Big crimes committed per district
April 14, 2021 Written by ROBERT SPIN MUKASA & ERNEST JJINGO
The Uganda that emerges from 200 pages of the freshly released Police Annual Crime Report 2019 is a hotbed of corruption, theft, rape, defilement, violent and economic crimes.
The 200-page annual crime report 2019 released last week paints a clearer picture of the prevalence and trends of petty and violent crime in the country.
The report shows some double-digit increases in crime. At the same time, other types of violent and petty crime fell in 2019.
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According to the report, surprisingly 54.7% (117,903) of all crimes committed in 2019 were in rural areas or villages, 41.3% (88,944) were committed
How big is your sugarcane plantation?
I farm on 450 acres of land but since the collapse of the sector, I’ve reduced that to 180 acres. I have been selling to Kakira Sugar.
So what was your loss?
I would say I have lost about Shs 400 million per year for the last three years due to my inability to sell sugarcane.
Is Butembe constituency as affected as other parts of Busoga with sugarcane growing?
Butembe is where Kakiri sugar is located, which is the largest Sugar miller in East Africa. It’s the heartbeat of the sugarcane question in the eastern region.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 09 2021
Mr Omar Ssekamatte and Mr Animesh Ghosh from Propel Industries Ltd inspect the manufactured sand at one of the crusher plants. PHOTO/Amos Ngwomoya
Summary
Whereas some investors use a mechanised system to get these deposits, others still use rudimentary means which at times violate the National Environmental Management Authority guidelines that regulate sand mining and stone quarrying.
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With stones and sand being key raw materials for construction, their excavation has become a lucrative business.
Apparently, investors are racing against time to explore the next area where they could establish stone quarries to serve the current construction market. There are over 100 registered companies in Uganda engaged in stone quarrying business.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 02 2021
Mr Cyrus Sambwa Kasato shows a scar from a wound he allegedly sustained while in detention. PHOTO | JOSEPH KIGGUNDU
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Mr Cyrus Sambwa Kasato is the Local Council II chairman for Kyebando Parish and Wakiso District councillor-elect, representing Kyebando Division. Three weeks after the January 14 presidential polls, he was arrested, detained and questioned for his connection to National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi. Daily Monitor’s
Benson Tumusiime interviewed Mr Kasato and below is a slightly edited version of his narrative.
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On February 8, at around half-past-midday, we were in a meeting at Womeya School in Kyebando.
Others sitting on about two to 20 acres are going for billions of shillings and others millions of US dollars. Interviewed for clarity, many brokers on the hunt for buyers refused to disclose specifics, especially names of schools on sale and their proprietors for fear of causing unnecessary panic but were willing to share the general location of the schools, the cash involved and the learner population.
They also shared their cellphone numbers and implored this writer to forward any inquiries from interested buyers to them.
Interviewed, Siraje Ssekandi, a property broker, told
The Observer that Mukono High is being sold for as low as Shs 300 million. He also disclosed that Nakaseke International and East High School, Ntinda are being sold.