{"id":79997,"date":"2025-02-07T06:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T03:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=79997"},"modified":"2025-02-07T19:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:07:23","slug":"rukiga-district-boss-sacks-deputy-who-criticized-him-over-poor-service-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/rukiga-district-boss-sacks-deputy-who-criticized-him-over-poor-service-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Rukiga District boss sacks deputy who criticized him over poor service delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/uganda\/emmanuel-arinaitwe-3015828\">Emmanuel Arinaitwe<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/uganda\/obed-kankiriho-3984074\">Obed Kankiriho<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rukiga District Chairman has fired his vice, accusing him of insubordination and breaking the oath of allegiance- in a sacking that comes barely a month after Samuel Niwandinda criticized his boss over service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Rukiga District boss Robert Mbabazi Kakwerere raised the axe on Niwandinda in a February 5 letter through which the chairperson instructed the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to oversee the return of all government property held by the sacked official.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By the powers vested in me under Section 20(a) of the Local Governments Act, I hereby revoke the appointment of Niwandinda as Vice Chairperson and as a member of the district Executive due to insubordination and violation of the oath of allegiance,&#8221; Kakwerere wrote. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/uganda\/news\/national\/rukiga-district-boss-sacks-deputy-who-criticized-him-over-poor-service-delivery--4917588\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Emmanuel Arinaitwe\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Obed Kankiriho The Rukiga District Chairman has fired his vice, accusing him of insubordination and breaking the oath of allegiance- in a sacking that comes barely a month after Samuel Niwandinda criticized his boss over service delivery. 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