AU launches platform to track threats against African journalists

Threats to African journalists are nothing new, but the African Union is launching a website to track and monitor threats against them, in a bid to improve protections for media workers and support the right to freedom of the expression.

Six African journalists were killed in 2020, according to the International Federation of Journalists. Countless more were threatened, arrested, harassed, and censored, according to several media freedom and human rights groups.

That, the African Union is now saying, has to stop. And to do that, they're making use of journalists' most powerful tool: facts.

A new AU website, www.safetyofjournalistsinafrica.africa, launched Friday, and will now track threats to African journalists.

"We stand on the shoulders of these giants, these heroes of the of the media in Africa in whose name we today launched this platform that is designed to help end the harassment, detention, and even murder of journalists, just for doing their work," siad Jovial Rantao, chairman of the African Editors Forum, invoking the memories of fallen colleagues. "In some of our beloved continent, freedom of the media, freedom of expression, access to information, is a matter of life or death."

Rantao and his colleagues readily admit that journalists are often the irritating characters who lurk in the halls of power to shout tough questions at important people.

They are also figures like Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, who was recently granted bail after three weeks in prison. He was charged with "communicating falsehoods," after he tweeted that police had beaten an infant to death while enforcing COVID-19 lockdown regulations.

As South African President Cyril Ramaphosa argues, you don't have to like journalists or their work to support this initiative.

"It requires that we rigorously defend the right of journalists to do their work, to write, to publish, and to also broadcast what they like, even if we disagree with some or all of it," Ramaphosa said. "Africa is on the march to entrench a culture of human rights, of democracy, gender equality, inclusion, peace, prosperity, security for all our citizens, and unfettered media freedom and independence.  The digital platform for the safety of journalists in Africa is an important tool in promoting the safety of journalists and other media workers across Africa."

But, media freedom advocates were quick to point out, that doesn't mean journalists are without responsibilities. At the virtual launch of the website, media freedom advocates spoke of Felicien Kabuga, founder of Rwanda's infamous Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines. That's the broadcaster whose reporters actively encouraged Rwandans to participate in the 1994 genocide that killed more than 800,000 people.

Kabuga's use of the platform to spew hatred and incite violence has led him to prison, in the Hague. The head of the AU African Governance Architecture Secretariat, Salah Hammad, says the AU draws a direct line between honest journalism and robust, peaceful societies.

"So when we are talking about the rights of people, the rights of human and people's rights in Africa, we cannot really exclude media freedom as well as a right to expression and right to freedom of expression as well as a right to information," he said. "And the African Union, in its constitutive act, clearly indicated that the African Union, in totality, is very supportive of course of the promotion and protection of these rights."

The platform will help keep a focus on continuing violations, like the January 19 shooting death of an Ethiopian broadcaster in the conflict-wracked Tigray region. The independent Ethiopian Human Rights Council says that the journalist, Dawit Kebede Araya, and a friend were killed execution-style by security forces.

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'Taata ne maama ono ye mukyala gwe nonze mu bangi'

BYA MOSES LEMISA

MUTABANI w'omusumba Jackson ssenyonga alonze muwala w'omusumba Godfrey Luwagga n'amwanjulira bazadde be nti gw'agenda okuwasa.

Ssennyonga ng'ayaniriza muwala we.

Omusumba Jackson Ssenyonga ne mukyala we Eva Ssenyonga  aba Christian Life Church e Makerere Kavule baabuganye essanyu  mutabaani  Joshua Ssenyonga 25 bwe yabanjulidde Joan Luwagga 23  muwala w'omusumba Godfrey Luwagga ne Sylvia Luwagga n'abategeezza nti ono gw'alonze mu bangi ng'era essaawa yonna ajja kugenda mu bazadde be amwanjuleyo oluvannyuma amunaanike empeta.

Joshua ng'anaanika Joan empeta.

Joshua okwanjulira bazadde be omukyala yabadde ku mukolo gw'okujaguzza okuweza omwaka gumu ng'ali mu kisaawe ky'okubuulira enjiri. Omukolo gwetabiddwako Emmanuel Sserunjogi meeya w'e Kawempe era eyakalondebwa. Joshua ne Joan bombi babadde mu America gye baalabaganira.

Omusumba Ssennyonga ne mukyala we Eva baagamye nti mutabani  waabwe ye yeerondedde omukyala gwawulira nti ayagala ne basaba abazadde okukomya okulondera abaana  abaagalwa.

 

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By Hussein KigandaThe pain that Rwamiti Miles seems to feel after a two times failure in politics can only be explained by Dr. Kizza Besigye. A rehabilitation center should have been made by Kifefe for all these traumatized losers in the just concluded elections. Well, Rwamiti Miles seems to be traumatized by the loss he got […]
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Yeewuunya engeri omuyaga gye gwatutte ebijanjaalo eby'okulya ne kasasiro mu kulonda

OKULONDA okwakaggwa kwabaddemu omuyaga ogwakunse okukkakkana nga kasasiro agendeddemu n'ebijanjaalo eby'okulya ebyabadde byanikiddwa mu luggya.

Abamu wadde baagezezzaako okussaayo ebiti bizizike ebijanjaalo ebyabadde bikunsibwa, kyokka abangi obwedda babitegulula nga bwe bagamba nti omuyaga teguzibirwa kkubo. Gye byaggweeredde ng'abamu bajaganya kyokka ng'amaka mangi gakyebuuza gye bagenda okuggya enva. Bano batuuse okulya amaluma.

Abalonzi b'e Lubaga nga babala obululu.

Ekirungi amaluma tewali waakuganenyeza kuba abangi baakyamuse ne balemebwa okutaasa ebijanjaalo eby'omugaso. Ekimu ku kyewuunyisa be bantu obwedda b'owulira nga bagamba nti, "Kayizzi asamba bulungi era ateeba, kyokka olw'okuba asambisa kkono, tumuggyeyo tuteekeyo Byekwaso ne bwanaakuba ddimuula." Bwe nawulidde aboogera batyo nakutte ku mutwe wakati mu kunyeenya omutwe ng'embuzi etenda enkuba nga nneebuuza eyatuloga ne tutuuka ku ssa ly'okwerabira okuleka ekirungi n'ogenda n'ekibi ky'olaba.

Ebyobufuzi by'okukyamuukirira nga tulonda bifundikira bifiirizza ffe abalonzi. Ate onaanenya ani nga kkansala alemeddwa okwanja ensonga mu lukiiko mu Lungereza ng'okimanyi bulungi nti bateesa mu Lungereza ate ye waamujiji.

Kituufu omuzannyi w'omupiira yenna asobola okukoowa ne muteekamu omulala akyalina amaanyi. Kyokka bw'oggyamu omuzannyi n'oyagala okumusikisa omuwagizi atali ‘ffiiti' obeera weetunze wekka. Wadde nga tulina ebibiina byobufuzi bye tukkiririzaamu, kyokka tulina okusigala nga tukimanyi nti ffenna tuli Bannayuganda.

Ekikulu kye tusinga okwetaaga bwe buweereza kuba oluguudo n'eddwaaliro ababikozesa tebamala kubuuza kaadi ya byabufuzi. Mu kulonda okusigaddeyo twetaaga okwongera okwekubamu ttooci nga twekenneenya abantu be tulonda tukakase nga basaanidde. Bwe tutaakole tutyo ensi ejja kugwira ddala eddalu ekankada nga tewali asobola kuyamba.

Abakulembeze bwe bwandibadde obuddukiro y'okututuusiza ebizibu byaffe mu bakulu. Kyokka bwe tuba tusindika ‘bikonwa' tubeera tugalinnye gye gava. Mu 2016, waliwo abantu abaawuniikirira nga beebuuza kye baaliko, oluvannyuma lwa kkansala omu gwe baali baalonda ng'azze okubeebaza.

Obuzibu we bwava mu kiseera ekyo era waaliwo omuyaga ogwakunta ne gulemesa abantu okwekenneenya abantu abasaanidde. Gye byaggweera ng'abalonzi bejjusa era mu kulonda okwakaggwa baakusudde bbali. Kituufu omuyaga gusobola okujja n'ebirungi, kyokka obuzibu bwe guba gugenda byonna bigenderamu ne bye gutaaleeta.

Teebereza abalonzi abamu beesitudde ne bagenda ew'abantu be bataalonda ne beetonda nga bwe bagamba nti; ‘honalebo tusonyiwe tetwagenderera kukusuula'. Embeera y'okulonda abantu mu butanwa y'eviirako abakulembeze okweyisa mu ngeri etajja. Nga tetunnenya abamu ku bakulembeze be tulina , twebuuze bo twabaggya wa era baali bakola ki?

Nazzikuno abakulembeze tebaagwa nga bugwi, wabula baalinga bantu abamaze okwetegerezebwa okuviira ddala ne gye baakulira. Omukulembeze bazaala muzaale era abakulembeze ab'enkizo bw'obeekenneenya olabira ddala nga ‘kasugga kagoba kisambu'. Bannaffe abakulembeze ab'obutanwa, nammwe mukyasobola okwekolamu omulimu ne mwedaabulula buggya.

N'abagamba baalugera nti kikonyogo bakikasuka kulaalira ne kiramira mu kyokero. Bangi tubazadde mu nsobi, kyokka tekitegeeza nti era mulina kuwangaalira mu nsobi. Ekikulu kya kwezuula n'omanya nti obunafu bwo n'amaanyi go wegali n'osobola okwezza obuggya.

Kakuyege yatandise dda mu bakansala ba KCCA

Aludde ng'ali ku ludda oluvuganya gavumenti era y'omu ku baasooka okuyingira ekisinde kya People Power nga tekinnaba kutondawo kibiina kya National Unity Platform (NUP). Alina enkolagana ya maanyi n'abanene mu kibiina kya NUP era kigambibwa nti Mmeeya w'e Makindye Ali Kasirye Nganda Mulyannyama y'omu ku bamutunda mu bakulu mu kibiina.

Kataabu.

Okusoomoozebwa kw'alina kwe kw'okubeera nga y'omu ku bakkansala abaawagira eky'okuggyamu Lukwago obwesige mu kisanja ekyasooka ekya 2011 - 2016. Lukwago baamuggyamu obwesige mu November 2013 era kigambibwa nti abalonzi e Makindye beesigama nnyo ku nsonga eyo obutawa Zahara Luyirika bululu mu 2016 era yakomyewo mu kulonda okwabaddewo nga January 20, 2021 oluvannyuma lw'okweyubula n'adda mu NUP.

Abamu bagamba nti Lukwago naye ayinza okukisangamu obuzibu okuwagira Luyirika okubeera Sipiika olw'ebyaliwo nga bamugoba mu ofiisi. JAMES MUBIRU Ono abadde atambulira nnyo ku Kyagulanyi mu kunoonya obululu era y'omu ku be baakwatira mu Buvanjuba bwa Uganda ne baggalirwa era baamuyimbudde ku lunaku akalulu ka bakansala lwe kaakubiddwa.

