By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: Following the commitment by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to allocate over Sh312billion to stabilize the tea industry, a cross section of members of the business community have commended AlHajji Hassan Bassajjabalaba for having ably presented issues which led to the collapse of the tea industry. The business community said Bassajjabalaba used…
By Chris Mugasha Scientists at the Bushenyi-based banana factory have officially declared Matooke as Uganda’s ‘goldmine’ after completing extensive research. This announcement is the culmination of a 20-year journey since the inception of the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID). The initiative has led to the approval of various banana products by the International…
By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: Business came to a standstill on Saturday in both Ishaka and Bushenyi towns as thousands thronged Kampala International University (KIU) Western campus to attend the University’s 31st graduation ceremony where over 2000 graduands were commissioned. This is the first graduation ceremony to be moved out of the congested Kampala city…
By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: After a long search, Butuuro SACCO has announced a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/ General Manager. The SACCO’s Board of Directors led by the Chairman Eng. Benson Tumuhimbise unveiled Denis Komunda on Monday as the new General Manager. The function to officially announce the new general manager took place at the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Chris Mugasha It was all joy yesterday at Kyamuhunga People’s SACCO in Kyamuhunga Town council in Bushenyi district as the SACCO unveiled its new home- a modern building that will host the SACCO’s headquarters. Started in 1998, KYAPS has undergone a series of transitions that include moving from a rented room where it started…
SACCO petitions government on tea stabilization and a single regulatory. By Chris Mugasha Delegates of Kyamuhunga People’s SACCO (KYAPS) yesterday elected new leaders on its Board of Directors (BOD) with a call on the new leadership to manage, sustain and double the growth of the SACCO. Paul Kahiigi Turyamureba was re-elected unopposed to spearhead KYAPS’s…