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Eight cows robbed in Atiak land wrangles

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Jimmy Komakech
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Jimmy Patrick Okema, the Aswa region police publicist

The case robbery of eight cow has been registered at police by a person Identified only as Orom a resident of Palokere East in Atiak Sub-County.

According to police,the cows were robbed by a group of people armed with pangas, spears, bows and arrows led a retired major called Ferdinand Otim who is also a resident of the area.

The Police Spokesperson for Aswa River Region Jimmy Patrick Okema says that their forces have visited the place and found that there was land wrangle between the clans of Palokere and Pali Pali

And it is alleged that the retired major commanded those group of people with an intention to chase away the Pali clan for the disputed land.

“During the scuffle the eight cows were robbed and two hats  were set ablaze  and also the brother of the retired major identified as George Obol who is also a retired warrant officer two was also beaten by the Pali Pali clan and was rushed to Lacor Hospital for treatment.”

“However, the retired Major Ferdinand Otim is still in the hiding but we are going to follow him very closely for instigating the conflict and will be charge accordingly if he is found to be the one behind the attack” Okema said.

So far ten suspects have been arrested and detained at Atiak police station after recording their statement that will leads to arrests of more perpetrators. The case has been registered under CRB I6 /19 in Atiak police post.

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Cabinet reshuffle meant to divert Gen. Tumwine versus Lt. Gen. Angina debate-analysts

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Our Reporter
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President Yoweri Museveni over the weekend made slight changes to his cabinet as he dropped a few ministers whilst he kept, brought in, or moved others to different ministries in a mini reshuffle some political analysts say was meant to divert public debate on Gen. Elly Tumwine’s recent humiliation of his junior Lt. Gen. Charles Angina.

A few days ago, Gen. Tumwine shocked Ugandans as he publicly castigated Lt Gen. Angina for interfering in a land wrangle between Kampala businessman Godfrey Kirumira and his neighbour in Muyenga. Tumwine whose action was circulated in a video clip on social media accused Angina of abusing the UPDF, saying it has not been easy to build the force.

However, analysts who talked to Eagle Online after Museveni made changes opined that Gen. Tumwine’s humiliation of Lt Gen. Angina had taken sides alongside tribal and regional lines and that Museveni being the chief executive of the country, could only cool the tensions by announcing a mini cabinet reshuffle.

The analysts said the dropped ministers like Irene Muloni, Charles Bakabbulindi, Ida Erios Nantaba and Janat Mukwaya had issues with their performances and that their downfall was expected after all.

According to the analysts, a real cabinet reshuffle should have ‘touched’ the offices of the Vice President, Prime Minister, his deputies and Minister of Security. They argue that President Museveni’s cabinet almost remains the same as the year ends, despite the changes that also saw deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana  moved.

“This was a trick by President Museveni to divert the public from debating Gen. Tumwine’s harassing of Angina,” an analyst said. “You know debating an army on tribal lines is dangerous,” he said. In fact, Tumwine himself should have been number one on the list because he has never done anything apart from bragging and singing”. The analyst said.

Adding “We are aware how the matter has drawn lines and in fact, it is tribal as such but a matter of someone think that for him, he is above the law and I wish you know how to serving chiefs reacted to that humiliation of Angina and it is from this that the Commander in Chief reacted by diverting attention with the so called cabinet reshuffle”

“As you may have observed public debate has shifted to the mini reshuffle. People are now debating which region has most ministers, which region has less, which religious faith has most ministers, which one has less. Tumwine and Angina drama is out of people’s minds now,” another one added when asked about his understanding of the reshuffle.

Another analyst said that Museveni used the reshuffle to tell Teso region that despite Tumwine’s humiliation of Angina, he still trusts the region’s sons and daughters. He has kept Musa Ecweru as the State Minister for Disaster Preparedness, Agnes Akiror (Teso Affairs), Jeje Odongo as Minister for Internal Affairs and brought in Peter Ogwang as State Minister for ICT, Ms Hellen Adoa as State Minister for Agriculture in charge of Fisheries and Dr. Kenneth Omona a Kumam as Principal Private Secretary.

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Masaka killers sentenced to death

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Our Reporter
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Lt Gen Andrew Gutti

Four of the six Masaka machete- wielding men have been sentenced to death for murder by the General Court Martial sitting in Makidye.

The other two have been ordered to serve 43 and 44 years respectively.

