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Parliament Orders Internal Affairs Min. Gen. Odong To Explain Attack on Tycoon Sudhir’s Son Rajiv

Parliament Orders Internal Affairs Min. Gen. Odong To Explain Attack on Tycoon Sudhir’s Son Rajiv

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By Our Reporter The Speaker of Parliament Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has summoned the Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Jeje Odongo, to explain circumstances under which Anti-terrorism policemen attacked businessman Sudhir Ruparelia’s son Rajiv Ruparelia in Kololo last week, with intent to harm him. Speaker Kadaga’s summons came on Wednesday after Kasilo County Member of Parliament,Elijah Okupa, raised the matter on the floor of Parliament. “Last week we heard about the people who wanted to kidnap Mr Rajiv Ruparelia when he was walking but was only saved by his dogs. We have been waiting for the Minister of Internal Affairs to tell us who those people are because in the videos we saw they were dressed in police uniform,” Okupa said. He added that the incident was captured on CCTV ...
End Of The Road As Museveni Sacks NIRA Boss Obitre-Gama

End Of The Road As Museveni Sacks NIRA Boss Obitre-Gama

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By Elite News Reporter The days of city lawyer Judy Obitre Gama as the Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) are numbered, after President Yoweri Museveni fired her  and ordered Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Jeje Odong to look for somebody who is more qualified for the job. Gama, whose contract expires July 15, 2020, has been at the helm of the Authority since 2015. But President Museveni will not have her contract renewed and in a May 18th, 2020 letter to minister Odong, Museveni directs that a new executive director with legal and information technology background be identified to head the authority. Letter President Yoweri Museveni wrote to Minister Jeje Odong directing him to find a qualified replacement for Obitre Ga...