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HON. KASOZI DONATES 300 BAGS OF CEMENT TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF MISSION HOUSE @ NAMIREMBE DIOCESE

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Rev. Samuel Muwonge, Mission Secretary when he visited Hon. Ibrahim Kasozi at his office

BY MARY NAKASI
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FORMER Makindye East legislator Ibrahim Biribawa Kasozi has responded to the call made by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira of Namirembe Diocese for all good people to contribute towards the construction of Mission House.
Hon. Kasozi who was chairman COSASE in the 10th Parliament has already pledged 300 bags of cement that will be delivered on 18th December 2021.
In a meeting held at his office located at Old Kampala, Kasozi revealed to Mission Secretary Rev. Samuel Muwonge that giving out such contributions is the only way he can demonstrate his gratitude to God for raising him from grass to grace.

  • How MissMission House will look on completion

Rev. Muwonge had visited Hon. Kasozi to deliver his invitation sent by Bishop Luwalira to the Christmas Carols and Mission house fundraising. Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah is expected to officiate at this function as the chief guest.
Invited are dignitaries ranging from cabinet ministers, members of parliament, government officials, Buganda Kingdom officials, political leaders, business fraternity and religious leaders among others.
Kasozi honoured the invitation and said, “On that day I will come with 300 bags of cement. We will do everything possible to see Mission House completed. I grew up from an impoverished family and if it wasn’t God, I would be a no body. Building churches, Mosques, schools and helping the needy is part of my hobbies. I have to give back to God.”
The FDC man is indeed reknown for donating cement, chairs and cash to churches and mosques.

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ETHIOPIA’S TIGRAY FOOD CRISIS: WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH?

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PM Ahmed Abiy goes at the front to fight Tigray rebels

OPINION BY
BRIAN MUKALAZI
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ON December 24, 1987, the Washington Post published a story titled: “In Ethiopia, Food is a Weapon of War”. In this startling article, author Blaine Harden intensely described how food was used as a fundamental weapon of war by both the Ethiopian government and rebel organizations during the country’s civil war prevailing at the time.  
The rebel organizations included the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front – which later caused the creation of Eritrea as an independent nation – and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – which claimed to be fighting not for independence from Ethiopia, but to topple the regime, and give Tigrayans a voice in a new national government.
Harden observed that the famine fight was a battle over rights to fill the stomachs of the peasantry. And according to interviews with Tigrayan peasants, the government used food aid to lure drought victims from rebel-held areas to the feeding camps. Once there, they were forcibly resettled — taken on buses and planes to southern Ethiopia, safely beyond the reach of rebel food relief.
Further, Harden quoted a UN High Commissioner for Refugees representative as saying: He who controls roads controls food. He who controls food controls the people. This time around, the rebels in Eritrea and in Tigray are prepared to play much harder ball in terms of controlling the people.
While the dynamics may be different, the resemblance of the events described in the story above and today’s food crisis in Tigray, 34 years later, is unbelievably close, with almost similar players. It is a true definition of ‘history repeating itself’.
Today, the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has become a grinding stalemate. Famine is the latest chapter in a conflict that has spanned over a year, with many accusing the government and rebels of using food as a weapon of war.
The worsening food crisis in the region has pitted three parties – the Ethiopian government, the United Nations (UN) and the Tigray forces – against each other. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other senior government officials have insisted that there is no hunger in Tigray. They are blaming the Tigray forces for the troubles with food delivery. They also continue to accuse humanitarian groups of supporting, even arming, the Tigray fighters.
On the other hand, the UN blames the crisis on Ethiopia’s government and it claims that the Ethiopian army routinely blocks aid workers from delivering food for millions of Tigray civilians living under dire conditions. The UN aid chief Martin Griffiths recently said: This is man-made; this can be remedied by the act of government.
In truth, none of the parties is entirely innocent and in one way or another, they have all contributed to the escalating food crisis. And behind the various contradictory press statements made for or by either side lies a brutal human tragedy.
According to Al Jazeera, starvation has been Ethiopian government’s weapon of choice. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s famine plan for Tigray was simple and relentless. For eight months, his soldiers – and their Eritrean allies – pillaged and ransacked Tigray.
“They stole and burned food, stopped farmers from ploughing the land, looted and vandalised clinics and hospitals, ripped up water pipes and damaged water pumps, terrorised women and girls with rape and threats of rape, and helped themselves to much of the relief food delivered from outside”, says Al Jazeera.

