The incident happened on Monday in Nalwigi Trading Center. It is reported that the children were left in the house with a burning candle, as their parents went to Nalwigi trading center.
Mangeni revealed that the index case had a travel history, having visited cholera endemic areas in Western Kenya within 10 days before the onset of the disease in the community, where three cases have been registered so far.
Shadia Namutosi, a resident of Namayonza village Namayingo town council in Bugiri district, said that casual laborers discovered the decomposing body and they identified the body as that of their missing daughter.
Rowdy residents beat up Wekesa mercilessly prompting police to intervene and save his life and rushed the soldier to Buyinjja health center IV for treatment. Wekesa's sister-in-law, who declined to be named, told URN that she decided to leave her marital home because of domestic violence.
Azalia Musulo, one of the victims told our reporter after forming an association in Buyinjja parish, two men approached them to pay Shillings 500,000 Shillings before including their association in the group of beneficiaries.
Patrick Mukalo, a member of the church member, says that when their pastor started complaining of heart pain, he asked for drinking water and collapsed before dying shortly after.
His wife, Betty Nabwire, says that Barasa has been suffering from tuberculosis-TB and swollen legs for the last 15 years. She says that Barasa has been complaining of excessive pain resulting from the illness.
The impounded fishing gear includes 15 boats and over 200 undersized fishing nets. They were impounded in the three days operation that started last Friday in different landing sites of Singila, Kandege, Maninga, Gorofa and Yebe, all in Namayingo district.
“A big boat together with the engine costs about Shillings 3.5 million and most of the fishermen who cannot afford such continue to use small boats well aware that, their lives are at risk more so during this rainy season,” he said.
Bwiire locked himself inside his house however, the maliciously incited mob set it ablaze and as he attempted to escape the glaring fire, they pelted him with stones until he breathed his last.
It is reported that the child Juliet Nakyaki, from Bumera C Village in Mutumba sub-county had gone to fetch water from Lake Victoria on Friday evening, when a crocodile attacked her. Fishermen mounted a search for the deceased’s remains since Friday night but only managed to recover part of them from a swamp one the lakeshore on Sunday morning.
Yahaya Kakoza, the Namayingo RDC and Covid-19 Task Force Chairperson in a phone interview with URN says that he developed symptoms of coronavirus and was subjected to the test and was confirmed positive.
Gen. Kyanda explained that AFALU is not accountable to anyone and their excesses are blamed on the Fisheries Protection Unit personnel who in most cases not aware of their unscrupulous operations.
Gen. Kyanda argues that although the UPDF high command has received written complaints entailing the rot in FPU operations, physical interface with survivors is paramount in gathering evidence against the accused officers.
Patrick Ochieng, a resident of Singila village accused some FPU officers of conniving with their civilian counterparts to confiscate their fishing nets and charge them between 200,000 and 300,000 to recover them.
