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    Abiriga Death, Citizens Bitter: Security Systems Are Clearly Dysfunctional, A New Start Necessary – Besigye: Our Nation Is Gradually Descending Into A Very Bad Place – Bobi Wine: These Senseless Killings Must Stop – Museveni

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    The murder of Arua Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Abiriga has shocked many in boh the ruling National Resistence Movement (NRM) and opposition with many coming out to condemn the manner in which he was killed. President Museveni has called Abiriga’s killing senseless adding that he has tasked security agencies to expeditiously find the killers and the nation will be updated. Opposition strongman Kiiza Besigye has warned that Security systems are clearly dysfunctional and a new start is needed.

    Abiriga was shot dead today evening at around 6:30pm, by gunmen moving on two motorcycles, near Energo fuel station Kawanda as he approached his home. Eye witnesses told the Grapevine that the gunmen first shot in the air which forced locals in the surrounding area to take cover. They shot Abiriga’s car tyres and the gunmen on one of the motorcycles moved in front of Abiriga’s car while the other followed from back. The gunman in front shot Abiriga in the head and also shot his bodygourd and after disappeared. Below are some of the tributes to the fallen MP:

    President Museveni: I have received news about the senseless killing of Arua Municipality MP, Hon Ibrahim Abiriga, and his bodyguard on the outskirts of Kampala this evening,” Museveni said in a statement later. I have tasked security agencies to expeditiously find these killers and the nation will be updated soon. This urban criminality is going to stop. May Hon Abiriga’s soul rest in peace.

    Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Winfred Kiiza: I say sorry to the people of Arua Municipality and Uganda at large. He has been a man of few words and a morale boaster for us at Parliament. I wonder why one would target Abiriga to kill him because as far as I know, he had no grudges against anyone. It is unfortunate that Hon Abiriga has died the way it has happened but we appeal to the security agencies to wake-up and save this country from such kind of murders.”

    Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine: The gruesome murder of Hon. Col. Ibrahim Abiriga and his bodyguard this evening is yet another sad reminder that our country is in a very serious crisis. Countrymen, countrywomen, when we condemn the breakdown of the state in Uganda, some people think we are doing this for political reasons. My friends, as we can see, the breakdown of the state spares no one. It affects all of us regardless of our religion, political parties, economic status, etc. My friend Ronald Mayinja was right when he recently sang, ‘bizeemu.’ Our nation is gradually descending into a very bad place and I think we must all- as stakeholders, have a say in preventing this terrible situation from continuing or getting worse. Let me appeal to the government once more to acknowledge that we have reached that point when we must have an honest conversation as a nation and find a way out of this crisis. No matter who we are and what our political persuasions are, no Ugandan should lose his or her life in this gruesome, senseless manner. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. May their souls rest in peace.

    Norbet Mao:I have learnt with shock of the murder of Arua Municipality MP Ibrahim Abiriga. I convey my sincere condolences to his family, the parliament of Uganda and the entire country. Here is a man who spoke straight and what you saw was what you got. I condemn this murder

    Kizza Besigye : TRAGIC! Uganda’s insecurity affects upper &bottom rungs of society equally & brutally! Security systems are clearly dysfunctional. A new start necessary. My thoughts &prayers go to Hon Abiriga’s family, relatives &friends. Inna lillahi wa inna illahi raj’un

    Frank Tumwebaze Information and Communications Technology minister: Disturbing reports are reaching us that Hon Abiriga Ibrahim has been shot dead.. We stand with his family in this trying moment.

    UPDF spokesperson Brig Richard Karemire: We condemn this act in the strongest terms. We shall continue to work together with other security agencies so that we guarantee peace and security,” he said. He sent his condolences to the “family of the deceased and the patriotic Ugandans”.

    National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General Kasule Lumumba: Here at the headquarters of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party in Kampala, we are in receipt of the shocking news of the brutal murder of Arua Municipality Member of Parliament Hon Ibrahim Abiriga. Information reaching us this Friday evening indicates that the NRM legislator was gunned down in Kawanda just a few metres to his home. Hon. Abiriga has been a staunch member of NRM whose loyalty to the Party was well  known to all concerned. He hasn’t only been a loyal member but supportive to all initiatives of the NRM government. The Secretary General of NRM Rt. Hon Justine Kasule Lumumba has described the incident by these brutal assassins as being a ‘big robbery to the Party'”We are robbed of a loyal cadre of NRM and an open minded legislator. I pray that the security agencies trace these assassins and bring them to face the law. We shall grately miss him”, said the SG.  REST IN PEACE HON ABIRIGA!

