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77-year-old female serving 19-year jail term killed by colleague at Luzira

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1 year ago

April 15, 2023

77-year-old female serving 19-year jail term killed by colleague at Luzira

A 77-year-old female inmate who has been serving a 19-year jail term for the murder of her husband has been killed by a colleague at Luzira women prison.Mr Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Spokesperson, said on Friday that Zainabu Aguti was killed by Joan Bainomugisa after the two developed a misunderstanding.

“Yes, it is true a female prisoner LWP169/20 Joan Bainomugisha, a convict of murder sentenced to 19 years and 6 months emitted violence to a fellow convict of murder, number LWP39/06 Zainabu Aguti,” he said on Friday.“This happened as they were cleaning their ward. Bainomugisha hit and injured Aguti who later succumbed to injuries while in the prison hospital,” Mr Baine added.This is the second time Bainomugisha is killing a fellow inmate.

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In 2020, she killed Betty Nyesigire who was on remand on murder charges at Masindi Prison.Nyesigire had been taking care of Bainomugisa who was isolated from the other inmates after developing a mental problem. She was hit with a blunt object when she entered Bainomugisa’s room. Prison warders found Nyesigire’s body in a pool of blood inside Bainomugisha’s room.Bainomugisa was transferred from Masindi Prison to Luzira Maximum Prison for better management.”We call it inmate violence. Those who do murder, l think there’s a way blood affects them. They always want to do it again. She (victim) was cleaning the ward where they sleep. The suspect has been in isolation because she has been having some erratic character,”

77-year-old female serving 19-year jail term killed by colleague at Luzira

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23 killed in violent clashes over cattle in South Sudan

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April 30, 2024

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At least 23 people were killed and 44 were injured in violent clashes between different ethnic groups over cattle theft in South Sudan, a local official said on Tuesday.

Heavily armed cattle thieves attacked a village in the state of Eastern Equatoria, a local administration spokesman said.

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Seven children and five women were also abducted during the attack.

Members of the Murle ethnic group were armed with machine guns and other rapid-fire weapons, he said.

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Electricity crisis forces Energy minister to resign

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Following weeks of disruption, electricity supply has been finally restored in most cities across Sierra Leone after a part payment was made for the $48m (£38m) utility bill it owed to a Turkish company, Karpowership.

The payment of the sum of $18m comes as the country’s energy minister, Kanja Sesay announced his exit from government, saying he took full responsibility for the crisis.

Most electricity supplies to the capital, Freetown, is generated from a Turkish ship floating off the country’s coast.

Last week, Karpowership said it had severely cut supplies to the city, from 60 megawatts to 6 megawatt, citing backlog of unpaid bills.

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At least one infant has died because of a lack of power, while medics have been using mobile phones to provide light as they carry out procedures, Reuters news agency quotes a doctor as saying.

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