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🇺🇬 UPDF Operation Shujaa killed over 400 ADF rebels in 2022- Defense Minister
📌The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Vincent Ssempijja has boasted of the success of UPDF in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He says that in 2022 alone, 424 terrorists of the Allied Defence Forces (ADF) were killed. He made the remarks while appearing before Parliament’s Defence and Internal Affairs Committee, where the Ministry had appeared to respond to queries raised about the sector during the consideration of the 2023/2024 National Budget Framework Paper.

🇺🇬 Buganda Katikkiro launches ‘Mwanyi Telimba Season 2023’ in Busiro
📌The Buganda Kingdom Initiative of ‘Mwanyi Telimba Season 2023’ has been launched today Wednesday in Busiro Sub County with opening of a coffee shop. Under this initiative, the Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga will traverse different coffee experts advising and encouraging coffee farmers in several sub counties, ending with Masulita Sub County where he will address Kabaka’s subjects and convey Kabaka’s message. He advised farmers to embrace coffee farming to help them fight poverty.

🇺🇬 Deputy Speaker of Parliament cautions individuals against luring children into sexual behaviour 
📌The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has warned individuals who influence children to sexual behaviour to “allow the young generation go and explore feelings naturally”. Tayebwa was launching the legislative agenda for children at Parliament. He said this agenda will help Parliament as an institution to pass laws that safeguard children against emerging threats including homosexuality and sexual harassment.

🇺🇬 Bishop Jumba directs compulsory feeding of learners in Masaka church founded schools
📌The Bishop for Masaka Catholic Diocese Rt. Rev. Severus Jumba has directed compulsory feeding for learners in church founded schools in the area. He explained that enforcing compulsory feeding in schools is intended to address the problem of starvation of children while at school which compromises quality of learning due to lack of concentration.

🇺🇬 UNEB to release Uganda Certificate Education (UCE) results tomorrow
📌The Minister of Education, Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni is expected to release the 2022 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results Tomorrow. The State Minister for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo on Tuesday confirmed that exams are likely to be released on Thursday February 09 2023. Uganda National Examination Board has briefed the minister of education today about how the senior four students who sat for the 2022 UCE exams performed before they are released.

🇺🇬 NEMA announces new express penalty scheme
📌The Executive Director NEMA Dr. Barirega Akankwasa on Wednesday announced a new express penalty scheme that will start effective April 01, 2023.  He was speaking to journalists at the Uganda Communication Commission. Barirega said that depositing rubbish on the road side, in a river, stream and lake, littering from cars or driving a car without a dustbin and emitting noise among others attracts an express fine.

🇺🇬 Sections of Kampala Flyover opened to traffic
📌The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has temporarily opened up sections of the Kampala Flyover to traffic and announced new traffic flow changes from January 31, 2023, to May 2, 2023.  According to UNRA Media relations Manager, Allan Ssempebwa, they have set up several diversions to aid smooth traffic flow.

🇺🇬 Police to arrest more suspects as Court defers Abitex trial on Freedom City stampede 
📌Court on Tuesday heard that Police are in the process of apprehending more suspects over the New Year eve stampede at Freedom City Mall. The revelation was made by the State Attorney, Ms. Carol Apio when the case in which music promoter Abbey Musinguzi, commonly known as Abitex, together with Elvis Francis Jjuuko appeared before Grade One Magistrate at Makindye Court for the mention.
“Investigations in this matter are still ongoing and we are going to apprehend others still at large,” Ms Apio said. The trial Grade One Magistrate, Mr Igga Adiru adjourned the case to March 7 for further mention.

🇺🇬 Police re-arrests suspected serial child trafficker for skipping bail
📌Uganda Police has rearrested a suspected child trafficker after he skipped bail. Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson, identified the suspect as Sabil Siragye. He said the suspect has been engaged in women and child trafficking in Arua, Maracha and Nebbi districts.

🇺🇬 Police refutes alleged torture of  Kasese 80-year old suspect
📌Security agencies have clarified that Constantine Muhonja, 80, arrested from Kasese collapsed and died in a bathroom while in detention but was not tortured to death as the Opposition had alleged. Addressing a news conference at Police headquarters Naguru, Fred Enanga the police spokesperson explained that an inquest was made by a coroner and during investigation, the 12 suspects with whom Muhonja shared custody were interviewed and cause of death established as being accidental that led to a fatal chest injury. According to the coroner, there is no evidence of police misconduct, torture or ill-treatment against the suspect while in custody. The police spokesperson has warned members of Opposition against targeting police’s specialised units but rather focus on helping security in fighting wrong elements who are associating with them.

🇺🇬 Gender Ministry urges stakeholders’ support to end FGM 
📌The Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development has urged stakeholders to support Government’s efforts to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country. The call comes as Uganda joins the rest of the world today to commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala. Commissioner for Gender and Women affairs, Ms. Angela Nakafeero on behalf of the Permanent Secretary emphasised that the Government needs continuous support from stakeholders.