Wabula abamu bamutunuulira ng'alina "omuliro" omungi ate ng'ekifo kya Sipiika kyetaaga obukkakkamu, okuwuliriza n'okusalawo nga weesigama ku mateeka n'engeri ensonga gye ziba zirambikiddwa. Kyokka abamuwagira bagamba nti asobola kubanga yasoma ebyamateeka era afaayo ku nsonga eziruma abantu.

HAKIM KIZZA SAWULA Ono y'omu ku bavubuka abaayiseemu mu kalulu mu ngeri eyabadde tesuubirwa. Ebiseera bye ebisinga abimazeeko ng'aweereza mu ofiisi ez'enjawulo e Mmengo. Ye National Chairman wa Nkobazambogo. Agatta abavubuka bangi mu kibiina kya Nkobazambogo.

JEREMIAH KEEYA MWANJE Ono munnamateeka era y'abadde omuwandiisi w'akakiiko ka NUP ak'eby'okulonda aka Elections Management Committee. Atunuulirwa ng'omuwulize eri ekibiina kya NUP kyokka tabadde mu byabufuzi bya gavumenti ez'ebitundu.

MOSES KATAABU Alina obumanyirivu bunene mu byobufuzi era y'omu ku bakkansala abatono ababadde mu lukiiko lwa KCCA ekisanja ekiwedde abaasobodde okuwangula ekisanja kino. Lukwago yamulabamu obusobozi n'amulonda ku kifo ky'akulira ebyensimbi mu KCCA, ekifo kyaliko kati.

Abadde wa DP era aludde mu kibiina kya UYD kyokka bwe yeegatta ku People Power oluvannyuma eyavaamu NUP n'afuuka muwulize era omujjumbize eri ekibiina kino ekipya. Wabula okufuuka Sipiika, ekifo ekyamuweebwa Lukwago kibeera kimufa kubanga ekifo kya Sipiika kyemala era akifunye ate tabeera ku lukiiko olufuzi olw'abantu abana Lukwago b'alonda okuli n'omumyuka wa Loodi Meeya.

Okulonda Sipiika kusuubirwa okubeerawo mu May 2021 nga bamaze okulayira era Lukwago asuubira okulangirira abantu abana b'anaaba alonze era ku bifo ebyo aba FDC abasatu abaayiseemu kwe basuubirwa okufuna era ebifo ebimu Lukwago asuubirwa okubiwa aba NUP kubanga be basinga obungi mu lukiiko lwe.

Ensonda zaategeezezza nti wadde enkambi ya Lukwago yandiyagadde nnyo okussaawo Doreen Nyanjura owa FDC addemu avuganye ku kya Sipiika wa KCCA, wabula balina okutya nti ayinza obutayitamu era nti ekiyinza okukolebwa kwe kumuleka mu kifo ky'alimu kati eky'omumyuka wa Loodi Meeya olwo kkanso n'esigala kumukakasa bukakasa n'abantu abalala abasatu abanaaba balondeddwa Lukwago.

Kigambibwa nti ku ba FDC abaayiseemu, Lukwago ayinza okulondako babiri b'anaawa ebifo ebibiri ate ebifo ebirala ebibiri abiwe aba NUP mu kuzimba enkolagana enaamusobozesa okutambula obulungi ne kkanso ejjudde aba NUP.

Lukwago yategese akabaga wiiki eno n'asisinkana bakansala abaalondeddwa era buli ludda ne luwa obweyamo okukolera awamu kubanga bonna bali ku ludda oluvuganya gavumenti. Kigambibwa nti wajja kubaawo okwogeraganya wakati wa Lukwago n'obukulembeze bwa NUP okusobola okutambulira awamu mu kulonda abanaatwala ebifo bino.

KKANSO BW'EFAANANA Aba NUP be basinga obungi mu lukiiko lwa KCCA nga bawera 41 kw'abo 44 abaamaze okulondebwa. FDC erina bakansala 3 bokka, DP ne NRM tebaafunyeeyo bakkansala balondebwa butereevu. Waliwo ebifo 6 ebya bakkansala abatalondebwa butereevu omuli eby'abaliko obulemu, abavubuka n'ebirala ebitannalondebwa era NRM esuubirwa okuyisaamu abantu ku bifo ebyo. Sipiika alondebwa bakkansala ababa bamaze okulayizibwa era asinzizza obululu obungi y'alangirirwa.

ABABADDEKO BAKANSALA BAWABUDDE Daudi Lwanga: Ono abadde kkansala wa NRM owa Kampala Central kyokka teyazzeemu kuvuganya. Yagambye nti tasuubira kkansala yenna kuddamu kulwanyisa Lukwago kubanga teri afuna mu ntalo ezo.

Kyokka yagasseeko nti okulwanira ebifo nakyo tekiyamba kubanga kitemaatema mu bantu era ekisinga obukulu kutuula ku mmeeza ne bakkaanya ku muntu agwanira ekifo ekyo, ate abatafunye ne bakkiriza okusimba emabega w'abo ababa bakkaanyiziddwaako.

Ismail Ddamba Kisuze; Ono naye abadde kkansala ku KCCA kyokka baamuwangudde. Ono yawabudde aba NUP abayingidde City Hall okwewala okweyagaliza wabula amaanyi bagateeke ku kuweereza abantu ate bafube n'okutambulira mu mateeka n'okwewala okukozesebwa bannakigwanyizi abaagala okukutulira ddiiru zaabwe mu City Hall.

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Mourners overpower police to storm burial of Bamasaba cultural leader

Hundreds of mourners descended on Busayi village in Bududa district to attend the burial of Umukuka II, Bob Saul Kipiro Mushikori, the former head of Inzu Ya Masaba.

Mushikor, who succumbed to COVID-19 early this month, was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Busayi village in Bududa district Saturday afternoon.     

Earlier on, officials of Inzu Ya Masaba had indicated that only 200 people with invites would attend the burial in respect to the Health ministry directive to contain the spread of COVID-19. Police deployed to enforce the standard operating procedures and blocked the non-invited mourners from accessing the burial grounds.    

Among those blocked from accessing the burial grounds was a delegation of clan leaders from Busoga chiefdom. However, the huge number of mourners later overwhelmed the officers deployed to man the entrance to the burial grounds and forced their way in.

Mary Nabutayi, a resident of Busai said there is no way she would travel all the way and then get blocked from accessing the burial grounds. Winnie Nandudu, another mourner said she couldn't stand being stopped from the burial of the late Mushikori with whom they share the same clan.

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UOC ngirese nnyweevu - Blick

PULEZIDENTI w'akakiiko akavunaanyizibwa ku mizannyo gya Olympics, aka Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC), William Blick mugumu nti anaamuddira mu bigere ajja kutwala bulungi akakiiko mu maaso.

Blick, abadde pulezidenti wa UOC okumala emyaka 10, ekisanja kye ekyokubiri kiggwaako omwezi ogujja. Ssemateeka w'akakiiko kano takkiriza muntu kwesimbawo kusukka bisanja bibiri.

"Tutendese abantu bangi abalina obusobozi okutwala UOC mu maaso," Blick bwe yagambye n'annyonnyola nti yeenyumiriza mu by'akoze mu kiseera kyamaze mu ofiisi.
"Twakomya entalo ezaali zifumbekedde mu mizannyo era kati ebibiina bikwatagana," Blick bwe yategeezezza.

'Nga mmemba w'akakiiko k'ensi yonna aka International Olympic Committee, hhenda kusigala mu kakiiko kuba ssemateeka wa UOC akikkiriza," bwe yagambye.
Ensonda ziraga nti Don Rukare, ssentebe w'akakiiko akaddukanya emizannyo mu ggwanga (NCS), y'alina enkizo okudda mu bigere bya Blick.

Blick yaliko pulezidenti w'ekibiina ekiddukanya Rugby mu 2013, n'omumyuka wa pulezidenti wa UOC nga tannalondebwa kukulira kakiiko kano.

Alina ebitone eby'enjawulo era azannye emizannyo omuli rugby, cricket, pikipiki z'empaka, omupiira, BMX, mmotoka z'empaka n'emisinde.

Awangudde ebikopo omuli eky'omuzannyi wa rugby eyasinga mu 1992, National Clubman Rally Champion (2006), Double National Motocross-winning coach (2016 ne 2017), ssaako engule ya ANOCA Award of Merit 2020.

Abakristaayo b'ekkanisa y'omu Ndeeba eyamenyebwa bataddewo ey'ebibaati

ABAKRISTAAYO mu kkanisa ya St. Peters mu Ndeeba eyamenyebwa basazeewo okuzimba ey'ekiseera nga ya mabaati. Kino bakikoze okusobozesa Abakristaayo b'omu kitundu kino okubaako n'ekifo we basabira.

Francis Nalukoola omukubiriza w'Abakristaayo mu Busaabadinkoni bw'e Mengo obutwala Ndeeba yagambye nti bakkiriziddwa Obulabirizi bw'e Namirembe basseewo ekifo eky'ekiseera okutuusa nga kkooti emaze okuwa ensala yaayo.

                    

Ebyokwerinda ku kkanisa eno bikyali bya maanyi ng'abaserikale abassibwawo okukuuma bakyaliwo.

Ekkanisa eyaliwo yamenyebwa mu August w'omwaka oguwedde nga kigambibwa nti Dodoviko Mwanje eyali Omukristaayo mu kkanisa eno ye yali emabega w'okugimenya.

Tebamatidde kibonerezo kyaweereddwa Uncle Money

ABENGANDA z'omugenzi Akim Siraje Tumusiime eyattibwa Jackson Ssewannyana ‘Uncle Money' tebamatidde na kibonerezo eky'emyaka ena egyamusibiddwa olw'okutta omuntu waabwe.

Ku Lwokuna kkooti ya Buganda Road yasingisizza Uncle Money eyali amyuka ssentebe wa Kasubi zzooni IV n'oweebyokwerinda Benson Ssennyonga omusango gw'okutta mu butanwa Tumusiime era bombi ne basibibwa emyaka ena naye ab'ehhanda z'omugenzi baagenze tebamatidde nga bagamba nti, kkooti ezannyidde mu musango gwabwe n'ekunakuna.

Abdallah Hakim Muleefu yagambye nti kkooti yasaze bulungi omusango kyokka bwe kyatuuuse ku kibonerezo ate n'ebattira ku liiso.

Yagambye nti engeri Uncle Money gye yattamu omuntu waabwe omuli okumusiba akandoya ne bamukuba emiggo ng'ate abamukuba bakulembeze ba kyalo, yabadde asaana ekibonerezo n'abalala kye banaalabirako ne batya okutwalira amateeka mu ngalo.

