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UCU student dies in car accident on way to his graduation

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Road accident sign (courtesy photo)

A student of Uganda Christian University (UCU) has died in a road accident today morning while on his way to the main campus to attend today’s graduation ceremony.

“We are sad to inform you about the tragic death of one of our graduands, Alex Khaukha, and his father. They were involved in an accident while on their way from Mbale to the UCU Main Campus for the ongoing graduation ceremony,” UCU said in statement.

Khaukha Alex, aged 24, and Gidudu Siraj aged 50 years died on arrival at Mbale regional referral hospital.

According to the Traffic Police spokesperson, Faridah Nampiima, the fatal accident happened in Kamonkoli village along Mbale-Tirinyi road.

The two were all residents of Nasasa village, Busambe parish, Bumbobi sub-county in Mbale district.

“The accident involved motor vehicle registration number UAY 740k (Toyota Noah) that rammed into a stationary broken down motor vehicle registration number UAS 427P (Sino truck), killing one on spot,” Nampiima said.

She added that the injured have been identified as Mukoya Babra aged 25 years and Wegosasa Ketty, 40, who are both admitted at Mbale regional referral hospital.

The dead bodies were conveyed to Mbale city mortuary pending postmortem examination.

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DPP directed to investigate Abiriga, Kagezi murders within six months

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Uganda Police Force (UPF) officials appearing before the Parliament committee on Human Rights.

The Committee on Human Rights has instructed the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) to conduct a prosecution-led investigation into the high-profile murders that took place in the country.

Officials from the Office of the DPP led by John Baptist Asiimwe, the Director of Management Support Services appeared on Thursday, 28 July 2022 before the committee chaired by Hon. Fox Odoi.

They were responding to recommendations filed in the Uganda Human Rights Report for 2018-2020.

Responding to the recommendation from the report that the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (ODPP) should institute criminal proceedings against police officers suspected to have shot dead Yasin Kawuma in Arua in 2018, Asiimwe said that some of the files have never been re-submitted for consideration after it were sent back for investigations.

“The file was received by our office in Arua on 26 October 2018, perused and was sent back for police to conduct further investigations in November 2018. The file has not been re-submitted,” Asiimwe said.

On the murder of Samuel Ssekiziyivu, Asiimwe said that some of the suspects are on the run while for Ramathan Walyendo the file was re-submitted and not returned.

Members of the committee were not happy to hear that there was no progress in prosecuting the suspects.

Terego District Woman MP, Hon. Rose Obiga said that it is sad that Yasin Kawuma, Robert Kyagulanyi’s driver was murdered and the case has not progressed.

“He left Kampala to go and die in Arua; others have remained traumatized and the people of Arua curse whoever touched these files and is doing nothing. I want to understand what has happened; do you still have the interest to follow this case?” Obiga said.

Fox Odoi instructed the team to ensure that there is a prosecutor-led investigation on all high-profile murders in the country including that of former Arua MP Ibrahim Abiriga and Saidi Kongo, Yasin Kawuma, prosecutor Joan Kagezi, Sheikhs Muhammad Abubakar Kiwewa, Ibrahim Kirya, Mustafa Bahiga and Ramathan Walyendo.

“You need to take over the investigations of these cases; we want you to form a team led by the DPP and investigate these cases and report back to us within six months,” Odoi said.

Odoi said that the constitution empowers the DPP to be the leader of all investigations in the country.

The meeting with the DPP had proceeded a meeting with the Uganda Police Force. 

The Deputy Director Legal and Human Rights at Uganda Police, Christine Nanding gave the committee a status report of the high-profile cases but was quick to say that in some of the cases, they either didn’t have leads and had to go back or cases were quashed in court.

Concerning the murder of former MP Ibrahim Abiriga and that of prosecutor Joan Kagezi, Nanding said that there are no suspects. She added however, that the cases are still open for investigation until they report on whether they have failed.

“We have not closed these cases, we are looking out for any leads. The leads that we had initially did not materialize,” she said.

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Chief Registrar moves six Judicial officers in mini reshuffle

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Judiciary’s Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu

The Chief Registrar, HW Sarah Langa Siu, has transferred six Judicial officers at the rank of Registrars and Magistrates in a move to address the gaps following the elevation of officer within those ranks to Judgeship.

Langa said the changes are also geared at effective coordination, management and delivery of judicial services.

The changes which are effective August 8, have seen Rosemary Bareebe who has been serving as Registrar Magistrates Affairs and Data management moving to the High Court. This means she will administratively coordinate all the activities at the different High Court divisions and circuits.

