Joshua Okware, a primary three pupil of UCI primary school in Osukuru subcounty, Tororo district was attacked by the dog when he was cleaning his rear end on the ground.

The dog belongs to a bar owner, Simon Owino Otim.

Tororo main hospital medical superintendent Dr Andrew Opete said the boy sustained extensive perineal injury involving the glands, penile shaft and scrotum.

The incident happened at the school latrine [toilet] where the victim had gone for convenience at around 5.30 pm.

John Henry Okumu, the boy’s father said the victim immediately raised an alarm that attracted a huge crowd that discovered him lying in a pool of blood.

Okumu explained how shocked everybody was to discover that the boy’s testicles were all missing as the dog had “bitten and eaten them”.

He said they rushed the boy to Mbale Regional hospital immediately, but they were forced to return home on after failing to meet the costs of treatment there.

The day after, the victim was rushed to Tororo main hospital for treatment when his condition started to deteriorate.

Plan Tororo, a local Non-governmental Organization (NGO) made an immediate intervention by providing logistics support to transport the victim to Mulago in Kampala.

Phillip Oningo, the community development facilitator in charge of Osukuru sub-county said Plan Tororo will fuel the ambulance provided by the hospital and provide all the financial support needed at the hospital and the general upkeep of the attendants until the treatment is complete.

The NGO’s intervention follows an appeal by Okumu to all Good Samaritans to come to his rescue since he was financially handicapped.

The officer-in-charge of criminal investigation at Tororo police station Milton Birungi said Otim, the dog owner, has been arrested.

Birungi explained that the suspect will be brought before court and charged with rash and negligence once the resident state attorney sanctions his file.

After 22 years of marriage, Sarah Kyomuhendo and Abel Tumusiime parted ways after the former was accused of committing adultery with another man.

Kyomuhendo is said to have engaged in an extramarital affair with Anatori Ayebazibwe, porter and a resident of Kisoro trading centre in Rugando sub-county.

Ayebazibwe and his cheating lover were nabbed together in his house last week, after her husband Tumusiime reported to police his suspicions over his wife.

Tumusiime complained that his wife abandoned their five children in their family house to spend time with her lover.

An infuriated Tumusiime asked Mbarara Police to intervene in separating him and his wife, before the two cheats were released on police bond.

When Kyomuhendo was released on bond, she was ordered to attend the village meeting convened to hear their issues with the help of police officers, Justu Mbaramye, officer-in-charge (OC) of land issues, who represented the district police OC of CID, Lawrence Bishanga of Rugando Police Post.

Notable at the meeting was the vice LCI chairperson Rucence village, Hajjat Nuliat Kasibante among other elders and locals.

During the hearing, Tumusiime aged 56 accused Kyomuhendo and her lover of threatening to kill him.

He told the meeting that his wife chased him away from their home and he stayed at his brother’s home for three years, but decided to come back home after he realized that Kyomuhendo was having an affair with another man.

Divorce without reconciliation

The angered man asked for the divorce, saying he was no longer interested in reuniting with his wife because of her lack of respect towards their marriage and demanded an apology from his adulterous wife.

But the jilted wife stunned the meeting when she refused to apologize to the husband, equally demanding a divorce. She claimed her husband deserted her for three years and so she decided to look for the man with “potential to solve her problems”.

“I want this meeting to separate us because the man deserted the family and I needed services. It is good my lover is not far from here and I am ready to reunite with him once he is released from police custody,” Kyomuhendo demanded.

Tension

She claimed that Tumusiime connived with her step-sons and other family members divided their plantation and also stopped her from sharing meals with her children and cooking from the same kitchen.

Kyomuhendo packed all her belongings which included an old mattress, chairs, old doors and a window, pots, mats, hoes, bee hives and a hen.

The children, who helped their mother pack her property, were later shocked when their also stopped from visiting them without consent from their father.

Mbaramye, a police officer from Mbarara who witnessed the signing of the divorce letter, advised the local leaders to keep watch and ensure that no tensions develop between the two.

