The Kiruhura District Veterinary officer, Dr. Asiimwe Grace has insisted with affirmation that there is an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD in Kitagi cell Kenshunga sub-county Kiruhura though cattle keepers in areas oppose the confirmation.

Dr. Asiimwe revealed this on Tuesday during a meeting between district authorities and cattle farmers and traders at Kiyonza catholic primary school grounds where it was said that there is a case on one farmer’s farm in which the health of one of the cows has deteriorated severely.

According to Dr Asiimwe, blood samples were taken from six cows on this farm and that five came positive after two days which these farmers oppose asserting that the cow is suffering from unknown disease but not FMD.

Kiretwa Philimon, one of the cattle keepers said that the said sick cow is not suffering from FMD.

Dr. Asiimwe was seen unhappy because of being taken as a liar by farmers of Kitagi about blood sample results.

Addressing the same meeting, Dan Mukago, the Kiruhura District LC V chairman ordered veterinary doctors to treat the sick cow.

Matsiko Mujwani, the chairman for Kenshunga Sub-County also insisted that there is no FMD in his sub county.

According to World Organization for Animal Health, FMD is a severe, highly contagious viral disease of livestock characterized by fever and blister-like sores on the tongue and lips, in the mouth, on the teats and between the hooves leading to severe production losses.

By Mutatiina Medison

Police in Kamuli district are investigating circumstances under which a GM sugar weigh bridge cashier was allegedly robbed of UGX 95m by unknown armed thugs.

According to police, Kobil Goswami alias Hash, the cashier, at GM Sugar weigh bridge premises located at Luzinga central 1 zone, Luzinga parish, Wankole sub-county, Kamuli district was attacked, shot and injured before he was robbed of UGX 95m on Sunday.

Micheal Kasadha, the Busoga North Region Police spokesperson, confirmed the robbery and shooting, saying they have so far arrested five people to help with the investigations.

Kasadha said the five people arrested on suspicion of robbery include Moses Kiirya, Alex Waibale, Malicana Kiirya, Adam Baliruno, and Painedo Ojole.

“The attackers shot Kobil in the left shoulder while demanding for money. They allegedly searched the house which yielded access to UGX 95 million, before they fled the scene,” said Kasadha.

 According to police, the victim was rushed to Nile international hospital in Jinja city where he is currently admitted for better management.

Police visited the scene and managed to recover some exhibits and investigations into the matter continue.

Ibanda chief magistrate’s court has sentenced a man who escaped from Police twice in Ibanda to five years in prison at Nyabuhikye.

Benedicto Baryaija, a resident of Katongore in Ibanda South County, Ibanda district, had been arrested on charges of threatening violence and harassment against his wife Generous Kadesemba.

It is said that the convict however drilled a hole in the wall of his cell at Katongore Police Station and escaped. He was rearrested and transferred to Ibanda Central Police Station, but on November 20^th, he escaped again after he was taken out to reportedly wash the Police vehicle.

Ali Ssemakula, the prosecutor told court presided over by his worship Aloysius Natwijuka, that Baryaija was rearrested hours later from his mother’s home in Kafunjo, Katongore, and charged with two counts of escape from lawful detention and malicious damage to property.

With evidence weighing heavily against him, Baryaija pleaded guilty to all the crimes while appearing before the Ibanda chief magistrate on November 23. He was accordingly convicted and sentenced by court.

Natwijuka handed the convict a two-year jail term on the charge of threatening violence. He will serve another two years, one for each counts of escaping from lawful detention, while he got one year in prison for malicious damage to government property.

Ibanda chief magistrate’s Court has charged and remanded Paskazia Ahumuza, 24, to Nyabuhikye Prison on charges of human trafficking.

Court presided over by his worship Aloysius Natwijuka heard that the 17-year-old tailoring trainee was rescued by Police from one Kwirrino’s house in Rwenkobwa town council.

Prosecution led by Ali Ssemakula told court that on November 19^th, Ahumuza, a resident of Rwenkobwa town council in Ibanda North County matched and introduced the victim,17, to one Kwirrino for the purposes of sexual exploitation.

