Controversial city pastor Aloysious Bugingo says he was not introduced to Suzan Makula’s parents but rather attended the party to eat and drink.
On 7th December, 2021, Pastor Bugingo and Suzan Makula held a lavish introduction ceremony (Kwanjula) where the latter introduced the former to her parents in Kawuku, Katabi town council.
The Kwanjula function, attended by family, close friends and a few celebrities, continued to cement couple’s intentions to get married.
The Kwanjula came nine days after the Kukyala ceremony that was held at Makula’s parents’ home in Kyebando on Saturday 27th November, 2021.
Photos and videos of Bugingo and Makula dressed in traditional wear as Bebe Cool performed rocked social media before the couple was slapped with charges.
Aloysious Bugingo and Suzan Makula’s Kwanjula attracted lots of criticism from the general public due to the fact that Bugingo is still legally married to Teddy Naluswa who is also the mother of his children.
City lawyers Male Mabirizi and Robert Rutaro Muhairwe challenged Bugingo’s decision to marry another woman before being legally divorced.
They dragged Bugingo and his new catch to court for engaging in an illegal marriage process before the former was summoned to appear at Kawempe Police Station to answer the slapped charges of contracting a new marriage.
They were charged with three counts contrary to the Marriage Act on Wednesday 22nd December, 2021.
According to the Marriage Act, Section 42 states that “any person who, being unmarried, goes through the ceremony of marriage with a person whom he or she knows to be married to another person, commits an offense and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.”
According to Bukedde, Pastor Aloysious Bugingo responded to the charges saying that he only attended an ordinary party to eat and drink like any other guest contrary to what was reported that he was introduced by Makula.
His statements are reportedly contained in his response to the case where he was sued for entering into a second marriage before dissolving his first marriage to his wife Teddy Naluswa Bugingo.
Bugingo and Makula are expected to appear before court on 21st January, 2022 to answer the charges.

NO FIREWORKS TO WELCOME NEW YEAR- POLICE
Those intending to display fireworks to usher in the New Year, 2022, should consider another form of celebration.
This comes after the Police warned that due to the threat of terrorism and the spread of Omicron, no fireworks should be displayed.
A letter by Edward Ochom, the Police’s Director of Operations, said they had received various requests to display fireworks but unfortunately no such event would take place.
“This serves to inform you that despite the tradition of having fireworks, due to COVID-19 guidelines, restrictions, and directives in of the present infections on the Omicron variant and the threat of terrorism, there will be no fireworks display,” Ochom said.
“We regret the inconvenience and deprivation the revelers may have to bear and thank you for the great cooperation we have had regarding the matter,” Ochom added.
This is the second year without the display of fireworks to welcome the new year in Uganda.

The UNAIDS has mourned the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu who fought against apartheid in South Africa and combated racism and injustice worldwide.
“He was a powerful voice in the fight against AIDS, combating denial, demanding access to treatment for all, calling out against discrimination of people living with HIV, and championing the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, women, and children. His work on HIV and tuberculosis prevention and treatment changed global paradigms and saved many lives.”
“A giant has fallen. Archbishop Tutu was a freedom fighter, a holy man, a great hero who played a history-shaping role in the liberation of Africa,” said Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS.
“He was a leading light who brought global attention to injustice in a way few others could and a champion for the rights of all people living with and affected by AIDS. Millions are alive and free today because of the path he charted and the hope he brought to this world.”
Archbishop Tutu was outspoken in calling for an end to AIDS denialism in South Africa. He fought for access to lifesaving medicines. “People, not profits, must be at the centre of patent law for medicines,” he said while calling on pharmaceutical companies to make AIDS medicines accessible. He was also a champion of rights of gay people. He likened laws that criminalize forms of human love as apartheid laws—”so obviously wrong”.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was an advocate for preventing HIV infection in adolescents and young people. He co-chaired the UNAIDS commission on HIV prevention in 2011 that led to setting bold global targets for HIV prevention. He extolled on young people to take on the leadership on AIDS.
“Bold and honest actions are needed, and we look to the next generation of leaders to bring about positive change in attitudes and actions,” said Archbishop Tutu while speaking with young leaders in Robben Island on HIV prevention.
“UNAIDS has lost a friend, guide and mentor,” said Ms Byanyima. “Our thoughts are with his family, the people of South Africa, and many around the world whose lives he touched and changed for the better.”

WHO DECLARE 2022 AS THE YEAR WE END THE PANDEMIC
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world after the emergence of the Omicron variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has stated that the world must take strict measures to end the pandemic.
Speaking during a press briefing on Monday, Tedros urged the world to pull together and make the difficult decisions needed to end the Covid-19 pandemic within the next year.
“2022 must be the year we end the pandemic,” he said.
He said it was better to cancel events “now and celebrate later than to celebrate now and grieve later.”
Meanwhile, Uganda is set to fully open its economy in January.

