Wilson Kajwengye, the Member of Parliament representing Nyabushozi County in Kiruhura district has sternly challenged parents about the habit of educating their children from schools outside their district.

Speaking to parents at Rushere Christian high school in Rushere town council, Kajwengye urged parents to appreciate their home district schools by educating children from there for the better development of the district communities as well as children to cope up with the parental culture and behaviors.

Banabas Bakekira, the director of Rushere Christian high school and Mount Olives Primary school also discouraged parents in Kiruhura district from taking children to study from outside the district and support schools nearest to them.

Byensi David Kagonde, the head teacher Lake Mburo Secondary school said this school has 230 students and attributed the low number of students to frequent changing of school leaders and lack of school equipment like laboratory equipment.

Kashaija Patrick, the head teacher Kaaro high school noted that discipline among students in schools is what leads to the good standard and academic excellence.

Kingmartin Kyanyawanga, the Mayor Rushere town council appreciated political leaders for bringing notable development to the communities.

Kajwengye also distributed Science Laboratory Equipment, reagents and Textbooks (Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English, including revision questions and answers) to to boost science education in Secondary schools in Nyabushozi, Kiruhura district.

Story by Mutatiina Medison

Police in Ibanda have arrested two supects on charges of livestock theft.

The suspects identified as Osbert Turyahabwe and Alex Tubenaawe were on Wednesday arrested in Nyabuhikye with the meat of a suspected stolen animal.

The two suspects were first intercepted by residents with cow’s meat at Kankuurwa swamp in Bufunda Division, Ibanda Municipality, along the Nyabuhikye-Kigunga road.

One of the suspects, Turyahabwe cheated death at the hands of this irate mob, who cut off his fingers and the heels after he was caught by the residents with the meat.

The suspect, who could not walk and was covered in blood after the attack was later rescued by police and taken to Ruhoko Health Centre IV for treatment and specialized care.

However, Tubenaawe managed to escape at first but he was later nabbed on the other side of the swamp and beaten up before the arrival of Police.

According to Ibanda Police, the duo stole the animal worth over UGX 1.5m from an elderly woman identified as Abby Ainomugisha, a resident of Kemitoojo, Kayenje in Bufunda Division, on Tuesday night.

Tubenaawe is in Police custody while Turyahabwe has since been admitted to Hospital where he is nursing injuries.

According to police records, Ibanda district has recorded several cases of livestock theft where animals like cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and chicken are stolen.

Ibanda Central Police station alone recorded 47 cases of livestock thefts last year, an increase from 36 cases that were registered in 2020.

The State Minister for Education and Sports, Hon Peter Ogwang has questioned how the UGX 30 million that the Ministry of Education and sports dispatched to Kiruhura district this year to facilitate the schools’ sports activities was spent.

Speaking during World Teachers’ Day Celebration in Kiruhura district on Wednesday, he discovered that the district did not participate in this year’s sports competitions which allegedly to sparked off strikes in some secondary schools.

Ogwang said the Ministry sends UGX 30 million to every district in the country for sports activities. Minister Ogwang said they do this with an objective of promoting talents that will help young children to be successful in the future and even prosper economically.

Minister Ogwang asked the District Education Officer to refund the sports Money after learning that although the ministry sends money for sports activities every year, in Kiruhura district no preparations have ever been made for the district to conduct sports.

In his remarks, Byaruhanga Bobson, the UNATU chairperson in Kiruhura said teachers are ignored as some care takers in some schools have not been promoted to head teachers and even work without allowances.

Hon. Herbert Tayebwa, the Member of Parliament representing Kashongi County said it is important for teachers to fulfill their responsibilities of teaching children and giving them enough time so that the students can perform well academically.

The Kazo Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Al-Hajji Umar Mawiya Lule made the declaration during the District Council Meeting held at the District Council Hall on Tuesday.

Mawiya assured the people that everything concerning the former LC III chairperson; Mugabi Benard Kafure was sorted following his conviction by the law that happened few days back following thorough investigations.

Ham Rubainika, the District Councilor representing Kyampangara Sub-county also comforted his people that they would get a representative very soon.

Rubainika called upon all people of Kyampangara to cooperate and respect each other as leaders in order to develop Kyampangara.

The Kazo district council has approved a supplementary budget of UGX 175,044,348 for the financial year 2022/2023.

During council sitting at the district council hall on Tuesday, the speaker, Hon. Daniel Nahurira Bwamunyoga noted that the need for the supplementary budget arose after the approval of the budget for the current financial year early in May, 2022.

Bwamunyoga told the council that the approved UGX 21.5b will be allocated towards the completion of various stalled projects in the district.

The Resident District commissioner (RDC), Al-Hajji Umar Mawiya Lule asked the council to have close monitoring of the projects approved by the council to ensure that there is value for money.

Mawiya also called upon the elected leaders and the technical team to work together for the success of the projects and Kazo district as a whole.

Residents of Kigando cell in Rwemengo Parish, Kanoni sub-county, Kazo district are mourning the death of a man in his 30s whose body was found floating in a dam.

The deceased has been identified as Tumwesigye Abel, a resident of Rwemengo in Rwemengo parish who went missing 4 days ago after leaving home for burial in the same village.

According to an eyewitness, Kwikiriza Martin, a casual labourer in the Kigando cell said that he realized the body was in the water when he was going to give water to the cows and notified the manager of the farm, to call the police.

Kyokunda Gaudia, the mother to the deceased said that her son went missing 4days ago after telling her that he was going for a burial only to be informed that his dead body was found floating on the water.

Mutungi Patrick, the chairman of LC I Kigando cell in Rwemengo confirmed the incident and intimated to our reporter that he had received the bad news at around 10am as the residents asked him to join them to retrieve the body from the water.

Magyezi Henry, the vice chairman Kanoni sub-county and also councilor Rwemengo parish and Hon Peter Kabandize councilor representing Mbogo parish, attributed the incident to drinking too much alcohol.

Police from Kazo police station led by the OC CID transferred the body to Kazo Health Centre IV for postmortem as investigations continue.

The baby that was on Sunday 18^th September 2022 stolen from Kyenshebashebe village, Ntambazi parish, Kazo sub-county, Kazo district has today been reunited with the mother.

The baby has been brought by personnel from Sanyu Babies’ Home in Wakaliga Kampala where police in Kampala had put it, after arresting Fatuma Namulondo from Wakaliga, Nateete Kampala and Twinamatsiko Hope from Kyenshebashebe, the suspects in this kidnapping.

During the handover of the baby, Kondy Bransio, a senior social worker at Sanyu Babies’ Home informed the baby’s mother that the police of Kazo invested a lot of efforts to seeing that the child was recovered, and asked the mother of the baby to take good care of her child.

Bransio appreciated the police of Kazo for the effort they invested in searching for the baby and the cooperation they had with Sanyu Babies’ Home to take care of the baby.

Ninsiima Jovitah, the mother to the baby appreciated the police of Kazo and Kampala in coordination with Sanyu Babies’ home for keeping her child alive.

Andinda Andrew, a police officer at Kazo police station confirmed that the suspects in this kidnapping are already in police custody adding that they will be taken to court to face their charges.

The Sanyu Babies’ Home personnel transported the baby and mother directly to her home in Kyenshebashebe where they have found the relatives waiting to receive the baby.