Voters line up outside a polling station, in Kampala, Uganda, Feb.

The Luweero Anglican Bishop has directed priests not to contest and participate in the forthcoming Village council elections, saying it might split their churches. Bishop Eridard Nsubuga Kironde issued the directive on Sunday shortly after ordaining priests at St. Mark Cathedral Church in Luweero town.

In his speech, Bishop Nsubuga warned the priests against contesting in the LC 1 elections, saying those who want to should resign from priesthood.

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He said that some candidates my see priests as traitors if they don’t stand behind them during the vote. The Bishop also warned the priests against voting in the polls, arguing the mode of voting by queuing behind candidates is inappropriate and may split the church.

Bishop Kironde ordained 17 lay leaders, three deacons and one parish priest whereas 30 lay leaders were put on probation.

The Electoral Commission  had planned to hold the LC I polls in November this year, but suspended them in compliance with two Court Orders issued by the High Court at Kampala and High Court at Jinja on 13^th November 2017 which were binding on the Electoral Commission

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Chairperson Lubega Wagwa

THE Education Service Commission has  warned the public to guard against fraudsters who are soliciting money from them in the pretext of getting them short listed for the post of head teachers and deputy head teachers in government schools. The chairperson of the  commission Lubega Wagwa says that the commission is looking at appointing  221 head teachers and 593 deputy head teachers in the four centers of  Kampala, Mbarara, Gulu and Mbale  but many of these unsuspecting  applicants have been taken advantage of by con-men who have been sending them messages requesting for money to be short listed.

Wagwa says that the commission performs its duties through transparency, impartiality, honesty and efficiency and hence no one should feel the need to bribe the chairperson of the commission as he has no mandate to appoint people to serve as members of the commission. Wagwa adds that the number of jobs that was advertised depended on the resource envelope that was provided by the Ministry of education and more will be appointed if funds are availed.

Below is the latest shortlist

Shortlist Ht and Dhts Mbale Centre 2016

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Former president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye has condemned the manner in which the retired former assistant Bishop of Kampala Archdiocese, Dr. Zac Niringiye and eight other clergies were arrested on Monday by the Police.

The Police in Kampala arrested and detained nine anti-corruption activists (clergies) of the Black Monday group including Bishop Niringiye. The group which was arrested at Makerere University was later released on police bond pending investigations.

But Besigye says that the way the Bishop and his cohorts were arrested was too brutal and inhuman. “How could police pull the Bishop as if they were arresting a terrorist?” Besigye wonders.

The Bishop was arrested for allegedly distributing anti-corruption leaflets which the police say was containing false and subversive language.

However, Besigye says that the Bishop was only giving out leaflets to whoever wanted and his message was not in anyway brutal.

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Yesterday the A4C leader, Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye went to pray for retired Bp John Wilson Kahigwa of North Kigezi at All Saints Church .

The deceased man of God did not get President Museveni’s Pajero because he was critical of the NRM regime.

Bishop Zac Ndiringiye told the mourners that we have equalizers in life which are death and going to toilet.

The Bishop continued that dictators have bitter death. He advised Hon Jim Muhwezi to repent. Hon Jim Muhwezi told mourners as his late father a clergy would give them prayer instead of pocket money.

The minister present Mbagutta had earlier advised mourners to always go for checks of cancers. Col. Besigye replied that in this state of the cancer Institute if one is diagnosed of the disease, what happens after?

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This time, Sekandi’s problems arise after a group of voters in Bukoto Central re-petitioned the High Court seeking to have Sekandi out of parliament. In the first instance it was Mbabaali who petitioned court seeking the same.

However the Catholic Church and the Buganda kingdom sat down with Mbabaali and requested him to save Sekandi, because when he removes him from parliament, Sekandi will consequently lose his post as Vice President.

The Bishops headed by Bishop Kaggwa of Masaka Catholic Diocese have now recalled Mbabaali, Sekandi and the petitioners for a meeting due to take place on Sunday in Masaka.

Mbabaali says that it is Sekandi’s government that has failed to split Bukoto Central into two constituencies as earlier agreed. He says that the voters in Bukoto know that Sekandi rigged his way to parliament and they don’t want him.

So Sekandi has to fulfill whatever he promised Mbabaali if he wants to stay in the house and perhaps remain on the post of Vice president.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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After he lost the election, Mbabali sued Sekandi challenging his victory, but in a turn of events Mbabaliwithdrew the case after the Katikiro Of Buganda J.b Walusimbi and Masaka Bishop John Baptist Kamyaconvinced him that the Council had passed are solution to create another district to which He would contest as MP.

Now Mbabali has been telling the press at Dp offices in Kampala that he has gathered enough evidence to support the  voters who petitioned court weeks ago challenging the election of Sekandi.

Meanwhile, the party’s legal advisor, Denis Mukasa Mbide also reveals that the EAC court will be hearing their petition on 30^th/Nov/2011 in Arusha, Tanzania in a case they seek to have legislative MPs in theEAC parliament directly elected by local people to have some from the opposition also get a chance to represent the country.

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