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Five Held Over Gen. Muhoozi “Presidential” Posters

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Peter Nakibinge
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Five youth are being held at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS) for printing posters that depict President Museveni’s son, Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as 2021 presidential candidate.

Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Emilian Kayima said the five youth were arrested on Monday morning in possession of posters and press releases explaining how Maj Gen Muhoozi is the eligible presidential candidate in 2021 .

“We arrested the five youth at Kolping Hotel in Makerere. They had posters and press releases. We were tipped off by our intelligence people and we arrested the youth on site,” he said.

Asked whether the suspects were planning to hold a press conference since they had press releases, Mr Kayima said they are yet to know their motive.

“We have them at CPS and they are recording statements. We shall know their intentions in due course,” he said.

Mr Kayima identified the suspects as Mr George Mutumba, a councillor representing Kisowera Zone at Kawempe Division, Mr Twaha Jengo , Mr Abdul Karim Ddamulira, all residents of Kisowera in Kawempe, Mr Hamidu Walakira, a resident of Mulago Parish and a one William, a resident of Makerere Zone III.

Mr Andrew Kaweesi, the police spokesperson, said Maj Gen Muhoozi denied knowledge of the suspects whom he said would be charged with inciting violence, false presentation, and giving false news.

“Maj Gen Muhoozi has told us he has no knowledge about the group. What they have done is regarded as inciting the public and can lead to violence. They would be criminally charged,” Mr Kaweesi said.

He added that the suspects could have been mobilised by people who have been popularising the “Muhoozi Project” with criminal intentions.

“We suspect they have been used by people propagating the Muhoozi presidential project. These imposters shall be prosecuted for their criminal acts,” Mr Kaweesi said.

Maj Gen Muhoozi was early this month moved from the position of commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC) and appointed as a special presidential advisor in charge of operations.

Winnie Kizza Launches Balloon Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park

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Peter Nakibinge
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Woman Member of Parliament for Kasese and Leader of the Opposition(LOP) in the 10 Parliament of Uganda Hon. Winnie Kiiza has joined tourism promoters.

The legislator earlier this week launched the Alfa Tango air balloon at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese district. The Tango will enable tourists to easily posted to most areas in the National Park.

The LOP was joined by State Minister for Tourism Hon. Godfrey Kiwanda at the launch. During the launch, she pointed out that tourism is key to Uganda’s development as it fetches a lot of revenue.

“Am back home to launch the Alfa Tango air balloon at Queen Elizabeth National Park with the State Minister for Tourism Hon. Godfrey Kiwanda. This will enable our tourists to easily access most areas in the Park as they appreciate nature. Any mindful leadership will never leave this country the same by virtue of these God given resources,” Winnie Kiiza posted.

Koffi Olomidde in Kampala for Jack Pemba’s Birthday

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Peter Nakibinge
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City tycoon and investor Mr Jack Pemba is set to fly Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba, known professionally as Koffi Olomide, a Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer, and composer for his birthday celebrations slated for 3 February 2017.

The party will take place at Speke Resort Munyonyo and the dress code is Shades of Blue. The VIP invites only party will see the ‘Selfie’ (Ekotite) make a special appearance.

Koffi Olomidde is one of Africa’s most celebrated singers of recent times. He will be in Kampala courtesy of Jack Pemba of Pemba Sports Africa/Pemba Group of Companies.

The Legend Koffi Olomide confirmed that he will be in Kampala for tycoon and Investor Mr Jack Pemba’s party in a video which he posted online.
Koffi is the richest musician in Democratic Republic of Congo and the fourth richest in Africa. His total net worth is estimated to be amazing $18 million as of 2016.

Ayew Brothers Strike as Ghana Moves to Semifinals

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Peter Nakibinge
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Brothers Jordan and Andre Ayew scored for Ghana as they reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals Sunday with a 2-1 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in Oyem. Jordan opened the scoring after 63 minutes of a tight, bruising quarter-final in northern Gabon and Andre put Ghana ahead again from a 78th-minute penalty.

They are sons of Ghana football legend Abedi ‘Pele’ Ayew, ranked among the greatest African footballers of all time. Between the Ayew goals, Paul-Jose Mpoku levelled for DR Congo on 68 minutes. Ghana, seeking a first Cup of Nations title since 1982, will play Cameroon next Thursday in Franceville for a final place.

It will be a sixth consecutive semi-finals appearance for four-time champions Ghana, who were runners-up in 2010 to Egypt and in 2015 to the Ivory Coast. They overcame DR Congo without captain and striker Asamoah Gyan, who failed to recover from a thigh injury sustained in a group loss to Egypt four days ago.

“We corrected some mistakes at half-time and were a totally different team in the second half,” Ghana coach Avram Grant told Super Sport. “Both our goals were fantastic, as was the one scored by Congo, who were a well organised team.”

