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Col Aheebwa takes over as Deputy Chief Political Commissar of the UPDF

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Col Aheebwa (left)

Col Ba-hoku Barigye has handed over the office of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ (UPDF) Deputy Chief Political Commissar (D/CPC) to Col Nelson Aheebwa.

Col Ba-hoku will now move to his new deployment as the Defence Attaché’ to Cuba.

The presiding officer and UPDF Chief Political Commissar (CPC) Maj Gen Henry Masiko commended the President for tirelessly working towards professionalizing the UPDF into a modern Force.

He reminded soldiers that the army’s strength is directly hinged on its strategic relationship with the people based on a pro-people ideology, which he said, should be sustained for peace, stability and economic prosperity of the country.

The CPC urged both the outgoing and incoming Officers to uphold the idea of harnessing synergies to consolidate achievements of the Commissariat and envisaged new activities owing to changed dynamics and strategic directives.

“Foster harmony and understanding between the UPDF and the population so that the revolution remains intact,” said Maj Gen Masiko.

In his Hand Over speech, Col Ba-hoku commended the UPDF leadership for the support and guidance he received from the D/CPC. He noted that upholding the right ideology is key to the survival of the country.

Col Aheebwa, in his acceptance speech promised to exercise teamwork that he said is necessary for progress.

The Political Commissariat is responsible for ensuring correct ideology in the UPDF. This is achieved through ideological training at all levels of training in the UPDF.

The Hand/Take Over function at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs Headquarters in Mbuya was attended by Commissioner for Patriotism Brig Gen Patrick Mwesigye and Directors under the UPDF Political Commissariat.

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Museveni: People pushing tribalism talks are wasting time

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President Museveni.

President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that people who are pushing tribalism talks are wasting time for whoever is listening to them.

Few weeks ago security agencies arrested Radio Simba employees and comedians dubbed as Bizonto, singer Gerald Kiwewa and veteran journalist Abbey Sewakiryanga aka Basajja Mivule and charged them with sectarianism. They were asking why all heads of security agencies are coming from one region.

Below is his response

During the colonial times and after Independence up to 1971, the Army and Police of Uganda was dominated by Acholis and Langi. In the interview Mzee Obote gave in Dar-es-Salaam, he revealed that the Uganda Army by the 25th of January, 1971, had been comprised of a total of 8000 soldiers, 4,300 of whom were Acholis, 1,300 were Langis etc. This was after 80 years of the Uganda Army being dominated by some of those groups.

Therefore, even if the Public service was dominated by the Banyankore, it may not help that community to be any better than the others.

Besides, the claim that the Banyankore or the Westerners are monopolizing the 480,000 Public service jobs cannot be true although, of course, I have not yet studied that diversion from addressing the four sectors of wealth and jobs that I always tell you about: Commercial Agriculture, Industry, Services and ICT.

Why and how would those Banyankore dominate the Public Service where the Public Service Commission was last held by a Westerner, the late Mzee Bikangaga from 1979 to 1990.  Since that time, the Public service Commission has been headed by: Zikusooka, a Musoga, Muzaale, a Musoga, Ralph Ochan, an Acholi and the membership is always balanced.

The Education Service Commission was headed by Waggwa Lubega for a long time. The current chairperson of the Education Service Commission is Sam Luboga, a Musoga.

The Chairperson of the Health Service Commission is Dr. Pius Okong, a “munyankore” from Teso.

The leaders of those commissions mentioned above, are all very highly qualified People in their fields. If they recruit only Banyankore, those Banyankore must be exceptionally gifted. We shall get to the bottom of this nonsense.

In any case, being recruited into the Civil Service, Teaching Service, Judicial Service (this is the only Commission headed by Kabiito from Western Uganda) or Health Service is by both written and oral examinations.

How can it be that Westerners, much less the Banyankore, are the only ones that get recruited? There are promotional examinations for each level advancement once within the Service.

Coming to the Armed Forces, especially the Army, my advice to all of you, is that leave your Army out of that nonsense. The NRA, the UPDF are Armies of sacrifice, all the time for no pay or low pay. They (we) put their lives on the line.