    Mp Bakireke Nambooze: Hon Abiriga Ibrahim assisinated with his body guard at Kawanda…Uganda,who is safe?!

    Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s Office: The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, has with sadness learnt about the brutal killing of Arua Municipality Hon Ibrahim Abiriga who was gunned down this evening near his home at Kawanda. His body guard was also killed. Ms Kadaga sends her condolences to the family , the people of Arua and the country. She urged the security forces to do everything possible to get the killers and reassure the country.  Parliament will discuss with the family about the burial arrangements.

    State minister of Lands Hon. Princess Namuganza Persis: This is too much dear fellow Citizens, this anger is too much, why do we carry a lot of blood in our Hands? Why do we feed our families with cold blood Money? Death is our way to Eternity but we should not traumatize those left behind. May God the Almighty welcome you most especially this holy month with Peace and Joy. You have served your people diligently with Love. RIP Rtd. Col. Ibrahim Abiriga

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    Court Shocked As South Sudan Tycoon’s Wife Narrates How She Lost Baby After Sipapa’s Gang Sprayed Deadly Chemicals In Their House During Shs1.65bn Heist…

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    Jacob Nul Mayen Arok (L) who is battling socialite Sipapa (R)

    Court was shocked when Controversial South Sudan tycoon Jacob Arok and his wife testified before the Criminal Division of the High Court Judge Michael Elubu how they lost their unborn baby in the deadly robbery attack on their home at Kawuku Bunga in Makindye Division a Kampala city suburb.

    Both key State Witnesses confirmed to Court that on the fateful night of 28th August, 2022, city socialist Charles Olim alia Sipapa commanded a gang that attacked their home and robbed money amounting to Shs1.65bn, 4 iPhones, 3 laptops, gold jewelry, an iPhone charger, a mac pro charger and a television set.

    Arok told Court that they got to know about the attack on their home the next day because they were all unconscious during the attack and they had to be rushed to hospital.

    In the Court hearing where journalists and other court attendants were barred, Arok testified that while they were in the hospital, they were informed that their unconsciousness was caused by deadly chemicals which their attackers sprayed in their house on that fateful night.

    He testified that both doctors and police investigators established that Sipapa and other accused persons also used chloroform which they sprayed in the house before robbing them clean.

    Both Arok and his wife testified that due to the excessive chloroform, the wife, who was pregnant suffered a miscarriage and lost the unborn baby.

    However, Sipapa’s lawyers led by Henry Kunya put up a spirited legal fight to dilute the key witnesses’ evidence by tasking Arok to reveal the source of the money he claimed that their client stole from his home.

    Furiously, Arok declined to reveal the source of money wondering why people were not asking why he was poor when was still a pauper in South Sudan.

    He refused to answer the question even though the presiding judge insisted that his role in court was to answer questions and not to ask lawyers.

    Sipapa’s lawyers allegedly told court that Arok was a South Sudanese Commissioner in charge of South Sudan Pension Fund and the stolen money was supposed to be paid to South Sudan Public Servants, but he instead used it to enrich himself and his family.

    theGrapevine established that recently, South Sudan President Salva Kiir complained to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni that there are a number of his government officials who steal public funds and invest the money in Uganda.

    He pleaded with the President to repatriate such officials back to South Sudan so that they are prosecuted.

    Sipapa is being charged together with his wife Shamira Nakiyimba who recently claimed that she has been making deals with security bosses here in Uganda and abroad particularly in Dubai where she spends much of her time. The matter is still ongoing.

     

    By Hadijah Namagembe

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    Ethiopian Woman Narrates How Foreign Affairs Ministry Boss Infected Her With Sexually Transmitted Disease After Hoping From One Woman to Another Via Tinder..

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    Ministry of Foreign affairs offices

    Justice Celia Nagawa of the High Court Family Division has dissolved the marriage between Harriet Generos and Nick Chiles Muramira an officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over adultery and drug abuse.

    In her petition, Generos told court that she got married to Muramira on 28th December 2013 at St. Augustine Chapel, Makerere University in Kampala but they didn’t have any children by the time she filed the divorce petition.

