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Mr. Kagenyi addressing Manafwa district leaders

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MARY NAKASI
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CLOSING a three days’ training Workshop aimed at senstizing Manafwa district leaders about Parish Development Model (PDM), a new government initiative targeting poverty eradication, Deputy RDC Kagenyi Lukka has threatened to arrest and prosecute in courts of law any leader who will eat this money or sabotage the program.
Deputy RDC emphasised the need to monitor government programs for effective service delivery. He also called upon the Town clerks, subcounty chiefs, Town agents and parish chiefs to desist from corrupt tendencies. The Workshop took place at Butiru Town Council headquarters in Butiru Constituency, Manafwa district.
Mr Kagenyi who also warned the accounting officers against soliciting money from the people who seek government services said, “With Parish Development Model funds, there will be no excuse. If any leader eats this money or in any way sabottages a government program, I will arrest you and be prosecuted. Let us work as a team so that PDM benefits our people.” Said Deputy RDC Kagenyi Lukka. 
The National rollout program for PDM starts on June 10, 2022 and by June 15, 2022, money will be on the accounts. 
Each Parish in the whole country will get 17 million as a pilot study and in the next financial year, every parish will be given 100. 
At Butiru Town Coucil headquaters, training started with Subcounty chairpersons, town council mayors and LCV councilors representing subcounties at the district. 
On day two, it was training for councilors representing Parishes at the Subcounties. “Day three, we have been sensitising Subcounty chiefs, town clerks from town councils,  parish chiefs and town agents. 
There training was special, we have trained them as Training of Trainers (TOTs). They are are in charge of going to the ground to spread this information about PDM.” Deputy RDC revealed to this News Website shortly after the workshop.
He urged all leaders to work in line with the four principles put together by President Museveni which he named the ‘Four acre model’.
Mr. Kagenyi told leaders that PDM has a very good concept, but 60% of members who are going to form PDM Sacco will be at the House hold level, those who have been practicing substance farming. 
“And we have to sensitize them for Mindset Change so that they turn to commercial Agriculture. That is,  growing food crops for home consumption and the surplus for sell.” Deputy RDC told Manafwa district leaders.
He also talked about another group of people making 40%, the Enterprise Groups. Those who roast maize, bodaboda riders, informal sector or low income earners. 
He categorically told leaders that, for PDM, unlike the previous government interventions intended to fight poverty that didn’t succeed, this one must bear fruit.
He talked about programs like Bonabagaggawale, Youth Livelihood Program (YLP), Peace Recovery and Development Program (PRDP) in Northern Uganda and Eastern part of the country affected by the Kony war, Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program (UWEP) and NAADS which was later amalgamated into Operation Wealth Creation (OWEC).
“OWEC performed well. The other ones didn’t succeed due to the bureaucracy put for people who wanted loans. It brought corruption, Nepotism and favouritism. This won’t be acceptable in PDM. There must be transparency. Manafwa must be a model district. Kindly let us work as a team.” Deputy RDC Kagenyi asked district leaders.
After closing the trainig workshop, Mr. Kagenyi visited Sibanga Health centre III where he was heard asking about the turn up for Covid vaccinations. He later visited Sibanga Seed School in Butiru Constituency. 
For starters, Manafwa has two constituencies, Buburo West and Butiru. Buburo East contituency is in Namisindwa district, which was curved from Manafwa district.

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PHOTO: UN President Shahid (extreme left) taking notes as Kampala Lord mayor Lukwago (extreme right) submits. The two met in the ongoing International Migration Review Forum in New York, USA

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KAMPALA Lord Mayor His Worship Erias Lukwago together with fellow Mayors sitting on the Leadership Board of the Mayors Migration Council, has met with the President of the United Nations General Assembly H.E Abdulla Shahid at the ongoing International Migration Review Forum in New York, United States of America. 
Lukwago flew out of the country to join other Mayors for a conference in New York. Mayors in attendance include; Valerie Plante of Montreal – Canada, Giuseppe Sala of Milan – Italy and Yvonne Aki Saywerr of Freetown – Sierra Leone at the Mayors’ Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York. 
According to Lukwago’s Personal Assistant Mr. Elvis Kintu Nsonyi, the central focus of today’s discussion was about the role Local Authorities play in the implementation of the Marrakech Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact for Refugees. 
The Lord Mayor and other Leadership Board of Mayors expressed gratitude to the President of the General Assembly for his recognition of the vital role City Mayors play in realizing the ideals of the two compacts and the commitment he made to factor in this critical element in all international fora and the UN Agenda. 
His Worship Lukwago underscored the need for UN and it’s agencies to pay special attention to the drivers of the refugee crisis within the Great Lakes Region. 
“He passionately appealed to the President of the General Assembly to impress it up member states to put a spotlight on the geopolitical dynamics engendering the escalating humanitarian crisis in the East African Region where Uganda is paradoxically playing the role of a host to the refugees yet considered in some circles a protagonist.” Lukwago’s PA briefed this news website.

