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The victim, Elizabeth Twebaze has been a resident of Kabale town but had visited her maternal grandmother at Kagasha village Kitoma parish Rubaya subcounty in Kabale district.
It’s alleged that on Wednesday afternoon, the victim plus three other sisters left their grandmother’s place to go and wash clothes at Lake Bunyonyi. After which, they decided to play by swimming in the water.
It’s further alleged that because she didn’t have knowledge about swimming, it resulted into her drowning.
Twebaze was immediately helped out by the sisters, but she was already dead.
Elly Maate,the Kigezi regional police spokesperson has confirmed the sad news.
“They informed others of the incident where the police marine was also notified and body was taken to grandmother’s home for burial.We still advise our people around the lakes that should always take water safety precautions very serious to avoid such incidents that claim lives of innocent citizens,â€Maate said.
Lake Bunyonyi is the second deepest lake in Africa after lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
]]> Lumbuye is still in Turkey, Minister Oryem doesn’t know what he is talking about, NUP lawyer claims https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210819/119579/lumbuye-is-still-in-turkey-minister-oryem-doesnt-know-what-he-is-talking-about-nup-lawyer-claims.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:38:39 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119579 National Unity Platform (NUP) lawyer also Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Muwada Nkunyingi has claimed that blogger Fred Lumbuye is still in Turkey and was never deported to Uganda as State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem alleges.In his Facebook post on Thursday, Nkunyingi said he had a serious engagement with Mr Oryem together with his boss Gen Abubaker Jeje Odongo to substantiate their statements regarding the whereabouts of the Turkey based Ugandan blogger who was arrested over two weeks ago from the European country.
“Minister Okello Oryem denied all his earlier media statements and All Foreign Ministers Confirmed to me & to the Foreign Affairs Committee’ of Parliament that LUMBUYE IS STILL IN TURKEY . They claim negotiations are going on with Interpol and Turkey but have not succeed yet,†Nkunyingi who is also Uganda’s Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister in Parliament said.
†I have also raised many aspects concerning our Nationals Abroad including passport issue and will at later date share their full responses and our next strategy in pushing many of these issues forward,†he added.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday Minister Oryem in a veiled revelation confirmed that Lumbuye was being held by Ugandan security authorities.
The minister made the disclosure during an interview with NTV Uganda.
“As far as I know, people shouldn’t be worried about Lumbuye and the relevant authorities with the right time will be able to bring him in public and bring him into courts of law,†Oryem said.
“I don’t think Lumbuye should be made a matter or somebody who is so so important as a film star. His rights are being respected wherever he is I’m sure so. There’s nothing to worry about Lumbuye. People should go around trying to look for their survival, work hard, look after their families but not to worry about Lumbuye.†he added.
Over the weekend, it was reported that Lumbuye was being held at Gulu Airforce Base in Northern Uganda.
The Observer Newspaper said the arrested controversial blogger landed at Entebbe International Airport on 8 August, 2021 but the airport manifest for August 7-8 was allegedly confiscated by Special Forces Command (SFC).
According to security sources, Lumbuye arrived in the country aboard Turkish Airlines, which touched down at Entebbe International Airport on Saturday at around 3 am.
He was held at the police station in the passenger terminal for two hours where he was interrogated and whisked off to Kampala. Multiple security sources say that Lumbuye was escorted by Turkish security operatives who took him through immigration and the police station for clearance.
He was taken to the Turkish Embassy for further management until when he was handed over officially to the government.
“Fred Lumbuye is reportedly being held at Gulu Airforce base in northern Uganda as security continues to hunt for 11 of his alleged conspirators who ‘were feeding him with state secrets,†The Observer stated last Saturday.
]]> We have spent months without pay yet Pastor Senyonga is busy spoiling his son with luxuries- Angry Top media employees cry out https://www.watchdoguganda.com/entertainment/showbiz/20210819/119574/we-have-spent-months-without-pay-yet-pastor-senyonga-is-busy-spoiling-his-son-with-luxuries-angry-top-media-employees-cry-out.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:15:46 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119574 Employees of Top media are angry at their boss Pastor Jackson Senyonga for refusing to pay their monthly salaries yet he has the money he uses to spoil his son Josh Senyonga with luxuries.Top media is made up of Top TV, Top Radio and other radio stations spread across the country.