    She further told court that before entering their official marriage, they cohabited together in Kampala, New Delhi India, United Arab Emirates where she works from and Egypt Cairo where the husband was also working from under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    She added that in Cairo, her husband committed adultery and fathered a child with an Ethiopian woman who currently resides in the United States of America.

    She insists in her affidavit that her husband also fell in with bad company while living in Cairo and he started abusing drugs and signing up to dating sites like Tinder.

    She further stated that when she visited him in Cairo, she found feminine items like make up and hygiene products that did not belong to her and during her visit she contracted sexually transmitted infections after being sexually intimate with him.

    “He abused drugs and during some of his episodes, he demanded that I also be intimate with him. He was withdrawn and often returned with red eyes,” she told court said.

    She added that she found stains of drug on his key holder on another occasion on his shorts.

    She insisted that during her stay in Dubai, she underwent spinal fusion surgery and although her husband was on leave in Uganda and spent millions of money purchasing for him an air ticket to travel to Dubai to see her, he never made any attempt to visit her much as she wanted to use the visit to rebuild their relationship.

    She explained that after being discharged from Dubai hospital, she traveled to Cairo to meet the husband only to be informed that he had taken school fees loans for non-existent children. On another occasion, she found out that he had a girlfriend who he was cohabiting with in Cairo.

    “I was subjected to various forms of torture including silent treatment, psychological abuse, rejection, ridicule and lies contrary to the principles of sanctity of Marriage,” she testified.

    She told court that during their marriage, they owned a number of properties including their matrimonial home in Bukoto Kampala, land in Mbarara where they planted trees to which she contributed Shs 4,000,000 and others. The trial judge agreed with the petitioner on grounds that the respondent did not file a defense even though he was served through WhatsApp.

    She explained that divorce can be allowed on the following grounds; when one of the partners has been guilty of adultery, has changed his or her profession of Christianity for the profession of some other religion, and gone through a form of marriage with another man or woman.

    Other grounds include; When one has been guilty of bigamy, has been guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality, has been guilty of cruelty or has been guilty of desertion, without reasonable excuse, for two years or upwards.

    She noted that the petitioner has proved cruelty and Adultery as the grounds for her divorce and thus allowed the petition.

    However, on the issue of the matrimonial home which the petitioner wanted sold so that they share the money according to each one’s contribution during its purchase, the judge noted that she cannot issue an order against it since it was registered in the names of Muramira’s mother not in the names of the partners.

    She further ordered that Muramira refund the Shs400m the wife contributed in the buying of their land in Mbarara and also compensate her with Shs1.5m for the time she used when supervising work on the land.

    Muramira was also ordered to pay costs of the petitioner to the divorced wife and lawyers.

     

    By Grapevine Reporter

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    Unmasking Killer Gun Used To Assassinate Clan Head As More Buganda Kingdom Officials Face Investigation Over Bbosa’s Death…

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    Brig. Gen. Christopher Ddamulira Sserunjogi the Crime Intelligence Director who is the leading commander in the ongoing operation to arrest fugitive Tabula Luggya Bbosa who allegedly masterminded the plan to assassinate Eng. Daniel Bbosa Lwomwa the fallen head of Endiga (Sheep) clan two weeks back and Maj. Dr. Tom Magambo the Director Uganda Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are expecting the ballistic analysis report on the killer gun.

    Sources at Wandegeya based government laboratory and ballistic analysis center revealed to the might Grapevine that the results from the examination of the killer gun powder and bullet cartridges picked at the crime scene at Lungujja in Lubaga Division Kampala city where Bbosa was gunned from are out.

    Sources assigned to investigate the shocking murder said that the report is going to help detectives to trace the owner of the gun and establish if it was ever used in committing any crimes around the country.

    Noah Derrick Luggya the prime suspect who pulled the trigger and showered Bbosa with bullets that killed him recorded a statement denying ownership of the killer gun.

    He confessed that it was Tabula who is currently on the run who gave him the gun.

    Luggya is still receiving medication from Mulago hospital and he is recovering from the injuries he suffered after he was badly beaten by the angry mob at Bulange who intercepted him together with his co-accused Emmanuel Sserunkuma who was killed on the spot.

    However, highly placed sources in the intelligence circles have told theGrapevine that the recovered killer gun is likely to be among the many which were smuggled into the country from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by serial criminals and business persons.

