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🇺🇬 MUK Chancellor commends Minister Janet Museveni for being champion of morality
📌Makerere University Chancellor Prof. Ezra Suruma has lauded First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Mrs. Janet Museveni for her unwavering support towards the University. Suruma commended her for being a true champion of morality in Uganda’s education sector. He made the remarks Monday during the first day of the 73rd graduation ceremony held at Makerere University’s main campus in Kampala.

🇺🇬 Stanbic Bank managers connive to steal Shs6.6bn from bank client’s account 
📌Police in Kampala have arrested nine people including two managers of Stanbic bank for conniving with other people to steal shs6.6 billion from one of the bank’s customers. Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga on Monday said the two Stanbic bank managers of Freedom City and Garden City branches were able to hack into the account of Nile Energy to authorize the account to pay money to three different accounts and in bits.

🇺🇬 Internal Affairs stuck with 20,000 uncollected passports 
📌Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson has said that the Ministry is currently stuck with over 20,000 new passport booklets that have not been picked by owners. Mundeyi said that with the 3000 passports processed and printed every day, the Directorate of Immigration and Citizenship Control is currently stuck after owners failed to pick their booklets which have accumulated at all the passport centers around the country.

🇺🇬 Mpuuga, Ssegona join Ssegirinya & Ssewanyana’s legal team
📌MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya of Kawempe North and Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye East have Monday afternoon been granted a cash bail of Shs20 Million each after the State withdrew its objection to the bail application. Justice Lawrence Tweyanze was in charge of the hearing at Masaka High Court where Leader of the Opposition Matius Mpuuga and Medard Ssegona joined the two MPs’ legal teams. Senior State Resident Attorney Richard Birivumbuka told Court that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had withdrawn three affidavits of prosecution witnesses in which she earlier opposed the bail application.

🇺🇬 School heads to answer exam malpractice accusations at UNEB 
📌The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has called upon Buikwe District school heads to answer charges of exam malpractice. Over 100 students were held and not released by the Examination Board. School heads and their students are going to UNEB to show evidence that they didn’t cheat.

🇺🇬 Opposition FDC applauds Gov’t for non renewal of UN Human Rights Office 
📌Opposition Party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has hailed Government of Uganda for not renewing the tenure of united human rights contract. While addressing the press on Monday at party headquarters, the party deputy spokesperson, John Kikonyogo said that they were in support of the Government’s decision to terminate the UN Human rights body on the ground that Uganda has matured in human rights by setting up different offices to handle the matters. Kikonyogo said the Government has a number of institutions in place to execute the given mandate.

🇺🇬 URA arrests fraudster with counterfeit ambience waragi
📌Uganda Revenue Authority has arrested a one Bulegeya Joshua, resident of Nansana with forged Digital Tax Stamps and counterfeit Ambience waragi. John Musinguzi Rujoki, the commissioner General of URA on Monday said the arrest followed an intelligence operation led by URA against businesses suspected of forging tax stamps on gazetted products.
“Bulegeya was not only operating an unregistered business,  but was also manufacturing counterfeit Ambiance Waragi Gin with forged tax stamps,”Musinguzi said.

🇺🇬 Karamoja can be Uganda’s food basket- Tayebwa
📌The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has said the Government has already discussed means of introducing irrigation schemes to help turn Karamoja sub region into Uganda’s food basket. Tayebwa made the remarks during the consecration of Rev. Canon Simon Akol Aisu as the Second Anglican Bishop of North Karamoja Diocese. The event took place at the Christ Church Cathedral, in Kotido District on Sunday.

🇺🇬 MUBENDE: Reverend cautions irresponsible fathers 
📌Rev. Canon Elieza Kabona Serunjonji has cautioned irresponsible fathers who don’t look after or educate their children as it is a danger to the future of the country. Kabona was addressing Gombolola chiefs in Mubende Municipality.

🇺🇬 BUKEDEA: Parliament monitors PDM program in Malera Subcounty
📌Parliamentary team lead by the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Annet Anita Among on Monday visited Malera Sub County to monitor PDM programs. According to the Speaker, they are on a fact finding mission whether the aimed poverty alleviation program is benefiting the right people.
“We have gone through some of PDM SACCOs files and we found everything organized so far,” Hon. Among explained.

🇺🇬 BUDAKA: UMEME replaces stolen wires in Kadimukoli parish
📌UMEME engineers and technical staff have replaced stolen wires in Kadimukoli parish. This came as result of rampant Vandalism of electricity infrastructure in Eastern parts of Uganda that caused unprecedented disruption of electricity supply in the area. According to Umeme, thieves stole over 133 kms of cable in just 12 months.

🇺🇬 TORORO: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries supports Pabone Ngiyo Beri farmers SACCO with brand new tractor
📌The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has supported Pabone Ngiyo Beri farmers SACCO with a brand new tractor in Poroni cell, Nambogo at Lyolwa Town Council. While receiving the tractor, the chairperson of the SACCO said the tractor will greatly help them to shift from rudimentary farming to mechanized agriculture.

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🌍 KENYA: President Ruto orders Military, Police joint operation to flush out bandits 
📌President William Ruto has ordered a joint KDF-Police security operation in all bandit-prone areas starting tomorrow, Tuesday, February 14. In an effort to restore peace and security to the North Rift region, Ruto issued instructions for Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to relocate from Nairobi and reside in the area until the insecurity crisis is solved. This move comes after recent incidents of banditry in the region which have left residents in fear for their lives.

🌍 Rwanda to connect 3,000 schools to internet by 2024
📌The Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire said about 3,000 schools that are not connected to the internet will have access to it by 2024 through financing from China Exim Bank and the World Bank. Ingabire said this during a plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies in which she was providing answers to issues affecting the ICT sector last week.

🌍 Tanzania unveils ‘largest’ ship in Great Lakes region
📌Tanzania has floated a locally built cargo and passenger ship in the Lake Victoria port of its north-western city of Mwanza. The vessel, which the Government says is the biggest in the Great Lakes region, is expected to improve transport between the East African countries that share the lake. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport Gabriel Migire said the ship has the capacity to carry 1,200 people and 400 tonnes of cargo and 20 vehicles.

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA: Schools suspended due to flooding
📌A municipality in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province has suspended schooling and health services amid heavy floods. The floods have damaged roads and homes, leaving many families in Nkomazi Municipality displaced. It comes as the number of people missing and those believed to have been swept away by the floods in the municipality rose to six.

🌍 AIDS Foundation hails Africa for HIV/AIDS fight
📌The AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Monday praised African leaders for committing to the fight that is focused on eliminating HIV/AIDS in children by 2030. 12 African officials met on Monday to support the Dar es Salaam Declaration on ending AIDS in Children, where they laid out concrete stratagem anchored on four pillars, among them are early screening and treatment for newborns and children. According to a statement released by the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, a child dies every five minutes from AIDS-related causes.

🌍 US tells its citizens to leave Russia immediately
📌The United States Department of State has told US citizens to leave Russia immediately due to the war in Ukraine and the risk of arbitrary arrest or harassment by Russian law enforcement agencies.
“US citizens residing or travelling to Russia should depart immediately,” the US embassy in Moscow said. “Do not travel to Russia,” it added.