Amos Kwizera who has been the Registrar Planning, Research and Development now moves to the Inspectorate and will be in charge of quality assurance in the courts. Nabakooza Flavia who has been at the Commercial Division of the High Court replaces him at the Registry of Planning.

Elizabeth Akullo who has been the deputy registrar in the Land Division has been moved to Mukono.

Christine Imalingat, the senior magistrate grade one at Makutu has been moved to Arua, while Angela Ayola who has been at Magistrate Grade One at Arua has been moved to the chambers of Justice F.M.S Egonda-Ntende.

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Mubende police recover army uniforms, fake guns

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Recovered items

Police in Mubende on Thursday evening carried out an intelligence-led operation in Kibaati village, Kasana ward, East division, Mubende Municipality in Mubende district and arrested five people.

The suspects whose names have been withheld by police in order not to jeopardize investigations, have allegedly been participating in a series of robberies reported in the area.

Wamala region police spokesperson Rachel Kawala said upon searching their residence, officers recovered several house-breaking implements, fake guns and two pairs of army uniforms which have all been exhibited.

Arrested suspects

The five have been charged with being in possession of government stores, suspected stolen property and breaking implements.

The group had pending charges of aggravated robberies that had earlier been reported against them. Police say the operations continue and investigations into the matter are still ongoing.

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Fufa stakes $50,000 Afcon qualification bonus for Sand Cranes

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Sand-Cranes team

FUFA President Eng. Magogo Moses Hassim has promised on behalf of the Executive to pay USD2000 (approx. Shs7.7 million) to each member of the 25-man Sand Cranes contingent if they qualify for the AFCON Beach Soccer Finals this year.

Uganda won the first leg 5-2 in Moroni and will play the final and second leg on 7th August 2022 at FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru.

Magogo met the team in Njeru on Thursday together with the Leader Of Delegation Ronnie Kalema, Deputy CEO-Football Decolas Kiiza, FUFA Football Development Director Ali Mwebe and National Teams Manager Patrick Ntege.

“We are here to motivate the team. We know how much we have invested in the development of Beach soccer in Uganda. It is time to keep shining on the Continent and this must be done by knocking out Comoros next weekend,” noted FUFA President.

The winner on aggregate will qualify for the final tournament that will be hosted by Mozambique later this year.

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M/S Giant Company Ltd Managing Director arrested for causing Shs5b loss to gov’t

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The Inspectorate of Government (IG) on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, arrested the Managing Director M/S Giant Company Ltd, Opua Alex Emongas for causing government a financial loss of over Shs5 billion.

According to the IG press statement, during Financial Year 2014/2015 to 2017/ 2018, Opua received Shs5,214,489,845 from National Agricultural and Advisory Services (NAADS) for supply of tea seedlings to Nebbi and Zombo districts whereas not, knowing or having reason to believe that his actions would cause financial loss to the Government of Uganda and indeed caused financial loss.

In the alternative, the IG alleges that Opua fraudulently and without any claim of right stole Shs 5,214,489,845.

Opua was arrested at the Inspectorate of Government Offices and is expected to appear at the Anti-Corruption Court on Thursday July 28, 2022.

The IG charge sheet shows that Opua will be charged with two counts of causing financial loss and theft.

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Museveni commissions Armoured Vehicle Plant in Nakasongola

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Armoured Vehicle Plant in Nakasongola commissioned

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has commissioned NEC-Streit, an Armoured Vehicle manufacturing and assembling plant in Nakasongola.

President Museveni congratulated the team from Streit Group for fulfilling their idea of setting up the plant in Uganda and thanked the Managing Director of NEC, Lt Gen James Mugira for helping the team get all the required resources and support to set up the plant.

Museveni further said the vehicles will solve many problems; the rich who want to armour their cars, banks which need to carry money safely as a way of ruling out imports by using the capacity in Uganda.

He congratulated the National Enterprise Corporation for heeding to the advice of creating capacity for Uganda’s defence industry. “Gradually, NEC has gone into other areas of defence needs including research and development. They have used the method of joint partnerships to create additional capacity,” said the President.

The President promised to direct the Minister of Works and Transport, Hon. Gen Edward Katumba Wamala to link up with companies which are constructing roads in the areas of Hoima to come and work on the roads in Nakasongola, where the various factories are located.

Earlier on, Museveni commissioned a 500-Kilowatt solar power under the Southgate Renewable energy project, surgical medical masks production facility, oxygen and nitrogen production plant and the Veba wood working machinery for making machine tools which he said is an important step in autonomy.

The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Wilson Mbadi while speaking at the ceremony thanked the President and calling the factory a milestone in the Defence technology project. “I want to thank you for your astute guidance in defence capability and capacity development for self-reliance which is a very important virtue of professionalism,” said Gen Mbadi.

