Godfrey Kateebe, the area councillor for Makerere One Parish in Kawempe Division, told URN, that despite being part of Kampala City, the division has been neglected for years in terms of development.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, identified the deceased as Sharif Ssekajugo, who was shot dead by a security guard at Twins Mall Ttula Bar in Kawempe following an altercation at around 4:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Hajji-Njuki Mbabali, Kawempe Division's Deputy Resident City Commissioner announced plans to conduct operations and hold meetings in every zone to sensitize the community about the new registration. He said the process aims to gather information about all residents, including their occupations and work schedules.
Ismail Bukenya, the LC I chairperson of Kikikulu zone, informed the DPC that his officers no longer carry out routine night operations to eliminate the emerging criminal gangs but are rather found drunk with their guns in bars.
NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi said acquiring land in the heart of a ghetto area in Kawempe Division is a strategy for not losing their identity of standing for the interests of the common person.
Emmanuel Kate, the defense secretary of Tebyoreka zone in Bwaise, says the criminality in Bwaise has worsened. He attributes the high crime rates to the recent eviction of street vendors, which has forced many youths to resort to crime for survival.
The four are said to have died in the fire that caught one of the pupils’ dormitories at around 3am this morning. The victims have been identified as Tena Denge, Bashira Nabawesi, Julian Nakalanzi, all in primary one and 7-year-old Hasina Nakawuki, a primary two pupil.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said that the crackdown follows increasing vehicles without number-plates on the roads which is not only against the law but also, the same vehicles are mostly being used by criminals.
A few minutes to 1 p.m., incumbent Kawempe Division Mayor Emmanuel Serunjogi turned up to cast his vote at Yiga’s park yard Bwaise II polling station amidst chants by his supporters.
The LDUs gunned down Simon Sserwadda, who alongside three others allegedly raided a shop belonging to one of the residents of Kazo around 4am. According to UPDF First Division Spokesperson, Major Bilal Katamba, residents alerted LDUs who were on foot patrol about the raid.
Umar Kitaaka, the Officer in Charge of Kawempe Division, says the duo was arrested on Monday night following a tip off that they were busy terrorising the area after being released from Luzira Prisons where they were locked up for three years.
Sande explains that they had a busy night because dozens of youths gathered in the betting hall on the fateful night to watch UEFA Champions League matches. The matches started at 10:45 and ended at a quarter past 1am. He says the ululations and conversations about the matches varnished shortly after the gamblers and football fans left.
Sources in the university say employees from the Estates and Works Department accessed Kitumba’s residence on Monday evening under the instruction of the acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor William Bazeyo and removed the water and electricity meters effectively cutting off supply.
Moses Mugisha Okwera, the Nakawa 1 councilor doesn’t have hope in the amendments. He says the laws are not the challenge of this country but rather poor leadership from the top. He specifically says Ugandans have a better chance to proper solutions when the leadership of this country is changed.
The postponement in Kyebando West followed the death of Joseph Kyerabira Kasirivu, the Forum for Democratic Change candidate who passed on two days to polling day.
