Western Focus

NWSC Boss tips Districts on implementation of budgets

BUHWEJU: The National Water and Sewerage Co-operation (NWSC) Managing Director Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha has challenged leaders of districts/local governments to look beyond the ‘traditional’ way of budgeting processes. Mugisha said its high time districts engage and collaborate with development partners/agencies to see how they can effectively deliver social and economic services to people/communities. Mugisha…

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Stop ‘folding offertory’-Bank of Uganda warns

By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Uganda Prof. Augustus   Nuwagaba has called upon the clergy/religious leaders and Financial Institutions to lead the campaign of sensitizing Ugandans to stop the habit of disrespecting Uganda’s currency notes. Nuwagaba said many Ugandans have a tendency of folding money especially whenever they are giving…

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Bushenyi residents give Minister Gen. Katumba 14days notice over poor state of the road.

By Chris Mugasha Following the increasing cases of road accidents along the Ishaka-Bushenyi-Mbarara highway due to the poor state of the road, residents have written a protest letter to government. Through their citizenry movement Make Bushenyi Great Again (MBUGA), the residents have since given government 14days to intervene and rectify the situation on the road…

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When NWSC’s water taps became a ‘tourist attraction’ in Buhweju.

By Chris Mugasha Unlike in urban areas where water flowing from a tap is normal, in some areas, a site with water flowing from a tap becomes like ‘tourist attraction’! This is what happened recently in Omukayuya trading centre in Karungu Sub County in Buhweju district when National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) opened a…

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