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This indistinct photo taken Saturday night shows suspects after they were arrested at Hill View bar in Nauyo-Bugema town Council, Mbale City. PHOTO/YAHUDDU KITUNZI.
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Police commanded by Mbale District Police Commander (DPC), Mr Fred Ahimbisibwe responded to a call by residents in the area.
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Police in Mbale District on Saturday raided Hill View bar in Nauyo-Bugema town Council, Mbale City at around 11pm and arrested 80 revelers in connection to holding an unauthorized local concert- contrary to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) against the spread of coronavirus in Uganda.
Police commanded by Mbale District Police Commander (DPC), Mr Fred Ahimbisibwe responded to a call by residents in the area who were complaining about the same bar where people had gathered and were playing loud music.
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Democratic Party (DP) President Nobert Mao unveils Rose Fortunate Nantongo to steer the DP flag for Kyotera Woman seat which her decaesed mother, Robinah Nakasirye Ssentongo had been nominted for. PHOTOS/ AMBROSE MUSASIZI
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Masaka Diocesan Vicar General, Msgr Dominic Ssengoba who led the requiem mass, described Ms Ssentongo as a respectful, loving, amiable, gentle soul who worked hard to alleviate the suffering of others.
Mr Mao said the deceased was a strong pillar of DP who was not moved by the current political wave which saw many party stalwarts defecting to National Unity Platform led by presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi.
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She succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Ms Ssentongo becomes the third MP to succumb to Covid -19 in just a space of three months after her counterparts Rehema Watongola (Kamuli Municipality) and Faith Alupo (Pallisa Woman MP) died of the disease.
Ms Ssentongo was well-liked and respected by her electorates and those she worked with during her career as a social worker which spans three decades.
When news about Ssentongo’s death reached Kyotera on Friday morning, her supporters were seen gathering in small groups, contemplating the next course of action after the death of their flag bearer.