Detectives from the criminal investigations directorate (CID) are hunting for a fraudster who managed to con millions out of police officers in a non-existent training in Switzerland.
The fraudster allegedly targeted police officers attached to the directorate of police medical services claiming that they had been selected for a trip to represent Uganda police in Geneva for a healthcare leadership training course organized by the Swiss police in January 2022.
Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that the fraudster disguised as the director of medical services, using a landline similar to that of police, contacted several district police commanders (DPCs), asking to speak with their police medical personnel at different police stations.
The unsuspecting DPCs, without any basic verification to confirm the authenticity of the order requiring them to submit their personnel to leave the country, summoned their personnel to speak to the fraudster. The officers were informed that they had been selected for the trip and their passport details were needed.
“Our officers have fallen victims, somebody used a landline that is similar to those that we use, and then posed as a director, and once he could establish that the officer he is talking to don’t have a passport, he would put up a request of about Shs 600,000 to process a passport on behalf of him or her,” Enanga said.
With many officers understandably without passports, the fraudster made a kill when the officers unhesitatingly paid the money to the fraudster for the chance to attend the non-existent training. Enanga declined to reveal the number of police officers who were defrauded in the simple con scheme, saying the fraudster is still being hunted to face the law.
Last year, one Jackson Owere was remanded to prison on charges of obtaining money by false pretence from unsuspecting police officers whom he was promising promotions and transfers to areas of their choice. He was posing as a senior police officer from the office of Inspector General of Police.
Since last week, police have so far arrested over 35 suspects across the country who have been participating in different frauds.

TWO POLICEMEN DETAINED AFTER SUSPECTS ESCAPE FROM POLICE CUSTODY
At least two policemen are being detained at Jinja Central Police Station (CPS) in Jinja District, after suspects escaped from custody on Sunday morning.
Although the exact number of escapees is unknown, some eyewitness accounts suggest “they could be as many as 17”, a number that has not been independently verified by this publication.
The suspects are said to have fled through the front door of the police station on Main Street and through the back (Gabula Road), where Police fire trucks are parked.
The suspects were reportedly arrested from various places around Jinja City on Saturday night for various felonies including including home invasions, being a menace and physically assaulting their victims, especially women.
Stephen Maganda, a Boda Boda rider, who operates around the police station, said the incident happened at around 8:30am.
“First, I saw a suspect cleaning around the station, then after a few minutes, two came out running. The second suspect took a huge stumble on the steps of the station, before getting up and running after his colleague who had long gone,” Maganda said, adding that immediately after, the entrance to the station was slammed shut.
He added: “Later, I heard from a woman who said she witnessed two other suspects fleeing through Gabula Road.”
Another boda boda, also operating on a Stage across the Police Station, but declined to be named for fear of being sought by Police for more information, said from his vantage point, he saw two suspects fleeing through the front door of the Station at around 8am.
When this reporter visited the Police Station, one of the policemen who had been taken into custody, only identified as Okello, was being marched out the cell barefoot to make a phone call.
Efforts to get a comment from the area Police hierarchy, including the Force’s Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, yielded no response.
“Get in touch with the regional Publicist (James Mubi),” Mr Enanga said in a brief message. However, all calls to Mr Mubi and the Regional Police Commander (RPC), Dauda Hiriga, went unanswered.
This reporter then randomly sought a uniformed officer who said suspects had escaped although their exact number is only known to his seniors.
According to him, the suspects escaped as the cell guard was closing the compartment after letting in one of the suspects.
“The cell guard is among those in custody although his hand is bruised due to the force that was inflicted on him as the suspects fled,” the policeman said.

A Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) soldier survived lynching by an angry mob in Butanda sub county, Kabale district on accusations of trespassing into Ugandan soil while armed.
The soldier only identified as Private number 112574 Ndagijimana, attached to Alpha Taskforce of 17th Battalion ,501 brigade in Nyamicucu barracks Burera district, Northern province was intercepted by locals while on Ugandan soil of Kekubo in Butanda sub county at around 06:30 PM on Saturday evening.
Angry locals accused the soldier of crossing to Uganda with an intention of kidnapping Ugandans to take them to Rwanda for detention. Godfrey Nyakahuma, Kabale Resident District Commissioner confirms that Ndagijimana was saved by Mathias Arinetitwe alias Matiya, Butanda sub county Gomborora Internal Security Officer while already injured on the upper eye.
Nyakahuma says that Arineitwe first shot bullets in the air to disperse angry locals who seriously wanted to kill the soldier who was donning full Rwandan army combat gear.
Nyakahuma says that the soldier was also found armed with an AK 47 gun and 27 rounds of ammunition. Nyakahume also says that Ndajijimana is currently being detained at Kabale Central Police Station for questioning why he had crossed into Uganda moreover armed.

