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UCC 'suspends' Daily Monitor website over Kadaga witch story
Daily Monitor recently reported that Damian Akuze, a traditional healer from Kamuli district, had filed a suit in the Jinja High court against Kadaga for allegedly refusing to pay him for his sorcery that allegedly propelled her to her current position of speakership.
Akuze says Kadaga procured his charms on September 1 and 2, 1990 and that ever since, he has continually invoked his powers to keep Kadaga in several powerful positions ever since.
Kadaga, Akuze alleges, procured the services so she could become an MP in the Ugandan parliament, member of the East African parliament, be appointed minister and speaker of Uganda parliament and be driven in a convoy like the president. In return, Akuze claims, Kadaga was to pay Shs 204,500,000 for the black magic services.
Kadaga has strongly protested the allegations, saying that she became an MP in 1989 and therefore claims that she approached the witchdoctor so she can become an MP in 1990 is a laughable imagination.
A statement issued by the clerk to
parliament, Jane Kibirige says says Kadaga has never been member of EALA
and was appointed minister in 1996 - six years after 1990, the year
Akuze claims to have invoked his magical powers.
Kibirige says even for the position of deputy speaker, she was elected in 2001 after hard work and similarly, it was again hard work that saw her appointed speaker in May 2011 and not witchcraft. Kibirige says Akuze claims and allegations are “comical and fraudulent.”
UCC executive director Godfrey Mutabazi says Kadaga raised a complaint on February 4 stating that the Daily Monitor story was "fake" and was published with the intention of damaging her reputation.
Mutabazi says preliminary investigations reveal that Monitor Publication Limited has never applied for authorisation from UCC to run an online newspaper platform as required by law.
Mutabazi says “in order to avoid a recurrence of similar breaches during the investigations, and in view of the fact that Monitor Publication Limited refused to obtain the requisite authorisation for the provision of Data Communication services in Uganda, the Commission hereby DIRECTS as follows;
(a) That Monitor Publications should immediately SUSPEND any further provision of online data services (online newspaper services) until Monitor Publication has applied for and obtained authorisation" to run online services.
Mutabazi also says Daily Monitor must within five days submit explanations as to why they ignored and failed to balance the story when they failed to get Kadaga’s side of the story before publication.
Kadaga has been captured on camera before going to a traditional shrine 'to homage to ancestral gods'.
Mr Damiano Akuze, in a suit filed before Jinja High Court on January 28, contends that on September 1, 1990, Ms Kadaga approached him at his shrine in Buwala, Buganda Zone, Lulyambuzi Parish in Kamuli District, seeking his traditional medicine to help her attain a successful political career.
He says he administered the traditional medicine on her, which has propelled her to current national prominence.
By yesterday, the court had not summoned the Speaker to file her defence. The court will set the hearing date after she has filed her response to the suit. Efforts to contact Ms Kadaga for a comment on the matter were fruitless as she was reported to be chairing Parliament the whole day.
“The defendant (Speaker Kadaga) requested the plaintiff (traditional healer) to work on her so that she would be given a big job in government and also be driven in a convoy like a president. The defendant did not have money to pay the plaintiff at the time. So the plaintiff accepted to work on her on condition that she would pay the plaintiff as soon as she got the job,” the traditional healer alleges.
“The plaintiff worked on the defendant (Ms Kadaga) for two nights of September 1 and September 2, 1990, and the defendant acknowledged the good care that the plaintiff gave to her,” he adds.
Mr Akuze alleges that since Ms Kadaga’s visit to his shrine, he has been administering his traditional medicine on her. “Because of the above, the defendant (Ms Kadaga) has served as East African Assembly delegate, MP, minister and currently as the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda,” he avers.
“Immediately on the 3rd day of September 1990, the defendant (Ms Kadaga) was called by President Museveni and appointed minister and has since then held big positions in government,” he adds.
Mr Akuze alleges that since 1990, Ms Kadaga has paid him only Shs1m, which was in October 2017, and has since refused to pay him the balance of Shs204.5m.
He contends that Ms Kadaga had, in return for his traditional medicine, promised to construct for him a house worth Shs100m, give him Tipper truck worth Shs60m, a plot of land at Shs40m and four cows, among other rewards, making a combined worth of Shs204.5m.
“The plaintiff (Mr Akuze) has suffered mental anguish and inconveniences for which the defendant (Ms Kadaga) is held liable for general damages,” the suit reads in part.