Yagambye nti okusinziira ku buvunaanyizibwa omugenzi bwe yalina, abaana be yaleka ne bye yali akola, Uncle Money ne munne baabadde basaana ekibonerezo kya kusibwa emyaka nga 30 oba mayisa naye okubasiba emyaka ena gyokka tebalina kye bagenda kuyiga.

Yagasseeko nti omugenzi baamuggya mu zzooni gye batavunaanyizibwako (Lubya zzooni) ne bamutwala mu yaabwe eya Kasubi zzooni IV gye baamukubira nga bwe baagala n'ekigendererwa eky'okumutta ekyamala ne kituukirira.

Oludda oluwaabi nalwo lwabadde lusabye Uncle Money ne munne basibwe emyaka 30 buli omu basobole okubeera ekyokulabirako naye omulamuzi Miriam Okello yagambye nti emyaka ena gibamala kubanga gwe mulundi gwabwe ogusoose okuzza omusango.Uncle Money w'asibiddwa nga wa myaka 56 ate Ssennyonga 28.

Omugenzi Tumusiime yali mutunzi wa masimu ku kizimbe kya Mutaasa Kafeero mu Kampala era okumukuba baali bamuteebereza okubeera omubbi w'essimu.
Omugenzi baamulesa abaana bataano ng'abakulu balongo ba myaka 13 ne bannamwandu basatu.

Gavt. esalawo ku Mmande ku by'okuggulawo amasomero

GAVUMENTI esalawo ku Mmande ekiddako ku kuggulawo amasomero n'ebyetaagisa okukola nga gazzeemu okuggulibwawo.

Minisita omubeezi ow'ebyenjigiriza ebyawaggulu, Dr. JC Muyingo yategeezezza Bukedde nti nga minisitule y'ebyenjigiriza baatudde ku Lwokuna mu lukiiko olwa baminisita n'abakugu ne bayisa ebiteeso.

"Bye twasazeewo tubitadde mu kiwandiiko tugenda kubyanjula mu kabineeti ku Mmande olwo ky'enaasalawo bajja kukitegeeza eggwanga." Muyingo bwe yannyonnyodde.

Wabula minisita w'ebyamawulire Judith Nabakooba yategeezezza New Vision ku Lwokutaano nti okuggulawo amasomero eri abayizi abatali mu bibiina ebyakamalirizo, bagenda kusooka kwongera kwetegereza kirwadde kya Corona ku ngeri gye kisaasaanamu n'amakubo amalala ag'okukitangira n'okukirwanyisa balyoke basalewo ekiddako.

Wabula Ismail Mulindwa akulira akakiiko akalondoola amasomero yategeezezza Bukedde nti ensonga ezo zikolebwako ofiisi ya Katikkiro wa Uganda, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda kyokka Julius Mucunguzi omwogezi wa ofiisi eyo yategeezezza nti ensonga yabadde tannaba kugimanyaako n'asuubiza okutuddira.

Gavumenti yaggalawo amasomero gonna nga March 18, 2020 kyokka mu October
omwaka oguwedde yakkirizza abayizi mu bibiina ebyakamalirizo; P7, S4 ne S6 okuddayo era bagenda kutuula ebigezo byabwe ebyakamalirizo.

UNEB yateekawo ennaku z'omwezi okuli; March 1, 2021 abayizi ba S4 kwe batandikira okukola ebigezo byabwe, aba P7 bagenda kutuula ebigezo byabwe nga 30 ne 31 March ate S6 batandika ebigezo byabwe nga April 9, 2021.

Bano nga bategeka okutuula ebigezo, akakiiko ak'ebyenjigiriza ebyawaggulu wiiki eno kaafulumizza ekiwandiiko nga kalagira amatendekero agawaggulu okugenda mu maaso nga basomesa abayizi okuyita ku mikutu gya yintanenti okumala emyezi esatu nga tebannaba kuddayo.

Omukululo gwa Kabushenga mu Vision Group

ROBERT KABUSHENGA awummudde emirimu gya kkampuni ya Vision Group gy'akulembedde emyaka 14.

Okuwummula kwe, yasoose kukutegeeza mu bubaka eri abakozi eggulo: Nsazeewo okuwummula olw'ensonga zange ez'obuntu. Olukiiko olufuzi lunzikirizza okuwummula kyokka lunsabye nsigale nga nkola emyezi esatu okuteekateeka okukyusa obukulembeze bwa kkampuni.

OBUBAKA MU BUJJUVU ;

Guys, Good morning. This is to let you know that for personal reasons I have asked the Board for an early retirement and this has been accepted. However, the Board has asked me to manage the transition for the next 90 days which I have agreed to do. I am proud of the success we achieved and the impact we have had in society. This was possible because we worked together as a team. No single person could have done it on their own, certainly not me. I have always said to you that everyone in their lives should have
the privilege of working with people like you. I had a great time doing just that and for me, it was an absolute honor and pleasure to have done so.

Thank you and kind regards

Eno y'entikko y'obuweereza bwe obwatandika mu 2006 ng'adda mu bigere bya William
Pike.

Yategeezezza nti agenda kudda ku ffaamu ye eya Rugyeyo mu Wakiso alime n'okulunda. Musanyufu kubanga ekitongole akirese mu maanyi nga kiri ku ntikko y'ebyamawulire mu Uganda.

Empapula zaffe okuli Bukedde y'asinga okutunda mu Uganda, New Vision aleebya empapula z'Olungereza ate ttivvi zaffe okuli Bukedde Ttivvi y'eri ku ntikko.

Yeebazizza bakozi banne okukolera awamu naye n'abakulembera nga bamuwuliriramu
ekimuwadde omukisa okukola ebintu eby'amaanyi.





Yeebazizza olukiiko olufuga Vision Group olwamuwa omukisa okukulembera kkampuni
eno. Okwo yagasseeko okwebaza abantu abawagidde Vision Group okuli abalanga nayo, abasoma amawulire n'abawuliriza leediyo ne ttivvi.

"Nzijukira emyaka 14 egiyise we nnaleetera ekiteeso okukola emikutu gya kkampuni eno emirala okuli leediyo ne ttivvi bangi ne balowooza nti tekisoboka. Essaawa eno emikutu egyo gya maanyi era giwadde bangi emirimu n'okutwala ekitongole
mu maaso." Kabushenga bwe yayogedde ng'ali n'akulira olukiiko olufuga Vision Group
Patrick Ayota.

                       

Ayota yeebazizza Kabushenga olw'ebintu ebikulu ebingi by'akoledde kkampuni eno
mu myaka emitono gy'amaze ng'agikulembera.




Tumwebaza olw'okukulembera ttiimu y'abakozi ey'amaanyi emutuusizza ku buwanguzi
bw'atuusizza ku kkampuni eno. Ekikulu ekiriwo kati kwe kukwata empola okunoonya omuntu omutuufu okumuddira mu bigere.

By'akoze byetaaga omuntu omukozi atajja kubizza mabega wabula okubitwala mu maaso kubanga ye omusingi omugumu aguleseewo. N'ekisinga byonna, aleseewo ttiimu y'abakozi erina obumanyirivu nga yenna agenda okumuddira mu bigere yeetaaga
kuba mukulembeze mulungi emirimu gigende mu maaso.



Ayota era nga y'amyuka akulira ekitongole kya National Social Security Fund (NSSF) ekitereka ssente z'abakozi yajjukizza abalina emigabo mu Vision Group nti ebintu bingi ebisalibwawo biteesebwako abantu bangi Kabushenga b'abadde akola nabo wadde
nga waliwo abalowooza nti ebiba tebizze nga bwe balowooza yekka y'aba asazeewo.

ENGERI GY"AKYUSIZZA NEW VISION

EBBANGA Kabushenga ly'amaze ng'akulira Vision Group ajja kujjukirwa ng'omusajja atalina "nsisi", omumalirivu atatya kutandika bintu bipya. Takkiriza bamulwanyisa kumuggya ku mulamwa, buli ky'atandika akiggusa.

Akulembedde ttiimu ya bakafulu abakolera mu bitongole bya Vision Group ebyenjawulo n'agaziya kkampuni okuva ku kukuba empapula z'amawulire n'etandika leediyo ne Ttivvi.

Kabushenga yatandika Bukedde Ttivvi era bukya ejja mu nsiike ye nnamba emu. Gattako Urban TV ne TV West.



Mu leediyo yatandika Bukedde Fa-ma Embuutikizi, Etop, Rupiny, Arua One n'okugula Radio West. Yakyusa ekifaananyi kya New Vision ne Bukedde ne twongera okutuuka ku muntu waabulijjo bwe yatandika emisomo gy'okuggya abantu mu bwavu okuli Yiiya Ssente wa Bukedde, omwoleso gw'ebyobulimi ogwa Harvest Money ogubeerawo buli mwaka e Namboole; Emyoleso omuli ogwa Bride &Groom, emyoleso gy'abaana e Lugogo n'enkuuka y'abalongo (Twins Festival) , ebivvulu omuli, Embuutu y'Embuutikizi, n'ebirala.

Ye yakulembera okukunga abantu okusonda ensimbi z'okwaniriza Paapa Francis bwe yakyala mu Uganda mu November 2015.

Ye ssentebe w'akakiiko akategeka emisinde gya Kabaka egya Kabaka Birthday Run. Ng'akozesa emikutu gya Vision Group asobodde okufuula emisinde gino egy'amaanyi.

Emikutu gya Vision Group egya yintaneeti agifudde egisinga okwesigika n'okugobererwa mu Uganda. Yagula ekyuma n'okugaziya ekyapa ekikuba amawulire n'ebiwandiiko ebirala.

Vision Group yagula ekizimbe ekyalimu Club Silk (kati kiyitibwa Pike House) era ebitongole bya kkampuni byonna tebipangisa. Mu kugaziya kkampuni abantu bangi bafunye emirimu.

Olugendo lwe lubaddemu amakuuli n'enkonge mu njuyi zonna. Okuvuganya okw'amaanyi mu bizinensi y'amawulire okulimu "okulwanira" ensimbi entono eziri mu katale. Uganda ng'ensi ekyakula erimu emirimu mitono. Bangi bagirwanira n'okusinga nga bakozesa ebyobufuzi. Bano babadde batega Kabushenga amakuuli nga baloopa mu banene n'okumuwandiikako ku mikutu gya Social Media.



KABUSHENGA YAANI

ROBERT Kabushenga abadde akulira Vision Group musajja muyivu. Alina diguli mu by'amateeka gye yasomera mu yunivasite e Makerere, ssaako dipulooma okuva mu bbanguliro lya bannamateeka erya Law Development Centre mu Kampala.