  • AUTHOR: Mr. Mukalazi

But while the allegations made against the Ethiopian government may hold truth, there are reliable reports which indicate that the TPLF fighters have also been involved in attacking food trucks and aid personnel. In fact, the United States has accused the TPLF fighters of looting aid warehouses in the areas they have captured.
And as we navigate through this crisis, we should not forget that before Abiy first took office in April 2018, the TPLF leaders had dominated the Ethiopian federal government for 27 years. But even during this time, hunger was a perennial threat in Tigray, a heavily agricultural region, prone to drought and locust plagues.
Available data indicates that nearly one million people were already dependent on food aid before the conflict between the federal government and the TPLF began. And now, the UN World Food Program indicates that the number of those in need of emergency food has soared to 5.2 million.
The UN and its staff have also been involved in a series of serious allegations, especially those concerning the “meddling in the internal affairs of Ethiopia” and being TPLF sympathisers. This actually contributed to the recent expulsion of several UN officials from the country.
In addition, the UN has been blamed for turning a “blind eye” and ignoring the crisis as it unravelled. The BBC recently observed that in the months after the war broke out, the data provided by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs showed a steadily deteriorating humanitarian crisis, culminating in the estimate of 400,000 people being in phase 5 of the UN-backed Integrated food security Phase Classification system.
Despite the UN’s own assessment that there were famine conditions (phase 5) in Tigray, timely action was not taken. By the time it intervened, the situation was out of control, with severe financial constraints. The UN now estimates that it needs $350m in additional funding by December for the response in Tigray, and $1.3 billion for Ethiopia as a whole.
Honestly, I don’t’ really know who is right or wrong. But if it is true that the Ethiopian government and/or the TPLF are starving their own people, they are literally grabbing a sword not by its handle, but by its blades which is slowly slicing the country apart.
The food crisis is undoubtedly leading Ethiopia to ruins. But in my considered view, not all hope is lost. Because through dialogue, there’s still a chance for peace to return to Tigray and Ethiopia as a whole and the fact is, in the realm of power, there are no permanent enemies.

Mr. Mukalazi is the Country Director of
Every Child Ministries Uganda.
bmukalazi@ecmafrica.org

NRA TOP BUSH WAR HERO DISAGREES WITH MUSEVENI OVER KABAKA’S BLB, SAYS PRESIDENT IS MISLED

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FILE PHOTO: Rtd. Major Nadduli with Gen. Museveni

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PRESIDENT Museveni’s recent utterances that Buganda Land Board (BLB), is illegal and him directing ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party mobilisers to spread this gospel, has been strongly challenged by former NRA bush war Hero Rtd. Major Alhaji Abdulahman Nadduli. 
Nadduli is a former minister without portfolio in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 6th June 2016, a position he served in until 14 December 2019.
Museveni wrote, “Resist land evictions for Bibanja owners and work for the emancipation of the Bibanja owners and compensation of the exploitative Mailo owner. Resist all schemes of okutemako (cut pieces from) of the Bibanja owners’ land or kyaapa mungalo (“leases” given by the illegal Buganda Land Board).”
Mengo, the seat of Buganda Kingdom, described President Yoweri Museveni’s remarks that the Buganda Land Board (BLB) is an illegal entity, as “contradictory” to the laws relating to the establishment of companies in the country.
Without mincing words, Alhaji Nadduli has said, “The Head of State is being misled by opportunists and enemies of Buganda Kingdom into a battle with Kabaka’s subjects which is costly yet it can be avoided.”
For starters, Buganda Land Board is a professional body set up by His Majesty the Kabaka of Buganda and entrusted to manage Buganda Kingdom land and property that was returned under the Restitution of Assets and Properties Act of 1993, Cap. 247. 
BLB is fully registered under the laws in Uganda governing companies. It can sue and be sued. Since its creation, it has been paying Government taxes, employs hundreds of youth and has perfectly managed Kingdom assets and properties wherever they are.

‘HANDS OFF BLB’, NADDULI ADVISES M7
In a radio interview with senior journalist Alex Nsubuga who works with Central Broadcasting Services (CBS) on Friday last week, outspoken Haji Nadduli said, “I am older than President Museveni and I verily know what I am talking about. Buganda Land Board (BLB) was formed as far as 1962 to manage Kingdom land. You can’t refer to an organisation older than NRM we brought in 1986 as illegal.”
Haji Nadduli was recruited by then NRA rebel leader Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on 20th February 1981 at Makulubita, Luweero, 14 days after rebel attacks on ruling government were launched in Mubende on 6th February 1981.
In fact according to the Kingdom’s attorney general, Owek. Christopher Bwanika, the Kabaka, who is a corporation sole and the legal personality of the kingdom, legally incorporated BLB to run land-related activities of the kingdom.
“It may differ from the statutory Buganda Land Board, which was in the 1962 Constitution because that one, when the constitution was abrogated in 1966 and the subsequent 1967 Constitution was enacted, that Buganda Land Board was abolished.
However, remember the Constitution was amended by the current Government to restore cultural leaders. So, the current Kabaka was restored under Article 246 of the Constitution. This makes him a corporation sole and the legal personality of the kingdom. The same Kabaka, who reigns on the throne, is also the institution,” he said.
“So, the Kabaka incorporated a company called Buganda Land Board Ltd to run the land entrusted to him and his office as Kabaka of Buganda. You see, individuals could not go to survey the land and process titles, he has to have agencies as an institution and the law allows him to incorporate them, and he did incorporate Buganda Land Board to run the land that the Kabaka holds in trust for the people,” he added.
However, Bwanika said BLB is a legal entity that is entitled to legally run the affairs of land in the kingdom and on behalf of Kabaka’s subjects.
“Now to rally people to fight it defeats our understanding. It is contradictory to say it is illegal. Buganda Land Board is entitled to operate under the law as a registered company. It should be treated equally as other companies. Once a certificate of incorporation is issued by government, it is conclusive evidence of legal existence.
Therefore, any statement to say that Buganda Land Board is illegal is contradictory and contrary to law, because Buganda Land Board is registered as a company,” Bwanika said.