Therefore, leave UPDF out of the circus of sectarianism. Fighters, real fighters, never have interests in tribes or religious sectarianism; but in comrade-in-arms. I became a comrade with the mad Ageta on the 17th of September, 1972, because we found ourselves together taking cover, while combating Idi Amin’s gigantic Sergeants in the ant-hills that dotted the area where the Coca-Cola factory is now, near the Mbarara Barracks.

When my small group crossed to the right of the Mbarara- Masaka road and got near the barrack’s fence, I found there another Obote fighter who became my comrade known as Opio. I worked with him thereafter until 1980 when I lost contact with him.

Ageta, whom I had not met before or since, was so happy with me that when the remnants of us went back to Tanzania, he appointed me a Corporal and a Section Commander for one of the 4 Sections that we got out of the 46 remnants that survived out of the 330 fighters that had attacked the Mbarara Town and Barracks that morning.

If you are not working for the enemy, you cannot go on the social-media and demand that we publish the names of the personnel of UPDF, their ranks and their jobs.

The only thing we can say and what you know is that recruitment into the Police and UPDF is by quota. Beyond that, leave our Army alone and I mean, leave our Army alone.

Also preaching sectarianism on the media (social and otherwise), should stop. Although I am always ready to explain, also remember that such false allegations, carelessly or maliciously made, are criminal.

The ideology of the NRM starts with the economy (market) and social interests (education, health, religion). I went to school, not mainly because of the Banyankore, but, actually because of some Baganda and one White man. How? In the 1950s, there were not many Banyankore business People.

Yet, some of the Baganda People had started doing business. Two of them, Walusimbi Mpanga and Bukyenya (Bukenya of Mbarara), were cattle traders (buying cattle for slaughtering in Kampala and Mbarara). These traders would periodically buy the cows Mzee Kaguta would bring to the cattle auction markets of Ntungamo or Rubaare or Kagarama, thereby getting money to solve his home money needs but also pay my school fees.

The other economic ally of ours was a Whiteman known as Shear, who had a home at Ishaka. He was buying cattle for Kilembe Mines workers.

In this relationship, you see three elements: economic complementarity (prosperity); education (school fees); and health (Mzee Kaguta could even go to private clinics run by Indian doctors that time-Patels etc.). Even today, those inter- community linkages are the most important for our People for economy, education, health, religion etc. Why don’t our tribal groups buy our surplus sugar, milk, maize, bananas, cement etc.? That ideology of sectarianism is pseudo and bankrupt and you should stop pushing falsehoods.

  1. One of the ways to solve the problem of surplus production is to struggle for the deeper integration of the East African markets and not to talk of tribalism.
  2. It is because of that realization, the realization that the different communities support one another by buying the products or using the services of one another, that I used the expression of not Kulinya mu sowani the Ugandans kwebalira.

The market of Uganda, the market of East Africa, the market of Africa are the sowanis kwetulira (the producers of products – agricultural, industrial, services etc.).

The producers prosper because of the purchasing power of Ugandans, East Africans, etc.  I am prosperous because the People of Uganda buy my beef (bullocks) and my milk.  The Arcade owners and other shop owners in Kampala have been prosperous because the Ugandans buy their products.

Our pockets make those Arcade and shop owners prosperous by us buying their products.  The only problem has been that those shop owners were mainly selling foreign products that can be made here; thereby, sucking a lot of wealth and jobs from Uganda and taking them to Dubai, China etc.

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VIDEO: Police officers siphon fuel from accident scene

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A video footage of an accident scene from a tanker that overturned has surfaced showing policemen scrambling for fuel from a highly flammable vehicle along Karuma – Pakwach Highway.

The policemen are seen filling 20-litre jerry cans with fuel and loading them onto their pick-up vehicle.

A number of community members watched officers; who should have protected the scene, getting involved in fetching the fuel.

No official statement regarding the unprofessional conduct of the police officers has been issued.

It should be remembered that accidents involving fuel tankers are considered the riskiest and people are encouraged not to get closer as explosions are anticipated due to the inflammability of petroleum products in board. One incident remembered is in Namugoona where dozens lost their lives as they tried to siphon the fuel.

