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The Kitagwenda District Agricultural Officer, Justus Namanya has emphasized the need for collective farming in a bid to improve people’s livelihoods in the district.
Speaking during a media tour in Kitagwenda by Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) on Monday, Namanya said working in groups helps farmers in loan acquisition, bulking and marketing of the produce among other benefits.
Namanya also applauded the SAA organization for mobilizing farmers’ groups to embrace modern agriculture.
Emmanuel Ntamushobora, the Chairperson Kyendangara Area Cooperative Enterprise in Mahyoro town council noted that with support from Sasakawa, they have been able to provide a market for farmer’s produce.
As one way of giving back to community Nyamitanga Technical Institution has launched a series of activities as part of corporate social responsibility ahead of its first graduation scheduled to take place on Thursday 17th Nov 2022 at the institute.
Addressing the media during the general cleaning of Kijungu, Mbarara city south division, Gilvazio Bafaki, the Principal Nyamitanga Technical institute noted that various activities will be done in the graduation week including helping the needy by connecting them to electricity, water and motor vehicle mechanics all at a free cost.
Principal Bafaki revealed that they have already handed over a renovated house in Nsikye trading center which was at the verge of collapsing to an elderly woman identified as Hadija Nakate.
Hadija Nakate appreciated Nyamitanga technical institute for renovating her house saying she had never expected at one time to have a cemented house with glass windows and a metallic door.
According to Bafaki, other activities to be presided over by the guest of honour, Janet Kataha Museveni, the first lady and the minister of education and sports include; commissioning the Uganda skills development project industrial maintenance workshop and unveiling a foundation stone on the six storey classroom blocks.
Since it was founded in 1953, Nyamitanga technical institutes is set to hold its first ever graduation and a total of over 4671 students are expected to graduate in various academic disciplines.
Police in Sheema district have arrested a Muslim leader on charges of aggravated defilement.
Martial Tumusiime, the greater Bushenyi police spokesperson confirmed the incident and identified the suspect as Sheik Mpagi Yusufu, 43, a teacher at Itendero primary school and Itendero mosque in Kagango division in Sheema Municipality in Sheema district.
Tumusiime said the suspect defiled a nine year old juvenile in Primary two at Itendero primary school in Sheema District.
“It’s allegedly that on 11/11/2022 at around 5:00PM the suspect called the victim in his house that is found behind the mosque at Itendero primary school removed her knickers and defiled her as the victim was going home after school,” said Tumusiime.
Tumusiime added the suspect threatened to kill the victim if she let anyone know about the incident but she told her aunt identified as Hajara Kirabo because she was in too much pain.
She was rushed to the hospital and the matter reported to Kabwohe police station.
Sheikh Yusufu has since been arrested and investigations into the matter continue.
Leaders and residents of Mahyoro town council in Kitagwenda district are worried over alleged water and soil pollution by gold mining firms.
Moses Mushabe, the area district councilor, said River Buhindagi, on which livelihoods of people and livestock in 10 villages of the town council depend, has been filled with residues from the gold mine operated by Chinese mining firm, Tyang Tyang.
Mushabe, who is also the deputy speaker, was reacting to the natural resources department budget proposals during the district’s budget conference.
While responding to the concern, Kitagwenda district natural resources officer, Moses Turyamureba Bujara, said the mining firms have not been cooperative, adding that it was hard for the district officials to access the mines said to be heavily guarded.
Communities from the villages of Kitomi, Karokarungi, Kanyabikyere and Omukarere as well as Kyendangara, Buhindagi, Rwetuuma, Zambia, Kachindo depend on the River Buhindagi for water for domestic use and to water the animals.
When contacted on November 11 to comment on the matter, Yusuf Mugarura, the gold mine site manager, referred this reporter to the energy and mineral development ministry, to explain the situation. He said they were duly licensed to operate in the area.
Mugarura also accused the media of ‘interfering’ with investment projects in the country.
River Buhindagi pours its waters into Lake George and also serves Buhweju and Ibanda districts.
Residents of Nshwerenkye cell II in Rushere town council and Akaanara cell I in Keitanturegye Parish Kinoni sub-county, Kiruhura district are living in fear after unknown thieves started stealing food from their gardens.
A section of the resident said cassava and bananas are the crops stolen the most from their gardens time after time and this has caused fear of hunger and famine in the long run in these two cells amidst the economic crisis.
Hagabomwe Ambrose, a resident of Nshwerenkye cell II intimated to our reporter that he believes that this act is done by people who not want to work.
Hagabomwe added that security in the community is available but only reporting of crimes by the people is still poor.
Namanya Justus, the secretary for defence in Akaanara cell I also said that stealing of bananas from the plantation is rampant in this cell. He called upon security personnel to intervene on the matter.
Rt. Sergent Apollo Tushemereirwe, the coordinator of crime preventers for Kiruhura district warned the culprits involved in the act of stealing food from people’s gardens to stop or else they risk facing the wrath of the law.
Nine people have been remanded in Kiruhura government prison in Kiruhura district on seven counts of cattle theft in Kazo district.
Court presided over by Ndaazano Joshua, the Kazo grade one magistrate on Wednesday heard that the suspects including Bangyenda Samuel aka Brown from Kibale district, Namakula Hilda from Ngomba district, Kobwengye Richard from Kyegegwa district, Bagoza Patrick, Kutesa Ronald, and others were arrested in the month of October on charges of cattle theft.