Gen Mbadi added that one of the UPDF’s functions is to be a productive force to contribute to national development by building a robust self-reliant defence industry as part of the journey to continue building a modern, professional, effective, efficient and accountable force capable of securing Uganda to support the growth of the economy.

The Chairman Streit Group, Guerman Guotorov expressed commitment towards working with Uganda in developing and improving the security capacity of the country in different areas. “All the products which are going to be produced I can proudly say are made in Uganda,” said Guerman.

Lt Gen James Mugira, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Enterprise Corporation in his remarks said various stakeholders such as the Uganda Police, Bank of Uganda, Private Security Organizations, VIPs and members of the business community will benefit from the services of NEC-Streit services and urged government to come up with a policy requiring public institutions to buy from the plant as long as the vehicles meet the required standards.

 Lt Gen Mugira further said the entire factory was constructed by the NEC-Construction Works and Engineering Company utilizing the engineers of the UPDF. “I want to thank the NEC construction team led by Engineer Brian Buhanda and the UPDF team of young engineers led by Lt Bright Ruzindana, they did a commendable job in a very short time,” added Lt Gen Mugira.

Present at the function were; Cabinet and State Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Service Chiefs, Generals and UPDF Officers, members of sister security agencies, dignitaries from partner States, Management and Staff of Streit group.

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Court orders William Ruto’s running mate to surrender Ke shs200m corruption money to gov’t

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Rigathi Gachagua

William Ruto’s running mate Rigathi Gachagua has been ordered to forfeit the KeShs200 million to the State.

Milimani law courts judge Esther Maina on Thursday said she is satisfied that the funds in question are proceeds of crime and are subject for forfeiture to the State.

Gachagua had admitted to receiving the funds from government agencies and entities through the award of contracts.

But the court said there was nothing to show he had any contract with the State.

Gachagua, according to the court, only produced a letter dated February 9, 2015 from a government ministry indicating Wamunyoro Investments Ltd had been awarded a tender.

But he did not provide anything to show that the tender was executed.

The court also dismissed claims that the funds were in a fixed deposit account.

“There was an argument that the funds were in a fixed deposit account but that is not the position,” the Judge said.

The funds, at Rafiki Micro Finance Bank, are held in four accounts. One holds KeShs165 million, the other account holds KeShs35 million and another holds KeSh773,228. All three accounts are registered in Gachagua’s name.

A fourth account, holding KeShs1,138,142, is registered in the name of Jenne Enterprises, Gachaguas’s business associate.

The Assets Recovery Authority wanted the funds forfeited to the State on grounds that they are proceeds of crime.

The Agency dismissed claims that the KeShs200 million it wants forfeited by Gachagua and his business associate was from a tender they won seven years ago.

It had argued that Jenne Enterprises business entity and account was used as a channel for money laundering by Rigathi.

“The allegation that the duo are doing legitimate business and the funds in issue are obtained from legitimate businesses is incorrect, deceitful and a ploy to disguise, conceal and hide the source of the said funds. It’s a classical scheme of money laundering,” ARA argued.

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NEMA, Speke Hotel finally agree on measures for sustainable implementation of the Kitubulu Resort project

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Kitubulu Resort project

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has finally agreed with Speke Hotel (1996) Limited on measures for safeguarding the ecological integrity of Lake Victoria while implementing the Speke Resort project at Kitubulu, Katabi sub-county, Wakiso District.

This followed the conclusion to NEMA’s satisfaction of the project design review and adjustments by the developer under the guidance of NEMA, to address all issues that would compromise the integrity of Lake Victoria and the surrounding environment.

On 10th December 2021, NEMA issued a stop notice to the developer over breach of conditions in the Environment and Social Impact Assessment Certificate No. NEMA/EIA/11651 earlier issued to the developer by NEMA in 2020. The developer had commenced work without obtaining a lake shore user permit which is a legal requirement, and there were also concerns of siltation of Lake Victoria by soil from the site.

On 15th December 2021, NEMA had a meeting with the management of Speke Hotel (1996) Limited to guide the developer on how to sustainably undertake the project. A number of subsequent engagements have since been undertaken including inspections and site visits by the NEMA Board, Environmental inspectors, the Environmental Police and the area Local Government.

On 29th April 2022, following NEMA guidelines to the developer for final review and readjustments in the project design to secure the lake from any potential negative impacts of the project, the developer submitted adjusted designs and revised project implementation modalities. NEMA has reviewed and finally endorsed the revised master plan and implementation modalities for the Speke Hotel Resort at Kitubulu.

In addition to the revised masterplan, NEMA agreed to the project with strict conditions that Speke Hotel (1996) Limited must adhere to going forward.

