Kananura, the prime suspect in the murder of one Abdul Katerega, is accused of torturing to death his bar attendant at Panamera Bar in Naguru, a Kampala suburb in October last year.

He has denied the charges and has been remanded to Luzira prison by the Grade One Magistrate Juliet Hatanga.

This after the prosecution led by Joyce Katushabe informed court that investigations are still going on.

The magistrate has however condemned the arrest of the accused person before the expiry of the criminal summons which was meant to be February 12^th.

Kananura was represented by lawyers Geoffrey Kandeebe and Nangumya Geoffrey.

He is expected to return to Court on February 12^th together with his 3 co-accused who include his brother Raymond Kananura for mention of the case.

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Irene Muloni, Uganda's Minister of Energy and Mineral Development

The long waited move will see a resumption of production activities in the Abertine Graben that had halted due to the expiry of Heritage Oil and Gas’s (which sold to Tullow) prospecting license and failure to apply for a production license.

The government and Tullow oil have signed the production sharing agreements for  kanywataba and pakwach basin oil wells  in Lake Albert rift Basin.

The oil production sharing agreements were signed by the minister of Energy and Mineral Development Irane Muloni on half of government and Tullow Oil Company General Counsel Graham Martin at the ministry of Energy and mineral Development.

Muloni said that in this new agreement Tullow will partner with Total and CNOOC  each having share holding of 33.3%to avoid monopoly of Tullow in oil Uganda’s production.

The move might not go well with some MPs and civil society organisations who had wanted the government to delay the signing of the oil production license until investigations into the oil sector are complete and a new oil and gas law is enacted.

Muloni however says that she will table the new oil and gas bill before parliament when it resumes its work next week so as oil laws are in place to apply them to open up competition in the oil industry.

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