Police in Isingiro are hunting for a man who allegedly murdered his wife and daughter on Tuesday night using a panga, before disappearing.

Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region police Spokesperson confirmed the incident and identified the suspect as Yowasi Ndyanabo, a peasant.

It is said that Ndyanabo murdered his wife and their two year daughter using a panga, he later called his relatives at around 10 PM on the fateful night informing them of the act he had committed before he went into hiding.

The bodies of the deceased were on Wednesday found in a banana plantation near Nyakitunda secondary school and they were identified as Marion Kyokusiima,30, a resident of Bugongi Cell, Kihiihi Parish in Nyakitunda sub-county in Isingiro district and her two-year-old daughter.

Kasasira said the two bodies were taken to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital for Post-mortem as efforts to apprehend the suspect are underway.

Ibanda Grade One magistrate’s court has sentenced a 43-year-old woman to five days of community service for beating and injuring her neighbour.

Court presided over by her worship, Esther Murungi ordered Fastina Kundabanyu, of Kashaka II cell in Bisheshe Division, Ibanda Municipality, to publicly apologize to her victim, Annonciata Nyakisiki.

Court heard that the convict attacked Nyakisiki on May 20^th as the latter was seated on her veranda where the two share the same compound.

The victim later went to Police and Kundabanyu was arrested and charged accordingly.

The convict was jailed after she confessed to assaulting and causing actual bodily harm on Nyakisiki, which contravenes section 236 of the Penal Code Act.

Kundabanyu was ordered to serve her sentence at the court premises, working five hours for each of the five days’ community service orders.

Murungi also warned the convict that she will be jailed for a six-month, if she fails to serve her sentence and apologize to Nyakisiki.

Before her sentence, she prayed to the court for a lenient sentence saying she has young children that are under her care.

The victim, Nyakisiki wanted court to order her to refund the UGX 500,000 she reportedly spent on treatment and other costs after the assault. The court however, did not grant her prayer because she didn’t have a medical report or the receipt for the purported medical bill.

The magistrate also told the convict that she will be handed the maximum sentence if she ever appears in court over assault.

The Journalists’ Emyooga Sacco in Ibanda Municipality has registered UGX 1.5m net profit for the year that ended on December 31, 2022.

According to the Sacco’s financial statement released on June 7, there has been a significant increase from UGX 255,300 registered in the previous year.

The Sacco board chairman, Sam Bolya said the group’s operating income rose from UGX 6.6m in 2021 to UGX 11.2m as at December 31, 2022 despite increasing operational expenses like rent.

During the year under review, expenses on personnel grew from UGX 1.1m to nearly UGX 2m, and administrative costs rose to UGX 5.8m, up from UGX 4.6m for the year ending December, 2021.

However, Bolya noted that mounting bad loans of over UGX 14.8m are holding back the Sacco’s performance and denying other members an opportunity to access funding.

A total of 18 borrowers have loan arrears, some of which are two years behind the scheduled end date.

Of these, one of the big defaulters is being demanded UGX 4m and another UGX 2.4m, which he borrowed to fund an emergency and promised to repay after one month.

Scovia Nyamwiza, the chairperson of the group’s loans committee suggested that those with overdue loan obligations are barred from accessing debt after completing the current loans.

As one of the best performing five Emyooga Saccos in the Municipality, the Sacco is expecting to soon receive an additional financing of UGX 20m from the Microfinance Support Centre.

Police in Bushenyi is holding an 18-year-old man for allegedly setting his parent’s residential house ablaze following a misunderstanding.

The suspect’s father, Ronald Twijukye, a resident of Bwegiragye cell Ward III, Ishaka division, revealed that Owen Twijukye set ablaze his house after having a family disagreement.

Speaking to our reporter, the father said that after a small disagreement, his son vowed to either kill him or do something that he will never forget and he was shocked to later find his house on fire.

Francis Matsiko, the LC I chairperson Bwegyiragye cell condemned the act and said the suspect was arrested and is now being detained at Basajabalaba police post as investigations into the matter continue.