Uganda’s High Court to pronounce itself on missing twin baby

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Uganda Today
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Mulago Hospital

The High Court has set January 24 to deliver judgement in a case filed in 2013 by a Ugandan human rights watchdog against the office of the Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital and the Attorney General, over a stolen twin baby.

Center for Health, Human rights and Development (CEHURD) filed the case in the Kampala High Court on behalf of Micheal Mubangizi and Jennifer Musimenta . The couple want court to declare that their rights to a family have been violated, and that they are entitled to damages for their loss, having been informed by a nurse that their second baby had died.

The couple contend that they are traumatized and psychologically tortured every day of their life, every time they look at their other child. They argue that they are sure their child isn’t dead, she is alive and that they are now afraid of giving birth in hospitals.

Justice Lydia Mugambe heard the case and says the judgement will be ready next Tuesday at 4pm.

In her case Musimenta argues that on March 12, 2012 she developed labour pains, and was taken to hospital by Mubangizi. She further purports that on the same day at about 8pm, she delivered twins, and was asked for a bed sheet where the babies was wrapped.

Court documents show that on the discharge date of March 15, Musimenta left without the body of the second twin.

Musimenta claims that her request for her medical records before and after birth, were ignored.

Then when they insisted on having the body, they were informed that it could not be traced.

On March 16, 2012 they lodged a complaint at Mulago Police post after being told on March 18, by a midwife that the body had been discovered in a box.

Musimenta asserts that Police advised her to take a DNA test which also revealed a mismatch, and confirmed their allegations.

However then Attorney General Peter Nyombi, and the Mulago Executive Director Dr Byarugaba Baterana have refuted claims that they are responsible for the disappearance of the said twin baby purportedly stolen from the hospital.

AG stated that if at all the claims are true, government and the executive director cannot be held accountable for actions of the culprits who acted on their own volition.

President Omar Gulleh Of Djibouti Believes Trump Will Pay Little Attention to Africa

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Uganda Today
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Ismail Omar Gulleh

Djibouti’s president, Ismail Omar Gulleh says African leaders believe President-elect Donald Trump will pay little attention to Africa, but is hopeful that Djibouti can continue a strong bilateral relationship with the U.S.

“Africa does not appear on the foreign agenda of the U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump, but as Djibouti, we had a good and deep relationship with U.S. government which I am hopeful will continue,” Ismail Omar Gulleh said in an exclusive interview with VOA Somali Service on Thursday. “Our relationship was not with an individual but with U.S. institutions.”

Ending his 2015 visit to Africa, U.S. President Barack Obama warned the continent would not advance if its leaders refuse to step down when their terms end. “Nobody should be president for life,” Obama said.

However, last April, President Guelleh won third term in a disputed re-election boycotted by opposition parties. In order for Guelleh to win that election, parliament had to change the country’s constitution because presidents were limited to two terms.

Mind your business 

Referring to Obama’s warning and the recent U.S. election results, Guelleh said, “Those who used to say we are giving lessons to Africa, you see what they are facing. It is none of their business to determine any incoming or outgoing African president,” he said.

The tiny East African country hosts the United States’ only military base on the African continent. In 2014, the U.S. and Djibouti signed a 10-year lease on the military base, Camp Lemonnier.

At the time, the based housed about 4,000 U.S. soldiers and other military personnel. The United States regards it as a major staging area for attacks against terrorists in Yemen and Somalia, where Djiboutian solders are part of the African Union force that has had some success against al-Shabab militants.

Chinese influence

Djibouti is also home to a military base from former colonial power France. Japan has also leased a military base, while there is a growing Chinese influence in Djibouti.

On Wednesday, Djibouti and its neighbour Ethiopia officially launched the first fully electrified cross-border railway line in Africa, a project 70 percent financed by China’s Exim Bank and built by China Railway Group and China Civil Engineering Construction.

Gulleh says his country is capable of managing those differences and sometimes rival foreign interests.

“All those countries which have bases and interests in Djibouti have been brought together by common interests, including the global anti-terrorism efforts, the piracy and economic interests. So that, we are capable of managing and maintaining good relationship with our friends.

Standard Gauge Railway to Boost Uganda’s Economy and Industrialization – Museveni

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Peter Nakibinge
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that the construction of the railway in the country will go along way in lowering transport costs. The project will also support the industrialization programme in Uganda.

The President made the observations when he received a progress report of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project, presented to him on Thursday at State House, Entebbe by the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Ltd. The delegation was led by the Company’s Africa Vice President, Mr. Lin Yichong.

Museveni who launched the US$3.2 billion Standard Gauge Railway construction in October 2014 thanked the Chinese Company for the wonderful job done so far.

“There is a lot of infrastructure deficit in Uganda. If we start on a clean slate we can more and more projects,” he said.

