Kampala,Uganda – A patient suffering kidney dysfunction,diabetes and other illnesses has committed suicide at government funded hospital Kiruddu, by jumping from the 8th floor of the hospital.Health Ministry Spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyoona has confirmed that this happened last night (Thursday,September 12),declined to mention patient’s name,but confirmed he was a male adult.
Today September 12, 2019,marks exactly 4 years since General Aronda Nyakairima died at the age of 56 yars.
While traveling on official duties from South Korea to Dubai on an Emirates plane,he suffered a heart attack and died in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Nyakairima was born on July 07, 1959, joined National Resistance Army in 1981, which later became Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) in 1995 after constitution amendment.
Survived by one widow Lindah and two children (one boy and one girl),Nyakairima was Internal Affairs cabinet minister at the time of his death,a position he held from 2013,but had also served as Chief of Defence Forces from 2003 to 2013.
Aronda is well known for the introduction of registration of all Ugandans to get National Identificaty Cards (IDs),an exercise that commenced in 2014 conducted by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA). IDs will expire in 2024.
He also ensured and emphasized discipline in the army, assuring the men in uniform that whoever shoots and kills a ‘mwana inchi’ (civilian) ‘MUST’ be shot dead too (firing squard).
Lindah Kahooza Aronda, the widow to the late Internal Affairs minister Gen Aronda Nyakairima said the family had never witnessed any symptoms of heart failure in her husband. On her husband’s burial,she also revealed that her husband had always told her that the ministry is a bad one,full of various forms of misconduct.
General Aronda Nyakairima was laid to rest on September 20,2015,at his ancestral home in Nyakiju village, Kitojo parish in Buyanja sub county of Rukungiri district western Uganda,and the burial was attended by many officials,including President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni,who is also the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces.
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Uganda Police Force – UPF have finalized scrutinizing recently recruited 4,500 Probation Police Constables – PPCs and 500 learner Assistant Inspectors of Police (AIPs).
Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson says that Police’s Police Advisory Committee chaired by Inspector General of Police – IGP Martin Ochola, has perused through the names of candidates and lists of successful ones have been sent to various regional and division recruitment centres.
Police sent the lists to Central Police Stations – CPS in different districts, regions on Monday evening,September 9,2019,and Tuesda,10th, for applicants to crosscheck whether they were successful or not.
Enanga said candidates both at PPC and AIP level must crosscheck at centres where they were recruited from as their names will be pinned at noticeboards.
Successful candidates have been urged to prepare to travel to Police Training School – PTS at Kabalye in Masindi District this Saturday [September 14th] when their 12 months intensive training will be commencing.
PPC candidates that were recruited in Kampala have been urged to crosscheck with Central Police Station – CPS Kampala, Kawempe Police Division and Kampala South Regional police headquarters at Katwe.
AIPs whose recruitment was conducted at Lugogo and Kibuli Police School have been informed to crosscheck for their names at Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID headquarters’ noticeboard for their names.
In July, Police force announced the recruitment of 4500 PPCs and 500 AIP but upon concluding the recruitment exercise, it was realized that more than 2000 PPCs and 200 AIPs applicants were exceeding the maxim age of 22 and 25 respectively.
IGP Ochola for fear of being questioned, he ordered for fresh recruitment to cover the remaining positions but with adjustments in age. Maximum age for PPCs and AIPs was elevated from 22 to 25 and 25 to 28 respectively.
However, Policy Advisory Committee – PAC maintained the qualification for PPCs as Senior Four Certificate and a Diploma in science or related courses for AIPs. This is the first time police have recruited Senior Four graduates since 2000 when Justice Julia Sebutinde, commission recommended that Police Constables must at least possess a Senior Six Certificate.
Sebutinde had argued that Senior Six graduates possess reasonable knowledge and are able to read, interpret the laws during investigations, prepare case files, guide complainants and suspects accordingly which was not the case with Senior Four dropouts.
Nevertheless, police have resorted back to recruiting Senior Fours saying that S6 youth have turned police force into a transit route. Enanga said for past decade police have been recruiting S6 graduates, they have realized they desert the force after getting some experience by either going for greener pastures in countries like Iraq or join universities afterwards abandoning police work.
Kabarole district – Toro Kingdom has today celebrated 24th coronation anniversary of Omukama Oyo Nyimba, who is also the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) ambassador to Uganda.
Traditionally known as ‘Empango’ , the event will today be attended by different officials to mark 24 years since Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV became a king at the age of 3 years on September 12,1995.
Celebrations for King Oyo’s 24th coronation anniversary kicked off Wednesday September 11, at his Karuzika palace in Fort Portal, Kabarole district western Uganda.
Cultural rituals are performed,including blessing of the royal drums, spears and the regalia by the 27-year-old king of Toro.
The king on Wednesday sounded the royal drum to the tune of amakondere royal dance for his subjects to dance as a sign of launching the Empango celebration.
During the course of the day, Oyo officially closed the health camp at Buhinga Regional Referral Hospital.
He also officiated at the 3rd Phase of Save River Mpanga Now campaign by launching a waste management system along the banks of River Mpanga opposite the Police baracks near Buhinga playground.
Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, King Oyo, is the reigning Omukama of Toro, in Uganda.
He was born on 16 April 1992 to King Patrick David Mathew Kaboyo Olimi III (died August 26,1995) and Queen Best Kemigisa Kaboyo (still alive).
Pastor Aloysius Bugingo of House of Prayer Ministries Kampala claims that he gives Shs800,000 per week to his former wife Teddy Naluswa Bugingo and 4 children (feeding and fuel).
Teddy yesterday revealed that Bugingo has refused to pay school fees,and other care.
Pr Bugingo asks Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi,the Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs,to get evidence from him,or summon both of them on this.
