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Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga says the advert deceptively suggests that the force’s emergence team of the “999†Patrol Pick-Up and its crew actively responded to an incident where a pack of “Mukamanayamba†energy drink was grabbed by an alleged thief, during the recording of the advert.
“We therefore, find the advert controversial on grounds; that the appearance of officers in uniforms and the use of police logistics for work outside police duty is strictly prohibited without the express permission of the IGP,†Enanga said in a statement on Monday.
He also revealed that officers in question who appeared in the advert without approval are a subject of investigation by the Professional Standards Unit.
†In addition, the advert deceptively suggests that the police leadership endorsed the product of “Mukamanayamba†and further supports the campaign to market, sell and drink the product. This false impression created by the advert is defamatory since it is not representative of the police institution.â€
As a result, Enanga said they demand that the commercial firm, pulls out the police content or the entire advert, and halts any further displays on TV and Radios.
†Failure to do so will call for sanctions in the civil court of law. The Directorate Legal and Human Rights Services has also petitioned the Uganda Communications Commission on the unauthorized usage of our image and content in the Commercial Adverts.â€
Meanwhile, the manpower booster drink has been airing on various TV stations for over a year.
]]>Kenyatta blocks Deputy President Ruto from flying to Uganda to see Musevenihttps://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210802/118464/kenyatta-blocks-deputy-president-ruto-from-flying-to-uganda-to-see-museveni.html Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:40:25 +0000https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=118464Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has blocked his deputy William Ruto from coming to Uganda to meet President Yoweri Museveni.Ruto was scheduled to fly to Entebbe, accompanied by a seven-man entourage comprising of his close political allies and businessmen.
However according to Nation newspaper, the Deputy President was dramatically denied from boarding a flight to Uganda for not seeking clearance as all civil servants should.
The plane he was to use; a Cessna 560XL registered using tail number 5Y WHB, had already been prepared for flight but its crew was told at the last minute that their VVIP guest would not be flying after all.
The DP’s office protested what it termed a change of rules on his foreign travels without notice.
“We are surprised the Deputy President was denied clearance to go on a planned private visit to Uganda. It is our officers who always handle his travel and this time, they were told, that he must get clearance from Immigration to fly out. In all his travels, all these years, this has not happened,†the DP’s office said through his communication secretary David Mugonyi.
DP Ruto visited President Museveni earlier in July, part of a camaraderie the two leaders have cemented in the last six years.
The visit, which saw the DP attend the unveiling of a vaccine manufacturing facility in Matuga-Wakiso district, was the fifth in the last six years.
]]>Tycoon Sudhir reopens his city shopping malls under strict SOPshttps://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210802/118452/tycoon-sudhir-reopens-his-city-shopping-malls-under-strict-sops.html Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:40:36 +0000https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=118452Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia through his Crane Management Services (CMS) has urged tenants on his shopping malls in Kampala to strictly observe the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) put in place by the Ministry of Health as they resume business.Dr Sudhir’s plea follows President Yoweri Museveni’s last week move of allowing among others Kikuubo trading centre,malls and arcades to resume operations following the expiration of the 42 days of Covid-19 induced lockdown.
Addressing the nation on the progress of Covid-19 fight in the country last Friday, President Museveni said business centres should reopen but under strict observance of SOPs.
Now, CMS has put in place SOPs that must be followed by their tenants as they go about their businesses to avoid the spread of the pandemic.
The shopping malls under Crane Management Limited include; Kampala Boulevard, Eagle Plaza, Hardware Plaza, Market Plaza, Royal Plaza, and The Cube among others.
The conditions put in place at the opened shopping centres are;
1. Wear Your Face Mask
2. Sanitize
3. Observe Social Distance
4. Wash Hands
Accordingly, 24-hr Surveillance has been put in place to ensure compliance to the mentioned SOPs.
About CMS:
With a story that starts in the 90’s, CMS has spent decades defining real estate greatness in Uganda. Since then, CMS has grown to become the leading real estate management company in Uganda and has also spread its wings into Rwanda.
The company which is under Ruparelia Group takes on real estate management service with passion and it will continue to set pace for real estate management in the country.
CMS’ Real Estate Verticals Include: Office space, Retail Space, Commercial Space, Residential Space, Warehousing and Consultancy.