Yasomera ne mu ttendekero ly'ebyamateeka erya American Academy of International Law e Dallas Texas mu Amerika. Munnamateeka w'ekkooti enkulu era nga mmemba wa Uganda and East Africa Law Societies.

Kabushenga yakolako  mu kitongole kya Gavumenti ekivunaanyizibwa ku by'amawulire ekya Uganda Media Centre, yabeerako munnamateeka wa New vision era yakolako omulimu gwe gumu ne mu Monitor Publications Ltd.

Ng'oggyeeko ebyo, Kabushenga yamala ebbanga lya myaka mwenda ng'akola pulogulaamu naddala ez'ebyobufuzi ku leediyo, ssaako okuwandiika mu mpapula z'amawulire.

Mmemba wa Africa Leadership Initiative-East Africa era nga mmemba wa Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Ashburg Kato takes on Zuckerberg, leaves trolls in stitches

By Ahmad Muto Self-proclaimed blogger Ashburg Kato has turned himself into a laughing stock after he announced that he has quit Facebook indefinitely after his page got suspended by Facebook weeks ago. According to him, the social media platform was his only source of livelihood but lost it because of his political affiliation. He has […]
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Abawala abayigirize baamugaso mu nkulaakulana y'eggwanga - Katikkiro Mayiga

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Okwogera bino yabadde ku matikkira ag'omulundi ogwe 15 ag'ettendekero ly'Obwakabaka era Buganda Royal Institute e Kakeeka- Mmengo ku Lwokutaano January 29, 2021 n'agamba nti omukyala omuyigirize era omutendeke wa musago nnyo eri enkulakulana y'eggwanga.

"Mu buli mbeera yonna omukazi bwatendekebwa eggwanga likulu,bannyaffe abatuyonsa bwebaba nga batendeke nga bamanyi kyebakola kibeera kyangu,abasajja babeera bakazana mu kino na kiri nga bamaama bali n'abaana era ebbeere lya bamaama lyetuyonka bagamba lyerituwa kyetufuuka.

Awo nno maama omutendeke obulungi,omuyigirize wamugaso eri eggwanga era Ssebo mwebale kutendeka baana bawalaabngi bwebati," Mayiga bweyayogedde.

Ku misomo gy'emikono, Katikkiro Mayiga yategezezza nga bwegiri egy'omugaso mu kuzimba eggwanga naddala Uganda ng'erikyakula.

"Emisomo nga gino egiweebwa wano,oluusi tugiyita egy'emikono gy'egijja okubulula ensi zino ezikyali ento kubanga nze ndowooza twetaaga makanika okusinga yinginiya,twetaaga omulimisa eri mu byalo okusinga eyasoma eby'obulimi nabifinamu zi diguli. Mu nsi ezikyakula ebibutawanya bibeera ebyo ebitonotono naye tetumanyi kubikwata bulungi. Bwemutendekebwa mu masomo gano agawano,mujja kuba bamugaso mu kuzimba ensi yaffe," Katikkiro Mayiga bweyagaseeko.

Mayiga yasabye ettendekero lino okuteeka essira ku tekinologiya kubanga ekiseera kino aina obukugu mu ye,yagenda okulya ensi era n'akubirizza n'abayizi okuzesa amagezi gebafunye okukyusa obulamu bwaabwe n'ensi okutwalira awamu ate bewale endwadde okuli kkolona ne mukenenya.

Minisita w'ebyenjigiriza mu Buganda,Dr. Prosperous Nankindu Kavuma yebazizza ettendekero lino olw'okutwala emisomo mu maaso mu kiseera eggwanga weriberedde nga litawanyizibwa ekirwadde kya COVID-19(Ssenyiga kkolona).

Akulira lino Anthony Wamala yategezezza nga bwebatadde amaanyi mu kusomesa nga bakozesa omutimbagano era neyebaza abazadde n'ebitongole okusigala nga babasindikira abaana okubabangula n'abasaba okugenda mu maaso kubanga buli ekyetaagisa mu kusomesa bakirina.

Abayizi 711 bebatikiddwa ku mukolo ogwagoberedde ebiragiro by'okulwanyisa kkolona nga ku bao 444 baabadde baana bawala ate 267 balenzi.

Abayizi 541 bafunye dipuloma mu misomo egy'enjawulo ate 170 nebaweebwa satifikeeti. Omuyizi Nicholas Ssebulime yeyanywedde mu banne akeendo nga yasiimiddwa n'ekirabo wamu n'ensimbi 500,000/- ng'entandikwa.

Omukolo gwetabiddwako Abamyuka Ba Katikkiro okuli Polof. Twaha Kigongo Kaawaase,Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa ng'no era ye Muwanika wa Buganda,Miniista w'abavubuka Henry Ssekabembe n'abakungu abalala.

Statistical impossibilities: Museveni scored 100% at 348 polling stations

President Museveni scored 100 per cent at 348 polling stations in the Kiruhura, Kazo and Isingiro districts, according to an analysis of presidential election data released by the Electoral Commission data on Thursday. 
  
At these polling stations, he polled 138,063 votes. The president scored 100 per cent at 143 polling stations in Kiruhura — his home district, 113 polling stations in Kazo district which was carved out of Kiruhura two years ago. He also scored 100 per cent at 92 polling stations in Isingiro district.

Museveni scoring 100 per cent at a polling station in Kiruhura isn't unprecedented. But the magnitude this time is unmatched when compared to scores of the previous elections. For instance, in the 2016 election, Museveni scored 100 per cent at 141 polling stations, most of them were in Kiruhura, while others were in Nakaseke. 

Tens of these polling stations also registered 100 per cent voter turnout; 60 polling station stations in Kiruhura and 36 in Kazo registered 100 per cent voter turnout. 

Compared to previous statistics, Isingiro voter turnout is mind-boggling. In 2016, Museveni scored 100 per cent at just one polling station but he scored 100 per cent at 92 polling stations in January 14th election this year. Previously, just one polling station registered 100 per cent voter turnout, but 142 polling stations had 100 per cent voter turnout in this month's presidential election.

The 100 per cent voter turnout at so many polling stations is nearly miraculous as the voters register is updated a year before elections—for instance, the register used in the January 14th election was last updated in December 2019. It means 13 months later, no one in the area died, no one has migrated, none was sick nor did a single person forego voting for any conceivable reason. 

These aren't the only districts where Museveni scored 100 per cent. There are polling stations in Sembabule, Nakaseke, Ibanda and Ntungamo districts where the president polled 100 per cent. Bernard Sabiti, a public policy and data analyst tweeted that the January 14th election results data is full of statistical impossibilities. He argued that an "independent, data literate court can overturn an election" based on these statistical impossibilities. Interestingly, even where invalid votes were registered, Museveni still scored 100 per cent.

In Kiruhura explanation of these nearly impossible voting patterns depend on who you ask. In November last year when a URN reporter visited Kiruhura and Kazo districts, Apollo Karega, who was contesting for Nyabushozi constituency seat on Alliance for National Transformation ticket claimed that "dead people vote and together those who stay too far away to come be around on polling day are usually always the first to vote".   

Last week, Nyakato (name changed) a voter in Isingiro, told The Observer that people from elsewhere should not be quick to claim people in western Ugandan 'tribalistically' voted for Museveni. She said when she went at her polling station at Busingye pentecostal church at around 11 am, she was told she'd already voted yet she still had in her possession her voter location slip and National IDs, the two main documents that were being used for verification of voters on January 14.

"I thought I was the only one until when a boda boda rider also told me the same had happened to him at a nearby polling station. Later in the evening, we discovered that many people in the area had already been voted for," Nyakato said. 

But several NRM leaders in the districts of Kazo and Kiruhura dismissed "rigging" allegations as baseless. The Kazo NRM chairperson, Wilson Nkaija for instance argued that no over one has ever sued "people of Kiruhura for voting Museveni massively." He argued that elections in the district as always free and fair.

Wilson Kajwengye, the Nyabushozi MP elect said all election petitions challenging Museveni's win have been defeated.

"Nyabushozi people feel so proud that president Museveni who has performed above everybody's expectations comes from Nyabushozi, and they always go out and vote for him," Kajwengye said.

Other NRM supporters argued that election observers usually traverse Kiruhura on voting day, witnessing how people vote peacefully. They argue that no one has ever produced a report saying elections in Kiruhura are rigged.    

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Tugenda mu kkooti kuwakanya obuwanguzi bwa Museveni - Kyagulanyi

ROBERT Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) alangiridde nti ekibiina ky'akulembera ekya NUP bagenda mu kkooti okuwakanya obuwanguzi bwa Pulezidenti Museveni mu kalulu akawedde.

Kyagulanyi asinzidde mu makage e Magere olwaleero n'ategeeza nti bakimanyi bayinza obutafuna bwenkanya kyokka nakyo kabakikole bateeke kkooti ku minzaani.

Agambye nti obujulizi bwe bafunye okuva mu nsonda z'eggwanga ez'enjawulo bulala okugenda mu kkooti ne bagimatiza okusazaamu obuwanguzi n'eragira okulonda kuddemu oba okuddamu okubala akalulu.

Bannayuganda baakubye akalulu nga January 14, 2021 okulonda pulezidenti, sentebe w'akakiiko kebyokulonda Omulamuzi Simon Byabakama yalangiridde Yoweru Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni ng'omuwanguzi.

Museveni yafunye obululu 5,851, 037 buno bwakoze ebitundu 58.64 ku 100 olwo n'addirirwa Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) owa NUP eyafunye obululu 3,475,298 obukola ebitundu 34.83 ku 100.

Abalabirizi b'ekkanisa ya Uganda baagala eyali Ssaabalabirizi Stanley Natagali avunaanibwe

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Basinzidde mu lukungaana lwabwe olutudde eLweza ne bategeeza nti Ntagali yaganza omukyala omulala ekintu ekikontana n'enjigiriza y'ekkanisa.

Wabula bagambye nti Ntagali yasobya ng'omuntu ekyo kye yakola baleme kukiteeka ku kkanisa yonna yo yasigala nga terina bbala.

Basazeewo nti avunaanibwe ng'amateeka g'ekkanisa bwe galagira.

Amateeka g'ekkanisa ge bayita ‘Provincial Canons' aga 1997 gazzibwa buggya mu 2018 galambika mu nnyingi 3:29 okutuuka 3.29.7 nti Omulabirizi azzizza omusango avunaanibwa mu kakiiko kebayita Provincial Tribunal.

Ebisaliddwawo abalabirizi bifulumiziddwa Adam Sadiiki omwogezi w'ekkanisa n'akiggumiza nti Ssabalabirizi Stanley Ntagali bye yafulumizza kwe basibira.