The General Court Martial chairman Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti has ruled that the persons they killed left families that are now suffering because of the convicts’ acts.

Court has also ordered the convicts to refund Shs40 million, a motorcycle and a motor vehicle Toyota Premio to businessman Moses Kalisa.

On December 10th, the six were convicted for murder and robbery of over 400 million shillings from Muto Hardware Shop in Masaka.

The convicts include Rtd corporal Paul Kiwanuka, Steven Kayemba, John Bosco Waligo, Julius Tweheyo also known as Rutwiigi, Gerevazio Kankanka and Tumwesigye Mudathiru.

The group was found guilty of robbing the money from Moses Kalisa’s hardware shop in Masaka and murder of his security guard Moses Musinguzi.

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EC further extends deadline for update of National Voters’ Register

By
Isaiah Mwebaze
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EC boss Simon Byabakama Mugenyi

The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended for the second time the deadline for updating voters’ particulars in the National Voters’ Register to enable more Ugandans register as the Commission prepares for the 2020/2021 general elections.

The update of the National Voters’ Register commenced on November 21, 2019 and was scheduled to close on December 11, 2019 but due to public outcry it was extended to December 16, 2019 which is today.

However, before the end of the extended period (December 16, 2019), the EC Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi said EC once again received several requests from numerous stakeholders in the electoral process, “and recommendations from our own field staff for a further extension of the period for the General update of the National Voters Register.

“Towards the close of the update exercise the Commission observed big numbers of applicants at the update centers across the Country and also received requests for extension from various stakeholders in the electoral process,” he said in a press statement.

The Commission, he said, sat Monday morning and reviewed the reasons advanced by various stakeholders for a further extension, which include; unfavorable weather conditions in many parts of the country and high turn up of applicants at update stations, which forced the Commission to extend the deadline for one week to December 23, 2019.

“The Commission has decided to further extend the update period from tomorrow Tuesday 17th December 2019 for seven (7) more days, ending on Monday 23rd December 2019, after which, there will be no further extension,” Byabakama said.

This exercise will continue to be conducted at update stations in each parish throughout Uganda, starting from 8:00am to 6:00pm, throughout the extended period, including weekends, he said.

The purpose of the extension is to provide an opportunity for eligible persons who have not yet registered to do so. It is an exercise to enable Ugandan citizens who have attained the age of 18 years and above and who have not yet registered to register as voters in order to participate in elections.

Further, a registered voter who wishes to transfer to new voting locations will be able to do so during this period. However, a voter who wishes to transfer to a new voting location must present confirmation that he/she originates from or is, at the time of application for transfer, a resident of the Parish of that (new) voting location. Such applicants should ensure they have details of their previous voting location.

EC has availed the National Voters’ Register for each polling station at the Update center in each parish, so that existing voters check and confirm their registration status, that is, whether their particulars are well-captured.

According to Strategic Plan and Roadmap to the 2021 general elections, The general update of the National Voters’ Register should be done between November 2019 and January 2020 in line with Sections 19(7) and 19(8)(a) of ECA. Over 10 million voters are expected to take part in the electoral process.

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FDC marks 15th year anniversary

By
Geoffery Serugo
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The leading opposition political party, Forum for democratic Change (FDC), has marked 15 years anniversary at Mandela National Stadium Namboole, Kampala.

The event according to the party spokesperson who also doubles as Kiira Municipality MP, Ssemujju Nganda, will help reinvigorate its members ahead of the anticipated 2021 general elections.

FDC was founded as a merger of various pressure groups has established itself at the centre of the pro-democracy fight in Uganda, and its first leader Col Kizza Besigye is still one of Uganda’s leading opposition figures.

It evolved from pressure group Reform Agenda, mostly for disenchanted former members and followers of President Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM). First party president, Rtd. Col.Dr. Kizza Besigye was a close ally of Museveni who would later contest against him in presidential elections of 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 presidential elections.

In November 2012, Mugisha Muntu was elected as President of the FDC until November 2017 when he was defeated by Patrick Oboi Amuriat the current party President until 2022. Muntu would later break away from FDC to form his own political party, Alliance for National Transformation (ANT).

FDC has been the greatest challenger to the NRM Party in presidential and parliamentary elections, making it the largest opposition party in parliament even though it has leadership in some district local governments like Kasese and Sironko and others.

In the general election of 23 February 2006, the party won 37 out of 289 elected seats. In the presidential election, Besigye won 37.4 per cent of the vote. In the 2011 election, the party performed worse with Besigye getting 26.01 per cent of the vote and the party winning 34 seats.