On his part, the President of the General Assembly H.E Abdulla Shahid made a pledge to mobilise resources from UN Agencies and other stakeholders towards financing Local Authorities committed to implementing these compacts. 

LUKWAGO WANTS THE ISSUE OF UGANDA MIGRANT WORKERS MISTREATED IN MIDDLE-EAST SORTED 
While addressing fellow Mayors yesterday, Lukwago called on UN agencies to collectively deal with the plight of the Ugandan migrant workers subjected to barbaric and horrendous dehumanisation in the Middle East to the extent that, “We are now witnessing a new phenomenon of organ harvesting.”
Lord mayor noted that Uganda is currently having 216 registered companies dealing in what is called labour export and in 2021 alone, the country externalized 84,879 migrant workers, 75% of whom were females.

He emphasized that there is need to address the structural challenges to reverse the trend and specific interventions be made to address this crisis. 
Mr. Lukwago also underscored the need for local action spearheaded by city leaders and highlighted initiatives by   KCCA in collaboration with other agencies like the International Organisation for Migration (IoM), UNHCR, Civil Society Organisations and other key stakeholders in implementing the Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact for Refugees to guarantee safe, orderly and regular migration. 
In conclusion, the Lord Mayor appreciated the Mayors Migration Council for supporting Kampala through the Global Cities Fund to support the internally displaced with direct cash assistance and skilling for sustainability.

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Buganda’s Supreme leader Kabaka Ronald Mutebi II and Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga who recently celebrated 9 years in office. Owek. Mayiga is very supportive to Buganda Land Board in managing and protecting Kabaka’s land.

STORY BY:
MEDDIE KITYO
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KAMPALA businessman Hamis Kiggundu is being accused of waging a blackmail campaign against Buganda Land Board officials after he was forced to vomit over 100 acres of land he had fraudently acquired on Kabaka’s Kigo land, in Wakiso district.
When Ham Kiggundu tried to take over Kabaka’s land in Kigo by force, he faced backlash from the people of Buganda. The backlash was so intense that he decided to abandon his plans and declared before cameras how he had left the land to the Kabaka. That as a Muganda, he wasn’t ready to fight the Kabaka.
However, and shockingly, he recently made U-turn, eating a cake and have it again. In a letter he wrote to the commissioner of lands through his lawyers of Muwema advocates, Kiggundu claims the Kigo land is his, not Kabaka’s. 
Additionally, sources say, he  has resorted to blackmailing Buganda Land Board and it’s officials, tarnishing them, thinking he can win cheap popularity.
“We have seen sponsored opinion/online articles like that written by a one David Sserumaga of Ugandaonline media titled, ‘ Owek. Katikiro Mayiga Should Intervene And Save Us, Mafias Who Used To Disturb Kabaka’s Subjects Using Buganda Land Board Have Resurfaced.’ No amount of lies or blackmail can divert BLB or its officials from their mandate of managing and protecting Kabaka’s land. If Hamis Kiggundu believes this approach can save him from the embarrassment of stealing Kabaka’s land, he is day dreaming.” A top source from Mengo told this investigative news Website.
According to the said article by a one Sserumaga, it stated that Buganda Land Board officials are mafias and that the Katikkiro should reign them in and stop them from taking Kiggundu’s Kigo land. “Hamis Kiggundu and his people are probably forgetting that the role of Buganda Land Board is to primarily protect Kabaka’s land against grabbers like him. He hopes that he can bad mouth Buganda Land Board officials and that the Katikkiro will stop them from forcing him to vomit the Kigo land he has wrongly declared to be his, based on a fraudulent freehold title his company KIHAM got from Wakiso district? He is a joker!” Revealed our Mengo source who asked for anonimity.
When we approached Buganda Land Board officials for a comment on Sserumaga’s article they said,  the official spokesman openly told is, “We have no comment.” However an insider tolf this news website that they won’t be cowed by amateurish blackmail by Kiggundu’s camp, and that they will go on to ensure that Kabaka’s land in Kigo is protected against Ham Kiggundu’s machinations.
They vowed that a team of senior lawyers set up by Katikkiro Mayiga will make sure that Kiggundu’s fake title is cancelled.
It should be remembered that, on many occassions, Kiggundu’s name has been mentioned for blackmailing those standing in his way. 
There was an incident of blackmailing  the principal judge on matters to do with DTB bank. The same name was also mentioned for blackmailing Nakivubo officials who had refused to consent on giving away Nakivubo land. 
“He is basically a cry baby who thinks he is entitled to grab things and that he should face no consequences while at it. He should never play around with Kabaka’s land. Advise him.” Quoted Mengo source. 
What next? Watch the space!

