortably as well as un contamined products from PIBID/BIRDIC.
According to the UNRA regional Manager south Eng. Racheal Ngonzebwa, Katarimwa the stretch next KIU will be worked on because it has become a public concern.
Eng. Ngonzebwa added that Ishaka Mbarara road which is full of potholes will soon be worked on because plans are under way already.
Katungu Nyaruzinga road was worked on by Networkworld U LTD owned by at a cost of 7,367,064,773 shillings
Julius Ahura Retaliated his commitment to fulfilling what the leaders of Bushenyi requested from UNRA
Mzee William Mukeira had issues with the road at a junction that leads to his university, Valley University of science and Technology and Eng. Ngonzebwa promised that she would work on the problem

By Ambrose Kweronda
www.mknewslink.com
In Rukungiri—-

Police in Rukungiri are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified female juvenile.

The decomposing body was discovered wrapped in a sack at Nyarwanya village Burora parish Nyarushanje sub county in Rukungiri district.

According to Kigezi region police spokesperson ASP Elly Maate, the body was discovered by a group of youths who had gone to fetch firewood around Nyarwambu stream located at the border of Ntungamo and Rukungiri districts.

Maate said that they spread the information and it reached the area Chairperson LC I Thomas Barigye who upon arrival at the scene, opened the sacks and found a decomposing body of a female juvenile around 08 to 10 years.

A number of residents gathered but the deceased was not identified prompting the Chairperson to report to Police at Kiyenje Police Post for further management.

Police noted that the scene of crime was visited and documented, body was taken to Rwakabengo Health Center III awaiting identification and Postmortem to ascertain the actual cause of the death as inquiries continue.

By Innocent Atuganyira
www.mknewslink.com
In Masindi—-

Masindi district council has joined the list of districts in Bunyoro region that have passed resolutions rejecting the planned succession of Bagungu from Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom.

Masindi district passed the resolution during its sitting chaired by speaker Moses Kiirya on Thursday.

The motion was tabled by Pascal Businge, the councilor representing Kigulya division and seconded by several councilors.

This comes at a time when the Bagungu in Buliisa district are pushing for their secession from Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom citing marginalization and erosion of their culture.

Innocent Awungi, the councilor for Bulima town council, while seconding Businge’s motion said there is no need and justification for the Bagungu to secede from Bunyoro Kingdom since they have lived in harmony with it for decades.

”Mr. Speaker, I don’t support the planned secession because Bagungu has lived in harmony with the Kingdom, some even hold offices in the Kingdom,” Awungi said.

The district male youth councillor Simon Byaruhanga also backed Businge’s motion arguing that the Bagungu have happily lived in the Kingdom.

On his part, Goodman Farouk, the councillor for Nyangahya division called for dialogue between the Bagungu and Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom in order to resolve their grievances instead of seceding.

He noted that it’s not only Buliisa that has been marginalized by the Kingdom.

”Masindi has also been marginalized, the kingdom has concentrated on the Hoima people leaving out other subjects, we are not happy and that’s why the Bagungu want to secede,” he said.

The Kingdom’s Communications Manager Francis Mugerwa who attended the council dismissed the claims of marginalization by the Bagungu saying the Kingdom treats all its districts equally.

He revealed that whenever there are opportunities in the Kingdom, they are publicly announced and the suitable candidates are picked from different districts that form it.

“In fact Buliisa has five ministers in the current Kingdom’s cabinet, the biggest number compared to the other districts in the Kingdom,” he said.

Mugerwa disclosed that they have tried to engage the Bagungu over their planned secession without success which he blamed on what he termed as a few individuals who are agitating for the secession for their own benefits.
Later speaker Kiirya put the matter to vote and the councilors unanimously voted against the planned Bugungu secession from Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom.
The other districts in the Kingdom that have passed similar resolutions rejecting the planned Bagungu secession include Kakumiro, Kibaale, Kikuube, Hoima City.
It is expected the reminder districts in the Kingdom will do a similar thing.
Who are Bagungu
The Bagungu are an indigenous tribe native to Uganda and totaling around 83,986, according to the 2014 population census.
They are the dominant in Buliisa district and spread in Hoima, Masindi districts and other parts of western.
The Bagungu are fishermen, farmers and hunters.