Teddy yesterday cried,asking Nakiwala and speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga to intervene.
Bugingo stories have been viral since June 2019,when he decided,and divorced his wife Teddy after over 20 years of marriage,is about to officially wed his tv & radio worker Suzan Makula under Salt Media.
The divorce file is still in court.
Central Uganda – A 60 year old Fragilo Kizito resident of Kabalagala collapses and dies at Makindye Magistrate court.
The deceased had accompanied his wife Rosemary Kizito to court where she is facing assault charges.
The old man collapsed dead inside the courtroom of Grade Two Magistrate John Robert Okipi as soon as his wife was called to the dock, and a prosecution witness shot up to testify against her.
A Police patrol has taken Kizito’s body to the KCCA Mortuary at Mulago for a postm
The UN’s Children Fund ,The United Nations Children’s Fund, originally known as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) wants governments to put in place laws to protect children from cyber bullying.
This after a study they conducted last month among over 4000 youth across the country indicted that 40% of them have been victims of online cyber bullying especially on face book.
UNICEF Communications Specialist Catherine Ntabadde says most of the cases reported are not acted upon hence calling for tougher laws.
Thursday, September 5,2019.
Human activities such as encroaching on wetlands and poor methods of farming by communities around Lake Bunyonyi have been highlight as the major cause of silting in the lake.
This was revealed today by the Secretary of Ruheza Nyenda Catchment
Management Committee, Vincent Mudanga, while speaking during the
closure of a two day workshop organized by Self Help Africa, an
European Union-funded project that aims to create a sustainable ‘green
economy’ in the Lake Bunyonyi region of Uganda. The workshop was held
at White Horse Inn in Kabale Municipality.
The 2.5 billion three year project implemented by Self Help Africa in
collaboration with African International Christian Ministry (AICM) and
the local authorities of Kabale and Rubanda District Local Governments
was launched in Rubanda in July 2019 under the theme ‘Striking a
Balance: Developing a Green Economy’.
Mudanga who led a delegation of local leaders and environmentalists
from the districts of Rubanda and Kabale while carrying out a visit to
communities around Lake Bunyonyi, said that human activities around Lake Bunyonyi said as poor farming methods, encroaching wetlands and deforestation pauses a great threat
to its existence.
He explains that the depletion of Lake Bunyonyi would greatly affect
the tourism industry of the country as well as the climate change in
the region.
The Rubaya Sub County LCIII Chairperson Saime Twesigomwe says that
when they visited the whole sub county of Rubaya, they found that it’s
only in Kitooma parish where they found that farmers are practicing
terracing and mulching.
The Coordinator of the project Denis Mucunguzi said that most of the
locals around the lake are abandoning best farming practices due to
land fragmentation. He added that are carrying out activities to
stopping running water from moving to the lake, most of the locals
resist such projects from passing through their land.
He added that they have continued to spread the news of planting at
fibrous root trees to protect the lake banks and sub county leaders
will be sensitizing them about the need to protect the natural
resources.
The executive director of Let Us Save Uganda-LUSU Simon Byamukama said
that agro forestry is the only way to protect the lake from depletion
since the locals have shunned better farming practices.
Wednesday, September 4, 2019.
North-Western Province of Zambia,southern Africa – A 30-DAY fasting programme has claimed life of a Solwezi pastor ten days days before its completion when he suddenly died
Pastor Brighton Samajomba, 37 of “Heaven Is My Home” of Kazomba Township of Solwezi was reportedly found dead by his wife in the early hours of his 20th day of his 30-day fasting programme of standing in the gap for his family and church members.
The death of Pastor Samajomba was confirmed by his brother Reagan Samajomba in Solwezi yesterday in a telephone interview.
But when contacted for a comment North-Western police commissioner Mr Hudson Namachila said he had no yet received a report on the matter.
However his brother said Pastor Samajomba who led a lifestyle of taking on many days of prayer and fasting programmes, started his fasting on the his yearly August fast on 8th with a view to pray for his family and church members who he wanted to remain be united.
Mr Samajomba told the Sun that, Pastor Samanjomba took on many other yearly 90 days fasting programmes during which he only had a single meal in the evening each August.
“I would say he died in the early hours, because my sister and his wife were there and took turns to check on him, and then it was time for my in law to check on him, she was with him according to her till mid night,
“Then she decided to rest, when she woke up, they had a tendency of sharing dreams with each other as partners. So she dreamt of something and wanted to tell the husband.
But as she tried to shake him up, he was not responding and so he was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
“The only consolation that we have as a family is the way he died because he was in the closet with the Lord.” Reagan said
Police in Rukungiri district is holding a 52-year old woman and her
daughter for allegedly assaulting the family head which resulted into his death.
The suspects are; Maria Kaguhangire and her daughter identified as Cosilanta Tumwebaze aged 25 years all residents of Ihendamata cell, Nyabubare parish, Bwambara sub county in Rukungiri district.
The two were arrested today morning in connection to the death of a 54- year old Samson Turyahebwa, a resident of the same area. The incident happened on Monday evening,September 2,2019, at around 9:00pm at Ihendamata cell.
According to the Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson Elly Maate,
Turyahebwa who went home in the evening from Nyabubare trading centre started fighting with his wife Kaguhangire, accusing her preparing food that he never wanted.
Kaguhangire escaped from him and run to her daughter’s room, where the deceased found him and resumed the fight. Maate says that Kaguhangire hit her husband Turyahebwa a stick in the head and started bleeding seriously.
Maate says that the neighbors who had the two fighting intervened and rushed Turyahebwa to Bwambara health centre III but died when they had reached at Nyabubare trading centre. He said that the two currently detained at Rukungiri police station to help police in the investigations.
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