Nyakahuma hailed the locals for the improved vigilance against illegal entrants from Rwanda, following sensitization that was held in October this year by Kabale district security authorities.
The incident comes at a time when Private Ronald Arinda, a Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldier attached to the Special Forces Command (SFC) is still being held in Rwanda.
Arinda ,23, a resident of Kakyerere in Ryakarmira town council Kabale district was on November 27, arrested from a cattle market in Burera district in Northern Province, a few meters away from the Uganda-Rwanda border.
Arinda who was on his official leave was tricked to cross to Rwanda by Rwandan security informers disguising as locals who live along borderline claiming that they had some cattle they wanted to sell him.
Rwandan security operatives have for many times been accused of crossing to Uganda and kidnaping Ugandans at gunpoint before whisking them to Rwanda for detention. Only this month, two Rwandan security operatives crossed about 100metres from the border to Buhoro village in Rwene parish, Buhara sub county, Kabale district, and arrested a 21, year-old Anthony Twijukye.
In May 2020, armed Rwandan security personnel crossed to Kitojo village, Katuna Town Council, and arrested Obed Nicholas Tugumisirize alias Kacucu.
The Uganda-Rwanda borders were closed by Rwandan President, Paul Kagame in February 2019. Kagame issued a travel advisory to his nationals against traveling to Uganda, saying their safety is not guaranteed.
He accused Ugandan authorities of abducting its citizens and locking them up in non-designated areas. Kagame also accused Uganda of hosting and facilitating dissidents especially from Rwanda National Congress-RNC and the Democratic Forces for the liberation of Rwanda FDLR, which have declared war on the Kigali government.

KAYUNGA BY-ELECTION: 4 MPS, 10 OTHERS ARRESTED
Police in Kayunga district have arrested a total of 51 people including 4 MPs on allegations of campaigning beyond the deadline, disobedience of orders, and violating the curfew provisions.
On Thursday, the people of Kayunga were voting their LCV Chairperson in the by-election where the stiff contest was between National Unity Platform – NUP’s and National Resistance Movement NRM’s candidates Harriet Nakweede and Andrew Muwonge respectively.
The arrested MPs include; Aloysius Mukasa, MP Rubaga South; Lukyamuzi David Kalwanga, MP Busujju-Mityana; and Tebandeke Charles, MP Baale.
“In addition, Hon Serumaga David, MP Sabagabo-Makindye was also arrested on allegations of voter bribery,” said Hellen Butoto, police spokesperson in Sezibwa Region.
She, however, said that the general security situation in the district has been calm.
“Although no specific threats were directed towards the electoral process, we picked credible intelligence about groups that were being mobilized to cause violence and disrupt the voting process. So far 61 suspects have been arrested for various electoral offenses. The majority of whom were mobilized and ferried to Kayunga, from Makindye, Kawempe, Rubaga, Nabweeru and Wakiso. They are being processed for further court action.”
“We want to remind all residents in Kayunga, that their safety is guaranteed. Our tactical response teams are effectively deployed to deter and counter any acts of criminality and lawlessness in the district.”

US AMBASSADOR BACKS US SANCTIONS ON CMI BOSS
The US says such sanctions are targeting individuals in dictatorial governments and security forces who are directly responsible for violating human rights and even those who have plundered their country’s resources or those involved in corruption acts.
According to the US ambassador to Uganda HE Natalie Brown, sanctioning individuals is one of the tools used by the US to issue a warning to people and institutions that undermine the democratic process in Uganda therefore more sanctions are on the way as a way of advancing and protecting human rights and respect for rule of law.
Speaking about the sanctions US government slapped against CMI Boss Maj Gen Kandiho, ambassador Natalie pointed out factors they consider while issuing sanctions including; corruption, human rights abuses, Gender based violence, undemocratic processes among others.
Natalie’s position comes just a day after Kandiho dispatched a team of security officials in the CMI strategically disguised as Makerere students to stage a protest at the US embassy. Moments before this move, Kandiho had told media that he is ‘unmoved and unbothered’ by the US sanctions since his is not a ‘politician’ but a serving military officer.
Kandiho is being pinned over his indulgence in the electoral violence that featured during and after the 2021 polls. He is said to be the mastermind of state engineered abductions targeting youths who pay allegiance to the opposition National Unity Platform party president Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert a pop star turned politician opposing the 3 decade dictatorship of Gen. Yoweri Museveni, a guerrilla leader that assumed power in 1986.