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Emmanuel Nyanzi arrested for stigmatizing and embarrassing city lawyer

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Geoffery Serugo
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Nyanzi Emmanuel

Police is holding Nyanzi Emmanuel, a son to one of the founders of Excel insurance company limited, late David Mukasa Walakira for stigmatizing and embarrassing a city lawyer Judith Tumusiime of Katende Ssempebwa advocates.

Nyanzi was arrested yesterday at the offices of Katende, Sempebwa advocates with aid from Uganda Network on Law Ethics and HIV/AIDS (UGANET) after he was tricked by Mrs. Tumusiime to come and get copies of the land title for a piece of land in Masaka Kimwanyi where Walakira was buried.

He was charged with cyber harassment and acknowledged posting a traumatizing and stigmatizing information about Judith.

Mrs. Tumusiime offered legal service to the late Walakira’s family and all the issues were resolved in 2018. According to Judith, all the children got their share however Nyanzi wants to sell the burial ground.

“I have always told him that I can’t do such an issue but he has insisted. He has sent me all sorts of demeaning messages. The processes were handled by his late Aunt Rose. He has embarked on black mailing me.”

Judith has handled a wide variety of Real Estate matters including transaction work for investors, foreign and domestic, requiring services in acquisition, portfolio management, and disposal of immovable property in Uganda.

The head of advocacy and strategic litigation at UGANET Immaculate Owomugisha said HIV status whether known or unknown should never be used as a weapon of war and abuse. “The constitution of Uganda protects every Ugandan from being demeaned because of perceived or actual HIV status”.

According to Head Gender Equality and Violence against Women Prevention at UGANET Rhona Babweteera, they a saw a insensitive, discriminatory and stigmatizing post on Nyanzi Emmanuel Facebook page and they swiftly had to take action against him. He wrote a traumatizing post about a city lawyer whose HIV status he doesn’t know.

“We want him to serve as an example for all people on social media thinking that they can use any information to blackmail people,” She added that we are committed to pursue matters till the end.

“Undermining women is not acceptable. This is not enough, will make sure that more charges are brought against him,” she said.

For the past 20 years, UGANET mandate is based on the foundation that the law, legal policies and human rights are critical enablers in influencing the success of Health and HIV interventions intended to prevent further spread and also mitigate the adverse social impact and suffering caused by HIV and other Health conditions.

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How Singh Katongole won the Kampala NRM Vice Chairperson seat

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Singh Katongole

With victory up his sleeves in the just concluded NRM CEC elections, the pronunciations from Plot 13 Kyadondo Road have left many former political heavy weights reeling on the canvass and sent tongues wagging!

And yet with the political storm yet to ebb, one cannot miss out the incredible story of Singh Katongole, the new Vice Chairperson for Kampala in the NRM‘s top organ the CEC. The businessman turned politician has defied odds to anchor himself onto the ruling government’s top political echelon.

One would ask his winning formula, and yet again like many headline grabbers whose journeys to stardom have been riddled with obstacles, Katongole is no exception.

He was shown the parliamentary exit doors in 2011 when Moses Kasibante took him to court and accused him of voter bribery and ballot stuffing. Ill fate trailed him to 2016 when he was denied the NRM party flag on grounds of inadequate academic qualifications. While he returned to school to attain the required qualifications, Singh Katongole’s unending crave for leadership found him pitted against little known Proscovia Lukwago in the battle for LC1 chairperson of Makamba Zone-Rubaga Division in 2018.

He embarrassingly lost this battle too but never lost grit, wit and mettle, ingredients that finally saw him floor Godfrey Nyakana and Salim Uhuru by polling 4503 votes against 2665 and 2468 for Nyakana and Uhuru respectively.

Many in his close circles know him for being an astute businessman whose wealth would earn him reserved tables in top hotels and clubs in town blending with the high and mighty and yet it’s not unusual to find Singh Katongole traversing the filth laden alleys of slums of Rubaga division freely mingling with the residents. This hands-on style of leadership has been the biggest attribute in his endeavors for leadership.