]]>Thugs who attacked Indian accountant in Kampala arrestedhttps://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210802/118445/thugs-who-attacked-indian-accountant-in-kampala-arrested.html Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:44:16 +0000https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=118445Police in Kampala is holding 12 suspects who allegedly attacked an Indian businessman last man.This has been disclosed by Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) Spokesperson Charles Twiine.
“12 suspects have been arrested, and three motorcycles retrieved following a heightened Intelligence led operation as helped by CCTV police cameras against these motorcycle organized gangs,†Twiine tweeted on Monday.
He further noted that the suspects confessed to the crime and properly guided the police to scene reconstruction.
Background:
The territorial Police at Kira road last month kicked off an investigation into a robbery incident that happened on Saturday 24/7/2021.
The incident happened at around 12pm along Mawanda Road in Kamwokya.
Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire said the victim Jiwan Lal an accountant working with Rigil agro peck limited in Kololo was attacked by 14 men travelling on seven motorbikes.
“The victim was surrounded and assaulted continuously until his money amounting to 5 million Uganda shillings and 2 phones were stolen from him,†Owoyesigyire said.
“The police recorded statements from eye witnesses and has started following up on leads that have proven helpful in identifying the suspects for arrest.â€
]]>Shock as man attempts to burn wife for denying him sexhttps://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210802/118442/shock-as-man-attempts-to-burn-wife-for-denying-him-sex.html Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:38:53 +0000https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=118442A man in Rubanda District has attempted to kill his wife for allegedly denying him sex.Kwesiga Denis aged 34, a resident of Bigyegye village in Muko Sub County on Sunday evening burnt his house while expecting that his wife was inside.
At around 5:30 pm, Kwesiga went home with anger determined to end the life of his wife Ahimbisibwe Rachael for allegedly denying him sex and starving him for a long time.
Ahimbisibwe aged,35 who got married to Kwesiga 5 years ago, survived the death by God’s grace since the house was torched when she had just moved to the neighborhood.
Conflicts between the couple started some weeks ago over marital issues.
Kwesiga has been leaving home every day in the morning and returned home late in the night which annoyed his wife. It became his daily routine and the Ahimbisibwe could not control her anger thus deciding to teach him a lesson through denying him sex.
On Sunday evening, concerned citizens from Bigyegye village were shocked to see Kwesiga’s house on fire and rushed to the scene. It was later discovered that Kwesifa wanted to kill his wife by burning her inside the house.
Kwesiga was immediately arrested by angry neighbors who tied him and interogated him. He accepted that he wanted to finish off the wife for excessive punishment of denying him sex and food. The wife also admitted that the husband became a ‘useless’ and forgot all his family obligations which extremely angered her.
]]>Abayimbi okuli Bebe Cool, Chameleon nabalala basabye obuwumbi 9 mu obukadde 400 okuva ewa Gen. Salehhttps://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210802/118438/abayimbi-okuli-bebe-cool-chameleon-nabalala-basabye-obuwumbi-9-mu-obukadde-400-okuva-ewa-gen-saleh.html Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:03:50 +0000https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=118438ABAYIMBI okuli Yosefu Mayanja amanyiddwanga Dr. Jose Chameleon, Moses Ssali amanyiddwanga Bebe Cool ne banaabwe abalala bangi beewunyisizza ensi bwe bagenze ewa Gen. Salim Saleh ne bamusaba abawe ensimbi za Uganda obuwumbi 9 mu obukadde 400 beddaabulule mu mbeera gye bayiseemu nga bali mu muggalo.Bano nga ennaku zino baagunjaawo ekibiina kye bayita The new Uganda Superstars Musicians Association bagamba nti okusaba ensimbi zino kibagwanira kubanga bakoseddwa nnyo omuggalo okuva ebivvulu byabwe lwe byaggalwawo olw’ekirwadde kya covid 19.
Omukulembeze waabwe nga ye Chameleon agamba nti ekibasabizza ensimbi zino kwe kugezaako okutaasa ekisaawe kyokuyimba mu ggwanga nti kubanga bangi ku bbo esuubi libaweddemu nga bwe batyo beetaaga okweddabulula mu byenfuna.
Amannya gabayimbi abagenda okufuna ku kavuAbagenda okuganyulwa mu ntekateeka eno bawerera ddala 26, era nga bwe bati bwe baagala okutematema ekintu kyabwe Chameleone ayagala awebwe obukadde 800, Pallaso 821, David Lutalo 420, Bebe Cool 670, Winnie Nwagi 380, Azawi 250 nabalala ku lukalala wammanga.