NADDULI SUPPORTS MENGO POSITION ON BLB.
Haji Nadduli, the former DP strong man who headed party mobilisations in Greater Luweero, was identified by Museveni to mobilize for NRA a responsibility he perfectly carried out, no wonder Luweero Triangle embraced this guerilla war.
However, before Nadduli agreed to mobilize for NRM rebels, the two, him and Museveni had a 3 hours meeting to agree on principles before he takes on the responsibility. This is what Haji Nadduli commonly refers to as Endagaano yo mu kasaka (M.O.U made while in forest).
Nadduli set up tough terms which included restoration of Kabaka after the war is done which Museveni agreed. Then the rebel leader made Nadduli a Lieutenant by the virtue of his education, popularity and vigor to mobilize Buganda people to support, join and bankroll the guerrilla war.
“So if I come in to ask the President not to be misled on matters of Buganda Land Board by the likes of minister Sam Mayanja, I know what I am talking about. Some of those people don’t know the price paid by Kabaka’s people for this government to come to power.” Said Nadduli who sounded angry and disappointed.
Haji Nadduli who proudly says he was the first bush war doctor to treat rebels before Dr. Kizza Besigye joined the rebels in 1982, revealed that Buganda Land Board was first formed by Sir Edward Muteesa II, then Kabaka of Buganda and the 1st President of Uganda.
“BLB was formed to manage and protect Kabaka’s land and other properties returned by the Her Majesty the Queen of England during Buganda’s independence on 8th October 1962, 59 years ago. You who has just come, how can you say BLB is illegal?” Asked Haji Abdul Nadduli.
Nadduli lectured that, after the 1966 Buganda crisis when Prime minister Dr. Apollo Milton Obote carried out a coup on Muteesa’s government and exiled him. On September 17th 1967 he launched a new Constitution, in which he confiscated Kabaka’s land plus properties and later placed them under Uganda Land Commission.
However, under the 1995 Constitution, they were returned and this is when His Majesty Kabaka formed BLB to manage Kingdom land and properties.
When Alex Nsubuga asked about State Lands Minister Sam Mayanja who leads a campaign against Buganda Land Board, Haji Nadduli had no kind words for this minister. 
He said, “Sam Mayanja is like Besweri Mulondo who betrayed Buganda on Federo. He is totally ignorant about what he is saying. Just ignore him, I don’t have time for such minds.”
Nadduli advised Mayanja to instead seek for legal redress in courts of law if he is sure of what he preaches against Buganda Land Board. 
On what Mayanja says that Buganda Land Board is to blame for the rampant land grabbing and evictions in Uganda, Haji Nadduli said this minister has a problem and needs urgent help.
He agreed with what Buganda Premier Charles Peter Mayiga said that if Buganda Land Board is illegal, so is Uganda Government because they are both rooted in the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. 

BRIEF DETAILS ABOUT HAJI NADDULI
He was born in 1942 in Kaddunda, Kapeeka Subcounty in Bulemeezi, one of the 18 counties making up Buganda Kingdom. Before joining the guerilla war, he was both a primary and secondary teacher. He also practiced as a medical worker.
Nadduli worked as a mobilizer during the 1981-1986 bush war.
When the war ended, Nadduli was appointed Political commissar in Bombo barracks. With other 14 army officers who included 
Late Mbajja, late Kisuze and Kaddu John, he was retired from army.
He became the secretary for mobilization and education in Luweero.
In 1998, Nadduli contested for LCV chairman and he won an office he occupied for three terms. 
He served as NRM Vice chairman Buganda region until late last year when he handed over this office to Hon. Ssalongo Godfrey Kiwanda Ssuubi.
A graduate of Social Works and Social Administration at Bugema University, he started his education at Kabasanda in Butambala from where he completed J1 and J2. Nadduli’s father was a Kabaka’s chief and a judge.