NEMA says there will be no permanent structure erected within 20 meters of the water line to protect the shoreline from potential siltation and there shall be no dumping of soil or other waste whatsoever into the lake during construction phase and implementation phase.

All waste must be treated on site in a cyclical manner. There will also be no waste discharged into the lake even after treatment of effluent. The water treatment plant must be relocated as far back as possible in tandem with the coordinates provided by NEMA.

The environment authority adds that community shall not be barred from access to the beachside of the Resort.

Speke Hotel (1996) Limited must also install beach/shore line protection gabions before construction to prevent soil and debris from being deposited into the lake by surface water runoff during the construction phase under technical guidance of the Directorate of Water Resources.

No dredging of the lake is permitted under the first phase of the construction. The Marina establishment phase will undertake more in-depth studies to guide any decisions in that respect.

The land taken up by increasing water levels remains protected as part of the lake and no reclamation of the same should be done. Such land can be used as beach area in case of water recession and no infrastructure should be established in such area since it is needed for water fluctuation movements according to NEMA.

Under Regulation 23 of the National Environment (Wetlands, River Banks and Lake Shores Management) Regulations, No. 3/2000, developments within 200 meters of the lakeshore require a Lakeshore user permit issued by NEMA. Such permits are only issued for sustainable and compatible tourism and recreation activities including resorts, beaches, marinas among others.

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Eng Silver Mugisha reappointed UBTEB board chairman

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NWSC MD Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha (m) with John Chrysestom Muyingo

Eng. Silver Mugisha has been reappointed as the board chairperson of Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) by the Minister for Education and Sports, Janet Museveni.

Mugisha will lead the board for another three years; 2022 – 2025.

He will lead a team of 15 Board Members in line with the Statutory Instrument 2009 No.9 that established UBTEB. The event was officiated by the State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysestom Muyingo.

Mugisha, who is the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Managing Director, took over as the board chair from Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba in 2019.

Together with the outgoing Board members, Mugisha achieved the following during the 2019- 2022 leadership years; Technical and Vocational Education and Training-TVET policy 2019 and Reforms, The Board transited from a subvention under the Ministry of Education and Sports to a Vote Function effective 1st July 2021.

The Board launched a Strategic Plan 2021- 2025 anchored to the NDPIII (National Development Plan), Manifesto among other policies, Staff Enhancement from 37.1 per cent to 47.3 per cent, Steady positive increase in resource allocation to UBTEB over the three years from Shs28.56 billion to Shs31.875 billion for F/Y ending 30th June 2022 and Shs33.733 billion this Financial Year.

They also unveiled plans for the construction of the UBTEB Assessment Center at Kyambogo, an increment in the accredited assessment centers and candidature from 15,903 candidates from 184 accredited examination centers to now 615 centers and 92,223 candidates.

There was partnership with the world of work and professional bodies/assemblies, Passing of the Board Policies and Documents, ISO 9001:2015 certification and as well Celebrated 10 years of existence in Uganda among other achievements.

UBTEB is a statutory national assessment body established by an Act of Parliament and mandated to streamline, regulate, coordinate and conduct credible national examinations and award Certificates and Diplomas in the Business, Technical and Vocational professions in Uganda.

UBTEB Board Members 2022- 2025

1. Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha- Managing Director, NWSC – Board chairperson

2. Dr. Umar Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs)

3. Prof Maud Kamatenesi-Mugisha- Vice Chancellor, Bishop Stuart University, Mbarara

4. Mr. Deus Mutesigensi Faida- Principal, Uganda College of Commerce, Pakwach

5. Ms. Nakyobe Safinah- Ag Deputy Director/Qualification Standards, Directorate id Industrial Training.

6. Mr. David Ochieng- Assistant Commissioner, Selection Systems, Public Service Commission

7. Mr. David Mubiru Luyima-  Principal Education Officer Technical/BTVET

8. Mr. Richard Musafiri- Principal Industrial Officer  Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives

9. Mr. Simon Amuku- Senior Staff Surveyor, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.

10. Eng John V Twinomujuni- Commissioner Urban Water and Sewerage Services, Ministry of Water and Environment.

11. Mr. Micheal Ocero- Assistant Commissioner/ Information Technology, Ministry of Information Communications Technology and National Guidance

12. Mr. Francis Bongonyinge- Assistant Printery Manager, UNEB

13. Mr. John Habiyaremye- Manager Human Resource and Administration, National Curriculum Development Center.

14. Mr. Joshua Lukaye- Ag Assistant Commissioner, Exploration Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.

15. Ms. Oyuru Jennifer- Assistant Commissioner Agriculture Extension Skills Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries

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