Ekibiina kyabano kyatandikibwawo mu mwezi gw’omukaaga omwaka guno.
]]>ABBEY KIBIRIGE SEMUWEMBA: Astrazeneca clotting is being intentionally exaggerated https://www.watchdoguganda.com/op-ed/20210802/118439/abbey-kibirige-semuwemba-astrazeneca-clotting-is-being-intentionally-exaggerated.html Mon, 02 Aug 2021 08:54:50 +0000https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=118439It’s so tricky to see the wood through the trees these days. So much “information†is going around on social media (true or false). The 18-30 demographic are the most avid users of social media by far and the most vaccine skeptical. Now, there is a meme going around warning people off AstraZeneca in Uganda because it has been banned in Norway while the later is donating the same vaccine to Uganda. Oh Norway!Having had both AstraZeneca jabs with zero reaction myself, just like the huge majority of people I know here in the UK, I would say it’s more likely that the clotting effect of the vaccine is being exaggerated. That’s the thing with statistics; they give you what is called a p value. There is a very low chance of clotting, which may occur in around 4-6 people in every million after being vaccinated. Latest figures show that only 399 of the 25m people, who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK, have had clotting â€" causing 71 deaths.
There’s intentional ‘‘dirty’’ marketing going on against AstraZeneca and I find it so unfair. Pfizer and Johnson have the same rare clotting effect as AstraZeneca but the media isn’t making a meal out of it. There was a study of more than a million people in Spain, and found that incidents of rare blood clots happened at a “similar†rate with both Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
Anyway, a lot of studies show that one is likely to get blood clots from Covid-19 than the jab. Covid-19 could also lead to strokes, or thrombocytopenia (a lowering of the platelet count). So, why are people waging a war on something that is helping to fight the virus? It doesn’t make sense to me.
Blood clots could be got from a lot of other things, too, other than the vaccines, but the anti-vaccine group rarely points this out, because they want vaccines to look bad. 1 in 2000 women each year will develop a blood clot from taking the combined oral contraceptive pill. 1 in 1000 people a year will develop a blood clot from air travel. Basically, the risk of clots and lower platelets is much higher with covid-19 than vaccines. Any long term side effects from vaccines are vanishingly small and the vast majority are in the short term of days to weeks.
All drugs are continued to be monitored following approval as its standard practice and known as phase 4 trials (also referred to as post marketing surveillance). This happens following the approval of a drug for public use to monitor the performance in real life scenarios.
AstraZeneca works by stimulating the body’s natural defenses (immune system). It causes the body to produce its own protection (antibodies) against the virus. This will help to protect you against COVID-19 in the future. None of the ingredients in this vaccine can cause COVID-19.
The vaccine rollout in the UK has been one of the best in the world. Almost 90% of the adult population has received one dose and ~65% fully vaccinated. Only 35% of 18-30 year olds are unvaccinated. Often side effects are a sign that the vaccine is doing its job.
Unfortunately, Covid-19 is claiming many unvaccinated and deniers now. 90% of hospitalizations here in the UK, are in unvaccinated and a small % of these a single jab. They seem to be happy to play Russian roulette with their health and have no responsibility about being 100% transmissible to others. The jabs have reduced deaths, hospitalities and also meant our lives are slowly going back to normal!
]]>Prophet Elvis Mbonye puts nation on alert, to announce something big tomorrowhttps://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210802/118432/prophet-elvis-mbonye-puts-nation-on-alert-to-announce-something-big-tomorrow.html Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:40:50 +0000https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=118432Known for his bizarre claims and prophecies, self-styled Prophet Elvis Mbonye has again put the nation on red notice after revealing that he will be announcing something big on Tuesday 3rd August, 2021.“Mark the day and time !!! Secret perspectives with Prophet Elvis Mbonye,â€SPECIAL PROPHETIC UPDATE! Prophet Elvis Mbonye live on Facebook this Tuesday August 03, 2021 at 2:00 pm East African Time (EAT)!! Usikose.
#ProphetElvisMbonye, Mbonye said on his Facebook page on Monday.
Last year in April, Mbonye claimed that he confronted the devil head on in a physical fist fight in which he was (devil) left nursing wounds. Mbonye’s allegation left those opposed to his prophecies and controversial statements saying his claim sounds illogical and unreasonable.