The traditional healer says he will adduce evidence during the trial to prove that Ms Kadaga is in breach of the contract.
Kibirige says even for the position of deputy speaker, she was elected in 2001 after hard work and similarly, it was again hard work that saw her appointed speaker in May 2011 and not witchcraft. Kibirige says Akuze claims and allegations are “comical and fraudulent.”
UCC executive director Godfrey Mutabazi says Kadaga raised a complaint on February 4 stating that the Daily Monitor story was "fake" and was published with the intention of damaging her reputation.
Mutabazi says preliminary investigations reveal that Monitor Publication Limited has never applied for authorisation from UCC to run an online newspaper platform as required by law.
Mutabazi says “in order to avoid a recurrence of similar breaches during the investigations, and in view of the fact that Monitor Publication Limited refused to obtain the requisite authorisation for the provision of Data Communication services in Uganda, the Commission hereby DIRECTS as follows;
(a) That Monitor Publications should immediately SUSPEND any further provision of online data services (online newspaper services) until Monitor Publication has applied for and obtained authorisation" to run online services.
Mutabazi also says Daily Monitor must within five days submit explanations as to why they ignored and failed to balance the story when they failed to get Kadaga’s side of the story before publication.
Kadaga has been captured on camera before going to a traditional shrine 'to homage to ancestral gods'.
Traditional
healer sues Kadaga, seeks Shs200m for job charm
Thursday
January 31 2019
By ANTHONY WESAKA
JINJA. A traditional healer, who claims to have administered his
spiritual powers and charm 29 years ago to propel Speaker of Parliament Rebecca
Kadaga to political prominence, has taken her to court, demanding payment of
Shs200m for alleged breach of contract.
Mr Damiano Akuze, in a suit filed before Jinja High Court on January 28, contends that on September 1, 1990, Ms Kadaga approached him at his shrine in Buwala, Buganda Zone, Lulyambuzi Parish in Kamuli District, seeking his traditional medicine to help her attain a successful political career.
He says he administered the traditional medicine on her, which has propelled her to current national prominence.
By yesterday, the court had not summoned the Speaker to file her defence. The court will set the hearing date after she has filed her response to the suit. Efforts to contact Ms Kadaga for a comment on the matter were fruitless as she was reported to be chairing Parliament the whole day.
“The defendant (Speaker Kadaga) requested the plaintiff (traditional healer) to work on her so that she would be given a big job in government and also be driven in a convoy like a president. The defendant did not have money to pay the plaintiff at the time. So the plaintiff accepted to work on her on condition that she would pay the plaintiff as soon as she got the job,” the traditional healer alleges.
“The plaintiff worked on the defendant (Ms Kadaga) for two nights of September 1 and September 2, 1990, and the defendant acknowledged the good care that the plaintiff gave to her,” he adds.
Mr Akuze alleges that since Ms Kadaga’s visit to his shrine, he has been administering his traditional medicine on her. “Because of the above, the defendant (Ms Kadaga) has served as East African Assembly delegate, MP, minister and currently as the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda,” he avers.
“Immediately on the 3rd day of September 1990, the defendant (Ms Kadaga) was called by President Museveni and appointed minister and has since then held big positions in government,” he adds.
Mr Akuze alleges that since 1990, Ms Kadaga has paid him only Shs1m, which was in October 2017, and has since refused to pay him the balance of Shs204.5m.
He contends that Ms Kadaga had, in return for his traditional medicine, promised to construct for him a house worth Shs100m, give him Tipper truck worth Shs60m, a plot of land at Shs40m and four cows, among other rewards, making a combined worth of Shs204.5m.
Cash claim
“The defendant’s (Ms Kadaga) refusal to pay the plaintiff (witchdoctor) is in breach of the contract as the plaintiff did all his work and has been administering traditional medicine up to October 2017 as contracted by the defendant but the latter has, without reason, breached the contract,” Mr Akuze states in the suit.
“The defendant’s (Ms Kadaga) refusal to pay the plaintiff (witchdoctor) is in breach of the contract as the plaintiff did all his work and has been administering traditional medicine up to October 2017 as contracted by the defendant but the latter has, without reason, breached the contract,” Mr Akuze states in the suit.
“The plaintiff (Mr Akuze) has suffered mental anguish and inconveniences for which the defendant (Ms Kadaga) is held liable for general damages,” the suit reads in part.
The traditional healer says he will adduce evidence during the trial to prove that Ms Kadaga is in breach of the contract.