The President commended the company for inviting local suppliers to show them business opportunities in the SGR project.

He welcomed the investment plans of the company in Uganda such as the building of an industrial estate around the railway and a city in Mukono, the Kampala City complex and a railway polygenic school to train engineers to maintain the railway. According to plans, 15,000 Ugandans are expected to be trained.

The China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Ltd has invested nearly US$ 30 million so far in preparatory work for the SGR project, including feasibility studies and training 500 Uganda People’s Defence Forces’ (UPDF) soldiers in railway engineering, among others.

The Vice-President of CHEC for Africa, Mr. Lin Yichong, pledged his Company’s commitment to deliver strong economic infrastructure transformation to Uganda in a transparent manner devoid of corruption whereby local materials and indigenous Ugandan labour force will be harnessed to create jobs for the people of Uganda.

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Hon. Matia Kasaija, the Attorney General, Mr. William Byaruhanga, the Minister of Works and Transport, Engineer Monica Ntege Azuba and Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Keith Muhakanizi, among others, attended the meeting

Airtel Uganda Rewards more Subscribers in “Tulumbe AFCON” Campaign

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Jeffrey Kahigana
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Airtel Uganda subscribers have kicked off the new year in style and excitement after the Telecom Company rewarded them with various prizes as part of the “Tulumbe AFCON” campaign.

This is the fourth group of customers to win with Airtel Uganda in the campaign that started in December last year. “Tulumbe AFCON” was launched to build support and enthusiasm for the national football team, the Uganda Cranes as they head to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

Speaking at the handover, Mrs. Remmie Kisakye Kakuru congratulated the winners and thanked Airtel customers for the support they have shown to the promotion and the Uganda Cranes.

“Over the past weeks, we have had winners from all over the country, which gives us hope that the whole of Uganda believes in both the Uganda Cranes and Airtel Uganda. “Tulumbe AFCON” is our way of creating support for our national team, while also rewarding our customers who support both Airtel Uganda and the Uganda Cranes,” she said.

“Many of us will not be able to travel to Gabon and cheer on our team but with the prizes we are giving out, which include, television sets and smart phones, we hope to give our subscribers a chance to follow the games from wherever they will be located within the country,” she added.

Concluding her statements, Mrs. Kakuru spoke about Uganda’s historic wins at the 2016 CAF awards. “Today’s prize giving ceremony is made more special by the wins at yesterday’s CAF awards. Our goalkeeper, Denis Onyango was crowned African Player of the year- based in Africa while the Uganda Cranes were crowned team of the year. As the official sponsor of the Uganda Cranes, Airtel Uganda couldn’t be prouder of these achievements. From the qualification to the 2017 AFCON tournament last year, to last evening’s wins, our team and coach have shown all of us what happens when you combine excellent sportsmanship with the right partnership,” she concluded.

Also speaking at the event, Deepak Bhatia Airtel Uganda’s Chief Commercial Officer called upon the rest of the country to actively participate in the campaign that will be ending next week. “Next week, we will give out the final pair of tickets to one lucky subscriber to Gabon. This all-expenses paid trip is our way of thanking Uganda for continuously choosing us as their network of choice and for giving the team the morale and support to secure these wins.”

Hassan Bogere, a resident of Luzira and one of 5 subscribers won 43-INCH TV sets was barely able to control his excitement. “When I received the call, I couldn’t believe it until I received the second confirmation call. I want to thank Airtel Uganda for this great start to 2017. And I wish the Uganda Cranes all the best in Gabon.”

10 other winners took home smartphones while Norah Mwesigwa, a 13-year old student from Ntinda won herself an iPhone 6Plus.

For one to take part in the campaign, Airtel Uganda subscribers are required to dial *162#, where they have the choice to opt into the campaign by selecting option 1. Customers will then be made aware of their target and will be required to recharge and use Airtel Uganda services up to this target. Upon reaching the targets, subscribers will receive 100% bonus, which, on accumulation, will be rewarded to them as airtime to be used for voice (prepaid), data and SMS.

Participants are entered into a weekly draw where they could win 5 TVs, smartphones, and an iPhone 6 Plus. The last pair of tickets to Gabon will be awarded next week. Winners will be contacted by Airtel on 0752-600-222.

Basongora Run to Court for a Separate Kingdom

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Peter Nakibinge
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Basongora Vs Bakonzo

Three Basongora elders have petitioned the Constitutional court, claiming they are discriminated against in Kasese, a district dominated by Bakonzo.

Basongora pastoralists are a minority of about 15,000 people who have lived in the lowlands of Kasese for ages.

In their petition filed on December 23rd, Amos Isimbwa, Robert Nyalawa and Patrick Ndahura singled out the attorney general, Kasese District local government and Uganda Wildlife Authority as respondents.

