By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: Following the commitment by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to allocate over Sh312billion to stabilize the tea industry, a cross section of members of the business community have commended AlHajji Hassan Bassajjabalaba for having ably presented issues which led to the collapse of the tea industry. The business community said Bassajjabalaba used…
KAMPALA: The 94th meeting of the African Water & Sanitation Association Scientific and Technical Council yesterday kicked off at the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) International Resource Centre (IREC/NWSC) in Kampala. Among the objectives of the 94th AfWASA STC session is to bring together African Stakeholders and their partners around the theme “Disruptive Technology…
By Chris Mugasha Following the ‘sign out’ of Odo Tayebwa from the Forum for Democratic Change to National Resistance Movement (NRM), the Bushenyi district FDC leadership has said Odo’s departure is not a loss to the party. The Bushenyi district FDC party chairman Guma Gumisiriza said the decision by Odo to cross will have no…
SACCO petitions government on tea stabilization and a single regulatory. By Chris Mugasha Delegates of Kyamuhunga People’s SACCO (KYAPS) yesterday elected new leaders on its Board of Directors (BOD) with a call on the new leadership to manage, sustain and double the growth of the SACCO. Paul Kahiigi Turyamureba was re-elected unopposed to spearhead KYAPS’s…
By Chris Mugasha President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today started his trip to the Ankole region to monitor the progress of the Parish Development Model (PDM) and the Four- acre model programs. Museveni started his tour from Magambo Sub County in Rubirizi district where he visited a PDM beneficiary. Tumusiime Dezirata told the President that…
A Comparative Analysis By Albert Tinamuka The real estate market in Uganda is characterized by regional variations in land prices, with some areas commanding higher values than others. While Bushenyi is 320km away from Kampala, with a far much less population currently estimated at 251,000 compared to Kampala’s 3,652,000, recent times have seen a significant…
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 Chris Mugasha. Kampala, Uganda; The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has launched a 4 year ambitious Corporate Plan aimed at expanding water and sanitation services to more Ugandans. The plan for 2024-2027, themed “Water and Sanitation for All,” builds on the corporation’s achievements over the past three years, during which it increased its…
By Chris Mugasha Leaders of Cooperative Societies have been challenged to invest in training their members/people instead of only concentrating on making profits to declare at the end of the year. Robert Asiimwe, a senior Institutional development officer from Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA) said one of the core objectives of cooperatives is to invest…
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…