James Kyomya, the Kumi Deputy Resident District Commissioner, along with the police, initiated the arrests during a school attendance inspection in the second week of the third term. Kyomya expressed concern over the low enrollment figures in schools across the district, prompting his office to take action against both parents and students who have not prioritized education.
According to a report from the Uganda Red Cross Society, three of the 14 passengers on board died instantly while four others were rushed to Atutur Hospital in Kumi District and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital in critical condition.
Mabirizi argued that the State Attorney only takes over proceedings of private prosecution after the Magistrate has drawn up and signed formal charges containing a statement of the offense or offenses alleged to have been committed by the accused.
According to Oscar Gregg Ageca, the East Kyoga Regional Police Spokesman, the Police have put up mechanisms to eliminate the Ikok gang from Kumi. The mechanisms include community policing, which has enabled the community to expose some of the Ikok gang members to the authorities.
Moses Opio, one of the businessmen dealing in music products says that garbage has affected his sales for more than one month as clients avoid the area because of the garbage. He says that he has been making at least 20,000 shillings every day from the sale of music and other entertainment material but the garbage has frozen the business.
Those feared dead are Denis Waiswa, the former Iganda Municipality MP candidate in 2021 elections and Yakub Kiggundu from Kawempe. The duo was in the company of five others aboard a Toyota Wish car registration number UBG 604R.
According to Elungat, some officials have their preferred candidates whom they work very hard to recruit at the expense of other applicants. He says that in some scenarios, the officers don’t declare the available vacancies to the Ministry of Public Service and if they do, the number is exaggerated.
Because of the personal details on the slip, the Electoral-commission advises that each voter picks their personal slips from the EC teams that are already in the field. However, in Kumi Municipality some politicians and their agents allegedly overshadowed the exercise by collecting several Voter Location Slips supposedly belonging to their supporters.
Francis Masereka, the Officer in Charge Operations at Kumi Central Police Station ordered his men to turn away whoever doesn’t have a mask. He said that they had received strict orders from their bosses to ensure that COVID-19 prevention guidelines are enforced to the dot in Kumi.
According to the Kumi District Police Commander, Charles Mugisa, the video operators were warned several times to adhere to the Presidential guidelines of no gatherings but they instead paid a deaf ear.
David Ongom Mudong, the East Kyoga Region Police Spokesman, says the group has been charged with doing a negligent act likely to cause the spread of infectious disease contrary to Section 171 of the Penal Code Act.
Silas Aogon, the Kumi Municipality Member of Parliament, says the truck drivers park with the help of police enforcing the curfew. He claims that the officers pocket bribes from the drivers to allow them park and continue with their journey at dawn.
Kumi town has been a host of long distance trucks including fuel tanks destined for South Sudan, Kenya and other areas. Kumi Municipality Mayor, Richard Ochom more than 30 trucks could park in his town every night as drivers refresh themselves.