JOINING GUERILLA WAR
By the time Museveni sent for Nadduli for talks so that he can agree to join NRA rebels, he was the Democratic Party Chairman central Luweero, present day Katikamu North and south.
He was also the DP chairman in Makulubita Subcounty and also served as vice publicity DP in Luweero an area which included; Luweero, Nakaseke and Nakasongola. 
In fact during 1980 elections, Nadduli took through four representatives who included; Kisamba Mugerwa (Bamunaanika), Dr. Balirwana Ssemambo (central), Ssenteza (Nakaseke) and Katalikaawe Elismus (Buruuli).

ABOUT BLB
It manages Buganda Kingdom properties. such property includes among others; The Bulange, The Lubiri at Mengo, The Butikkiro, The Buganda Court Building, Kabaka’s official 350 sq. miles of land, Namasole’s 10 sq miles of land, Bannaalinya’s official Land, Kabaka’s lake, Former Omulamuzi and Omuwanika’s official residencies at Mengo, Land Adjacent to the Mengo Lubiri on which Buganda Ministerial Houses used to stand, all Bassekabaka’s Tombs, Buganda Works Building at Kakeeka, Basiima House and Nnaalinya’s House at Lubaga.
Furthermore, the assets under its mandate extend to include all those as outlined by the Memorandum of Understanding between the President of Uganda and His Majesty the Kabaka of Buganda in August 2013. They include former estates of Buganda Kingdom Comprising:
▪ Land in urban centres or towns
▪ Land where former administration headquarters i.e; Counties and Subcounties were situated.
▪ Land not claimed, utilized or occupied by any lawful or bonafide occupant. 
▪ Land on Mityana Road (Jjeza Farm)
▪ Former Buganda Kingdom Markets

Buganda Land Board has branches and service centres in all the 18 counties of Buganda to offer effective service delivery to all his clients.

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MP ALOYSIUS MUKASA NAMED ‘KIPROTICH’ AFTER DEFEATING RUBAGA COUNCILORS IN TODAY’S KABAKA’S BIRTHDAY RUN

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PHOTO: MP Mukasa leading

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ADAM Goucher was indeed right to say, “I love controlling a race, chewing up opponents… It’s raw, animalistic, with no one to rely on but yourself. There is no better feeling than that,” 
Rubaga South MP Aloysius Mukasa who has been the chief runner of Kabaka’s birthday run organised in Busega, Rubaga Division today morning defeated a group of councilors and other participants to emerge as the over all winner.
Since yesterday, some Rubaga councilors vowed to make this legislator who is believed to be one of the richest MPs in 11th Parliament, sweat plasma come today’s Kabaka’s birthday run! 
They thought they had it won but it was not to be. Hon. Mukasa reached the finishing line before any one. He ran the race of his life. The NUP’s fire brand ran for 15 kilometres without resting making councilors and other participants to nick name him ‘Kiprotich’, who was the first Athelete to win for Uganda a gold medal since 1972.

  • RUBAGA SOUTH’S KIPROTICH: Hon. Aloysius Mukasa

Wherever Mukasa passed, he looked as if he had an engine inside his body which enabled him run non-stop while a big number of runners instead resorted to walking and others stopped on the way and went back to Busega.
At the start, Hon. Mukasa did not look like he will make it to the finishing line but unexpectedly surged to the front and pulled away. Every one was shocked when he ran like a wild Kob winning the Kabaka’s birthday run in Busega. 
Every where he passed, Rubaga South people were heard chanting his name which must have morale boosted him to run faster than all other participants. He only waved at them as he soldiered on.
Among councilors who participated in the marathon are; Aisha Nagudi, Betty Najjengo, Leah Nanyange, Magoma, Kizito Sumayiya, Vicky, Mutumba Ivan, Mukasa George Norman, Chairman Buwembo, Ssegrinya and others.
Runners set off from Busega Kibumbiro, took the road connecting to a newly constructed Busega market, connected to Busega round about, to Nateete road, branched off at Dome, then to St. Camel Catholic Church, to Kigagga, the Makaayi Church of Uganda, took the road to Mwanamugimu and then rerurned to Busega Kibumbiro where the Member of Parliament addressed hundreds of Kabaka’s subjects.
Hon. Mukasa saluted His Majesty Kabaka for the fight against deadly HIV/AIDS and urged girl child not to involve themselves in love affairs when they are still in school.

  • Kabaka Mutebi flagging off runners today morning at Mengo Palace

“The Kabaka’s birth day run 2021 follows the theme; ‘Men fighting against HIV/AIDS to protect the girl child.’ We salute Kabaka for his wise leadership, he indeed wants all his subjects to be healthy. That is why today morning, he flagged off all runners country wide at Mengo palace.”
“The campaign against HIV/AIDS is real, let’s support it, let’s protect our girls. I call upon the girl child to resist the temptation of getting involved in love relationships before marriage.This is the safest way to protect them from getting infected with AIDS.” MP Mukasa told Kabaka’s people. 
Mengo officials in present thanked MP Mukasa who bought over 500 kits for his constituents to enable them participate in Kabaka’s birth day run.
Later on, Mukasa held a meeting with Rubaga South councilors at Access gardens in Lungujja in which they agreed to work as a team and serve Lubaga people perfectly.