    “There are many illegal guns which are in the possession of private individuals, especially criminals and business people who are harvesting millions of shillings from hiring them out to fellow criminals,” a source said.

    He added that it was a blessing that Bbosa’s assassins were amateurs and they failed to protect their weapon.

    We have been told by sources that when such guns are used to execute deadly missions, they are returned to the owner who takes it back and hides it mostly in holes that they dig inside their houses or in compounds.

    A source revealed that there are two criminals in Luzira Upper Prison who smuggled two guns into the country and have been hiring it to fellow criminals to commit crimes.

    They pay them money which they use to survive in prison.

    “When you hear an inmate on the phone making statements like ‘ka machine’ just knows they are talking about a gun. And they only hire it out after they are satisfied that the mission is very sensitive and other weapons like pangas, axes, iron bars cannot be used in the said mission.”

    Sources divulged that this was the reason why security in prison, especially Upper Prison Luzira is now very strict when it comes to allowing inmates to make phone calls to friends and relatives.

    The procedure now is that the Officer in Charge has to first verify that the phone number the inmate is going to call is registered in that very person’s names and the inmate has to first put in writing his relationship with that person and why he wants to talk to them.

    The phone call then has to be made in the presence of the prison’s warden who verifies that the conversation is related to what the inmate put in writing.

    Security is still looking for the gun which was used in the murder of Joan Kagezi a senior prosecutor in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, Ibrahim Tusubira alias Jjajja Icuri and Muslim sheikhs like Sheikh Hassan Ibrahim Kirya, Sheikh Mustafah Bahiga, Sheikh Maj Muhammad Kiggundu and a number of others.

    Sources at Crime Intelligence said that the arrest of Tabula will help them establish where he hired the gun from and how he got in contact with the owner of the gun.

    Brig. Gen. Ddamulira has dispatched a number of deadly commandos to Kalangala island to look for Tabula who is expected to be hiding in Kalangala’s think forests.

    In the same development, Buganda Kingdom clan heads have pleaded with Brig. Gen. Ddamulira and Maj. Dr. Magambo to execute a special investigation on some members sitting on Buganda Kingdom Cultural Court (Kkooti yakisekwa).

    “You remember the Ngabi clan head Nsamba’s home was attacked at night and he narrowly survived. He has a case in kkooti ya kisekwa and those people are always threatening him,” one of the clan heads in Buganda told theGrapevine.

    He accused members of Kisekwa court of soliciting for bribes from parties who bring their matters before the local court since they are not on the payroll of the Kingdom administration.

    theGrapevine tried to reach out to Owekitiibwa Israel Kitooke Kazibwe the Kingdom Information and Mobilization minister for a comment but he did not respond to our frequent phone calls.

    Mubiru Njuuki, a Buganda Kingdom historian told theGrapevine that the local Kisekwa court lost credibility because it is now being used by mafias in the Kingdom to fight clan heads who are against their wishes.

    He said that over 10 clan heads are in fear of losing their offices and were advised that the only way to survive is to amend their relationship with big people sitting at Bulange the Kingdom headquarters.

    “We are praying to president Yoweri Museveni as the custodian of the country’s peace and law to establish a judicial committee to investigate members sitting on Kisekwa court and those sitting at Bulange because they are the ones responsible for Bbosa’s assassination and they are the ones threatening other clan heads,” Njuuki said.

    He asked Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi the Kabaka of Buganda to explain why it took him so long to dispose of the clan appeals from ‘kkooti ya kisekwa’ as the supreme person on Buganda Kingdom cultural matters.

    He noted that if Museveni doesn’t intervene, clan heads are still going to be killed because of the ongoing fights inside clan members who think that people sitting at Bulange want to forcefully install their people as heads of clans.

    Security arrested Milly Naluwenda a clerk to Kisekwa court in connection with Bbosa’s murder and she is waiting for Justice Jane Frances Abodo the Director Public Prosecution (DPP) to seal her fate whether she is added on those to be formally charged.

    Police spokesperson Fred Enanga confirmed that Bbosa’s suspected killers’ investigation file was forwarded to Justice Abodo for advice.

    He stated that Tabula masterminded the murder of Bbosa because he was competing with him for the office of the Endiga clan head.

     

    By Sengooba Alirabaki

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