By Chris Mugasha Local leaders from Kiruhura district were on Friday left speechless after touring the Bushenyi based banana factory. The leaders instead turned against the saboteurs of the project. “We are surprised to see such a development in our region and the country at large,” said the Kiruhura district chairman Mukago Rutetebya. “What is…
Dear Your Excellency, the Head of European Union (EU) in Uganda. Warm greetings from my family, my small coffee farm, and the people of Bushenyi, especially the coffee farmers. We deeply appreciate the cordial relationship between the people of Uganda, the Ugandan government, and the European Union (EU.) As a small coffee farmer with a…
By Western Focus Team Officials from the Bushenyi Resident District Commissioner (RDC) office have caused the arrest of one person for soliciting bribes from PDM funds beneficiaries. According to a statement from the RDC’s office, Muhammad Congo of Rubare cell, Butare ward- Kyamuhunga town council in Bushenyi district was rounded up today. The RDC’s team…
By Western Focus team Government has injected a total of Shs5.8billion in Rubirizi district under the Parish Development Model (PDM.) The Rubirizi district Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Baker Akampurira said 5800 people have benefited from the above amount with each taking Sh1million. “So far we don’t have any complaint or case concerning with the implementation…
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…
With the increasing cases of Ugandans being referred abroad for treatment, Some Ugandans are not happy with the trend and they want it to stop. They want government to equip and modernize the existing hospitals in the country.
By Chris Mugasha Uganda needs to put in more efforts to ‘diffuse’ the negative perception that people in other countries especially in the developed countries have over it (Uganda.) A delegation of students from Gymnasium school in Germany said they were surprised to find that Uganda is totally different from what they have been hearing…
By Chris Mugasha The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has named villages expected to be ‘hotspots’ in its tomorrow’s village structure elections. They have been marked as hotspots due to a stiff competition between the candidates while others are due to their nature of location. The areas that have been marked as hotspots include; Mazinga Ward…
By Western Focus Team Authorities in Greater Bushenyi region have expressed concern over cases of pupils dropping out of schools before completing primary seven. The Bushenyi Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Emmy Ngabirano said today he monitored the ongoing Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and discovered that a number of some pupils who had registered for…
By Chris Mugasha The long week high level continental 22nd African Water and Sanitation Association (AfWASA) International Congress and Exhibition (ICE) ended on Thursday. This has been Uganda’s 4th time hosting the event that pulled over 1000 delegates and exhibitors from 40 countries. The delegates gathered at Munyonyo in Kampala to discuss opportunities and challenges…