When asked about what they felt in his recent victory in the CEC, Hamid Lukenge a boda boda rider in Kisenyi II had this to say: “I have personally voted for Katongole every time he has vied for a position because he listens to and associates with the common person. He also visits almost all corners of the division”.  Nakyajja Harriet, who operates a used clothes stall in St Balikuddembe but resides in Wankuklukuku says that she is thrilled by the way Singh Katongole speaks Luganda fluently and this to her removed her earlier doubts that he would have a language barrier.

And yet for a man who has been dragged through the murky waters of politics, this victory tells a thousand stories but most importantly spells out his resilience, people centeredness, and humility. Surely Singh Katongole’s better days lie ahead and his star can only get brighter!!

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Nobody has colluded with foreigners more than President Museveni

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MP Zaake

By MP Zaake Francis

Dear Gen. Museveni,

I appreciate that you took time to read and respond to the post I wrote to you here on Facebook a couple of days ago. It appears that whereas you read that post, you made no effort to process what you read. And so I am not surprised that you conveniently mistook the questions I put to you on behalf of citizens to be conclusions that there is no #Covid19 in Uganda. Perhaps you know something we don’t know.

In your response to my post, you made several baseless claims that I feel are best ignored altogether as no reasonable person can find logic in them. But while that may be so, I am compelled to dispute the racist and ludicrous allegation you made against my comrades in the People Power movement / National Unity Platform and I that we are being used by “foreigners to destabilize Uganda”.

This claim is particularly strange because those you call foreigners have controlled our economy throughout the 35 years you have spent clinging on power. About 40% of Uganda’s annual budget is funded by foreigners. This includes the money you use to buy teargas and other ammunition that you routinely employ against us who oppose you.

In case you’ve not noticed, most critical industries and sectors in Uganda are dominated by foreigners. This compromises our sovereignty but you don’t care about that because you personally benefit from such an arrangement. Our telecommunications industry is controlled by MTN and Airtel companies, both of which are owned by ‘foreigners’ from South Africa and India, respectively. These foreigners repatriate to their home countries most of the profit they earn here – to our detriment – yet I have never heard you complain about them. By contrast, our locally-owned Uganda Telecom (UTL) has been steadily collapsing without any genuine intervention from your Government.

Constituting about 31% of Uganda’s total foreign exchange earned last year, Gold has been our leading export for the past many years. Strangely, this key sector is controlled by the African Gold Refinery Ltd, a Belgium-owned company with questionable business practices. Rather than protect and empower Ugandan entrepreneurs in this sector, your security forces have instead presided over the torture and illegal eviction of Ugandan gold miners such as those in Mubende, Kassanda and other Districts off their mineral-rich land for the benefit of foreign-owned companies.

Sometime in 2018, your government tabled in Parliament the National Coffee Bill that was purportedly meant to streamline the coffee sector, Uganda’s 2nd largest foreign exchange earner. That Bill, if passed, will literally make it criminal for any Ugandan farmer to grow, sell or consume coffee without permission from Government. If your government is making it impossible for ordinary Ugandan farmers to deal in coffee, would one be wrong to conclude that you are ring-fencing the coffee sector for foreigners?

Every other day, we get reports of local fishermen being tortured or murdered by UPDF’s Fisheries Protection Unit that was ostensibly set up to fight illegal fishing. In mid-2017, Ivan Katongole – a prominent fish maw exporter – was arrested by your men on allegations that he was behind the serial murders of women that were rampant in Entebbe Town at the time. If it were not for Court to declare his prosecution malicious, Ivan would still be in Prison.

Yet what is saddening is that by the time he regained his freedom, Ivan’s business had been taken over! Several other local entrepreneurs in this sector have suffered the same fate. Those who have been following this pattern of events have concluded that your government wants to lock Ugandan fishermen out of the fishing industry for the benefit of foreign-owned companies, particularly those from China.

Gen. Museveni, American authorities in 2017 arrested and later jailed Chi Ping Patrick Ho for, among other reasons, allegedly bribing you through your foreign Minister Sam Kuteesa to corrupt our 2016 electoral process. Was Mr. Chi Ping Ho a Ugandan?

For the 2 years you spent in the 1970s training with Mozambique’s FRELIMO army in preparation for your NRA war, were you training with Ugandans on Ugandan territory? Was it Zaake, let alone People Power, who led you to Tanzania, Zambia, Libya, Mozambique etc in search of ‘foreigners’ help in overthrowing Amin, Obote, etc? The proxy wars that you are fighting in C.A.R., South Sudan and elsewhere, in whose interest are they?

