By Hillary Keingana KABALE — Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev. Fr. Gubazire Bosco Bonaventure, as the new Bishop of Kabale Diocese, bringing a priest with more than 20 years of missionary, academic, and pastoral experience back to his home diocese. The announcement was received with joy across Kabale, where Fr. Gubazire was born and first…
By Chris Mugasha The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has named villages expected to be ‘hotspots’ in its tomorrow’s village structure elections. They have been marked as hotspots due to a stiff competition between the candidates while others are due to their nature of location. The areas that have been marked as hotspots include; Mazinga Ward…
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 Hillary Keingana and Chris Mugasha SHEEMA, Uganda: Masheruka Girls Secondary School in Sheema District has appealed for financial and infrastructural support to complete the Jessica Alupo Science Block, a project aimed at strengthening science education for girls amid rising student enrolment and the demands of Uganda’s competency-based curriculum. During a visit to the school…
KYAPS’s bursary scheme is a life-changing initiative that empowers young minds to succeed. Recently, Kyamuhunga People’s SACCO (KYAPS) one of the leading SACCO in the Country celebrated its 25th Anniversary since inception. During the celebrations, different beneficiaries gave their testimonies on how KYAPS has since impacted on their lives and on communities. Western Focus Magazine…
By Chris Mugasha On Friday, thousands of Christians from across the Diocese of West Ankole and beyond thronged Bweranyangi hill to celebrate with the Bishop Rt. Rev Johnson Twinomujuni as he marked his 7th year as Bishop. Messages of congratulations from Christians, institutions and other development partners poured in to congratulate the Bishop and his…
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…
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…
By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: As the recently elected District leaders prepare to be sworn in, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has commended the outgoing districts’ leaders for the cordial working relationship. The NWSC Managing Director Dr.Eng Silver Mugisha cited the outgoing Bushenyi District Council as one of the councils that partnered with NWSC…
By Chris Mugasha If there is a Universal Secondary Education (USE) school that has tripled its growth within a shortest period of time, its Kyabugimbi secondary school in Bushenyi district. Gone are the days when one would struggle to locate the position of Kyabugimbi secondary school in the national rankings both at O’level and A’level….