The suspects appearing before Ndaazano Joshua, the Kazo grade one magistrate on Wednesday.
The arrest of the suspects followed an incident in which 24 cows were on 8th October 2022 stolen from a one Nobert Turyahika’s farm in Kakoni, Buremba sub-county, Kazo district.
The prosecution told court that more cattle were stolen from Nshemereirwe Coleb’s farm, and Ahimbisibwe Didas all from Engari sub-county in Kazo district.
The suspects pleaded not guilty to the charges and were immediately sent on remand till 30th November 2022 when they will reappear in court.
Kazo district has been hit by a wave of cattle theft in recent months, according to police reports, the stolen cattle are smuggled into other districts like Kasese and Kampala.
Police in Bushenyi are investigating circumstances under which a student at Valley University of science and technology was murdered on Wednesday night.
Martial Tumusiime, the greater Bushenyi region police spokeperson confirmed the incident and identified the deceased as Susan Kyatuhaire, female adult aged 23, born in Ntungamo district.
Tumusiime said the deceased’s naked body was found on the veranda near her house in Kitookye cell, Central Division, Ishaka-Bushenyi municipality Bushenyi district.
“It is alleged that around 8pm of 09/11/2022, the deceased was seen in Bushenyi town and her roommate said that she must have gone home at around 9pm when it was raining. At around 11pm, the neighbor found the shoes and key at the gate and the deceased’s naked body on the veranda,” said Tumusiime.
Tumusiime said that the neigbours then reported the matter to Bushenyi police station which swiftly responded by visiting the scene with sniffer dogs and this led to the arrest of one suspect to help with investigations.
Milton Mwebembezi, the LC I chairman central cell said the place is too dark and appealed to government to install security lights and street lights.
The deceased’s body was taken to Kampala International Teaching Hospital Ishaka for a postmortem and investigations into the matter continue.
After the State Minister for education, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu declared on Tuesday this week that pre-primary, primary and secondary schools will be closing early not beyond 25th November 2022 to contain the spread of Ebola in the country, a section of people in Kiruhura district have expressed mixed feelings over the ministry’s decision.
Rev. David Kagumya, head teacher of Bishops Girls’ school said that although children will lose a lot academically, it is better to close schools instead of them contracting Ebola from school.
Rev. Kagumya noted that parents need to create time for their children to read notes while at home during holyday.
Maremasa Obed, one of the parents said that early closure of schools will lead to the loss of money by parents they have already given schools. Maremesa said parents are impoverished by the economic crisis that they do not need lose what they have already got.
Kitakureka David, a councilor for Nshwerempago parish also supported this government’s move saying it is necessary to save the lives of children.
Kaducu directed all pre-primary, primary and secondary schools across Uganda to close on 25 November 2022, two weeks before the scheduled end of term on 9 December 2022 after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among school going pupils, including eight children who have died from the virus.
Mbarara City Council authorities have laid strategies which they expect will enable them to collect UGX 9.1 billion Local Revenue in the financial year 2023/24.
Speaking during the city Council’s budget Conference meeting held at Adit Mall in Mbarara city, Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi, the Mbarara city mayor said that the city collected local revenue worth UGX 3.4 billion in the financial year 2020/21 up from ugx 2.9 billion collected in 2019/20.
“As a city, we still believe that our potential is close to UGX10billion and we are working towards achieving this. In this running budget, we budgeted for local revenue of UGX 9.1billion and we have so far collected UGX 3.8billion. There is a difference of UGX 5.3billion,” said Kakyebezi.
Kakyebezi revealed that in the past two years, the collections have been low due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.
Richard Mugisha, the Deputy City Town Clerk said that the city council created a revenue department which will focus only on accounting and expenditure of funds generated from local Revenue sources and boosting the collection.
He cited the use of the Integrated Revenue Administration System (IRAS) as one of the strategies.
Mbarara city total budget stands at UGX.45billion; whereby UGX 9billion approximately 20% of the total budget is expected to come from local revenue collection, discretionary government transfers of UGX 8.7billion, conditional government transfers of UGX 21billion, and other government transfers of UGX 1.2billion
Local leaders and stakeholders in Kitagwenda district have called for strong interventions to curb teenage pregnancies that have risen in the district.
The call follows a report indicating a big increase in the number of girls aged between 15 and 19 years who got pregnant in Kitagwenda over the past three years ending June 30, 2022.
A report by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) indicates that the district recorded 3,420 teen pregnancies over the period, 33 of whom were girls below 15 years old, while 3,387 others ranged from 15 – 19 years of age.
According to the district health officer, Dr. Christine Karungi, Mahyoro sub-county registered the highest number of teen pregnancies with 941 girls between 15 and 19 years of age conceiving over the reporting period. It is followed by Kitagwenda town council and Nyabbani sub-county, which registered 721 and 691 teenage pregnancies, respectively.
At only four, Kicheche sub-county registered the least teenage pregnancies over the period. Buhanda recorded 376 teen pregnancies, Kabujogera 308, and Kanara 379.
Yasin Kezimbira, the District male youth councillor called for strong measures to ensure that girls stay in school, saying this provides them the much-needed safety net.
He said parents who are found to have removed their children from school should also be punished.
Kezimbira called for creation of skilling centres especially in the sub-counties with high teen pregnancy rates, to cater for the young mothers who can’t return to school.
The two officials were speaking during the district’s budget conference.