It is interesting to see you referring to me as ‘mis-educated’ and accusing me of ‘misleading’ my fellow youth whenever I point out facts such as these. But let me remind you Mr. Museveni that I have lived my entire lifetime with you as at the helm of Uganda. I am a product of the very education system operated by your regime. Many of the schools I studied from are UPE schools. It goes without saying, therefore, that you are responsible for the mis-education you accuse me and many other opposition members of.

To routinely implore us to do as you and your Ministers say, but not as you do, is utter hypocrisy. Hypocritical leadership has no place in the New Uganda we want to build with H. E. Robert Kyagulanyi as our President. You should not excuse your Ministers’ violation of the COVID-19 guidelines, on one hand, as simple mistakes while on the other hand you send your security criminals to kill me for allegedly making the same mistake.

You pass yourself off as a tolerant, just and peace-loving leader but you are not. You pretend to have Uganda and Ugandans at heart, but you don’t. If that were the case, you would not be rewarding Gen. Moses Elwelu who massacred innocent children in Kasese with promotion after promotion! You would not have blocked the prosecution of your guards who tortured us and murdered Yasin Kawuma in Arua! You would not have let the businesses of Ugandan investors such as WBS TV and Ssembule Steel Mills to collapse because of heavy taxes while foreign ‘investors’ are given incentives and tax holidays. If you really cared, you would not be looking on as tens of thousands of your grandchildren are sold into slavery in the Middle East!

Next time you wish to accuse us of colluding with foreigners as you ride your high horse of ‘Pan-Africanism’, take a long hard look in the mirror. You have no moral authority to accuse anybody of colluding with ‘foreigners’.

Lastly, I expect you to discard the hat you put on your head as it is associated with war-time cowboys from Northern America. If this isn’t agreeable to you, neither should you keep making a fuss about our red berets.

Zaake Francis, MP Mityana Municipality

Youth Leader, National Unity Platform/People Power movement

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UNBS calls for consistency of product quality among facemask manufacturers

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facemasks

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has called upon certified facemask manufacturers, importers and distributors to ensure consistency of quality for their products.

The call was made during an online stakeholder engagement with facemask manufacturers organized by UNBS, following continuous complaints received from the public regarding the quality and safety of facemasks on the market.

“Once you know the certification requirements, and have been certified by UNBS, be consistent with the quality of your products. This is key for all manufacturers if you are to stay in business.” said Ms. Patricia Bageine Ejalu, the UNBS Deputy ED in charge of Standards.

Mrs Ejalu also revealed that UNBS conducts surveillance audits where impromptu visits are made to certified manufacturers to see if they are still meeting the standards, UNBS also buys samples of certified products on the market and takes them for product quality tests.

‘If the surveillance audits are done and a certified manufacturer is found producing substandard products, the UNBS License is revoked and they are automatically out of business.” Ms. Patricia Bageine Ejalu, the UNBS Deputy ED in charge of Standards added.

During the engagement, experts from the UNBS testing and certification departments offered technical guidance to stakeholders on what constitutes a quality facemask and how facemask manufacturers can get UNBS certification respectively.

The engagement with manufacturers is in line with the UNBS approach of offering technical guidance in trade so as to enable the sale of quality and safe products thus enabling self-regulation and compliance to relevant standards and legal requirements.

Wearing facemasks in public is mandatory for all persons aged six years and above, and as such, UNBS calls upon consumers to buy face masks from certified manufacturers.

As at 25th August 2020, 49 companies were certified by UNBS to produce non-medical face masks.

This is in line with the UNBS mandate of consumer protection, aimed at protecting Ugandans from buying substandard non-medical facemasks which could be harmful to their health, in the wake of COVID-19.

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The blind get Covid-19 related message in braille

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Ronard Shabomwe
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A braille book that has been transcribed.

A group of Makerere University researchers from departments of African languages and linguistics, English language studies and communication skills have developed Covid-19 related messages and transcribed it into braille for persons with visual impairment.