In a social media message to blogger Kakensa Media, one of the media house employees claimed that they habe spent three months without pay yet Pastor Senyonga is busy preparing and injecting millions of shillings in his son’s wedding.
“Recently, he bought for him a brand new Subaru new model. Bro.. We are frustrated.. Working for all this time without pay in these Covid-19 times is not easy. We have families and alot to work on,â€the disgruntled employees said.
†Kindly help us expose this guy. We are tired, maybe he will do the needful after exposing him,â€he added.
]]> Kidandala accuses MP Ssegirinya of using top government officials to frustrate his election petition https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210819/119558/kidandala-accuses-mp-ssegirinya-of-using-top-government-officials-to-frustrate-his-election-petition.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:35:07 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119558 The High Court in Kampala has deferred the ruling for Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya’s election petition case to 2nd September after the Electoral Commission and Sulaiman Kidandala’s lawyers disagreed on whether the legislator had been served or not.Kidandala’s Lawyer Kenneth Paul Kakande told presiding Judge Henrietta Wolayo that Ssegirinya was indeed served through substituted service.
“The petition is still pinned at the High Court Civil Division Twed Towers in Kampala,†Kakande told the Judge.
Kakande further told Justice Wolayo that efforts to personally serve Ssegirinya at Kitalya prison were not successful because the defendant refused to receive the petition.
“The Deputy OC in charge of Kitalya prison also declined to acknowledge service on Ssegirinya’s behalf,†Kakande further told court.
The Electoral Commission lawyer, Edwin Tabaro also asked the Court to have the matter investigated.
“The electoral commission hopes that the court will pronounce itself on whether or not Ssegirinya was served as the Law requires.â€
On the otherhand, Kidandala accused Ssegirinya of conniving with some top government officials to frustrate his election petition against him.
“Everyday I interface with top government officials who ask me to let go of the case,†Kidandala told the media on Thursday after the Court hearing.
In March this year, Ssegirinya was sued along with EC by his political nemesis Kindandala for allegedly forging academic documents which facilitated his nomination and subsequent election as a legislator.
In his election petition, Kindandala seeks to nullify Ssegirinya’s election for lack of Ordinary and Advanced Level papers- the requisite minimum academic qualification for one to contest as an MP.
According to Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB), Ssegirinya submitted documents that belong to Sarah Nampiima at O-level while at A-level, he submitted documents that belong to Maureen Nabadda.
In a letter dated March 17, 2021, Peter Anywar, writing on behalf of the executive secretary UNEB Dan Odongo, noted: “We have checked in our records and our findings are as follows; Candidate U005/054(2017) is Nampiima Sarah who sat at Mengo secondary school, not Ssegirinya Richard sitting at Pimbas secondary school,†he noted.â€
However, in their response, the EC said Kidandala was not entitled to any of the reliefs sought because Ssegirinya’s nomination and election was conducted in compliance with the provisions and principles laid down in the Electoral Laws of Uganda.
According to the affidavit of Barbra Mulimira, the Returning Officer of Kampala Electoral District; at the time of nomination, Ssegirinya presented a duly filled nomination form accompanied by academic qualifications of UCE(Senior 4) and UACE ( Senior 6) both in the names of “Ssegirinya Richard†from Pimbas Secondary School and a Deed Poll for changing of names from “Ssegirinya Richard†to “Ssegirinya Muhammadâ€.
“The nomination, Election and gazetting of Ssegirinya by the Electoral Commission as MP Kawempe North Constituency in Kampala was done in accordance with the law having found him possessing the minimum qualification of Advanced Level and duly registered as a voter and fulfilment of other nomination requirements,â€the returning officer noted.
Mulimira contended that Segirinya was lawfully and validly nominated, elected, declared and gazetted as winner of the said Election having been found dully academically qualified and obtaining the highest number of votes cast.
]]> Kabalagala: Security guard gets angry, shoots dead his Congolese boss, girlfriend https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210819/119556/kabalagala-security-guard-gets-angry-shoots-dead-his-congolese-boss-girlfriend.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:06:33 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119556 Police at Kabalagala are investigating a double murder by shooting of Katembo Siviwe, 33 , a Congolese national and his yet to be identified girlfriend.who is currently not yet identified and the attempted murder of his care taker who is currently admitted at IHK Hospital.