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MP Mbidde finds new soulmate in Luweero

By
Geoffery Serugo
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The Vice President of the opposition Democratic Party (DP), Mukasa Mbidde, who also doubles as a member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), has been introduced at his fiancés home in Luweero district. His fiancé has been identified as Phiona.

Mbidde was accompanied by few individuals who included the state Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kasolo.

The bride wore a golden Kinyarwanda suuka matched with a pearly headband, necklace and matching earrings.

The introduction follows the death of Mbidde’s FIRST wife, Suzan Namaganda who was a Woman Member of Parliament for Bukomansimbi District.  Namaganda died in 2015 shortly after a tragic road accident in Mpigi along Masaka Highway.

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Man City to face Real Madrid, Chelsea meet Bayern in Champions League round of 16

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Our Reporter
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UCL draw balls

The 2019/20 UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw was held on Monday 16th December in Nyon, Switzerland.

Thirteen-time European champions Real Madrid will face English champions Manchester City while Chelsea will meet Germany champions Bayern Munich.

Holders Liverpool will entertain Spanish side Atletico Madrid while Spurs on the other hand are up against RB Leipzig.

The last 16 fixtures begin on 18-19 February and 25-26 February, with the second legs concluding the ties on 10-11 March and 17-18 March.

The quarter-final draw is set for 20 March.

This season’s final is on 30 May at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, the ground where Liverpool won the epic 2005 match against AC Milan.

Schedule;

February 18/19 & 25/26: Round of 16 – first leg

March 10/11 & 17/18: Round of 16 – second leg

April 7/8: Quarter-finals – first leg

April 14/15: Quarter-finals – second leg

April 28/29: Semi-finals – first leg

May 5/6: Semi-finals – second leg

May 30: Final, Istanbul

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Uganda’s export revenue rises 4.5 percent in October – report

By
George Mangula
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Uganda coffee for export

Uganda’s export earnings increased by 4.5 percent to US$311.64 million in October 2019 from US$ 298.11 million in September 2019, according to the Ministry of Finance Performance of the Economy Report for December 2019.

According to the report, the growth in exports for October was mainly on account of a rise in earnings from coffee, fish, tea, cocoa beans and cotton.

However, Uganda’s export earnings increased on a monthly basis but declined on an annual basis.

Compared to October 2018, the report says export earnings decreased by 4.2 percent to US$311.64 million in October 2019 from US$ 325.17 million. Several exports such as gold, oil re-exports, tobacco, hides & skins recorded a decline in the earnings following a drop in their export volumes.

During the month of October 2019, the East African Community was Uganda`s top destination for merchandise exports, followed by the Middle East and the Rest of Africa. The share of Uganda’s merchandise exports to the EAC was 31.7 percent.

Compared to the same period last year, exports to the EAC region fell by 5.1 percent from USD 104.19 million to US$ 98.88 million in October 2019. “Exports to all EAC Partner States declined save for Kenya. Rwanda posted the largest fall, with exports decreasing from USD 21.75 million in October 2018 to USD 1.03 million in October 2019. The performance is partly explained by the disruption of trade along the Rwanda – Uganda border,” says the report.

Imports

The value of merchandise imports increased by 2.7 percent to US$ 535.85 million in October 2019 from USD 521.55 million registered the previous month. The report attributes the increase majorly to non-oil private sector imports, as both the import volumes and prices increased.

The categories of merchandise imports that posted the largest increments were; chemical & related products; vegetable products, animal, beverages, fats & oil; textile & textile products; base metals & their products; and; plastics, rubber, & related products.

In comparison with October 2018, the import bill fell by 12.6 percent from USD 613.17 million to USD 535.85 million in October 2019. Both Government and private sector imports registered decreases.

In the month of October 2019, the biggest share of imports was sourced from Asia (44.4 percent), Middle East (15.4 percent) and EAC (15.2 percent). Of the imports from Asia, 75.4 percent were from India, China and Japan. In the EAC region, 98.2 percent of the imports were sourced from Kenya and Tanzania.

The report says Uganda traded at a deficit with all regions save for the EAC and the Rest of Africa. Uganda recorded the largest merchandise trade deficit with Asia, which however narrowed from US$228.68 million in October 2018 to US$ 219.81 million in October 2019.

