Bushenyi finally gets district service commission after 9 months stalemate.
By Hillary Keingana BUSHENYI; Bushenyi district has finally constituted a District Service Commission after nine months…
Bushenyi finally gets district service commission after 9 months stalemate.
By Hillary Keingana BUSHENYI; Bushenyi district has finally constituted a District Service Commission after nine months without one, a period that crippled recruitment and service delivery. The breakthrough came after district council unanimously approved Mr. James Mujurizi as a member of the commission to replace a member whose name had been deferred by the Public Service…
Minister Kahinda Otafiire praises NWSC Performance, backs UGX 650 Billion Water Project.
By Chris Mugasha KAMPALA, Uganda — Minister for Water and Environment Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has praised the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) as proof that government institutions can perform effectively, while pledging government support for the utility’s ambitious plan to improve water supply in 50 towns across Uganda. “NWSC is proof that state institutions…
Bushenyi Banana factory a game changer-MPs
By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Presidential Affairs committee have commended President Yoweri Museveni for supporting the idea of adding value to bananas by setting up the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID). “There some people who are asking whether this banana factory under PIBID has added any value on…
Bushenyi; Over 100 Children living with disabilities stranded.
By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: Bushenyi District has been named among the districts with many cases of children living with different categories of disabilities. According to an official from the Equal Opportunities Commission, Bushenyi has got almost the biggest cases in the Western region. Nicholas Natuha, the Bushenyi district education officer in-charge of special needs…
NWSC announces plans to end Kampala water shortages.
By Chris Mugasha KAMPALA: Authorities of National Water and Sewarage Corporation (NWSC) have disclosed a plan to end the persistent water shortages in parts of the Greater Kampala. According to the authorities by August 2027 when the major upgrades to the water distribution network are completed, the water shortages will be history. The NWSC managing…
Ntare @70: Why Aggrey Amanyabyoona should be voted NSOBA Chairman?
By Chris Mugasha MBARARA: When Ntare School Old Boys gather in Mbarara Today (on Friday, 24 July 2026) for their Annual General Meeting and elections, they will not simply be choosing another chairman. They will be deciding who leads one of Uganda’s most influential alumni associations into its next chapter as the school celebrates 70…
NRM Women’s League Chairperson launches massive grassroots mobilization ahead of LC elections
By Hillary Keingana BUSHENYI : The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Women’s League Chairperson, Adrine Kobusigye, has launched a massive grassroots mobilization drive across Bushenyi district ahead of the upcoming Local Council (LC) elections. Speaking during the newly introduced community barazas (public forums), Kobusingye revealed that she has already traversed over 20 villages to assess citizen readiness,…
Bweranyangi Girls’ ss lifts Western region MDD crown
By Hillary keingana BUSHENYI/SHEEMA: The festival, which attracted seven schools from across western Uganda was hosted by Kibingo Girls Secondary School on 17th August, it run under the theme Greening Schools, Environmental Protection: Our responsibility. The schools that participated included Kibingo Girls, Bweranyangi Girls, Kyeizooba Girls, MaryHill, Kibubura Girls, Kashaka Girls and Ankole SS. Bweranyangi Girls were…
21 Killed in Kapchorwa accident as Minister suspends trips
By Hillary Keingana KAPCHORWA/KAMPALA: Twenty-one people, most of them pupils, were killed and 70 others injured on Wednesday evening after a school bus lost control and overturned in Chekwatit village, Kapchorwa District. The accident happened at about 7:40pm along the road in Kimawa Parish, Kawowo Sub County, according to police report from Kapchorwa Police Station…
Panic in Sheema as Five people die over suspected Anthrax Outbreak.
By Hillary Keingana SHEEMA; There is panic across Sheema District and in the neighboring districts following the death of five people who are alleged to have consumed meat from a cow suspected to have been infected with anthrax. The district authorities have also confirmed that several other people have been hospitalized. The most affected cell…