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PHOTO: Rubaga South MP Hon. Aloysius Mukasa and other Members of Parliament sitting on the Equal Opportunities Committee today morning visited Kabwohe Health Centre IV in Western Uganda, finding it in a sorry state

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TWO National Unity Platform (NUP) Members of Parliament sitting on the Equal Opportunities committee of Parliament have shunned committee meeting organised in an NRM office full of President Museveni and other NRM candidates’ 2021 campaign posters, after organizers allegedly failed to get a ‘suitable’ venue for a meeting.

Opposition NUP MPs Hon. Aloysius Mukasa (Rubaga South) and Hon. Dr. Christine Nandagire Ndiwalana (Bukomansimbi North) walked out of the meeting in protest, saying they can’t be trapped into doing Parliament business from an NRM office fearing that photos can be easily taken and used by agents of State to discredit NUP leaders.
“Let’s have our meeting under a tree shade if you don’t have another hall but not in an NRM office. If you can’t change the venue, sorry, we are out of this place. Committee didn’t come to assess situation in NRM offices. President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi directed that we must always trade carefully as we conduct business.” Said Hon. Mukasa as he was walking out of the meeting hall. He was followed by Hon. Christine Ndiwalana.

However, other committee members including those from other opposition political parties remained behind and the meeting went on.
All this took place yesterday in Buhweju district, Western Uganda where members of Parliament sitting on the committee of Equal Opportunities had travelled to visit and assess situation in hospitals and engage district leadership on service delivery.
When the committee reached Buhweju, the district leadership had organised to have a meeting with the MPs in an NRM office which the two NUP MPs strongly opposed and moved out.
Today morning, the committee travelled to Shema and are visiting Kabwohe Health Centre IV. They spent a night in Bushenyi.
On their return at the end of this week, they will give a conclusive report about their findings.

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Pr. Senyonga at a mega Crusade in Kagadi in Bunyoro

BY MOSES MUGALULA
NEWS EDITOR MEDIA

THE life of International televangelist Jackson Senyonga, founder and lead pastor of Christian Life Church (CLC) in Kampala, Uganda is in danger! Please pray for him wherever you are, that God will protect his servant!
Threats on his life, we are reliably informed, started after this man of God, without fear of favour continued to unmask con men in Church masquerading as Pastors, faking miracles, defrauding and cheating followers as well as depriving them of the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
He is now getting warning bells to leave their ‘business’ or they act on him, threats Pastor Senyonga is not taking for granted!
This fastest growing News website in Uganda can authoritatively report that, security for the P5 renown Pastor has been beefed up so that enemies of the gospel do not use any leakage to injure his life, thanks to the Government of Uganda.
Born-Agains in Uganda and his followers world over have been called upon to intercede for the founder of Top television, Top radio and other Christian media houses because a clique of false prophets in Uganda have ganged up and are determined to injure his life or close his mouth for good so that he doesn’t unearth their dubious acts any more!

