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Police searchMUKONO — Police authorities are carrying out abrupt visits to conduct physical exercise to expose the drunkard officers. This is one of the measures instituted by the Inspector General of Police, General Katumba Wamala, to eliminate criminals from the Police. The exercise was recently launched at Lugazi Police Station.-----Two deadSEMBABULE — Two people riding on a bodaboda motorcycle were recently killed in an accident on Ntusi-Sembabule road. The vehicle, a Canter, rammed into the bodaboda carrying the two people. The District Police Commander, Emmanuel Tumuhairwe, identified the dead as Nathan Kuteesa, an LDU and Robert Budala.-----DEO revealsMUKONO — The District Education Officer, Edward Kalanzi Ssewanyana, has said some headteachers have resorted to witchcraft to retain their jobs or not to be transferred. Ssewanyana was on Friday addressing headteachers at Bishop’s West Primary School. Over 20 headteachers had turned up to collect super-cycle eight order forms.-----UEB actsMASAKA — Uganda Electricity Board district branch officials last week stopped an illegal power line project by the municipal council. They removed electric poles that had been fixed amidst protest from angry residents. The sh12m project was in Kitabaazi and Kanoni villages in Katwe parish.