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Day: October 10, 2022

Man shot dead for grabbing gun from URA guard.

Man shot dead for grabbing gun from URA guard.

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The police in Koboko district, West Nile have opened up a general enquiry file to investigate an incident in which a man attacked a security guard at the district URA offices and grabbed a gun from him. This resulted into shooting and killing the suspect on spot. According to police, on Sunday October 9, two UPDF soldiers and one policeman were deployed as day shift guards at Koboko URA offices. However, one person who has been identified as Vincent Nyota, 24 appeared and sat at the extreme end of the building. It is said that when the guards got busy controlling a crowd that was marching along Koboko-Yumbe Road past the URA offices during the independence day celebrations, one of the security officers called Poru Yosa was hit with a hammer by the man (Vincent Nyota) who had been seated at...
Nabakooba resolves land conflicts in Rakai district.

Nabakooba resolves land conflicts in Rakai district.

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The Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba, has resolved land conflicts in some parts of Rakai district. According to Ssalongo Kayiija Sam, a resident of Kakenkeke village, Lwamaggwa parish, residents in the area were being forced off their land after two men – identified as Kimbowa Joseph and Ssekiito Julius – claimed to occupancy of the land. “One village chairperson, Charles Kato, was approached by two men who wanted to do fish farming in our village. He promised to give people jobs and thereafter made us sign on forms that made us lose administrative powers over our land,” he narrated. Both Kimbowa and Ssekiito were not available for comment. In Lulagala village, Bugoma parish, there was a dispute over a piece of land between the settlers and the land owner...
What you need to know.

What you need to know.

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The National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Saturday said he had been detained in Dubai and grilled for eight hours after his phone and passport were confiscated on arrival. The musician cum politician who contested against veteran president Yoweri Museveni in last year’s general election said he travelled to the United Arab Emirate for a charity concert whose proceeds would be used to to assist some of the Ugandan immigrant workers. READ: 24,086 Ugandans seek jobs in Middle East every year. It was not immediately clear why he was detained but Mr Kyagulanyi who’s known by his stage name as Bobi Wine said he had been questioned about NUP, its leaders, their phone numbers, his family members and their contacts before his phone and passport were returned. “Landed in Dubai at 8:...