The researchers include; Dr. Allen Asiimwe the principal investigator from the department of African languages, Dr. Sarah Nakijoba, department of linguistics, English language studies and communication skills, Dr. Nedadi Ssentanda (African languages department) and Innocent Masengo.

They say that a lot of COVID-19 messages have been disseminated to the public using different media and targeting different people, but leaving out persons with visual impairment.

Last year the Government of Uganda gave Makerere University Sh30B for academic staff to research on various issues that propel development in the country.

One of the requirements of this research innovation fund(RIF) is to disseminate the research findings to the general public.

The group has discovered that some marginalized groups in the community have been left out while sending COVID-19 messages especially persons with visual impairment. They have therefore developed messages and transcribed it into braille to help them understand the messages. And therefore, there was a need to transcribe these messages to braille form.

Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired.

While launching over 70 braille books today at Makerere university, Innocent Masengo notes that the braille materials are designed in the way that persons with visual impairment who are unable to read braille can be helped by family members.

“The material is designed with braille and large print versions that a family member can read and explain to the visually impaired person.” He explains.

Dr. Robert Wamala, a committee member of the research innovation fund says that with this initiative, persons with visual impairment will be able to receive the messages.

“You will all agree with me that it is very important for us to communicate all the Covid-19 messages in a multilingual context so that we can effectively deliver these messages for the good of all of us,” Dr. Wamala explains.

Dr. Allen Asiimwe explains that ever since the Covid-19 was reported in Uganda in march, the MOH and the government have intensified communicating in English, transmitted through channels with limited coverage like TV and radio.

Dr. Asiimwe notes that the project found out that many Ugandans are uninformed or less informed. Therefore, a need to access Covid-19 information in familiar languages.

The message has also been interpreted to languages like Luganda, Runyankore, Rugbara, Kiswahili etc., to help more Ugandans understand the message in local languages, and they started with 40 copies of books for each language.

In Uganda, an estimated 30,000 people lose their sight annually, yet the Uganda National population and Housing Census 2014 shows that already, more than 2.1 million people are living with visual impairment and 250,000 are totally blind.

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235 Ugandan students to stay in Israel for more 11 months, 15 to return

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Ronard Shabomwe
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A logo of Agrostudies in Israel

The government of Israel has extended the period of Ugandan Students who are in Israel for the Agro studies on International Apprenticeship Program academic year 2019/2020 to stay for another eleven months on extension program.

Every year, Uganda sends students from over 20 agricultural institutions of learning which includes, Makerere university, Kyambogo university, Bishop Stuart university, Bukalasa Agricultural College, Busitema university Busoga university among others, to Israel on an eleven months’ apprenticeship program, a program that started in 2013 to help students acquire practical experience and skills to work in commercial farms.

In the academic year 2019/2020, two hundred fifty students (250) were admitted for this program and their apprenticeship period is ending in September 2020 and they are supposed to be returning.

However, in a letter dated 10th august, to Vice chancellors, Principals, directors, deans and coordinators of partner institutions signed by Yaron Tamir, the CEO Agro studies in Israel, says, they requested the government of the state of Israel to extend the stay of their students for another 11 months and Israel agreed.

Tamir says they carried out a survey among their students asking those who wanted to extend their stay and those who wanted to return to their countries and 15 out of 250 students chose to return stating various reasons and 235 chose to stay for another eleven months due to the changes brought in by Covid-19 pandemic.

“As Agro studies, we will ensure that those students who choose to return will do so safely as soon as possible,” the letter reads in part.

He explains that they resorted to this 11 months’ extension because of the pandemic that changed the world by closing airports, closed borders among others. Adding that, where students are in Israel are safer and they are needed for the continuity of farm work since they will not be able to have the next batch of students easily.

According to the regional and national coordinator of Agro studies International Apprenticeship Program in Uganda, Issa Agaba Mugabo, fifteen students (15) shall return on 5th September 2020.

He notes that they are working hard with the Health ministry, ministry of foreign affairs and they are in final stages to ensure that those students return safely. He notes that they have already got a quarantine center from the ministry of health and that ministry of foreign affairs has cleared them.