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THOUSANDS TURN UP FOR RWAMPARA YOUTH VACCINATION DRIVE COURTESY OF CLF GEN. MUHOOZI

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UNVEILED: MENGO SENIOR SCHOOL’S JOHN FRED KAZIBWE INTRODUCED AS KINGS COLLEGE BUDO’S NEW HEAD TEACHER

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PHOTO: Mr. Kazibwe and wife Dr. Anne during prayers at Budo yesterday

BY MOSES MUGALULA
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YESTERDAY, Friday November 26th 2021, the transfer of Mr. John Frederick Kazibwe from Mengo Senior School to prestigious Kings College Budo as College’s new head teacher was effected at a colourful function attended by District Education Officer (DEO) Wakiso, Board members of the college, members of PTA, Education secretary Rev. Nathan Mulondo and Namirembe Diosese Mission Secretary Rev. Samuel Muwonge.
This comes a few days after the untimely death of Kings College Headmaster Mr. Patrick Bakka Male on 10th November 2021! At the time of his death, preparations for the handover function to Fred Kazibwe were in higher gear. It is sad, Bakka Male did not however live to witness this historical moment!

  • MAY GOD LEADS YOU: Rev. Muwonge praying for the Kazibwes

Also in attendence at the hand over function, were; Intercessors, Buddo’s teaching and non teaching staff, Mengo Senior School Family, Old Budonians led by their president, Kings college Budo’s outgoing chaplain Rev. Enoch Kimanje who took over from Rev. Samuel Muwonge, now Mission Secretary, Namirembe Diocese.

  • Mission Secretary Rev. Samuel Muwonge (right) and Education Secretary Rev. Nathan Mulondo yesterday at Budo

Function started with prayers in the college chapel conducted by the Education Secretary, Mission Secretary and College Chaplain.
From prayers, they proceeded to the Board room where Mr. Fred Kazibwe who was accampanied by wife Dr. Anne Kazibwe, was officially introduced to the board members and PTA as the new Head teacher, Kings College Budo. This was followed by the handover of instruments of power.
Before he was appointed Mengo Senior School’s headmaster to replace Mr. Ssemivule in 2008, Mr. Fred Kazibwe was deputy head teacher Kings College Buddo. 
Bakka Male was the 13th headteacher of Kings College Budo, one of the oldest schools in Uganda with a legacy spanning 115-years. During his tenure, he was vocal in rallying the school’s alumni (Budonians) to improve the infrastructure of the school and revive its glory, with a new face.

  • Late Bakka Male

According to media reports, Bakka Male held a Bachelor’s Degree in Science with Education, majoring in Physics and Mathematics, and a Masters degree in Education Administration and Planning. The educationist briefly taught at Namilyango College in 1986 and later in the same year, he was posted to King’s College Budo where he taught Mathematics and Physics.
In 2002, he was posted to Muntuyera High School-Kitunga and in the same year, he was appointed headteacher and posted at Mengo Senior Secondary School. The Ministry of Education later redeployed him to King’s College Budo, this time as a headteacher taking over from George William Semivule.
Due to his ailing situation, Church of Uganda which owns this 1st World school moved to retire Bakka Male and asked him to prepare his report and hand over office on October 9th this year.
Church had already identified hard-working Mengo Senior School Headmaster John Frederick Kazibwe to replace Bakka Male at Kings College Budo. In fact, Mr. Kazibwe was told to start bidding farewell to teaching and non-teaching staff at Mengo Senior. Many wept on hearing that a man who has worked tirelessly to raise the academic bar and welfare of staff and students of one of the oldest schools in Uganda was leaving!

  • POSTED TO BUDO: Kazibwe

Those in the know say, even Kazibwe never wanted to leave Mengo Senior, a school for which he held such a gigantic vision. Under his tenure the school has developed by leaps and bounds because of his faithful stewardship. However, his bosses had already ruled on this and expected no appeal. They saw him as the best substitute for Bakka Male. His office at Mengo senior, was then filled with former Luzira SS Headmaster.
In fact, Church of Uganda wanted Kazibwe to officially be in charge of Kings College Budo as Academic year 2022 S.1 and S.5 selections were being carried out. 
We are reliably informed, Bakka Male penned a letter to the Ministry of Education requesting to be allowed in office until the end of 2021.
Insiders say, the game plan was that, he heads the admissions of S.1 and S.5 so that he can financially sanitize himself since during this season, Headmasters of such schools eat like lords. 
This is the time when filthy rich parents scramble to get places for their children in such schools and can remit whatever is required at backdoor, to secure places for their children. Status quo was temporarily maintained at Budo.