The local area vice chairperson, said it was “good for police to intervene in settling our issues”, saying they feared the couple would “one day kill each other”. She recommended that the Tumusiime and Kyomuhendo be counseled for the sake of their children.

Tumusiime expressed his relief over the divorce and promised to take care of the children. On her part, Kyomuhendo said she was glad that, “now I can freely enjoy myself without any attachment to Tumusiime.”

Figures show that by February, the Authority had collected sh19.4b, which is sh3b more than what was collected during the previous financial year.

KCCA’s target is to collect sh45b of the sh145b budget passed for this financial year. The Government has already allocated sh100b in conditional grants to the Authority.

KCCA’s spokesperson, Peter Kaujju told the media Monday that the Authority’s move to streamline revenue collection was responsible for the good performance.

Most of the revenue was generated from trade licenses, property rates and ground rent, Kaujju said.

“KCCA has over 50 sources of revenue which we hope to maximize so that we hit our set target, despite the disruptions we have incurred,” he said.

The Authority hopes to increase its revenue base from the public transport industry, following its take-over of the lucrative taxi business in the city from the Uganda Taxi Owners and Drivers Association (UTODA) this month.

Aswa MP, Reagan Okumu said Monday that the money would be earned through accommodating the delegates, tourism, sale of crafts and other souvenirs, hosting luncheons and dinners, entertainment, and renting out vehicles, among others.

Okumu and Dr. Michael Lulume Bayiga, the chairperson of the sub-committee on media and publicity were briefing journalists about the 126th IPU assembly to take place in Kampala from March 31 to April 5. It will attract over 1,600 MPs from 156 member countries.

Okumu assured that Uganda was set to hold the meeting and that most rooms in Kampala hotels had been booked. Some delegates, he said, had booked in upcountry hotels where there are national parks.

Without giving details, Parliament staff Andrew Kasirye said the Government was paying for only 100 delegates.

The agenda for the assembly includes election of the president and vice president of the assembly, general debate on the political, economic and social situation in the world with the overall theme ‘Parliaments and people: Bridging the gap.’

The legislators would also talk about promoting and practicing good governance as a means of advancing peace and security, and access to health as a basic right.

Without giving details, Lulume revealed that sh8bn had been earmarked for hosting the meeting.

He briefed journalists about a resolution that has been drafted on access to health as a basic right is being promoted with specific reference to maternal and child health.

Mugabe, in an interview to mark his 88th birthday, dismissed objections to early polls.
“That is what cowards say. Elections can happen at any time. … Definitely, yes,” this year, he said.
Mugabe turns 88 on Tuesday. Speaking to the loyalist Sunday Mail newspaper, he said money will be found to pay for presidential and parliament elections.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party says polling cannot go ahead until constitutional reforms are complete, and rights groups have warned of an imminent upsurge of election violence.

Elly Maate, the south-south western Uganda police spokesperson identified the deceased as John Kamugisha, a resident of Rwere cell, Nyarutojo Parish, Kambuga Sub County in Kanungu district.

Maate said that they suspect that the deceased was murdered by unknown people. The spokesperson told New Vision that the deceased was a prominent coffee dealer in Kanungu but has not been on good terms with his wife and the children as well.

Police arrested Geoffrey Mutagamba in connection with the murder.

The minister is among others expected to present before Parliament the salary for the KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and also answer why there are two parallel salary structures at the Authority.

“Bring to Parliament a paper indicating who is getting what and do it quickly because we have recruitments currently going on,” ordered Ms Kadaga.

Kibaale County MP Frank Tumwebaze had earlier queried the recruitment process in KCCA and what salary structure Ms Musisi is implementing since her transitional team was getting hefty pay compared to the defunct KCC staff.

“Wasn’t it mandatory that KCCA is restructured? What salary structure are they implementing when the old staff of KCC currently working under KCCA is on a difference salary structure?” asked Mr Tumwebaze.

