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Month: January 2024

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Luwero hit by Shs41m PDM scandal of ghost beneficiaries

LUWERO: Luwero Resident District Commissioner Richard Bwabye has ordered the police to investigate the district commercial office for alleged embezzlement of funds meant for the Parish Development Model (PDM) programme. It is alleged that at least Shs41 million was withdrawn from the accounts of several PDM Saccos and paid to beneficiaries unknown to group leaders. The affected PDM Saccos include Migadde Parish Sacco located in Katikamu sub-county which lost Shs13 million and Buyego PDM Sacco in Ndejje town council whose Shs15 million cash was withdrawn without the knowledge of the executive committee leaders. Other affected PDM Saccos include Kakinzi, Kalwanga, Kyawangabi and Bukammbagga all located in Butuntumula sub-county, which lost a total of Shs13 million. Bwabye explains that the PDM Sacco executive committee leaders detected the unsuspicious withdrawals after they checked balances and found less amount of funds on their […]

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Mbarara S6 vacist, mum killed in cold blood

MBARARA: The Police in Mbarara are investigating the brutal murder of an 18-year-old S6 vacist together with her mother. Rwizi regional police said Ainembabazi Ruth, an 18 year old S.6 vacist, and her mother Bashaba Frascisco, a 49-year-old, peasant, were killed on Jan. 5, at Nsiika cell, Ntura parish in Mbarara district. The facts gathered indicate that the mother in the company of her daughter went and visited her brother in Nsiika cell, where she received a call, from her husband Musinguzi Deus, aged 55, with whom they were not in good terms, asking about their whereabouts. The duo later returned to their home. They were not seen till the 6.01.2024, when residents got concerned and checked their house. They found the two victims dead. Both their heads were smashed with a blunt object. Three suspects including the husband, Musinguzi […]

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Details emerge from Bugingo’s shooting incident

KAMPALA: After examining the bullet casings collected from the scene of crime, police say they have established that a pistol was used to shoot at pastor Aloysius Bugingo and his driver who also doubled as bodyguard Richard Muhumuza. The duo was allegedly shot at along Buwalakata road, Namungoona, in Lubaga Division, on Tuesday by gunmen moving on a motorcycle. Muhumuza, 45, who hailed from Sembabule district allegedly died on the spot. According to his brother, Geoffrey Kayumba and Lwbitakuli village chairman Stephen Ssenyonyi, Muhumuza left three children. Muhumuza was apparently one of the best highly trained body-to-body secret service guards. Although police pathologists found more than 10 bullet wounds on Muhumuza’s body, it raised further questions about how Bugingo survived the assassination and how he was able to drive the targeted car from the crime scene to Mulago hospital. URN […]

2024:Brother Ronnie cautions Ugandans about gay law, warns on Isreal- Palestine war

By Shanitah Nakyejjwe Bwerenga . The man of God and head of the ETM Church International, Brother Ronnie Makabai has cautioned Ugandans to take endurance rather than submission to the pains the country is going through as a result of the harsh gay law saying the law is good for the country. " Let this be the beginning of our independence, there shall be some pain here and there but Uganda and Africa must preserve it's culture and norms. How can you tell me to marry a fellow man? poverty must not make us less than animals" said Brother Ronnie. Brother Ronnie was preaching to thousands of followers who gathered at Holy City Bwerenga near Entebbe in Wakiso District to usher in the new year 2024. He said the Presidential signing of the harsh gay law in 2023 has come […]