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For years, fraudsters, con men and false prophets have been invoking God’s name as a shield to defraud and cheat their unsuspecting followers as well as depriving them of the true gospel.
Senyonga, a senior Pastor with hundreds of Churches both in Uganda and outside the country chose to take a firm stance against false prophets – standing in their way, by publicly rebuking them and exposing their ungodly acts as well as rallying the public to isolate them.
These mafia pastors were living in fear since some of the crimes they have committed to their followers are catching up with them.
Irritated by his unending ‘war’ against them and his quest to have them exposed, these con pastors deployed various tactics to silence him.
False prophets in Uganda are disturbed by the fact that Pastor Senyonga has offered himself as a good Samaritan to warn the public about how dangerous they are to the society.
They allegedly hacked a plan to bankroll and ventured into a smear campaign using media to taint his name and reputation blindly thinking, he will back off! 
Followers of Pr. Jackson Senyonga believe that false prophets identified and reached out to some leading dailies to publish stories against the man of God showing that he has loans as if it’s a crime in Uganda to take a bank loan. These dailies also run stories how Pr. Senyonga takes months to pay his staff as if they are visitors in Uganda who don’t know the impact of Covid-19, an epidemic which hit the economy world over.
“Publication of the negative stories was to commence at the end of February but the topmost editors had until March not sanctioned the smear campaign against Pastor Senyonga,” says an impeccable source who attended some of the meetings. 
Source says, it was agreed that such stories are consistently written with screaming headlines in order to create an immediate and huge impact. 
The source says the false prophets want the publications to advance the false propaganda and misinformation campaign for as long as Senyonga continues speaking about them. 
Led by Pastor Jackson Senyonga, religious leaders in the born again faith in 2017 denounced three pastors declaring them as false prophets.
This declaration was made after a consultantative meeting of over 5,000 pastors from across the country gathered at Christian Life Church, chaired by the Overseer, National Fellowship of Born Again Pentecostal Churches (NFBAPC), Bishop Joshua Lwere.
“We denounce the so called pastors and prophets mentioned, who totally contravene, contradict and falsify the teachings of the holy Bible and Christian church,” said Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga while addressing the media.
Pastor Senyonga said that the pastors received overwhelming complaints and evidence from hundreds of people who were victimized or witnessed the horrendous activities and crimes.
Senyonga said that the three ‘false prophets’ and their churches masquerade and disguise as Bible teachers on the surface with a soft spoken approach yet they are wrong doers invoking spirits of the dead.
“They manipulate scriptures, stage manage miracles and also commit crimes against humanity by involvement in occult worship, witchcraft, use and worship of snakes, beast worship, blood sacrifice, destroying marriages, families, human sacrifice among others,” Senyonga explained.
The spiritual leaders launched a campaign against all false prophets in the country with the aim of alerting Ugandans and causing government to take actions against such people.

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PHOTO: Deputy Speaker Tayebwa addressing mourners in Mbarara yesterday at the burial of Maj (rtd) Fred Mugasho, husband to Hon. Margaret Ayebale, the Mbarara district woman Member of Parliament. Tayebwa was accompanied by members of Parliament

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DEPUTY Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa has urged husbands not to frustrate or block their wives from taking over positions of leadership, saying keeping them in the kitchen is now history and indeed hinders their contribution to development as in a family and Country to large.
Rt. Hon. Tayebwa made these remarks at the burial of Maj (rtd) Fred Mugasho, husband to Hon. Margaret Ayebale, the Mbarara district woman Member of Parliament. Mugasho was laid to rest at their home in Kashari South, Mbarara District yesterday.
Addressing hundreds of mourners, Deputy Speaker Tayebwa said, “Men stop blocking your wives from taking up leadership positions. If you frustrate your wives and step on their opportunities, it is you, it is your family, it is your country which is losing.”
Tayebwa debunked the talk that women get spoilt when they assume higher positions in politics or elsewhere by not respecting their husbands hence breaking marriages.
By giving Hon. Ayebare as an example, Deputy Speaker said she has been a good example to most women because much as she became a legislator, she remained loyal to her husband and kept the marital vows until death did the two apart.
“I want thank Hon. Margaret Ayebare for being a good ambassador for women in politics. Those who think by your wives joining politics, marriages will break up, Ayebare has disapproved you. Margaret you have relieved us of that cross because you became a politician and you remained committed to your marriage and took care of your husband as a married woman, thank you.” said Tayebwa.

He however asked some of the political big wigs who might have veered off the moral line by abandoning their spouses after rising in ranks, to reform.
Tayebwa said, “May be we have people who get spoilt on taking over higher positions in leadrship. Please, don’t hide behind the good image Margaret has showed us, reform. Love surpasses challenges and if you love your spouse, these titles can never change you.”
He also commended Ayabare for supporting his bid to become Deputy Speaker hence asking the people of Mbarara to support her stay a little longer in order to effectively contribute to development.
“Don’t just rush to vote her out of Parliament and put another person. We will lose the friends and linkages she has made. You give us Margaret consistently for 20 years” Said Tayebwa, drawing applause from the mourners.

Deputy Speaker pledged to allow Kashari South MP Nathan Itungo to raise the matter of illegal fees being charged in schools so that the Minister of Education can explain to the country on the steps being taken to relieve parents of such burdens.
Itungo had earlier requested the deputy Speaker to help fight against the extortions of parents by government aided schools which charge illegal fees inducing extra charge on candidates registering for national exams.
“Parents have narrated their pain to me that they are suffering with illegal fees. Children who are in P.7, S.4 and S.6 in government schools are not supposed to pay UNEB fees because government pays. But they told me that teachers charge other fees under the cover that it is for photographs and e-registration” Itungo explained.
He also requested the deputy Speaker to task the Ministry of Energy and Mineral development to find a solution to power distribution challenges in Kashari County where wires have taken long to be replaced after being vandalized.

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