Whereas Minister Muruuli tried to justify the salary discrepancies, saying KCCA was a new entity under an interim arrangement, Kasilo County MP, Mr Okupa Elijah rejected his explanation, saying it was lacking.
Ms Musisi has in the past indicated that she was hired to run the Authority without staff.

She says she had to assemble a skeleton team to help her operationalise a council–with most of them serving as volunteers, only getting allowances in return.

Ms Musisi also noted that a host of the defunct KCC staff were opposed to change with many being party to the problems that had dogged the institution.

Ms Musisi, however, says the Ministry of Public Service is yet to approve the structure for KCCA, which would then regularise remuneration and responsibilities.

Currently, only her and eight other directors hold appointment instruments issued by the President.

KCCA pay structure
Executive Director: Shs36 million per month.
Deputy Director and other directors: They will earn between Shs22 million and Shs27 million .
Lord Mayor: Shs16.7 million
Deputy Lord Mayor: Will earn Shs11 million
Division Mayors: Shs10.7 million each and their deputies get Shs8.2 million.
Division [LCIII] councillors: Shs3.5 million while district (LC5) councillors earn Shs4.45 million
Office attendant (also least paid staff at City Hall): Shs1.1 million.
KCC PAY STRUCTURE
Under the defunct KCC, the mayor’s monthly salary was Shs2.8 million while division mayors were earning a basic salary of Shs1.8 million.

The two were accused of causing financial loss to the taxpayer and abuse of office. In an unusual move, MPs from the ruling party turned against the duo and asked the President to relieve them of their duties for allegedly inflating compensation paid to city businessman, Hassan Basajjabalaba, and Col (rtd) John Mugyenyi.

Mr Basajjabalaba claims he lost business for 11 years after the government, on the instructions of the President, cancelled his tenders to run Nakasero, Shauriyako and St. Balikuddembe (Owino) markets and the Constitution Square.

Bbumba, former finance minister and Makubuya, former Attorney General, are accused of authorizing an inflated payment of Sh169b to Hassan Basajjabalaba as compensation for losing the tenders. He was subsequently paid Shs 142.6b.
Col John Mugyenyi’s Rhino Investments Ltd was paid Shs 14.9bn.

Before the verification exercise to compensate Basajjabalaba and Mugenyi by the Auditor General was concluded, Bank of Uganda, upon a request from Ms Bbumba, issued guarantees to various banks. The guarantees enabled Mr Basajjabalaba access $65.35 million (about Shs160 billion) in anticipation of government settlement of the claims to Haba Group.

Bank of Uganda had on June 15, 2010, upon request by Ms Bbumba, written to four banks asking them to offer credit facilities to Haba Group of Companies. Consequently, on November 22, 2010, Prof. Makubuya in an internal memo to the Solicitor General approved the payment of Shs142.6b to Mr Basajjabalaba.

On July 30, 2008, President Museveni wrote to Prof Makubuya directing him to examine the legality of the claims and advise him as soon as possible but the then Attorney General did not respond to the directive. The President directed him to chair the Inter-Ministerial Committee to handle Basajjabalaba’s claims but this was not done.

Mr Makubuya was subsequently blamed for ignoring the Presidential directive.

According to close sources Kadoma will be put to rest today at 2:00pm in Kabira, Buwama, Kammengo sub-county in Mpigi district.

Kadoma succumbed to Tuberculosis at Joint Clinical Research Center where he has been admitted for a month.

Kadoma died on Thursday morning as he was being transferred to Nsambya hospital after his condition worsened.

Ephraim Kiyingi started his career with the Bakayimbira dramactors from where he joined Radio simba presenting Bisangawano programme alongside Charles Ssenkubuge and Benon Kibuuka. He was reading announcements imitating the renown announcement reader Ssalongo John.

He later moved to Bukedde TV where he was reading the same announcements in Ekyekya Programme. He joined Bukkedde FM where he has been recently working alongside acting in Amarula.