In the month of October 2019, Uganda traded at a surplus of US$ 17.42 million with the EAC. This compares with a deficit of US$ 4.65 million registered a year ago, the report says.

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Dfcu bank in crisis as UK’s CDC Group exits

By
Our Reporter
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Dfcu head office

Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group of the United Kingdom that own 9 per cent of the shares in Dfcu limited has announced that it will exit the company after accepting to sell its shares to an external investor, Eagle Online understands.

“Dfcu limited…advises its shareholders and the general public that a significant minority shareholder has received and accepted an expression of interest for the purchase of its shareholding in the Company by another,” Dfcu said in a recent cautionary announcement.

The company however, warns that if successfully concluded, the transaction may have material effect on the price of the company’s shares.

But the transaction, according to the announcement, remains subject to obtainment of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of all conditions precedent.

Due to expected sell of shares by the unnamed minority shareholder, the company has therefore advised shareholders and potential investors to be cautions when transacting in the company’s shares. “Shareholders and potential investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the Company’s shares until a further announcement is made,” the announcement reads in part.

Eagle Online  last year last year reported that UK’s Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group was looking for another offshore company to buy its shares in Dfcu. The company owns 9.97 per cent. CDC’s Investment Director Irina Grigorenko wrote a confidential letter to Dfcu Chairman Elly Karuhanga of CDC Group’s intention to sell some or all of its shares.

Grigorenko, said then that CDC Group was “undertaking a review of its investment in DFCU Limited which may lead to the disposal or some of some or all of its shares in DFCU over the short to medium term.”

When asked, analysts said it is normal for shareholders to sell their shares within or get buyers from outside when they think it is the right time to exit. However, he hastened to add that some shareholders exit when they anticipate that the company’s business in future might not be profitable at the level they want it.

However, the latest announcement that a significant minority shareholder wants to exit Dfcu comes at the time when Dfcu is facing challenges following the controversial acquisition of Crane Bank Limited (CBL) in January 2017. Dfcu is the holding company of Dfcu Bank which bought CBL as offered to it by the Bank of Uganda (BoU).

Recently Dfcu bank realised that it could not take up freehold properties of Meera Investments Limited which had been leased to defunct CBL. Dfcu now wants BoU to compensate it for the loss of the properties it values at Shs47 billion even though it is understood it valued the same properties at Sh10 billion when it took over CBL an estimated Shs200 billion.

Key shareholders in dfcu

DFCU Shareholding percentages

  1. Arise BV 58.71 per cent
  2. CDC Group of the United Kingdom 9.97 per cent
  3. National Social Security Fund (Uganda) 7.69 per cent
  4. Kimberlite Frontier Africa Naster Fund 6.15 per cent
  5. 2 undisclosed Institutional Investors 3.22 per cent
  6. SSB-Conrad N. Hilton Foundation 0.98 per cent
  7. Vanderbilt University 0.87 per cent
  8. Blakeney Management 0.63 per cent
  9. Retail investors 11.19 per cent
  10. BoU staff retirement benefit scheme is 0.59 per cent
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Uganda to face Tanzania in Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup semifinals

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Our Reporter
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watambala (19) in action against Djibouti

Uganda Cranes humbled Djibouti 4-1 in their last Group A match at the on-going CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup in Kampala.

The Cranes kept their unbeaten record to set up a semifinal clash against the Tanzania Taifa Stars who finished second in Group B.

Midfielder Muzamiru Mutyaba gave the home side the lead after 14 minutes from a penalty after a handball in the box by a defender. The Djibouti team responded well and defended well till half time.

In the second half Uganda Cranes pushed forward to score more goals through Joackim Ojera and substitutes Ben Ocen and Bright Anukani. Haroun Mohamed scored the lone goal for Djibouti.

Uganda topped Group A with 12 points beating Burundi 2-1, Somalia 2-0 and Eritrea 2-0 in the previous matches.

In the earlier Group A match played at the StarTimes Stadium, Eritrea settled for a goalless draw against a Somalia. The draw was enough to see Eritrea qualify for their first CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup semi since 1994.

On Tuesday the first semifinal match will feature Kenya against Eritrea, while Uganda battles Tanzania in the second game.

The play-off to determine who finishes third and the final will be played on December 19th.

2019 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup Semi-finals

Tuesday, 17th December

Kenya Vs Eritrea – 1 PM

Uganda Vs Tanzania – 3:45 PM

*Both Matches at Star Times Stadium, Lugogo, Kampala

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