The shooting took place today 19th August at around 1am in the morning at Katembo’s residence in Bukasa, Makindye Division, Kampala.
Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire says Raphael Okwanga, a security guard of D-GAP, guarding the victims’ home, allegedly got annoyed over yet to be known reason before killing his boss and girlfriend.
“He then shot dead Katembo and his girlfriend and later injured the care taker.The police were informed about the incident and they responded,†Owoyesigyire said in a statement on Thursday.
He added that the suspect, Okwanga, was arrested and is currently detained at Kabalagala Police Station on allegations of murder.
†All the bodies of the deceased persons have been conveyed to the city mortuary at Mulago for a post mortem. Killer weapon and catridgdes have been recovered.
†The crime scene has been secured for further analysis.Some of the exhibits have been submitted for analysis at our Forensic Services laboratory.The case file will be submitted to the Director of Public Prosecution for advice,†Owoyesigyire noted.
]]> REVEALED: Why FDC’s Salaamu Musumba lost interest in her election petition against Kadaga https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210819/119551/revealed-why-fdcs-salaamu-musumba-lost-interest-in-her-election-petition-against-kadaga.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:48:39 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119551 In the 2021 general elections, the First Deputy Prime Minister and former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga won the Kamuli District Woman Parliamentary seat with 92,388 votes, beating her closest rival from Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Proscovia Salaamu Musumba who garnered 26,851 votes.However, the FDC vice President Eastern region was dissatisfied with the outcome thus filing a petition against Kadaga. Musumba alleged that her votes had been rigged the January 14 polls. Musumba also sued the Electoral Commission (EC) for allegedly failing to conduct a free and fair election.
In the petition, her prayers were that court nullifies Kadaga’s victory and order for fresh elections for the Parliamentary seat.
On Wednesday 18th August, 2021, Jinja High Court presided by Justice Isa Sserunkuma kicked off the election petition hearing. However, Court was surprised when Musumba revealed that she was no longer interested in the case.
Nevertheless, sources revealed to this website that since Kadaga is no longer as powerful as she was and was humiliated by her boss, the elders in the Busoga region felt sympathy and could have told Musumba to cool down her temper and settle the matter with the former Speaker of Parliament amicably if possible.
The elders also told the FDC strong woman to desist from using Court to fight Kadaga and count the election as a loss since she has always done so.
Other sources within the FDC party informed this website that Musumba expected nothing new at the end since the trust in the current judicial system is totally not in place.
“We don’t see anything new from today’s courts. Also if you look at the way the Supreme Court handled Kyagulanyi’s petition against President Museveni’s victory was too unethical and I think to a sensible politician like Musumba you just have to withdraw the case and don’t waste your time and money.â€
The judiciary kicked off the hearing of parliamentary election petitions on Monday, August 16, 2021. This was after the principal judge Dr. Flavian Zeija assigned 32 judges to expedite the handling of 155 parliamentary and local council election petitions in the different high court circuits across the country.
]]> UACE 2020 results to be released tomorrow https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210819/119546/uace-2020-results-to-be-released-tomorrow.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:23:38 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119546 The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) will release the 2020 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) exam results on Friday August 20, 2021.The release of the results will be officiated by the Minister of Education Janet Museveni at an event that will take place at 12pm at State House Nakasero.
“UNEB will brief the minister on Wednesday and the exams will be released on Friday under strict observance to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),†Patrick Muinda, the Ministry of Education and Sports Spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Candidates and other stakeholders will recieve the results using the Short Message Services (SMS) on mobile phones after the official release.
According to UNEB, a total of 98,393 learners sat for UACE examinations in April, 2021. Of these 57,264 were female whereas the rest were males.
]]> Parliament impostor arrested for attempting to extort Shs20m from ‘wealthy’ government official to shield him from COSASE investigations https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210819/119544/parliament-impostor-arrested-for-attempting-to-extort-shs20m-from-wealthy-government-official-to-shield-him-from-cosase-investigations.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 07:46:11 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119544 Police at Parliament on Wednesday arrested Francis Malinga for attempting to extort money from a government official.Malinga was found with a fake whistle-blower’s letter addressed to the Chairperson of the the Committee on Public Accounts (Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises- COSASE) alleging that he was a staff of Parliament who would help the official to have his name cleared.
