Daily Monitor
Friday April 30 2021
Summary
Kinshasa had accused Kampala of breaching its duty to protect its property from being auctioned by private individuals for non-payment of rent.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has failed to recover three of its prime embassy properties it claims were grabbed in Uganda following unsuccessful court litigation.
DRC had in its 2018 petition sought to recover its land comprising Plot 14 on Mbuya Road, Plot 12 on Salmon Rise at Bugolobi in Kampala and another on Plot 7B Acacia Avenue in Kololo.
Kinshasa had accused Kampala of breaching its duty to protect its premises, including its private residences in Uganda and other properties, which it argued, were immune from attachment over any debt.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday January 27 2021
L-R: Peter P. Emaru (FDC), Soroti West; Richard Muhumuza (NRM), Fort Portal City Central and Bosco Muhanuzi (NRM), Hoima East
Summary
Mr Eyobu left his seat to contest as city councillor for Soroti City West but he lost.
Mr Emaru said the first thing he intends to do is to extend pipe water to the areas which were annexed to form Soroti City.
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NRM candidate Richard Muhumuza was declared winner of Fort Portal Tourism City Central Division mayorship with 6,990 votes.
He was followed by Mr Joram Bitamanya (FDC), who polled 3,869 votes, Mr Herbert Mugisa (Ind), coming in the third place with 2,193 votes, followed by Mr Gilbert Kayondo (Ind) with 1,010 votes, Mr Davis Rwamuhumbu (NUP) with 253 and Mr Yasin Abdallah (Ind) with 132 votes.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 23 2020
Presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat engages police that blocked him from accessing Fort Portal Town where he was scheduled to address a rally yesterday. PHOTO/ RACHEL MABALA
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Presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has pledged to compensate the victims of the Kichwamba and Kasese killings.
While speaking on a talk-show on Clouds FM in Fort Portal City on Monday, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate said the killings in Kichwamba and Kasese were unfortunate.
“We are going to be counting the numbers critically and compensating them. This is something we want to undertake and compensation is not only going to be limited to lives, but property and this is going to be countrywide where people lost their lives due to conflicts,” Mr Amuriat said.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday December 15 2020
Summary
Mineral factor. Kasese is endowed with minerals including copper, limestone and salt. The government in 2017 cancelled the 25-year mining concession held by Hima-Tibet, a Chinese consortium, that was tasked to revamp the Kilembe Copper Mines.
The government has since promised to find another investor who would first construct a copper smelting plant in order to add value to the mineral that has not been mined since the 1970s when the world’s copper market went down.
Recently, Ms Sarah Opendi, the State minister for Minerals, said: “We are planning to make an international advertisement for prospective investors to take over Kilembe Mines”.