🇺🇬 MASINDI: Government distributes drugs to three health centres
📌The Masindi District Health Officer, Dr. Jino Abiriga has said that National Medical Stores on Tuesday delivered all the medical supplies and essential drugs to Nyantonzi Health center III, Kasenene Health Center II and Bugoigo Health Center II for the second cycle. Abiriga cautioned health officers against theft of drugs citing that any culprit will be prosecuted in Courts of law.

🇺🇬 NWOYA: Police arrest 34-year-old man over defilement of 17-year old girl
📌Police in Nwoya have arrested a one Oyet Patrick, 34, of Anaka General Hospital Quarters for alleged defilement of a 17-year-old Senior Two student of Intensive Senior Secondary School in Nwoya last week. It is alleged that the victim had escorted her boyfriend and left 2 young children unattended to which annoyed the suspect and when the victim returned, he grabbed her and sexually assaulted her. The suspect was a guardian to the victim.

🇺🇬 BUDAKA: Kachonga Medical Centre staff arrested for defiling patient
📌Sisse Mark, 25, a health worker at Kachonga Medical Centre in Budaka District was arrested for the alleged rape of a 19-year-old female patient and student of Mbale School of Hygiene who had gone to the hospital for treatment of Malaria.

🇺🇬 NAKASEKE: Semuto Police Station detains one Ssemakula Sadat over wife’s murder 
📌Police in Nakaseke District on Monday February 6, arrested a one Ssemakula Sadati 40, a resident of Kakonde village, Kikyusa parish in Semuto Sub County for allegedly murdering his wife Nantambi Joan. The OC Semuto Police Station said in a coordinated intelligence operation Ssemakula was arrested along Semuto-Namayumba road.

🇺🇬 BULIISA: Government constructs new Girls’ Dormitory at Budongo Secondary School
📌The Chairperson Masindi District, Fred Lukumu has commended Government efforts to promote secondary education in the District. During a monitoring visit to the construction site of new classroom blocks at Budongo Secondary School on Monday, Lukumu noted that the dormitory will stabilise the girls’ retention in school.

🇺🇬 MASINDI: Government constructs classroom blocks at Bigando Primary school
📌Parents in Kigulya Division, Masindi Municipality are celebrating Government’s decision to construct a pair of two classroom blocks, head teacher’s office, store and a 5-stance modern latrine at Bigando Primary School. The Mayor Masindi Municipality, Ronald Businge Kyomuhendo, during the site handover on Monday, warned parents over keeping children at home yet the new school term has kicked off.

🇺🇬 HOIMA CITY: Bunyoro mourns death of businessmen who perished in Subaru crash
📌The business community of Hoima City is mourning the death of the Director of Phase II Bar and Lodge Fred Baitwaki and Robert Mujuni who perished in a car crash on the Kigorobya-Biiso-Butiaba road in the Hoima District. The car crash occurred after a Subaru Forester collided with a Fuso fuel tanker at Dwoli village in Kitoba sub-county.

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🌍 KENYA: Eritrean President arrives in Nairobi for two-day visit
📌Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on Wednesday arrived in Nairobi for a two-day official visit which is his first tour to Kenya since 2018. Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel said the trip was on the invitation of President William Ruto with whom they are expected to discuss bilateral issues in Nairobi.

🌍 KENYA: Government cuts spending by Ksh.300Bn 
📌 National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u has said that the Government of Kenya has attained its intention to cut spending by Ksh.300 Billion.
“This is a reflection of resource management that will add value and promote sustainability under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA),” Ndung’u said.

🌍 DRC suspends Rwandan Television channels
📌The media regulator in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered the local office of satellite television provider Canal+ to remove Rwandan channels from those it offers to the country. The suspension will run for a period of 90 days and could potentially be renewed depending on circumstances, the regulator, CSAC RDC, said in a statement.

🌍 IMF approves $87 million budget support for Republic of Congo
📌The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved $87 million budgetary support to the Republic of Congo following the conclusion of the second review of the country’s social-economic and political reform progress under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The financing is part of a $455 million ECF programme which the fund approved on January 21, 2022, leading to an immediate disbursement of $90 million.

🌍 NAMIBIA: President Geingob dismayed by ‘under the tree classes’
📌Namibian President Hage Geingob has expressed his dismay that children around the country are learning under trees. In the first Cabinet session of the year on Tuesday, Geingob was speaking about education and told his ministers that he had witnessed the phenomenon himself.
“The other thing I saw which is now prominent is children being taught under the trees. As I said, I was travelling this country and I had never seen this before.

🌍 NIGERIA: Supreme Court halts Currency Swap
📌Nigeria’s Supreme Court has temporarily suspended Friday’s deadline to stop using old banknotes, which had caused a cash crisis in the country. Many banks have not had enough of the new naira notes, leading to desperate and chaotic scenes as people tried to get their hands on them. There were fights at ATMs, protests and mob attacks on commercial banks.