“Malinga aged 47, alleged that the government official had amassed unexplained wealth that if he pays him Shs20m, he would be cleared by the committee,†Henry Waiswa Yoweri, from the Office of the Clerk of Parliament said in a statement yesterday.
Waiswa added that following the development, the official reported the matter to the administration of Parliament which in turn informed the Police at Parliament. Police arrested Malinga as he waited to ‘pick’ the money at a restaurant on Jinja Road in Kampala.
“The clerk of Parliament urges the public to be vigilant against any persons who purport to be employees of Parliament. The staff of Parliament have no mandate to clear or personally handle a matter before a committee.â€
]]> MPs want resolution to adopt all Auditor General’s reports on public expenditure overturned https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210819/119541/mps-want-resolution-to-adopt-all-auditor-generals-reports-on-public-expenditure-overturned.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:18:53 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119541 A motion is in the offing to overturn a resolution of Parliament to adopt all the Auditor General’s reports that the 10th Parliament had resolved to adopt without consideration.Chairpersons of the three accountability committees told the media on Tuesday, 17 August, 2021 at Parliament that that whereas they understood the goodwill of the motion, they believe that it affects the operation of the three committees subsequent to the resolution.
The committees are; Committee on Public Accounts (Central Government), Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) and Committee on Public Accounts (Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises) better known as COSASE.
In May 2021, the 10th Parliament passed a resolution for the House’s committees on public accounts adopt all reports of the Auditor General on public expenditure that had not been considered by the time with the intention of clearing all backlog of reports.
“We want to file a motion for Parliament to reconsider the earlier resolution to reopen the reports of the auditor for the years affected; in the case of PAC Central, the years 2019-2020,†the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Accounts (Central Government), Hon Medard Sseggona said.
“Accountability is core to the governance of every country and Parliament scrutiny of these reports is central to the fight against corruption in the country,†he added.
Sseggona took note of the fact that the committees would have nothing to do until the end of the year if they do not consider this work.
He added, “We would be setting a precedence of laziness when we resort to such an action because of backlogâ€.
The Chairperson of the Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government), Hon Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, said the decision being taken by the committees is based on the fact that Ugandans need to know how their resources are being utilised.
COSASE chairperson, Hon Joel Ssenyonyi, added that by adopting the reports without scrutiny would create bigger challenges.
“In the last three years, a lot of money was appropriated by Parliament to various government entities and therefore, the expenditure of these monies requires scrutiny,†he said.
]]> Carefully follow UPDF Infantry doctrine as to continue securing Uganda- Brig Ogiki urges soldiers https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210819/119536/carefully-follow-updf-infantry-doctrine-as-to-continue-securing-uganda-brig-ogiki-urges-soldiers.html Thu, 19 Aug 2021 05:56:59 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=119536 UPDF troops from the 15 Infantry Battalion and a section of LDUs from the I Infantry Division on Wednesday were urged to carefully follow the UPDF Infantry doctrine so as to continue securing the country.This was revealed by the Chief of Staff Land Forces ( COS-LF) Brig Gen Bob Ogiki on behalf of the Commander Land Force Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba at Kakiri Ist Infantry Division Headquarters in Wakiso district.
Brig Ogiki implored the newly trained soldiers on political ideology and orientation cadre leadership course to use the acquired skills in enhancing their military capabilities. †UPDF is a disciplined, conscious and pro-people army,†he said, urging them to protect the peace in the country. He reminded them to secure cheap loans with low interest from Wazalendo sacco to improve their welfare. The COS-LF cautioned them to guard against HIV/AIDS and COVID -19 by following the Ministry of Health guidelines.
During the same lecture of opportunity, Brig Ogiki mentioned the need to integrate Local Defence Personnel into regular service through further training. Soldiers were also informed of the continuous efforts by the UPDF leadership to improve their welfare, accommodation, training, and policy, among others.
The function was attended by Senior and Junior Officers and Men of the UPDF.
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