WHEN A LOAN DEAL OF UGX 200M WAS BLOCKED
Our source in Budo told us,, Bakka Male approached the treasurer to approve a loan of UGX 200M which he said was to help him renovate the College ahead of opening schools in January 2022.
The treasurer (names withheld) turned down Bakka Male’s request. He openly told him, “Money will be given to the new Headmaster (Mr. Kazibwe), the time you have remained with is to prepare a report and hand over not renovating the  school. That will be the work of your successor.”
This didn’t go well with Bakka Male who must have felt that the school owners wanted him out of their school. It’s sad, since then, his blood pressure shot up until he breathed his last!

KAZIBWE @ MENGO SENIOR
● He constructed a new Chapel (St. John’s Chapel) with a sitting capacity of 1000 students.
● He constructed and completed a four floors HSC block on which there is also a staff room, HSC classes and a Main Hall. 
● By the time of his departure, about 90% of construction work on a new four floors block of Library and laboratory was done. 
● Increased number of students, teaching and non teaching staff.
● Discipline and academic standards improved.
● Bought a modern school bus
● Bought a new double cabin for the school headmaster.
● Heads construction committee for Mission House and also chairman Board of Mission Namirembe Diocese.
● Etc

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EPISODES: HERE ARE THE 27 RULES & REGULATIONS YOU MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOU ARE TAKEN TO KITALYA PRISON

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FILE PHOTO: Visiting Kitalya Min-Max prison

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JUST as it is inevitable to fall sick and end up admitted in hospital, so is being arrested, charged and remanded to Kitalya Min-Max Prison! It is many a time unavoidable, you can’t run away from it. Every one is a candidate, any time, any day!
This story will therefore, take the reader through the 27 rules and regulations all Kitalya in-mates MUST abide with to evade punishment and new files (cases) so that when your day comes, you verily know how to keep in the lanes until this prison vomits you.
Are you aware that a big percentage out of the 3000 inmates at Kitalya min-max Prison say are on trumped up charges? If the complainants are not targeting your land, your girl friend, your palatial home, your juicy job, that fancy car or political differences, then it is something about may be, your religious affiliation. 
A young boy Alvin who used to operate a mobile money business at Usafi Market in Kampala was roughly arrested one night from his parents’ home in Bulenga simply because someone who had allegedly stolen a phone withdrew money at Alvin’s mobile money shop, months back. 
Alvin, a born Again Christian tried to explain himself before security officials that he is just a mobile money agent who attends to hundreds of people on a daily basis, but no one bothered to listen. 
Amidst tears from his struggling parents, Alvin was handcuffed and thrown in a police cell from where he was picked and driven to Buganda road court to be charged of rape and aggrevated robbery! Court remanded him to Kitalya Prison! His helpless family up to now doesn’t know how to save this young boy! Cases like that of Alvin, are very many in Kitalya Prison. Yes justice will come but after years but we well know the old adage that Justice delayed is justice denied.
However, it’s also true, at Kitalya Prison there are a number of inmates who are hard core criminals. When you talk to them privately, they confess how they defiled school girls, how they murdered innocent people, how they were involved in aggrevated robbery, name it. We shall come back to this story in another episode with shocking details! 

THE 27 RULES & REGULATIONS KITALYA PRISONERS MUST ABIDE TO
Below are the 27 rules and regulations all Kitalya inmates my adhere to and failure to do so, calls for punishment. Read on please;

  1. No escaping from prison (If you do so and get caught, you will hate the day you were born).
  2. Respect Lock-up and fall-in (foreni) time e.g time of unlocking in the morning, mid day and final locking in the evening.
  3. Respect all prison officers.
  4. Respect all leaders e.g over all, ward leaders (Katikkiros), RPs, etc and fellow in-mates.
  5. Immoral behaviours such as homosexuality, use of vulgar language, etc are prohibited.
  6. No fighting in wards and BOMA (out side wards). 
  7. Theft is prohibited like stealing soap, uniforms and blankets.
  8. Un authorised movements in BOMA is prohibited. Such as; moving to offices, clinic, school, kitchen, isolation wing and gate.
  9. No tresspasing in wards e.g sitting on beddings of fellow in-mates
  10. Personal hygiene is a MUST. E.g, bathing, cutting finger nails, shaving hair.
  11. Civilian clothes (non uniforms) in BOMA are not allowed; such as under wear, jackets, vests, etc.
  12. No keeping and eating left overs of food.
  13. Observe silence during bed time (from 9pm – 6am)
  14. No showering beyond 9pm.
  15. No use of prohibited articles such as opium, tobbaco, knives, folks, pangas, etc
  16. Eating utensils are not allowed in the toilets, e.g; Cups, bowls.
  17. Avoid destruction of government properties such as water taps, showers, glasses, plates, desks, computers and chairs.
  18. Observe silence and respect during time of prayers.
  19. No littering of rubbish in any part of BOMA.
  20. Ensure proper use of toilets, sink, showers, by not dropping in plastic bottles, small pieces of clothes, polythene bags, etc.
  21. Participation in prison activities such as cleaning, official gatherings, meetings, etc is a MUST. 
  22. All prisoners must stand up while welcoming visitors and clap at the end of address in an organised manner as a sign of respect.
  23. In-mates MUST squat while talking to officers as a sign of respect. 
  24. In-mates are not supposed to sleep naked.
  25. All in-mates who are sick MUST report to the ward doctor who will forward them to the officers to be taken for medication and dosage of drugs MUST be taken as prescribed by the medical personnel.
  26. All in-mates MUST observe quick response to alarm bells or whistles.
  27. Inciting violence or organising strikes is strictly prohibited
  28. Entering a ward or transferring yourself to another ward or unit is not allowed.

