21 Killed in Kapchorwa accident as Minister suspends trips

By Hillary Keingana KAPCHORWA/KAMPALA: Twenty-one people, most of them pupils, were killed and 70 others injured on Wednesday evening after a school bus lost control and overturned in Chekwatit village, Kapchorwa District. The accident happened at about 7:40pm along the road in Kimawa Parish, Kawowo Sub County, according to police report from Kapchorwa Police Station…

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Ankole Diocese launches Revival Health Cooperative.

By Western Focus Team. Christians in the Diocese of Ankole are full of joy after the Diocese’s decision to transform its health schemes into a Health Cooperative-Revival Health Cooperative. Addressing the Cooperative’s annual general meeting that aimed at strengthening the services and the operations of the cooperative at St James Cathedral Ruharo recently, The Bishop…

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SHOWCASING BUSHENYI’S TOURISM POTENTAIL

EXISTING TOURISM SITES IN BUSHENYI DISTRICT. By Amanya sheilah Tourism officer-BushenyiDistrict. Bitooma sub-county 1. Hot spring. Found in Bitooma sub-county,makwetere cell, amabare village.It is Approximately 18 kilometers off the Bushenyi –Mbarara highway. Activities include; 2. Kyamuhunga sub-county Karinju forest reserve. Found in Kayanga village, Kibazi parish, Kyamuhunga sub-county and other parts of Nyabubaare sub-county.It is…

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When NWSC’s water taps became a ‘tourist attraction’ in Buhweju.

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…

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Minister Kahinda Otafiire praises NWSC Performance, backs UGX 650 Billion Water Project.

By Chris Mugasha KAMPALA, Uganda — Minister for Water and Environment Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has praised the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) as proof that government institutions can perform effectively, while pledging government support for the utility’s ambitious plan to improve water supply in 50 towns across Uganda. “NWSC is proof that state institutions…

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Managing HIV and Diabetes

By Dr. Sharif Mutabazi–Director Microcure Medical Centre BUSHENYI: About 18% of persons living with HIV have type2 diabetes with males more affected at 23.4% according to published literature in Uganda.  Whereas there are many types of diabetes, type 2 is the most common among PLHIV. Having HIV causes unique risk factors for acquiring type 2…

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Bushenyi residents give Minister Gen. Katumba 14days notice over poor state of the road.

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…

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