Prior Mbonye had been a subject of online debate after he claimed that God had told him about the Covid-19 crisis months earlier but he had chosen not to tell his followers nor warn the world about the pandemic before it started ravaging many countries on earth.
“When I got this prophecy about this [Covid19 pandemic] that we are facing, I thought to myself ‘won’t followers think that it’s a virus just like many others in China,†the Zoe Ministries lead pastor said in a video that went viral online.
The ‘prophet’ later decided to keep mum about the revelation reasoning that it wouldn’t minister to the remnants that follow him and that many people wouldn’t believe him in case he made the assertion known to the public.
]]>REAGAN VAN KEAGAN MUGABI: School closure responsible for high increase of child laborhttps://www.watchdoguganda.com/op-ed/20210802/118426/reagan-van-keagan-mugabi-school-closure-responsible-for-high-increase-of-child-labor.html Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:41:58 +0000https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=118426July 19, 2021 â€" aka “Freedom Day†â€" saw the remaining coronavirus restrictions eased across the UK. Here in Uganda, the First lady who doubles as the Minister of Education released Primary Leaving Exam results but did not tell us when the “new†Senior One students will start their secondary school journey.This is the only country where they have two sets of S1 students. Others started at the beginning of the year even before Senior One results were released, while the second set waited for results to be released. The other day my daughter was asking me about the other batch of Senior one students who began in March 2021. Clearly, I did not have answers to her questions so I reminded her of the food she was cooking.
Unlike my daughter who helps around the home by cooking some family meals and washing dishes during lockdown, many other children are caught up in much more taxing work. The unprecedented economic impact of the lockdown coupled with school closures and inadequate or nonexistent government assistance is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor.
This makes the rise in child labor an inevitable consequence of the pandemic.
A 69-page report, “‘I Must Work to Eat’: Covid-19, Poverty, and Child labor in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda†examines the rise in child labor and poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the pandemic’s impact on children’s rights. In the report, children described working long, grueling hours for little pay after their parents lost jobs or income due to the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns.
Many described hazardous working conditions, and some reported violence, harassment, and pay theft.
The vast majority of children interviewed for the report said that the pandemic and associated lockdowns had a negative effect on their families. Many entered the workforce for the first time to support their families. Some said they decided to work because their families did not have enough food. Children are working as house cleaners, shamba-boys, in stone quarries, others are mining sand because families are starving.
Some of the work that children are doing is clearly hazardous. At stone quarries, children reported injuries from flying stones, including sharp particles that got into their eyes. Children showed researchers cuts from the “slashers†they used to clear fields or the sharp edges of sugarcane stalks. Others described carrying heavy loads.
Many said they worked long hours.
In Uganda, nearly half of the children interviewed worked at least 10 hours a day, some 7 days a week. Several children said they worked as much as 16 hours a day!
There’s a particularly hurting story I came across after schools closed in June 2021, due to Covid-19 when district borders were closed. A boy had traveled from Manafwa district in Eastern Uganda on foot to earn a living at a maize mill in downtown Kampala! Most of these children earn less than 4,000 shillings per day (US$1.1) and sometimes, the employers refuse to pay them or pay less than was promised. Imagine a 12-year-old girl who typically earns only 5,000 shillings (US$1.39) a week crushing stones at a quarry said that her employer often paid her even less if he wasn’t satisfied with the size of the stones.
Some children said their earnings did not always provide enough money for food. This is gross abuse of children rights and the world shouldn’t be quiet when injustices like these are taking place.
The most painful thing about this whole lockdown is that the government has not prioritized cash allowances to protect children’s rights and enable families to maintain an adequate standard of living without resorting to child labor. Last month, members of the Ugandan parliament gave themselves money for cars worth 200 million each yet the cash assistance promised to Ugandans has never reached their mobile phones. The money that the MPs gave themselves should have been cash allowances to families with children.
This would have contributed to a significant decrease in child labor. Now that the money is already “eatenâ€, let the Ugandan government release all the promised cash assistance to families to prevent further increase in poverty and child labor. Mr. President, this is not a request but a demand. Children must be protected from hard/child labor.