In the next episode, we will bring you the terminologies used in Kitalya so that you are not caught offside. We also have interesting stories like how Kitalya cameras caught an inmate stealing court bailiff Kirunda’s fish!
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‘56% OF MARRIED WOMEN EXPERIENCE SPOUSAL SEXUAL VIOLENCE’, READS GOV’T REPORT

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BY KETRAH JJEMBA
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GENDER, Labour and Social Development minister Peace Mutuuzo says there are escalating cases of gender based violence country wide as these cases remain high.
According to the Minister, data collected by Uganda demographic and health survey indicated that 56% of ever married women and 44% of ever married men have experienced spousal violence either physical, sexual or emotional.
Mutuuzo said this while briefing media at media centre about the launch of 16 days of activism campaign.
She added that, “The national statistics show that over half of the women between 15 and 49 years have experienced violence and more than one in every five young girls between ages of 15 and 24 have experienced sexual violence in their life time.”
It shows that, violence against girls is very high as child marriages is still high as it’s at 34% for girls between 20-24, and female genital mutilation remains high in Kapchorwa, Moroto, Sebei and Karamoja region as 13% of children and 52% of women have been subjected to female genital mutilation.
Uganda is to join the rest of the world on friday 26th to launch the beginning of 16 days of activism campaign of gender based violence.
The national launch for this year will take place at Amagi primary school in Kamdin subcounty,Oyam district under the theme: ‘Always the world in violence against women and girls’.

RATE AT WHICH FORESTS ARE CUT IN UGANDA WORRIES CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

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PHOTO: From left, Gaster Kiyinji and Anthony Wolimbwa

BY KETRAH JJEMBA
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CIVIL Society Organizations (CSOs) advocating for forest conservation are worried that by 2050 if there is no significant intervention, the country will not have a single forest.
They are concerned that the rate at which country is losing forest cover is a threat to future generations. 
Uganda’s forest cover dropped from 4.9 million hectares in 1990 to 1.9 million hectares in 2020 which they say has been severely deforested and also degraded at a very fast rate.
For many years Uganda’s protected areas are under increasing threats from deforestation and degradation, owing to an increasing human population and industrialization.
Speaking to journalists in Kampala, programs officer at Ecological Christian Organization (ECO) Anthony Wolimbwa explained that, “There is need for a better policy to guide on how best the country can protect the available forests and other natural resources. We are worried about the speed at which forests are cut.”
At the same press briefing, Gaster Kiyingi, a team leader at Tree Talk Plus says that the government lacks the political will to protect the natural resources which is discouraging.

BORN-AGAIN PASTORS BAN ARTISTS, GOSPEL SONGS OVER ‘NEW TAX’ ON CHURCHES & TVS

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Pastor Solomon Mwesige, owner of KS TV

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PASTOR SOLOMON Mwesige, Head pastor of Good News Church located in Bulenga, Wakiso district on Mityana road, also owner of KS (King Solomon) TV is the first to stop playing of Ugandan gospel music on his television and banning of gospel artists affiliated to an organization called Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS), to sing in his church.
This was as result of an invoice worth UGX 2M sent to KS TV by UPRS for playing music of gospel artists something which angered the man of God and he directed that music belonging to artists who are members of UPRS should not be played again on his tv. Among songs banned are those of Brian Lubega, who started his music career in this Bulenga church.
While preaching to his followers who filled Good News church to capacity in a Sunday service, Pr. Mwesige said because this is open day robbery, “From today, we have stopped inviting gospel  musicians to our church, hosting them on KS TV and singing their songs in chuch by our Worship Team because we don’t know, who is with UPRS and who is not. We will compose our own songs and instead play international music on our TV. We are done with Ugandan music.”
A few weeks ago, while speaking at the launch of UPRS  annual general meeting, Wisdom Kaye one of the board members said they are capable of mobilizing one hundred billion Uganda shillings if all Ugandan artists register in this organization explaining that, when all this money is collected, it will go back to artists hence improve their lives.
Kaye who urged artists to continue registering to become beneficiaries of this initiative, condemned pastors who deter gospel artists from registering in UPRS saying they are endangering these talents.
He instead advised gospel artists not to listen to such suggestions because pastors who say such want them to die poor and never to gain from their talent.
“It’s not the pastor that pays for the production of their songs, it is the artist who personally pays for every cost therefore gospel artists should think twice before making a decision of not registering.” Said Kaye.