According to the trio, the actions of the respondents have violated their rights and resulted in their displacement from their ancestral lands and failure to be adequately compensated for loss of their land and property.

Through Karuhanga and Tabaro Associates, the Basongora also claim that the actions of the respondents have led to the disruption of the community’s pastoral enterprise and violation of their right to practice their religion and culture.

Language

The petitioners accuse the Kasese District local government of insisting on teaching Bakonzo (Lukonzo) language in schools, which according to them discriminates the Basongora people, yet the law provides that children in schools must be taught their local languages.

In 2004, they said, the ministry of Education and Sports passed a statutory instrument to the effect that there should be thematic teaching of local languages from primary one to primary four.

However, it’s the petitioners’ contention that the Kasese District local government passed a resolution that Lukonzo be taught in all primary schools in Kasese, thereby negating the fact that there is another language of Basongora that live in the same district.

Districts

Another accusation leveled against the district authorities by the petitioners is that they have continued to subvert the creation of new districts, which would give the Basongora reprieve from discrimination.

It’s their contention that on October 12, 2010, a motion was moved to split Kasese into three districts; namely, Rwenzori, which would have two constituencies of Mubuku and Kuruhe, the main Kasese district with Kilembe and Katwe constituencies, as well as Kasese municipality.

That, the third district proposed was Bwera, which would have Bukonzo East, Bukonzo West and Bukonzo North constituencies.

That said, the petitioners are also critical of the way, the intended districts were demarcated.

They say the proposed districts were demarcated vertically, thereby emerging from areas predominately occupied by Bakonzo, rather than follow natural features such as streams and rivers.

They assert that such moves were calculated to divide and disunite the Basongora more and deny them a chance to contest for a political office and emerge winners since their numbers in such constituencies would be much smaller compared to the Bakonzo occupying the same areas.

“That the actions enumerated herein above are committed by the respondents with impunity, whimsically, in some case bullish, discriminative, and atrocious and continue to be meted [out] on the Basongora community unabated without any meaningful and conclusive intervention by the central government,” the petition partly reads.

National Park

The petitioners further claim that the central government grabbed their land when it gazetted it as Queen Elizabeth Game park in 1925. The popular Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the best national parks in the country hosting incredible species and it is rated among the most biodiverse protected areas within the world. Some of the popular wildlife in the park include lions, elephants, buffaloes, antelopes etc.

The elders also claim that Mubuku irrigation scheme, Mubuku prison farm, forestry department, Hima UPDF production farm, Ibuga refugee resettlement scheme, Ibuga prison farm and Mubuku youth centre constitute 98 percent of their ancestral land.

The petitioners also complain about denial of access to watering points, rivers, lakes and hot springs, which supported traditional medicine for their community, thus disrupting their pastoral enterprise and with it the right to a livelihood in contravention of articles 21(1), (2)and(3) of the Constitution.

Akol Grapples with Internal Dissent, Anger at URA

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Peter Nakibinge
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URA staff are up in arms following the publication of the Shs 6bn “presidential handshake” offered to government lawyers and other senior officials for participating in the litigation process against Heritage Oil.

The Staff, who talked to The Rwenzori Times, on condition of anonymity so as to speak freely, said the bonus request initiated, pursued and paid by Akol appears to ridicule their work.

“The donkey work is done by junior staff. That the bosses picked checks of millions of shillings is not only stressful but disappointing,” said a URA insider.

In a bid to cool tempers at the Nakawa-based tax collection body, Akol was compelled to issue a staff memo, pleading for patience and restraint.

“Understandably, there will be emotions around this but we will not be distracted and we will be relentless in our struggle against tax evasion and zero tolerance to corruption,” said Akol.

Documents seen by an online paper Chimp Reports showed that Akol, whose institution has in recent years failed to hit targets, personally sourced for the Shs 6bn bonus from president Museveni before using URA resources to pay them.

Questions have been asked about the criteria used to determine beneficiaries.

Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo condemned the payments, saying their smirked of conflict of interest as they were prompted by the beneficiaries.

NRM Secretary General Kasule Lumumba described the bonuses as a bad idea.

“Me as Kasule Lumumba I don’t agree with the development and it was bad. Why should government start awarding its own people in such a fashion?” she asked.

She stressed that if such bonuses were essential, a formal legal framework should be put in place to systematically handle it.

“If such payment is necessary then it should be legalized and things done openly,” Lumumba stressed.

MPs and civil society have equally expressed alarm, calling for investigations into the oil payments and sanctions.

Akol told staff to always be mindful that “significant successes have been scored by URA in the recent past in the struggle to streamline tax collection, e.g. through professionalizing the clearing fraternity, asserting our right to break questionable aggressive tax planning schemes by some taxpayers and break some corruption syndicates and schemes among staff.”

She added: “So Team, please stay calm and concentrate on your work because despite the distractions around us, we have a job to do.”

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