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@observer Mon, 25 Dec 2023 10:01:58
Police officer killed in Luwero accident
A Saturday morning accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway in Luwero town council claimed the life of Sgt John Bosco Ssenyimba, a police officer at Luwero Central police station (CPS).
Ssenyimba, who was riding a numberless Bajaj motorcycle was killed after a Toyota Hiace commuter taxi, reg no. UBJ 678J made a U-turn and crashed into Fuso Fighter Reg. No. UBJ 273Q near Dawson petrol station.
Both vehicles were destined for Kampala. Sam Twiineamazima, Savannah regional police spokesperson, says that they have since detained Frank Matovu, the truck driver. He says that the deceased’s body is lying at Luwero hospital mortuary pending a postmortem and the hunt for the unidentified driver of the commuter taxi is ongoing.
The accident follows another that killed one person on Wednesday night and injured eight others at Bujabe about 167km into Nakasongola district.
The accident happened after a commuter taxi rammed into a trailer. Both the taxi and the trailer were moving in the same direction from Nakasongola to Kampala city.
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@observer Tue, 26 Dec 2023 08:12:15
Museveni meets Mulago hospital surgeons after first successful kidney transplant
President Yoweri Museveni has met a group of surgeons from Mulago national referral hospital who performed the first kidney transplant in Uganda at the facility last week.
The group was led by the minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng met Museveni at State House, Entebbe. Aceng informed Museveni about the historic first-ever organ transplant to the patient, Mark Maurice Kiyemba, a resident of Munyonyo, Kampala who received a kidney that was donated by his brother Steven Mpagi.
The operation was performed by surgeons led by Prof Frank Asiimwe in collaboration with the visiting doctors from Yashoda hospital in India led by Dr. A. Sashi Kiran. Museveni congratulated the Mulago surgeons as well as doctors from India for the successful operation.
He also pledged to support them to achieve their desired goals of self-sustainability in both human resources and the required equipment. Aceng thanked Museveni for his unwavering support to the ministry of Health but requested additional assistance in the areas of training more kidney specialists and transplant surgeons as well as the provision of modern equipment.
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@observer Tue, 26 Dec 2023 08:43:33
Suspected ADF rebels kill three in Kamwenge
The dead include Adrine Ngwabiiji, 78, and her two grandchildren. The attackers made off with ten goats and five cows. The attack comes almost a week after suspected ADF rebels killed 10 people around the Kibaale forest. The victims were watching over their crops to protect them from being destroyed by monkeys when they were killed.
In his message condemning the incident, President Yoweri Museveni said the attack was conducted by 4 killers believed to be the remnants of the Njovu-Kamusu group of 10 that entered Uganda from DRC Congo, some weeks ago.
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@observer Tue, 26 Dec 2023 10:25:03
Ugandan troops complete withdrawal from DRC
Ugandan troops last week completed the total withdrawal from the war-torn province of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The DRC government declined to renew the mandate of East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) troops that were in the province under a peacekeeping mission that expired on December 8, 2023.
A section of civilians and political activists accused the troops of failure to launch an assault against the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels.
Col Michael Walaka Hyeroba, commander of the Ugandan troops told journalists after stepping on the Ugandan side of Bunagana in Kisoro district that all the troops that had been deployed under the 9th and 27th Battalions in Rutshuru territory have been fully withdrawn with their military equipment.
Hyeroba lamented that the decision to withdraw EACRF troops from North Kivu province was made prematurely because the disarmament and integration program was not achieved.
Hyeroba suggested that the problem in the area can only be solved by dialogue, not war. The mandate of troops from Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and South Sudan deployed in North Kivu province in late 2022 was to reclaim positions that were previously held by the M23 rebels after they defeated the Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers and to establish a buffer zone to prevent further clashes between M23 rebels and FARDC soldiers.
This was in accordance with the resolutions made and approved by the East African Regional Heads of State conclave held on April 21, 2022, in Nairobi, Extra-Ordinary Summit of East African Presidents (Bujumbura) on February 4, 2023, and the decisions of the Chief of Defense Forces of February 9, 2023, in Nairobi.
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@sqoop Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:12:07
Rating 2023 in concert
IN CONCERT: 2023 offered us so many concerts and it is no lie to say that most of these events were successful in terms of numbers and only a few have attracted small crowds. The other interesting bit is that unlike before, Soul and RnB concerts took centre stage, bringing a fresh feel to the […]
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