CHURCH UNDER ATTACK – PR. SOLOMON MWESIGE
Showing his followers a video clip of UPRS boss during a press interview in which he vowed to milk money from all Born-Again Pentecostal churches who sing and play songs of registered gospel artist during the service and church choir with membership of UPRS, Pr Mwesige said UPRS is reaping from where it did not sow.
He noted that, for example KS TV has been playing Uganda’s gospel music for free, “We have helped many of these gospel artists to develope their talent, they started their music career using our microphones and other music instruments, how can we be made to pay such a tax?”
“Look at this musician Brian Lubega, he did his first song on my key board which I bought from United States of America and you all heard him testifying about it here. Now UPRS is claiming him with all powers and our television was invoiced for playing his music and promoting him. But his first song was on my key board. To become a musician he is today, he started his music journey from our church. But now, we can not even sing his song and I can’t invite him and other musicians to sing in our church.” Said Pr. Mwesige.
Gospel artist Brian Lubega has songs like; Nungamya, Wakitiibwa, Nyanjala, among others.
“So as Good News Church,”, Pr. Mwesigwa reasoned, “To avoid being in conflict with UPRS,  and I am speaking this live  on television, we have stopped inviting musicians because if they will sing here and they are part of UPRS,  church will also be invoiced just like KS TV got an invoice of 2M. Other Pastors be aware.”
A tough speaking Pr. Mwesige who owns King Solomon School and Feed the Hungry NGO, reminded his church that, UPRS doesn’t have an audience, the church has a congregation, “This is where musicians come to sing. They do their concerts in our churches and UPRS leader is accusing us that we don’t wish them well. You can imagine!

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He told church how some pastors had not cared about it so much, “But we have come to realize that these people intend to get money from us in any way and this can easily kill gospel music.”
This news website is reliably informed that, some musicians are registered with UPRS while others are not but this organization behaves like it owns all musicians in Uganda.
UPRS chairman was quoted by Pr Mwesige saying, every musician provided you are a member of UPRS, either you registered yourself or some one registered you without your consent, although you sing in a church choir, he will bring an invoice to the church and make it pay for using their member to sing in your church.
Churches must therefore stand warned! When you sing a song in your church of any musician who is a member of UPRS during worshipping or praising session, you will receive an invoice and pay for that. 
Pr. Mwesige, without mincing words revealed, “These musicians you see, like here at Good News Church, started holding the microphones from this church. They use our machines and you are the first audience. Remember they don’t sing for free. Don’t you people give them money? When did UPRS start claiming and fighting for these musicians? What does UPRS know about them?”
He said, for those gospel artists who visit Born-Again Pentecostal churches to sing, people give them money. And if what church members have given is less, in the office, Pastors add on. He wondered when UPRS started caring 
about these musicians more than their pastors. “
He talked about a day he found their Worship team training a song of gospel artist Brian Lubega and he stopped them so that church doesnt get problems with UPRS. “Even if they hear you singing a song of somebody in your church, UPRS brings an invoice.” Said Pr. Mwesige.
He cautioned those musicians who still want to sing in churches, let them go and fight for themselves with UPRS. “But for us as pastors, no such music will be played again in our churches.” Said Good News Church Pr. Solomon Mwesige.
Andrew Kajara, one of leaders at Good News Church in support of his Pastor said, “Radios and TV’s promote gospel artists. My question is, if Pentecostal media houses boycott their music who will promote them? I think UPRS has come to kill that industry indirectly, gospel artist should fight for themselves otherwise they are going out of the market.”
Patrick Okumu another church member said, “Some of these Associations are self seekers not representing the purpose for which they were formed.”

WHAT IS UPRS
Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) is a society that was formed in 1985 by authors (mainly musicians) to advance the cause of copyright administration in Uganda
promoting and protecting the authors’ rights while representing all genres of music. It is registered with the Registrar of Companies as a Company Limited by Guarantee having no share Capital, in other words it belongs to all of its members. 
It is located at Plot 35, House 5A Bukoto Drive Kampal, Uganda.
UPRS is recognized by the Government as a Collecting Society and is a Member of the Confederation of International Societies of Authors and Composers ( CISAC ).
UPRS protects foreign and local works falling within their repertoire in Uganda while other Societies protect UPRS members’ works in their respective Countries. 
UPRS Chairman is Moses Matovu and Antony Mwandah is the CEO.

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