The victim had earlier disappeared from Catherine Ahebwa, a tailor and tailoring instructor at Kyereta in Ibanda town, who she was staying with.

The victim was later traced to Paskazia, but by then she was already at Kwirrino’s house in Rwenkobwa allegedly ‘married’.

The suspect was arrested by Police and charged accordingly.

The victim, who hails from Kamwenge district, confessed to Police to having slept with the said Kwiriino all the two days she stayed with him.

Ahumuza will reappear in court on December 19 when her case will come up for hearing.

The convict contravened section 8(e) of the prevention of trafficking in persons Act of 2009.

The offence carries the death penalty, on conviction, as the maximum sentence.

Bushenyi district woman Member of Parliament Annet Katusiime Mugisha has asked Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to work on the Mbarara- Ishaka road which is in poor state and due to its condition, it has become a death trap for the users with a lot of accidents.

The woman legislator who doubles as the district roads committee chairperson said this during a pre-site handover ceremony of the 3km Nyaruzinga road at a function held at Meridian hotel in Bushenyi.

The tarmac road that connects from Mbarara-Kasese highway to Nyaruzinga was constructed by M/S Networld construction company limited on a tune of UGX 7.3bn and was officially handed over to the district and municipal users on Wednesday.

Katusiime asked UNRA to consider rehabilitation of the road along the PIBID swamp which has developed a manhole in the middle of the road and it has become difficult for users to navigate through.

Rachel Ngonzebwa, the UNRA regional manager-Mbarara cluster commended leaders of Bushenyi district for their oversight and supervisory role in ensuring that there was no shoddy work by the contractor adding that as UNRA they have identified some few technical errors and defect liabilities which the contractor accepted to work upon exigently.

Ngonzebwa noted that by Early December this year, they will start on Katarumwa road near Ishaka town and it will be graded, compacted and surfaced for users to use as they await the government to release money for it’s construction.

Jaffari Bassajjabalaba appreciated Government of Uganda through UNRA for the 3km road at Nyaruzinga where he asked the contractor to work on the small defects they identified.

Police in Bushenyi are investigating the circumstances under which a security guard was beaten to death while on duty on Monday night.

Martial Tumusiime, the greater Bushenyi region police spokesperson confirmed the incident and identified the deceased as Robert Solomo, 24, a security guard attached to Swatt who was deployed at Kawa Com opposite Gaz Petrol station.

Tumusiime said the incident of Murder took place on Monday night at Gaz Petrol station along Ishaka-Kasese highway at Cell C, Ishaka Division, Bushenyi -Ishaka Municipality in Bushenyi District.

It is alleged that on 22/11/2022 at around 02:18am, the deceased who was armed with a gun, attacked Pontius Kwikiriza, 35, a night watchman at Gaz Petrol Station. The duo fought as the deceased wanted to shoot Kwikiriza.

The neighboring security guards responded to rescue Kwikiriza and the deceased was thoroughly beaten until he became unconscious and died at the scene.

The body of the deceased was found lying at the scene with the gun placed on his body.

A gun SAR without any ammunition was recovered and the body of the deceased was taken to KIU hospital for postmortem examination.

Tumusiime said that four suspects have been arrested to help police with investigations.

Police in Bushenyi district are investigating the circumstances under which unknown thugs broke into Bumbaire Sacco and stole an unspecified amount of money on Sunday night.

Martial Tumusiime, the greater Bushenyi region police spokesperson confirmed the incident and said they have arrested two security guards attached to Agro security to help police with investigations.

Celestine Bagampangire, the LC III chairman, Bumbaire sub-county said that they were shocked to find the bank open and security guards tied up with ropes and their guns lying beside them on Monday morning.

Bagampangire added that the thugs accessed the Sacco premises after they broke the main door of the Sacco, raided the Sacco offices and run way with the Sacco office phone and unknown amount of money.

By press time, Adonia Tushemirirwe, the Sacco general manager had not commented on the matter.