Pastor Bugembe denies blackmailing “best friend” Bobi Wine

By Kampala Sun writer City Pastor Wilson Bugembe has vehemently denied allegations that he advised former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu to concede defeat against president Yoweri Museveni and move on. Following the just concluded elections, where Bobi Wine scored 35% compared to President Museveni’s 58.5% there have been bitter online tones with many Bobi […]
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Mob justice: Uncle Money sentenced to 4 years in jail for manslaughter

Renowned national football team, Uganda Cranes fan Jackson Ssewanyana alias Uncle Money has been sentenced to four years in jail for manslaughter.

Buganda Road court chief magistrate, Miriam Akello Ayo convicted Uncle Money together with Benson Ssenyonga after finding them guilty of causing the unlawful death of Siraje Akim Tumusiime, a former mechanic in Kasubi Zone Four, Kampala district. 

Tumusiime died on August 16, 2019, a few days after being subjected to mob justice after being accused of stealing a mobile phone. During the hearing, court heard that Uncle Money held the deceased by the collar and dragged him on the road towards the Royal hotel in Kasubi before handing him over to a mob led by Ssenyonga.

The mob thereafter undressed the deceased and battered with electricity cables after tying his arms together with the legs.  He pleaded with the mob to spare his life in vain. In her judgment, Ayo noted that Uncle Money and Ssenyonga who were serving as the vice-chairperson and defense secretary of the village respectively ought to have upheld the law but chose to descend on the deceased and tortured him to death.    

She explained that the testimony of the prosecution witnesses shows that the convicts killed the deceased in a very barbaric manner, which should be condemned. In her judgment, Ayo said the convicts deserve a custodial sentence and handed them a four-year jail term.

She directed that court refunds the Shs 2 million the convicts deposited as security for their bail and advised them to appeal the decision in a higher court if they are dissatisfied with her judgment. 

State prosecutor, Timothy Amerit had asked the court to sentence the convicts to 30 years in jail, arguing that cases of mob justice have been rampant in Ugandan societies. 

However, the convict's lawyer, Robert Kasozi asked the court to give his clients a lenient sentence on grounds that they are the sole breadwinners of their families and first-time offenders, a factor the magistrate considered while passing her sentence. 

Tumusiime's widow, Joan Natukunda wasn't happy with the sentence, saying Uncle Money needed to be in jail for the rest of his life such that his family can also have their share of the suffering she is going through. Natukunda, who broke down in court, said her children didn't lack anything when their father was still alive but are currently struggling to survive.

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Gavumenti yaakwewola obukadde bwa Doola 31 okutereeza ebyenfuna

Bya PONSIANO NSIMBI 

GAVUMENTI yakwewoola obukadde bwa Doola 31.64 okuva mu African Development Fund okuziba emiwaatwa mu byenfuna egyaletebwa ekirwadde kya Corona. 

Bino byayogeddwa minisita w'ebyamawulire ne tekinologiya Judith Nabakooba  mu lukung'aana lwa bannamawulire lwe yatuuzizza mu offiisi ye mu Kampala. 

Nabakooba yateegezezza  nti ssente zino zigenda kweyambisibwa okwongera ku bungi bw'ebifo we bakeberera abantu abateeberezebwa okuba n'obulwadde bwa COVID 19,  okugula ebikozesebwa mu kukebera n'okujjanjaba abakoseddwa ekirwadde kino. 

Okuteekawo obusenge n'ebitanda 140, awajjanjabirwa abalwadde abaayi (ICU), okuzimba amalwaliro 14 amanene, okwongera amaanyi n'ebikozesebwa mu bifo omukung'aanira abantu abangi okuli ensalo ne mu kisaawe ky'ennyonyi e Ntebe nga baakukulembeza eky'okwongera  ku muwendo gw'ebikozesebwa. 

Kabinenti era yalambise enkola egenda okuyitibwamu okusobozesa abayizi okugenda mu maaso n'okusoma, okuyamba abantu abateesobola n'abalina bu bizinensi obutonotono okusigala nga basobola okuziddukanya. 

Nabakooba yalambise n'ebyasaliddwawo olukiiko lwa baminisita ku nsonga y'omuliro ogwasaanyawo ekizimbe eky'ebyafaayo ekya Ivory Tower e Makerere mu September 19,2020. 

Kabineti yalagidde okuddamu okutereeza amasannyalaze mu kizimbe kino, okwongeza ku mbalirira y'okulabirira eby'obugagga bya Yunivasite eya buli mwaka, okuteekawo omukugu mu by'amasannyalaze ng'atuula ku lukiiko olufuzi olwa Yunivasite okukakkasa nti kkamera zonna ezirimu mu Yunivasite zikola. bulungi,poliisi evunaanyizibwa ku by'okuzikiriza omuliro okwongerwa amanyi n'ebikozesebwa n'okuteeka emmotoka ey'enkalaakalira munda mu yunivasite n'ebirala. 

 

Mmotoka y'amafuta etomedde kabangali ku lw'e Masaka entambula n'esannyalala

Entambula esannyaladde ku lw'e Masaka, mmotoka y'amafuta bw'etomedde kabangali abadde eyimiridde okumpi n'awateereddwa emisanvu gya poliisi e Kampiringisa, zonna ne zikwata omuliro ne ziteta ne zigwawo.

Mmotoka ya mafuta ebadde eva Kampala ng'edda Masaka etomedde kabangali awali emisanvu gya poliisi e Kampiringisa ku lw'e Masaka.

Kati mmotoka ezidda e Kampala zisazeewo kuyita ku luguudo lwa Mpigi- Gomba okusobola okutuuka e Masaka.





Ababadde mu mmotoka zino basatu basimattuse n'ebisago omu n'addusibwa mu ddwaaliro ng'alina ebisago ebyamaanyi.

Poliisi y'e Kammengo ne Mpigi zisobeddwa olw'omuliro ogutuntumuka ng'ate tebalina mmotoka ezikiza muliro ekivuddeko abatuuze okutabuka nga banenya poliisi obutabeera na bikozesebwa ne basaba gavumenti okukola ku bintu ebitaasa obulamu bw'abantu.

President Magufuli warns Tanzanians against COVID-19 vaccines

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has warned his Health ministry against rushing to adopt COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting the vaccines may not be safe or effective.

In a speech Wednesday in western Tanzania, Magufuli expressed doubt about vaccines produced by Western countries.

"If the white man was able to come up with vaccinations, then vaccinations for Aids would have been brought, tuberculosis would be a thing of the past, vaccines for malaria and cancer would have been found," said the president.

Magufuli directed the ministry of Health to adopt a vaccine only after it is certified by Tanzanian experts. He said Tanzanians must not be used as guinea pigs in vaccine trials.

Little is known about the state of the coronavirus in Tanzania, as the president has declared the country to be "COVID-free" and officials refuse to keep track of coronavirus infections or deaths.

The president has told officials to promote herbs to remedy COVID-19 symptoms. Maguflui told those in attendance Wednesday that they should continue to put their trust in God, saying that they "have lived for over one year without the virus because our God is able, and Satan will always fail."

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Aba NRM e Mityana bafunye ku ssanyu

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Gumirason Kizito ne Rehema Mbatudde aba NRM be baalondeddwa okukiikirira abavubuka ku disitulikiti. Gabriel Busagwa naye owa NRM yawangudde ekya kansala omusajja akiikirira abaliko obulemu.  

Gumirason Kizito

Ebifo ebirala okwabadde ekya kansala omukazi n'abakiikirira abakadde aba NRM baayiseemu tebavuganyiziddwa.  

Amawulire gano gaasnyusizza aba NRM ne bagamba nti era kale.

Omanyi mu kulonda kwa Pulezidenti disitulikiti yawangulwa Robert Kyagulanyi owa NUP n'afuna n'ababaka basatu.

Bwe kyatuuse mu kulonda kwa disitulikiti aba NUP era beeriisizza nkuuli.  

Emivuyo mu kalulu k'abavubuka

OKULONDA kw'abavubuka n'abakozi kwetabiseemu obuvuyo ng'entabwe eva ku ssente n'okwerumiriza okwagala okubba obululu.

E Wakiso abavubuka ba NRM baasoose kuzira kulonda nga bagamba nti basooke basasulwe ensako yaabwe eyabadde ebasuubiziddwa. Kyokka oluvannyuma Happy Bagenda ne Vicky Kyomuhendo baaleese ssente ne basasula olwo ne balyoka balonda ku ssaawa 9:00 ez'olweggulo.

Kyokka obwedda ab'ebibiina ebirala balonda nga bwe bagamba nti bo bali ku mwoyo gwa ggwanga. Baakung'anidde ku KR Gardens e Buyera mu Wakiso. We twagendedde mu kyapa ng'okulonda kuwedde, kyokka nga tebannaba kulangirira muwanguzi.

Abaavuganyizza kwabaddeko; Ibrahim Kazibwe owa NRM, Hamidu Kigozi atalina kibiina, Mark Ssenyonga owa DP ne Micheal Kironde atalina kibiina.

Ku bakkansala abakyala abakiikirira abavubuka, kwabaddeko Vicky Kyomuhendo owa NRM ne Amanda Kagera owa DP.

ABAKADDE BALONZE BULUNGI MU KAMPALA
Okulonda bakkansala abakiikirira abakadde ku KCCA mu Kampala kwakomekkerezeddwa ng'owa NRM James Mukooza y'awangudde banne n'obululu 13, Juma Bbosa n'afuna 7 ate Peter Mayanja yafunye 5.





Okulonda kwabadde ku ssomero lya Ntinda School of Deaf nga kwetabyemu abakadde 25.
Ate abaliko obulemu, Peace Sserunkuuma atalina kibiina ye yawangudde n'obululu 16.
Robert Nkwangu Lutaaya owa NRM yawangudde ekya kkansala omusajja akiikirira abaliko obulemu n'obululu 20.

MUKO NO:
Ku kifo kya bakkansala abakiikirira abaliko obulemu ku disitulikiti, Lazaalo Biriwo owa NRM yawangudde n'obululu 57 n'amegga Abdul Majara atalina kibiina abaddeko eyafunye obululu 29. Baalondedde ku kitebe kya disitulikiti e Mukono.

Annet Nakanwagi owa NRM yayitawo tavuganyiziddwa ku kifo kya kkansala omukazi ow'abaliko obulemu.

MASAKA :
Okulonda kwa bakkansala abakiikirira abakozi e Masaka kwetobeseemu emivuyo okukkakkana nga kuyiise nga n'abamu ku beesimbyewo batemera mabega wa mitayimbwa.

Abalonzi abaasunsulwamu okwetaba mu kulonda kuno baakedde kweyiwa mu kisaawe kya Recreation grounds mu kibuga Masaka kyokka mu kifo kya bbookisi ebbiri, emu yokka ey'ekifo kya kkansala omukyala ye yaleeteddwa ate nga obululu obulimu butono okusinziira ku muwendo gw'abalonzi.