Reagan Van Keagan Mugabi
reaganv66@gmail.com
Human Rights Activist
President Museveni ordered the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Executive Director Ms Allen Kagina to award contracts to four foreign companies to construct roads around Uganda in a pre-financing agreement. This means the companies will use their money to build the roads and government would pay later in installments.
“This is to therefore direct you to enter the agreement with CICO to pre-finance them and ensure that the right government procedures are taken. The government of Uganda will provide budgetary appropriations in quarterly installments from the third year of execution,†reads a letter dated 21st June 2021.
As per the law, any company that wants to render services to the public under government docket must undergo bidding and the winner is given a contract. After that government gives that company a certificate of due diligence.
However, to the President, such law seems irrelevant because in a letter dated 29th July 2021 seen by this website, Museveni asks Kagina to give Ashoka Buildcon limited a contract to construct Mpigi-Kibibi-Mityana road (60KM) and other two roads.
In the letter, he said, “Ashoka Buildcon Limited have approached me proposing to construct and pre-finance the construction and building of roads; Mpigi-Kibibi- Mityana roads (60km), Kanungu-Hamurwa (47km) and Butogota-Buhoma (32km). I, therefore, direct you to enter into an agreement with that company to design and build these roads since they are under NDPIII.â€
Museveni added that due diligence was already made and the said company has a strong financial position to finance the mentioned roads.
“It should be agreed that the government of Uganda pays them through budgetary appropriations in quarterly installments from a third of execution,†reads the letter.
However, Engineer Sebamala has strong reservations about the move. He said this is not the first time the president is bypassing the law to award contracts.
“The issuing of projects by the head of state leaves no room for competition in disguise of long procurement processes. Bidding is the only transparent method that can be used for procurement of works and services with regard to value for money,†Sebamala said.
“It should be noted that this is not the first time the president of the Republic of Uganda sabotages the procurement process for the different projects,†the BUkoto legislator said,
“Last year, as the bidding process of Mityana Mubende was ongoing, it was stopped three days to handing in of bid documents in favour of direct procurement.
“This also manifested in the procurement of Jinja Express Highway after two years of evaluating potential companies that could undertake the project.
“It should be noted that UNRA has spent trillion of shillings on direct procurements. This undermines the PPDA Act let alone the fact that we believe there is no value for money since the bidding process has been foregone â€"
During the bidding process, the competition among the companies examines competency, efficiency, and consistency with minimum corruption tendencies.
Other companies
The other company he seconded in another letter dated 15th May 2021 is Zhongmei Engineering group which is going to pre-finance Kanoni-Misingi-Mityana road(37km).
“This is a Chinese company which has financed and completed many roads in Uganda. This is therefore to direct you enter into this company to design and build this road since it’s in NDP III. It must be agreed that it will be paid in quarterly installments from the second year of execution.â€
The third one is Chongqing International Construction Cooperation (CICO) which is going to design and construct Kabwohe-Kitagata-Rukungiri (65.7km) and Masindye-Kabimbiri-Zirobwe-Wobulezi-Kapeeka (138km).
Also, in a letter date 21 June 2021, President Museveni ordered Kagina to give the contract to China Communication Construction Co. LTD (CCCC). CCCC is to pre-finance the construction and building of Pakwach-Karuma road and Pakwach Bridge, Kisubi-Nakawuka-Natete/ Nakawuka-Kasanje-Mpigi/ Nakawuka-Mawugulu-Nanziga-Maya/Kasanje-Buwaya. Nakasero-Northern Bypass Express VVIP road.
He also ordered that government will provide budgetary appropriations in quarterly installments from the third year of execution.
Summary
Company: Ashoka Buildcorn ltd
Mpigi-Kibibi-Mityana 60km
Kanungu-Hamurwa â€" 47km
Butogota-Buhoma 32km
Company: CCCC
1. Reconstruction of Packwach â€" Karuma road and Pakwach Bridge
2. Kisubi-Nakawuka-Natete\Nakawuka-Kasanje-Mpigi/ Nakawuka-Mawugulu-Nanziga-Maya/Kasanje-Buwaya
3. Nakasero northern bypass express VVIP road
Zhongmei engineering group
1. Kanoni-Misingi-Mityana 37km
CHONGQING International Construction Corporation
1. Kabwohe-Kitagata-Rukungiri 65.7km
2. Misindye-Kabimbiri-Zirobwe-Wobulenzi-Kapeeka- 138km
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