According to this letter, overall, there are three hundred (300) students who chose to return to their countries. This means that next academic year, Israel shall accept only 300 students to replace them.

Tamir says that because of the good working relationship Israel has with Ugandan institutions and the warm cordial relations between Uganda and Israel. Uganda has been given a slot of 150-250 students to replace those who will return.

This means that next academic year 2020/2021, Uganda will have up to 473 students in Israel. And because of that slot of 150-250 students to replace those who will return, the next Uganda academic year is not affected.

Over 200 students had qualified for the next academic intake and they were waiting for the last intake to come back so that they would go. However, Mugabo says that because of disruptions brought in by Covid-19, it might not be easy to have all the students to go. Adding that, they have to send those who will be available.

According to Tamir, they will provide necessary security measures to guarantee their health including full medical insurance which covers Covid-19, and they will send a charter flight to take them directly to Israel.

Commenting on how the students for academic year 2020/2021 who were supposed to be going for their program, Mugabo says they are working with the institutions and they will come up with the final plan on how students will be sent to Israel.

And he notes that they are optimistic that they will raise this number of students they have been asked to send.

“We usually have students who fails to go because different issues like failing to get travel documents in time, so if the applicants we have fail to take up this chance, we shall send those we shall be with.”

According to Mugabo, over one thousand six hundred (1600) have already benefited from this program since 2013.

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IGP Ochola reshuffles senior police officers

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Geoffery Serugo
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IGP Okoth Ochola

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola has made several changes among senior police officers.

The fresh deployments, transfers and appointments of officers are from the rank of senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to Assistant superintendents of police (ASP).

According to deputy police spokesperson Polly Namaye the decision impacts on various offices including heads of departments, Regional Police commanders, district police commanders and others.

“The officers are tasked with ensuring professional and efficient delivery of all police services in their area of jurisdiction. These transfers are normal and take immediate effect,” she said

Below is the list of names of the police officers;

SSP Nahyuha Rose Hellen from Course to Department Of Women Affairs as AG. CP Women Affairs.

SSP Kakamba Paul from Kmp/South to Airport as Chief Joint Security Officer (CISO)

SSP Akoth Caroline from Savannah to Railway Police as Commandant.

ACP Ruhweza James from Airport to KMP/S AS RPC

ACP Muluya from Railway to Mbarara University of Science and Technology as Security Officer.

SSP Nalwoga Susan Edith from Course to Savannah as RPC

SP Nsaba Charles from Course to KMP/NORTH as D/RPC

SP Kiconco Johnson from Kmp – N to Elgon as D/RPC

SP Byaruhanga Benson Mworozi from Course to Katwe KMP/South as DPC

SP Kinyera Boniface from Manafa to Namayingo as DPC

SP Egwangugeofrey from Namayingo to Hrm Pol. Hqtrs Pending Investigations by PSU.

SP adeke Esther Tumusiime from Course to Kibaale as DPC.

ASP Otabong David from Kibaale to Kole as DPC.

ASP Akankwatsa Edgar from Buyende to HRM Pol. Hqtrs Pending Investigations by PSU.

ASP Kacumu Robert from Mutambala to HRM Pol. Hqtrs Pending Investigations by PSU.

SP Kihamba Joseph from Course to Butambala as Dpc

SP Etima Twaha from Course to Kazo as Dpc.

ASP Kinene A Kelly from Kazo to Savannah as Regional Clo.

ASP Niwagaba Herbert from Kira Rd to Hrm Pol. Hqtrs Pending Deployment.

SP Turyasingura Mathias from Course to Kira Rd as DPC.

ASP Musinguzi Dennis from Ssembabule to Hrm Pol. Hqtrs Pending Investigations.

SP Bindeeba Dickens from Course to Ssembabule as DPC.

SP Ondoga Tonny from Katakwe to HRM Pending Deployment.

SP Kapere Rodgers from Bunyangabo to Katakwi as DPC.

ASP Ndiita Nasib from Kiruhura to Bunyangabo as DPC.

SP Tibakirana Musa from Course to Kiruhura as DPC.

SP Ocen Peter Austine from Course to Kaabong as DPC.

SP Muhwezo Donald from Course to Isingiro as DPC.