Kwabadde kubulako obululu 15. Ekyaddiridde kwabadde kukaayana era akulira ebyokulonda Sam Agaba n'alagira okulonda kuyimirire.

Agaba yategeezezza nti bagenda kusindika ensonga eno mu kakiiko e Kampala era olunaku lw'okulonda alujja kujja kubategeezebwa.

Omu ku beesimbyewo Irene Nanyunja yayooleddwa poliisi n'aggalirwa ku CPS ng'avunaanibwa okujinga emikono egyamusemba okwesimbawo.

Tukooye emivuyo mu kulonda Sadati Maganda: Ebyobufuzi ebijjuddemu entalo ezitali ku mazima ssi birungi, bwe baba batidde kalulu bakaveemu baleme okutawaanya abantu.

Emilly Ndagire: Empapula kwe bakwatidde kandideeti waffe zonna njingirire kubanaga ffe empapula entuufu tuzirina era twaziraga akakiiko k'ebyokulonda.

Maxy Namugabo: Obudde bwaffe bungi babumaze kubanga ffe twazze kulonda naye bazze mu kukola buzannyo obutatuyamba.

Parliament to spend Shs 5bn on new cars for speakers, directors

The parliamentary commission under its request for additional funding totalling Shs 249.52 billion planning to procure 13 vehicles including those for the speaker and deputy speaker, their lead and backup cars and the entitled directors and assistant directors.

According to the legal and parliamentary affairs committee report, this will require Shs 5.423 billion under the parliamentary commission's development budget.

"The committee recommends that Shs 5.423 billion be provided for procurement of vehicles for the political leadership and entitled officers during the financial year 2021/2022 budget," reads part of the report.

Jacob Oboth Oboth, the legal and parliamentary committee chairperson presented the report on the budget framework paper for the financial year 2021/22 to the budget committee.

In the report, the committee further recommends that an additional Shs 22.8 billion for parliamentary committees to undertake parliamentary oversight and legislative roles efficiently and effectively. The committee also demands that the parliamentary commission provide committee funds based on work plans of committees as provided for by Section 13 (14) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015.

"Parliament heavily relies on its recurrent budget to fulfil its oversight role," reads part of the committee report. 

"During the financial year 2017/2018, MPs and staff travel allowances were increased and a number of oversight activities were undertaken. However, during the financial year 2021/2022 the non-wage recurrent budget is projected to reduce from Shs 520.205 billion to Shs 515.16 billion. This is in spite of the increase in the number of MPs in the 11th parliament. The additional requirement of Shs 22.8 billion is required for committees to undertake their respective oversight roles during financial year 2021/2022." 

Support to departments of parliament

Further recommended by the committee is an additional Shs 34.973 billion to enhance the capacity of different departments of parliament to efficiently and effectively fulfill their respective mandates.

According to the report, departments of parliament receive the least budgets despite their mandate of providing technical support to committees and parliament as a whole. The MPs say that these departments require additional funds for capacity building to serve the increasing number of members of parliament, funds to undertake studies to enable parliament make informed decisions and benchmark to obtain best practices.

Wage shortfall

Legislators on the legal and parliamentary affairs committee recommend that government provide an additional Shs 21.324 billion for additional wages in the financial year 2021/2022 budget estimates to cater for the additional MPs in the 11th parliament.

"The committee observed that the 11th parliament will have 555 members of parliament from the current 457. This creates a wage shortfall of Shs 21.324 billion in the financial year 2021/2022 budget," states the report. 

Shortfalls in the recurrent non-wage budget

The committee also reports that MPs are entitled to a car of Shs 200 million and that no provision has been made for the amount of Shs 165 billion in FY 2021/2022. In the report, the committee notes that government intends to raise these resources from tax revenue measures.

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Fire guts Royal Foam Mattress factory again

Fire has gutted Royal Foam Mattress factory in Kyambogo again, destroying mattresses and property worth millions of shillings.

Residents told URN that they saw a huge plume of smoke as the fire ravaged the factory today from around 3 am. According to the deputy Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson Luke Owoyesgyire, there were no reported incidents of death or injuries since all workers were evacuated on time. 

Police says preliminary investigations show the fire started from the basement of the store building. The fire was finally put out today afternoon by officers from the Police Fire and Rescue Directorate who teamed up with residents and employees of the factory.

Isma Ssematimba, an employee at the factory, says police's earlier efforts to extinguish the fire were hampered by lack of access roads for emergencies.         

The factory is located in a manufacturing hub, which is home to dozens of industrial units with potentially inflammable liquids. Innocent Kakooza, a resident says the neighbouring factories and warehouses are at the same risk.  

"Today's incidents requires the relevant authorities to conduct deep investigations into the increasing cases of fire at this factory otherwise this problem will soon spread to other factories in the neighbourhood," said Kakooza.  

This is the third time in less than three years that fire is being reported at Royal Foam factory. In 2019, the two serious fire outbreaks destroyed properties and injured several workers. At the time police said the fire was started by a welder at the factory.    

However, some employees suspect that the fire started from the chemicals used in the manufacture of mattresses before it spread through the factory premises. 

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Covid-19 kills 2 ministers, prisons boss in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's government held burials Wednesday for two cabinet ministers and a former prison official who died from COVID-19.  

The cabinet now has lost four ministers to the coronavirus — three of them this month — and more than 1,000 people overall. Public health experts blame Zimbabwe's collapsed healthcare system. 

At the burial of the Transport and Foreign Affairs ministers, vice president Constantino Chiwenga urged Zimbabweans to observe social distancing, wear face masks and wash their hands to fight the coronavirus.      

"COVID-19 has taught us an important lesson; that we are all mortals," he said. "The fight against this pandemic does not allow us to choose who to walk with, work with, or run with. It does not discriminate, between the powerful and the weak, the privileged and the deprived, the haves and the have nots. It is a ruthless juggernaut that leaves a trail of destruction and desperation. But we will eventually conquer it. We will eventually conquer it and conquer it as a people." 

The burials of minister of Foreign Affairs Sibusiso Moyo, Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza and former head of Zimbabwe's prisons Paradzai Zimondi — all COVID-19 cases — come hardly a week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the burials of a minister and a senior official of the ruling ZANU-PF party at the same national shrine. 

Following the deaths, the country's government spokesman, Nick Mangwana, accused the country's health workers of being "assassins." He has since apologized following public outcry.      

Dr. Pamela Magande, president of Zimbabwe College of Public Health Physicians, says the recent surge in coronavirus cases was caused by a "relaxed festive season," when people did not social distance and did not wear face masks.   

"We know that to prevent this disease and to protect ourselves, we need to keep our masks on, we know that social distance is important and we also know that hygiene is also important... So as long as there is no actual treatment or vaccine, we have no options but to stick to these public health interventions,"  she said.

On Wednesday, vice president Chiwenga, who doubles as Zimbabwe's Health minister, said the country was in the process of acquiring coronavirus vaccine. A health official this week told a parliamentary committee that China and Russia were among countries that had offered to supply Zimbabwe with the vaccine. 

Critics blame Mnangagwa and his predecessor, the late Robert Mugabe, for allowing the country's healthcare system to decline to the point where some hospitals have no pain killers and in some cases patients are asked to bring their own water.  

On several occasions in the past year, health care workers have gone on strike, citing low pay and a lack of safety gear to protect themselves against the coronavirus.  

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Okugezesa eddagala erivumula ssennyiga omukambwe erikoleddwa wano kutandise

Bya BENJAMIN SSEBAGGALA                                                                                                                                                                                       ABAKUGU mu ddwaaliro ekkulu e Mulago batandise okugezesa eddagala eriwonya ssennyiga omukambwe erikoleddwa wano mu ggwanga, ne bayita abantu bonna abaakeberebwa ne bazuulwa nga balina obulwadde buno, abeetegefu okwenyigira mu kugezesa kuno.

Dr. Grace Nambatya Kyeyune y'akulembedde abakugu okuvumbula eddagala lino erikoleddwa mu by'obutonde ebya wano era omuntu yenna okumukkiriza okugezeserezebwako eddagala lino, alina okuba nga musajja oba mukazi akebeddwa ng'alina ssennyiga omukambwe ng'ali wakati w'emyaka 18 ne 70.

Omulimu guno gutuukiddwako nga bayita mu kakiiko aka Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics (PRESIDE) era ekiwandiiko kye kaafulumizza kyalaze nti oyo yenna ayagala okwetaba mu kugezesa kuno asobola okukuba ku ssimu eno +256-782-404431 n'atuukirira omukwanaganya w'emirimu mu nteekateeka eno.

Akakiiko kaategeezezza nti eddagala lino lye batuumye UBV-01N liyise mu mitendera gyonna egyetaagisa egya ssaayansi ng'abakulembedde omulimu ba The Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute (NCRI).Baakolaganidde wamu n'abakugu mu bitongole bya gavumenti eby'enjawulo ebya saayansi n'ebitali okulaba nga batuuka ku buwanguzi buno.

Polof. Moses Joloba, akulira School of Biomedical Sciences Makerere University College of Health sciences nga naye abadde ku mulimu gw'okuvumbula eddagala lino yategeezezza nti waliwo enjawulo wakati w'omuntu okugenda mu labalatole okunoonyereza ku ddagala erikoleddwa, n'omuntu omulala okugenda mu labalatole n'akola eddagala.

Abalala abeetabye mu mulimu guno kuliko; Bannasaayansi okuva mu Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute, Minisitule y'ebyobulamu ng'ekolera wamu n'abakugu okuva e Makerere, Makerere University Lung Institute, Makerere University School of Public Health, eddwaaliro ekkulu e Mulago ne Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics (PRESIDE).

Uganda w'etuukidde okugezesa eddagala lino, ng'okuva March 2020 abantu 39,188 abakwatiddwa ssennyiga omukambwe ng'abakyali mu malwaliro bali 433 n'abafudde 318. Akakiiko kaategeezezza nti okuva mu March 2020, pulezidenti yakulemberamu olutalo okulwanyisa Corona era okuyita mu nteekateeka ya PRESIDE, pulojekiti 23 ziteekeddwamu ssente nga bakolera wamu n'ebitongole ebirala. Nga April 2020, aba NCRI baayanja enteekateeka eri akakiiko okuleeta eddagala lino ery'obutonde.

Baawaayo enteekateeka yonna mu buwandiike n'ekakasibwa era ne baweebwa ssente okukola omulimu. Nga bakulemberwa Dr. Nambatya bakoze buteebalira okuvumbula eddagala lino, eriyambako okutumbula amaanyi g'omubiri mu kulwanyisa obulwadde, litta akawuka, lirwanyisa akawuka ne kalema okunafuya omubiri.

