Voting started at around 9 am amidst heavy security. Each polling station was manned by three regular police officers and armed anti-riot police on standby.
Tiperu lost the race to former Terego County MP Kassiano Wadri who was declared the winner with 6,421 votes against her 4,798 votes. But she challenged the outcome and petitioned the court to overturn the results.
Samson Kasasira the Rwizi regional police spokesperson says that the police and operatives of the flying squad tracked four suspected robbers and during the exchange of fire, one of the suspected robbers Yonasani Mbaine aged 40 was shot dead.
The plant will be used to assemble parts of home appliances such as fridges, gas cookers and washing machines. The plan was disclosed by Egypt’s First Assistant to the Minister of Trade and Industry, Eng. Ahmed Taha, who led a high-powered trade and investment delegation that visited Uganda Investment Authority (UIA).
The largest group sighted was of 15-men who reportedly spoke Acholi, Pazande, and Lingala. They looted properties from several travellers’ 40-kilometres west of Sanangu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Another group ambushed and looted civilians near Bulumasi in DRC, killed one person and abducted 12 civilians, including two boys and three women On February 9.
The report says that unless environmental protections are drastically scaled up, there could be millions of premature deaths by the middle of this century, adverse effect on male and female fertility, as well as the neurological development of children.
Residents argue that the bridge is important because it is used by farmers to transport their produce to Mugusu market and used by children going to schools which include Kazingo Seventh Day Adventist – SDA primary school and Smalling Peas primary, among others.
The Thursday morning attack is the fourth on treatment or transit facilities in the DRC within the last two weeks. The attack followed the death of an individual in the community which led to escalating violence and the local Ebola transit centre being severely damaged.
Jeconious Musingwire, the National Environmental Management authority-NEMA focal person for south-western Uganda says that the urban authorities have failed to do their work with dignity by endorsing construction in wetlands.
Moyo district Chairman Williams Anyama says that until Obongi becomes a district, it remains under the planning authority of Moyo District Local Government.
In an emergency meeting convened at Lopeduru Village in Kotido Municipal Council, the chairpersons said some of the most vulnerable members of their communities are severely starving and can’t even afford one meal a day.
Kithende was arrested on Tuesday, March 12, shortly after attending a hearing of a case in which he is accused of criminal trespass and malicious damage on Kithende Hostels Project, in Kasese Municipality.
Wismer, who is a devout Catholic, is said to have donated the properties to the Diocese of Kasese after she developed disagreements with the former lawmaker.