SP Erimu Richard from Isingiro to Hrm Pending Deployment

SP Ongicha Micheal from Napak to HRM Pending Deployment.

SP Murungi Gad From Mbarara To Napak As DPC.

SP Musiimenta John Rutagir from Course to Mbarara as DPC.

SP Kintu Dickens From Course To Rukungiri As Dpc.

ASP Muzoora Kanarura From Agule P/P-Pallisa To Masindi As Oc Stn.

ASP Balyegonza Richard From Kiryandongo To Lwemiyaga Sembabule As Oc Stn

ASP Okwi Erieny Musa from Kiruhura To Bugamba P/Stn – Rwampara As Oc Stn.

ASP Okello Kennedy Fro M Hrm Pol. Hqtrs to Kiruhura As Oc Stn

ASP Asiimwe Albert from Ntenjeru – Mukono to Nyeihanga Cps Rwampara As Oc Stn.

ASP Nalwoga Sophia from Muni University to Soroti As Oc Stn Nakatunya.

ASP Nashuha Eva from Kyabugimbi- Bushenyi to Oc Muni Univesity Police Stn.

ASP Akampulira Brian from Kumi to Wandegeya Div. As Oc Stn

ASP Kananura Joshua from Wera P/P Amuria to Cps Kumi as Oc Stn.

ASP Kyosabire Beatrice from Busunju – Mityana to Kawempe Referrral Hospital as Security Officer.

ASP Mafabi John from Bujenje – Masindi to Busubju P/Stn – Mityana as Oc.

ASP Tayebwa Apollo from Jinja Rd to Namayingo As Oc Stn.

ASP Acidri Xavier from Namayingo to Ishaka P/Stn As Oc Stn

D/SSP Taremwa Moses from Course to Cid Hqtrs.

D/SP Ozello John Bosco from Course to Cid Hqtrs

D/ASP Nakawala Juliet from Nansana to Cid Hqtrs Pending Investigations by PSU.

D/ASP Chepchumba Stella from Ci Hqtr Is Regraded To G/Duties and Transferred To Sipi as R/Hro.

D/ASP Bajoozi Enock from Kyotera to Hrm Pending Investigations by Psu.

D/ASP Mugumya Raymond from Ci Hqtr to Ict Directorate Hqtr

D/ASP Kwebiha Sarapio from Ci Hqtr to Pol Hqtr as Counter Intelligence Officer.

D/ASP Namuyonjo Miria Is Regraded To G/Duties and Transferred To Sports Dept – Directorate of Welfare.

D/ASP Natuhamya Levius from Kmp/E Ti HRM as Staff Officer Registries.

D/ASP Kakaire Badru from Interpol to HRM Pending Investigations.

D/ASP Sarah Tibesigwa is regraded To G/Duties and Transferred to Nakwero P/P – Kasangati.

D/ASP Munyaneza Richard from Course to CI HQTRS.

ASP Mwesigye Godfrey from Elgon to G.Masaka as RTO

ASP Nkesiga Anthony from G. Masaka to Elgon as RTO.

ASP Onono George from Kakumiro to Mutukula as OC Traffic.

ASP Odong Dickson’s Transfer to from Ntungamo to Kaliro Vide Ref HRM 131-133/08/Vo.5 is cancelled. He Instead Moves To Masaka as OC Traffic.

SSP Besigye Chris from Ct to Anti Money Laundering/Combating Finance Terrorism Task Force.

ASP Nabulobi Annet from Mission to CI HQTRS.

SSP Ulama David from Course to FFU.

ASP Twinamasiko Erisen from Mission to FFU

ASP Kiwanuka Sarah from PHS PSC&SC BWEBAJJA to POL. HQTRS HCII.

ASP Mfutindinda Warren from Bushenyi to Luweeo Fire Station as R/Fire Officer.

ASP Agaba Collins from Jinja to Bushenyi Fire Station as R/Fire Officer.

ASP Rugaba Benon from Tororo to Hoima Fire Station as R/Fire Officer.

ASP Olecha Patrick from Hoima to Tororo Fire Station as Regional Fire Officer.

ASP Kamayo Rashid from Luweero to Jinja Fire Station as R/Fire Officer.

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