Eddagala lino bwe likakasibwa ligenda kukola ku mutendera gw'ensi yonna, kubanga liyisiddwa mu bitongole ebirambika omutindo okuli ekirondoola omutindo gw'eddagala (National Drug Authority (NDA), ekirondoola omutindo (Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) ne National Council for Science and Technology.

Salvador accused of double standards

By Ahmad Muto City Comedian Patrick Salvado has been accused of double standards by a tweep implying he is not very different from the government officials pushing other road users off their lanes like he did at his wedding. This was after he shared a quote attributed to Gen Koreta condemning the habit. "I don't […]
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State withdraws case against UCAA director over defacing Museveni posters

The state has lost interest in the case filed against Efrance Musimenta Mbagaya, the acting director human resource and administration at Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) for removing campaign posters of President Yoweri Museveni from UCAA offices. 

Mbagaya reportedly sanctioned the removal of Museveni's campaign posters which were pinned at the UCAA head offices at Entebbe airport, in contravention of Section 78 of the Presidential Elections Act.

The posters had been pinned on the gate, the walls and other environs around the building, raising complaints that UCAA being a public office should not be seen to be advancing interests of any presidential candidate.

In the aftermath, Mbagaya was arrested by Special Forces Command (SFC) officers when she appeared at the Aviation police station at Entebbe airport to record a statement on the matter. According to the law, a person who defaces campaign posters of any candidate is liable to a fine not exceeding Shs 480,000 or imprisonment for one year or both, upon conviction.

However, on Wednesday, the state attorney Jean Nareeba told the court presided over by magistrate Juliet Nakitende that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo, has discontinued proceedings against Mbagaya. The court also heard that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party had written a letter on January 19 indicating that it was not interested in pursuing the matter.

The NRM had earlier on held a discussion with Musimenta, and, according to sources, the party was convinced that Musimenta's actions were "well-intentioned" and that "she did not intend to deface or maliciously remove the posters.

Meanwhile, last month UCAA advertised the position of director human resource and administration. Musimenta, however, says she is not affected because she is the substantive human resource manager training and development.

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Omusajja alinnye omuti gw'amasannyalaze gamutte

ABATUUZE b'e Ntinda mu ministers Village bakedde mu ntiisa oluvannyuma lw'omuvubuka ategerekeseeko nga Ronald Kasirye ate abalala nga bagamba ye Kilonza Mandela okwekyawa n'awalampa ebyuma ebitwala amasannyalaze ag'amaanyi agafuluma eggwanga ng'ayagala gamutte. 

Embeera eno ereseewo akasattiro mu kitundu ,ng'abantu bakungaanye okulaba ogubadde.

Kenneth Kanyike,  ssentebe w'ekitundu kino ekya Minister's Village 9  ekikolwa kino kibeewuunyisizza era ne bakubira poliisi essimu era kibatwalidde essaawa ezisoba mu musanvu okujja okutaasa omusajja ono era nabo basitukiddemu n'abasirikale abazikiriza omuliro okuva e Kampala n'ezimu ku mmotoka zaabwe.

Beegayiridde  Kasirye (Mandela) okuvaayo gy'abadde waggulu  nga tavaayo. 

Balabye emmotoka ze baleese tezisobola kumuggyayo olwo kwekutumya endala okuva e Ntebe n'abasirikale bayambeko.





Oluvannyuma lwa kaseera emmotoka y'abazikiriza omuliro ey'amaanyi  okuva e Ntebe etuuse   olwo enduulu ne yeeyongera okuva mu batuuze .

Abasirikale babadde batandise okuwanika ebyuma  waggulu  Kasirye (Mandela) abadde yalemeddeyo obwedda n'atandika okuvaayo mu masannyalaze waggulu mpola mpola  olwo batuuze ne baleekaana nga bwe bamuwaana.

Ono olutuuse wansi asanze abasirikale ababadde  bamulinze edda era bamukute ku mukono ne bamutwala mu ambyulensi ya poliisi nnamba UP 7582  ebadde emulindiridde wakati mu batuuze okuwaga.

Ye Kenneth Kanyike,  ssentebe w'ekitundu kino ekya Minister's Village 9  ekikolwa kino kibeewuunyisizza era ne bakubira poliisi essimu era kibatwalidde essaawa ezisoba mu musanvu.

Amagye ga Gavumenti ya Ethiopia gasse 750 mu Klezia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia

ABANTU 750 ababadde beekwese mu Klezia bazingiddwaako amagye ne battibwa kirindi. Abamu baasangiddwa wabweru ne babakaka okudda munda mwe baabasasiridde amasasi. Ku bantu ababalirirwa mu 1,000 basseeko 750 omulundi gumu.

Bino byabadde mu Klezia y'Abasodokisi eya Oriental Orthodox Church mu bitundu by'abayeekera ba Tigray abalwanagana ne Gavumenti ya Ethiopia, okusinziira ku katabo k'amawulire ga Catholic World Report.

Amawulire galaga nti, amagye ga Ethiopia n'abalwanyi abapangise, baalumba Klezia ya Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion mu kibuga Axum gye baasanga abakkiriza abaludde nga bagyewogomyemu olutalo ne babazingiza.

Abamu baagezezzaako okudduka ne babakaka okudda munda n'abaasangiddwa wabweru ne babazza munda ne babasasira amasasi agasse abasinga obungi abalala ne basigala ku bisago.

Baalagidde abatafudde bafulume ne bakikola wabula olwatuuse wabweru nabo baabakubye amasasi nga balaba.

Abaawonyewo baasigazza bisago gattako abatonotono abaagudde okulowoozesa abatemu nti bafudde. Waliwo n'abeemuludde ne babasindirira amasasi agaabasse kyokka mu abo waliwo abaabuliddeyo nga tebakoseddwa.

Axum mu mambuka ga Ethiopia, kya byafaayo ekyogerwako bwe kirimu amayinja abiri okwawandiikibwa amateeka ekkumi (Ark of the Covenant). Mu Klezia ya Our Lady Mary of Zion, abagoberezi bangi balowooza nti amayinja agalimu geego gennyini
era gakuumwa butiribiri.

Mu birala ebisuubirwa okubaayo gwe muggo gwa Aaron ogw'ebyafaayo ebyagala okwefaananyiriza eby'omuggo gwa muganda we Musa.

Amawulire ga Church Times UK ag'e Bungereza, abakkiriza abamu okugenda ku Klezia eno baayagala kugikuuma olw'ebyafaayo byayo bagiwonye olutalo lw'abayeekera abalwana ne Gavumenti ya Ethiopia.

Buli ludda luludde nga lwagala okwezza ekifo ekyo olw'ebyobulambuzi ebikirimu nga bivaamu ssente olw'abalamazi abangi.

Abayeekera bagamba nti ekyawalirizza Gavumenti ya Ethiopia okulumba Klezia eno kwagala kwezza kitundu ekyo oba okuggyayo amayinja gatwalibwe mu kibuga ekikulu Addis Ababa.

Tekinnamanyika oba obulumbaganyi obwabaddewo ku Lwokubiri lwa wiiki ewedde, ebyafaayo ebyo byatwaliddwa.

Gye buvuddeko, ekibiina ky'amawanga amagatte ekya United Nations (UN) kyalabula
okuggula emisango gy'ekittabantu ku bakulembeze ba Ethiopia be balumiriza okutirimbula abantu mu nfo za bakyewaggula ba Tigray ne battiramu n'abantu ba bulijjo.

Katikkiro wa Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed okuva mu November w'omwaka oguwedde abadde
alwanagana ne bakyewaggula abaagala okwesala ku Ethiopia.

Omukulembeze wa bakyewaggula, Debretsion Gebremichael agamba nti bajja kufa olw'amaanyi ga Ethiopia g'ebakubisa abalisigalawo balifuna obwetwaze bw'ekitundu kyabwe bwe kiribeera kisobose.

Omuyimbi awangudde e Kasese

OMUYIMBI Chance Kahindo Sibyavugha owa FDC, yawangudde ekya Mmeeya wa Munisipaali y'e Kasese oluvannyuma lw'okuwangula abaddeko. Kahindo omuyimbi ate munnamawulire, yawangudde munna NRM Kabbyanga Baluku Kime.

Ismael Atwijukire Takih akulira ebyokulonda e Kasese yalangiridde Kahindo ku buwanguzi n'obululu 11,572 ate Kabbyanga yafunye obululu 10,937. Yamusinzizza obululu 635.

Kahindo y'abadde ssentebe wa LC III mu ggombolola y'e Kisanga. Mu lwokaano mwabaddemu abalala babiri okwabadde Samuel Ahebwa owa NUP eyafunye 143 n'eyaliko omumyuka wa CAO wa Kasese, Johnson Mutungwanda (IND) yafunye 99.

Olwabadde okumulangirira ku Lwokubiri ku makya, abawagizi ba FDC ne batandika okujaganya n'okuyisa ebivvulu olw'obuwanguzi bwe baafunye.

Kahindo yeeyamye okukola ne Gavumenti okutuusa ku bantu obuweereza n'okubakolera enguudo, okuteeka eddagala mu malwaliro n'ebirala.

Ye gwe yawangudde, yakkirizza ebyavudde mu kalulu era n'ayozaayoza Kahindo n'asaba abantu bamuwagire asobole okubaweereza obulungi.

Ate owa NUP naye yakkirizza ebyavudde mu kalulu n'asaba Kahindo obutekkiriranya n'okusindiikiriza b'abadde avuganya nabo ne yeeyama okukolera awamu okutwala Kasese mu maaso.

Ashiraf Nasser owa NRM, yawangudde ku kifo kya Mmeeya wa Jinja City South Division n'obululu 6,910 n'addirirwa Badman Kibugudhu owa NUP eyafunye obululu 3,749.

Barbie alojja ennaku gy'alabidde mu 'busibe'

Barbie Itungo Kyagulanyi muk'omukulembeze w'ekibiina kya NUP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alojja ennaku gy'alabidde mu busibe obw'ennaku 11 ze  bamaze nga babasibidde awaka.

Abaserikale abaabadde ewa Bobi nga batikka ebyuma byabwe ku kabangali.

Agamba nti baali baakamala okulonda ne bayiwa poliisi n'amagye okwetooloola Magere. Olwaddako ne balaba ng'emmotoka zisomba  kaabuyonjo z'oku mikolo ne weema z'abajaasi era bagenda okwetegereza nga beetoolodde amaka gaabwe nga tebakkirizibwa na kufuluma ggeeti wadde okugenda mu nnimiro okufuna emmere.

