#daily monitor 25th august 2020

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Dozens remain missing despite Lokech’s orders

Dozens remain missing despite Lokech’s orders

By Andrew Bagala Ten days since the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to two directorates to release people arrested by security men, none of his instructions has been implemented. To date, people arrested by security men driving in Toyota HiAce vans commonly known as Drones, have not been released or accessed by their lawyers and families. “I…

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Four dead as fuel tanker explodes in Bunyangabu

Four dead as fuel tanker explodes in Bunyangabu

By Felix Basiime Four people have been confirmed dead by police after a fuel tanker hit a stationary lorry at Kasunganyaja trading centre, along Fort Portal-Kasese Road in Bunyangabu District. According to Mr Edward Kyaligonza, a journalist who was at the scene, the fuel tanker was heading to Kasese from Fort Portal side and when it reached the slope along Kasunganyanja trading centre, the driver…

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Radio presenter allegedly hacked to death by girlfriend

Radio presenter allegedly hacked to death by girlfriend

By Felix Ainebyoona By Zadock Amanyisa Police in Bushenyi District are investigating circumstances under which a presenter at a local radio station was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. Police have identified the deceased as Allan Mandela, 26, also known as Sports King Mateeka who has been a sports commentator at Hunter Radio based in Rwentuha Town Council, Igara East in Bushenyi District. The…

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Hand grenade kills two in Adjumani

Hand grenade kills two in Adjumani

By Suzan Nanjala A blast from an explosive device believed to be a hand grenade on Thursday evening killed two people and injured two others in Adjumani District. The deceased have been identified as Richard Owole, 17, and Patrick Lulu, 22, all residents of Okawa village, Lewa parish, Pakelle Sub-County. One person died on the spot at the scene, while another succumbed to the injuries at Adjumani…

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By Felix Ainebyoona By Zadock Amanyisa Police in Bushenyi District are investigating circumstances under which a presenter at a local radio station was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. Police have identified the deceased as Allan Mandela, 26, also known as Sports King Mateeka who has been a sports commentator at Hunter Radio based in Rwentuha Town Council, Igara East in Bushenyi District. The…

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Three dead as fuel tanker explodes in Bunyangabu

Three dead as fuel tanker explodes in Bunyangabu

By Felix Basiime Three people have been confirmed dead after a fuel tanker hit a stationary lorry that at Kasunganyaja trading centre, along Fort Portal-Kasese Road in Bunyangabu District. According to Mr Edward Kyaligonza, a journalist who was at the scene, the fuel tanker was heading to Kasese from Fort Portal side and when it reached the slope along Kasunganyanja trading centre, the driver…

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ICC to elect new prosecutor to daunting job

ICC to elect new prosecutor to daunting job

By AFP The International Criminal Court’s member countries are set to elect a new chief prosecutor for the war crimes tribunal on Friday, a gruelling job whose current holder is under US sanctions. Four candidates from Britain, Ireland, Italy and Spain are vying to replace outgoing prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who has led controversial probes into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and…

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China bans BBC World News in row over Xinjiang reporting

China bans BBC World News in row over Xinjiang reporting

By AFP China’s broadcasting regulator has banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines over a hard-hitting report on Beijing’s treatment of the country’s Uighur minority. The decision came just days after Britain’s own regulator revoked the licence of Chinese broadcaster CGTN for breaking UK law on state-backed ownership, and provoked angry accusations of censorship from…

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Court Martial sentences two civilians to 100 years in jail for killing police officer

Court Martial sentences two civilians to 100 years in jail for killing police officer

By Felix Ainebyoona Mbarara second division Court Martial has sentenced two civilians to 100 years in prison for the murder of a police officer and running away with his gun in Kabale District. The duo; Mukwenda Mugisha, 19, aka young, a resident of Gatete village in Mukabaya parish, Kisoro District, and Paul Dusingizimana, 27, aka never give up,  a resident of Kijuguta ward in Kabale…

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How Internet shutdown stalled businesses

How Internet shutdown stalled businesses

By Ismail Musa Ladu The Internet shutdown that started on January 13 caused huge losses as businesses, government agencies, organisations and web-based operations such as e-tax payments were disrupted.   The State action was described as inconsiderate due to the modern ways of conducting business through e-commerce. On the eve of the election, government shut down Internet citing security reasons…

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Man committed to High Court over rape of HIV patient

Man committed to High Court over rape of HIV patient

By Betty Ndagire A 48-year-old man charged with raping an HIV/Aids  patient has been committed to High Court for trial. Erias Ntalanzi yesterday appeared before City Hall Court presided over by  magistrate  Fatuma Nabirye. The state prosecutor, Ms Viola Tusingwire, presented before court a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), saying investigations into Ntalanza’s case were…

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Nkumba graduates, gets new chancellor

Nkumba graduates, gets new chancellor

By Paul Adude Nkumba University has installed a new chancellor ahead of its graduation at the main campus in Entebbe tomorrow. The chairman of Uganda National oil Company Mr Emmanuel Katongole is the new chancellor and will replace Mr Gordon Wavamunno who served for nine years.   Mr Katongole, the university’s fifth chancellor, called on government to transform the country’s education system to…

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Oil-rich Libya in poverty after decade of conflict

Oil-rich Libya in poverty after decade of conflict

By AFP Libya has Africa’s largest proven oil reserves and only seven million people, but a decade of bloody conflict has left its economy shattered and its population mired in poverty.  The dinar has crashed and consumer prices have surged, power outages and fuel shortages are common, and even clean water is rare in a country that was once among the continent’s richest per capita. In Tripoli,…

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From pandemic to politics, tough road ahead for South African president

From pandemic to politics, tough road ahead for South African president

By AFP South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his annual address to the nation on Thursday while appearing increasingly fragile politically, hit by massive health and economic crises as well as a divided ruling party. Each February he outlines his national plan for the year, but this time he will be hard put to try to uplift a pandemic-weary and more impoverished population, while…

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Shock as historic charges against Kenyan police dropped

Shock as historic charges against Kenyan police dropped

By AFP The case was unprecedented in the years-long campaign against police impunity in Kenya — a record 15 officers ordered to stand trial, accused of a terrifying rampage through a family home. Never had so many officers — nearly an entire station in western Kenya — faced criminal charges over a single act of alleged police brutality. The victims filed into a courtroom in February expecting to…

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Bobi petition: Public to park at Kololo airstrip

Bobi petition: Public to park at Kololo airstrip

By Anthony Wesaka The public will from today park at Kololo Independence Grounds as the Supreme Court starts the hearing of the presidential poll petition filed by Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, who is challenging President Museveni’s victory. A panel of nine justices led by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo will conduct a pre-hearing session at the court today.   Ms Harriet Ssali…