Daily Monitor
Friday February 19 2021
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According to Maj Peter Mugisa, the UPDF 3rd division spokesperson, through the new tactics, the army has already recovered 19 guns and an unspecified number of bullets from the hands of the Karimojong warriors.
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The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has launched tactical operations aimed at putting an end to cattle rustling in Karamoja sub-region.
According to Maj Peter Mugisa, the UPDF 3rd division spokesperson, through the new tactics, the army has already recovered 19 guns and an unspecified number of bullets from the hands of the Karimojong warriors. We are on top of the situation within just two months. We have so far recovered 19 guns from the Karimojong warriors and we shall continue using the new tactics and other means to ensure that we get all the illegal guns from the Karimojong, he said, refusing to divulge more details into the new tactics.
Daily Monitor
Friday February 19 2021
Summary
Mr Joseph Kawuki, the kingdom state minister for local government, says ever since the soldiers camped at Ssingo County headquarters, office work has been paralysed as the men in uniform scare away staff and visitors.
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Buganda Kingdom has asked Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) to withdraw its soldiers currently pitching camp at Ssingo Ssaza (county) headquarters.
The soldiers, who have erected tents at the county headquarters, were deployed ahead of the January 14 General Election.
Mr Joseph Kawuki, the kingdom state minister for local government, says ever since the soldiers camped at Ssingo County headquarters, office work has been paralysed as the men in uniform scare away staff and visitors.
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Uganda’s musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has lamented that the country’s Supreme Court is biased against him after the court rejected a poll petition he submitted.
Uganda’s Supreme Court said Wine didn’t meet the February 14 deadline to submit an additional 120 affidavits. The court rejected the documents on that ground on Tuesday.
Bobi Wine later addressed his supporters at his party office in Kampala threatening to withdraw the case if such frustrations persist.
“We have been collecting evidence and more is still coming in but the Supreme Court has rejected 250 affidavits we filed yesterday (February 15) much as hearing of the petition hasn’t started. We want to put the Supreme Court on notice that if this persists, we are not going to be part of that mockery, the next step is to take the matter to the public court,” Mr. Kyagulanyi said.
Uganda Peopleâs Defence Forces (UPDF) say seven officers attached to military police have been charged for assaulting journalists yesterday near the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) where Opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, went to deliver a petition about a spate of abductions and disappearances of his supporters.
Ministry of Defense and Veterans affairs Deputy Spokesperson, Lt. Col Deo Akiiki identified the suspects as Capt Jessy Odwenyi, Cpl Nimusiima Justine, Pte Wasswa Peter, Pte Tsame Imran, Pte Kisakye Victoria, Pte Opiyo Isaac and L/Cpl Zirimenya Kassim.
âThe military police unit disciplinary committee (UDC) the lower court of the court martial, today 18th February, 2021 has convened and deliberated on its officer and militants who misbehaved and assaulted members of the fourth estate at Prince Charles lane in Kololo Kampala,â Lt. Col Akiiki said on Thursday.