Yategeezezza nti embeera eno yabanyiga nnyo kubanga baali tebagyetegekedde, amasannyalaze gaabaggwaako nga tebalina we bagagula ng'ate n'amasimu baali baagaggyako nga tebawuliziganya na bantu b'ebweru.

Barbie yagambye nti kati balina ku buweerero oluvannyuma lwa kkooti okulagira abajaasi bano okwamuka amaka gaabwe wadde mukyalimu abaserikale ababatambulirako.

Ku Lwokubiri Kyagulanyi yayogeddeko eri ababaka abaayitamu ku kaadi ya NUP mu maka ge e Magere.

 

Bobi Wine Cautions NUP MPs to Reject Regime money

National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has warned his party's Members of Parliament (MPs) against betraying their voters. In a meeting in Magere Kyagulanyi told the 61 elected legislators that they have to be mindful of the needs of the people who elevated them and make sure that the voice of the supporters […]
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Babiri balumiziddwa mu kabenje e Kisowera

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Sam Otuba akulira abakuumi ku ssomero lya St. Cyprian e Kyabakadde mu ggombolola y'e Kyampisi mu disitulikiti y'e Mukono emmotoka ekika kya Harrier nnamba UAP 387N gw'etomeredde e Kisowera mu maaso g'essomero lya SONAMS ery'ekkanisa erisomesa abasawo.

Akabenje kano kaaguddewo ku Lwokubiri akawungeezi ssaawa ng'emu n'ekitundu (1:30) Otuba eyabadde avuga pikipiki Bajaj nnamba UFD 416R ng'aweese ensawo y'amanda n'omuwala eyategeerekeseeko erya Susan ng'ono yasangiddwa mu ddwaliro e Naggalama gye baddusiddwa ng'ambeera gy'alimu si nnungi.

Stephen Erotu akola ne Otuba yategeezezza nti ono yamenyese okugulu okwa ddyo n'alumizibwa n'okufuna ebiwundu ku mutwe.

Faisal Jagenda omu badduukirize yagambye nti omugoba wa mmotoka eyakoze akabenje yabadde ayisa emmotoka nga bbiri olwo eyiye kwe kwabika omupiira n'ewaba n'egenda etomera abaabadde ku bodaboda.

Jagenda yagambye nti oluvannyuma lw'okukola akabenje, ddeerav w'emmotoka yalinnye bodaboda n'adduka.

Emmotoka yayoyoonose mu maaso sso nga yo pikipiki nayo yagigoyezza nnyo.

Ab'amagye okuva mu nkambi e Mpoma baayitiddwa okulaba nga bakuuma emmotoka n'ebintu ebyabaddemu obutabbibwa ng'era bano oluvannyuma baakolaganye ne poliisi y'e Mukono eyazze mu kiro n'esikaawo emmotoka n'egitwala ku poliisi e Mukono.

Internet lockdown hit govt more

When government ordered a total internet shutdown on January 13, the aim was to lock-out the "vibrant" social media users and have absolute control of the flow of electoral information before and after the January 14 general election.

But the government sanctioned total internet lockdown had a severe an unintended consequence: It inflicted much pain on all government agencies and departments. A cautionary letter dated January 18, from the ministry of Finance to Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda detailed the depth and breadth of the damage the shutdown had inflicted.

Interestingly, that may have informed the government decision to partially restore the internet on the same day, January 18. Social media remains locked down to those without VPN services.

Mr Patrick Ocailap on behalf of the permanent secretary/secretary to the treasury (Keith Muhakanizi), wrote to Rugunda explaining in detail the "crippling effects of the internet lockdown on treasury operations, financial sector and businesses generally.

"I write to make reference to our telephone discussion this morning on the above matter. I did consult my minister about the same and he guided that I draw your attention in writing to the crippling effects of the internet lockdown on treasury operations, financial sector and businesses generally," Ocailap wrote.

In the letter titled, Effects of internet lockdown on treasury operation, financial sector and economy, Patrick Ocailap said, "All government payments including statutory obligations e.g. debt and interest payments for both domestic and external borrowing, processing of pensions, salaries and wages, etc. cannot be paid."

Ocailap said he consulted Bank of Uganda and Uganda Revenue Authority.

"And I can confirm that; the banks cannot carry out normal banking transactions e.g international settlements, forex transactions etc. thereby impairing their normal banking and payment activities."

Bank of Uganda, the letter says, "cannot carry out any payment settlements and statutory obligations because most of their systems are equally shutdown."

"Uganda Revenue Authority cannot collect and transmit revenue to the Consolidated Fund through the normal commercial banks operations," Ocailap said. He said, businesses cannot file VAT returns and/or remit tax payments as appropriate and the web-based e-receipt system is non-functional.

"The above, among others, will definitely lead to substantial revenue and business losses in the economy; besides government defaulting on its statutory obligations."

According to BBC, the Democratic Republic of the Congo lost an estimated US$ 3 million per day in 2018 when it shut down the internet. Uganda is projected to lose about US$ 6.5 million per day during this extended lockdown.

This is the third time Uganda is shutting down the internet. The first one was in February 18-21 2016. Government shut down social media and mobile money for four days. Another was on May 11-12, 2016.

Cipesa.org in a report titled; A frame-work for Calculating the economic impact of internet disruptions in Sub-Saharan Africa," says Internet—especially social media—disruptions have become common in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Since 2015, there have been confirmed disruptions in 12 countries in the region, with some disrupt-ing communications on more than one occasion.

Shutdowns are becoming more frequent, mostly initiated around election times (e.g. Chad, Gabon, Gambia, Republic of the Congo, Uganda), public protests (Burundi, CAR, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, and Togo) and during national exams (Ethiopia).

The longest shutdown was recorded in Cameroon, lasting 93 days beginning, January 16, 2017. In a number of cases, security agencies work with national communications regulators to order the disruption, mostly citing national security or public order considerations, and referencing the regulator's powers to order service providers to interrupt services.

In Uganda, MTN and Airtel were ordered by the Uganda Communications Commission to shut down the internet. They issued statements to that effect. The Cipesa.org report says internet disruptions have taken many forms and are effected through orders to service providers to block access to selected services such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, and mobile money services, or to disrupt all online communication.

The report says most shutdowns affect the entire country, but Ethiopia and Cameroon in 2016 and 2017 respectively ordered disruptions that targeted regions affected by citizens' protests. In Gabon last year, following a total shutdown, the government subsequently instituted a 12-hour-a-day curfew on internet access.

Shutting down internet and social media access—an increasingly popular choice for governments on the continent in response to protests and dissent—came at a cost of $2.1 billion last year (2019). Deliberate internet and social media blackouts lasted nearly 8,000 hours across Sub-Saharan Africa, according to an analysis in The Global Cost of Internet Shutdowns in 2019 report.

The report's analysis excluded internet outages due to natural disasters or infrastructural failure. With losses of US$8 billion attributed to internet and social media shutdowns around the world, Africa accounted for around 25% of global economic impact.

It calculated the economic cost of blackouts using the Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST) developed by internet access advocacy groups, The Internet Society and Net-blocks.

PRIVATE SECTOR

In the private sector, the shutdown left telecom companies counting billions of shillings in lost revenue from data services (the internet) while a number of web-based businesses such as Uber and Safe Boda, saw their revenues tumble during the five-day blockade.

According to MTN's annual financials for 2019, the telecom company made at least Shs 687 million ($190,000) in revenue from its data services per day. This kind of revenue was wiped away by the shutdown. "

Mobile data and MoMo (Mobile Money) both delivered double-digit revenue growth of 39.7 per cent and 13.9 per cent respectively. The phenomenal growth in data can be attributed to a 52.1 per cent increase in active users and a 2.2 per cent improvement in smartphone penetration to 21.4 per cent," MTN's group financial results note of Uganda's performance.

There is no public information about Airtel Uganda's financial figures as the company does not provide a country break-down. The growth of online internet services has been welcomed by the banks. A bank such as Standard Chartered has in the recent past closed a number of its branches in preference for its Straight2Bank online platform.

"Over 86 per cent of our client interactions with the bank now happen outside the branch," Standard Chartered bank Uganda said in its 2019 financial annual report, pointing to the growth of its online platform. With the internet system off, many of these customers struggled to transact.

The shutting down of the internet also saw social media platforms go quiet. From a personal perspective, many customers have lost money due to internet bundles running out, or even their social media tax payments expiring. There appears to be no legal redress for this loss. Also, a number of small businesses market their products using social media platforms.

Many of these businesses, such as bakers of cakes, get their orders through social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp. However, the shutdown of the internet is likely to have briefly spurred the tax that URA charges on phone airtime. URA has in the past complained that many Ugandans prefer to use social medial applications to communicate, thereby hurting the tax revenue collections on phone talk time.

"Phone talk time was affected by the changes in user tastes. There is preference for data for communication through WhatsApp, Viber and Facebook as opposed to direct calls using airtime," the URA noted in its annual revenue performance report for 2019/2020, decrying the 22.7 per cent year-on-year drop in tax revenue from phone talk time.

Uganda continues to promote the use of online services, such as banking and tax filings. Businesses are required to have filed their tax returns by the 15th of every month. With the internet shutdown, many businesses failed to beat this deadline. There was an interruption in the mobile money system in hours after the voting.

Like in 2016, during the election period, many people in Uganda could not send and receive money through mobile money. According to Bank of Uganda's latest figures, at least Shs 284 billion ($76.8 million) is transacted across the mobile money platforms per day.

Like the URA annual report says, the interruption meant that some utility companies might have missed out on getting revenues. For example, supermarkets that allow mobile money payments missed out on revenues.

jeff@observer.ug

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Bakansala b'e Gaba be baasazizzaamu bali mu kutya

Bya BENJAMIN SSEMWANGA

ABAKULEMBEZE e Gaba mu munisipaali y'e Makindye basabye akakiiko k'ebyokulonda okwekennenya ensobi ezikolebwa mu kiseera kino eky'ebyokulonda okwewala okweraliikiriza abantu.

Bano bagamba nti abamu ku bakulembeze baabwe ku mutendera gwa bakansala LCIII e Gaba abakyala abeesimbyewo bali mu kutya oluvannyuma lw'obululu bwabwe okusazibwamu nga Jan 25, ku lwa munnaabwe okutuuka ku ssaawa 7:00 okulonda nga teyeeraba ku lukalala lw'abesimbyewo.

Sarah Nakigudde eyeesimbyewo ku bwakansala LCIII yataalabikidde ku lukalala okuli abalondebwa ekintu ekyamwewuunyisizza enyo kyokka ate nga buli kimu yali yakitambuza bulungi.

Patricia Nanteza naye eyeesimbyewo yategeezezza nti omutima gukyamwewanise olw'okumala okulonda ate obululu bwabwe ne busazibwamu nga n'okutuusa kati tebannaba kubabuulira lwe baddamu okulonda.

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