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Teddy Cheeye was knocked dead by a speeding motor cycle as he was crossing Jinja Road at Nakawa according to reports.
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Cheeye has been a veteran journalist who owned an investigative newspaper called Uganda Confidential with must read articles in the 90’s and early 2000’s.
He’s the former head of economic monitoring in the ISO and it was in this position that he was incarcerated for misappropriation and embezzlement of the Global Fund money.
The Global fund scandal came into the limelight in 2005 to 2009. This was money worth tens of millions of dollars that came from the Geneva-bassed Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and malaria. This money was believed to have gone to charities that have never existed.
Justice John Bosco Katutsi sentenced cheeye for 10 years in prison in 2009 but because of his good behaviors while in prison, he served only seven years.
In March 2017, the veteran journalist was released. He then started running the Uganda Confidential newspaper again thus releasing some of its edition before his death.
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![[dropcap]A[/dropcap] section of women in Bugongo parish and Nawangaiza parish in Nawandala Sub County, Iganga District have decried the near-impossible terms set for them to access GROW funds. They have now petitioned their woman member of parliament for Iganga Hon. Kauma Sauda Alibaawo to ask the government for revised terms and conditions. This is to enable them to benefit from the program. The disgruntled women accuse the implementers of the program of charging the money. They are also asking for their land titles and land agreements. They said that such properties are governed by their husbands. These, therefore want the government through their woman MP to intervene and revise the requirements for one to benefit. The women were on Wednesday at Namabwere primary school in Nawandala Sub County. They had gathered in their respective groups to receive over 300 chickens from Hon Alibaawo in her campaign to improve the livelihood of women in Iganga district. Each group was given 50 chicken as start-up capital in their journey to prosperity. Read what some leaders said; Ms Naigambi Lydia from Nawandala Trading Centre says, “They solicited money from us through opening bank accounts and depositing Shs80,000. They also asked for land titles and land agreements from us yet we don’t have such things. I was informed that I needed to have a business with a capital of Shs4m yet my capital was very small.” The chairperson Kisoboka Saving Group in Nawandala Ms. Nakagolo Faith said they were not able to join the program. This is given the many conditions attached. She also asked their woman MP to raise their concerns to the relevant offices. The MP condemned the mode of implementation of the program. She cited that it has turned to benefit the well-off class of women other than the intended group. She further asked the government to intervene saying the current strings attached to the programme are very tight to accommodate a common woman. GROW project is a Government of Uganda initiative that arose out of the need to respond to the needs of women entrepreneurs. This is especially those who want to grow their businesses, sustain their self-employment and create more jobs. Check Also; Iganga District NRM Leaders Urge Museveni To Fulfill Election Promises Of 2021 International Women's Day: Celebrating Progress Towards Equality](https://newslexpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Iganga-women-decry-tough-terms-to-access-GROW-funds-e1731738339732.jpg)