By Micheal Atwebembeire District Forestry officer-Bushenyi Forests and trees provide a wide range of benefits to human kind. These benefits can be categorized as Commercial, Ecological, or Cultural/Spiritual benefits. The benefits from these trees can be derived as either tree products or services.Methods to obtain these products and services can either be destructive, where the…
By Western Focus Team The Ministry of Works and Transport, in fulfillment of; The Traffic and Road Safety Regulations Plates Amendment (No:3) Regulations 2024 which provides for the substitution of the old government vehicles number plates with new codes has released all the new codes for various Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The new codes…
By Hillary Keingana BUSHENYI; As the debate for the proposed Sovereignty Bill rages on, residents of Bushenyi District have raised a red flag over the Bill, warning that its passage could break the country’s political, economic and social progress patterns. Elly Rukiira a resident called on President Yoweri Museveni and Members of Parliament to re-think before…
By Chris Mugasha As tea farmers continue to feel the pinch over a ‘collapsed’ tea industry, President Yoweri Museveni has been petitioned not to abandon tea farmers at such a critical time. Lay. Canon Yorokamu Batuna one of prominent farmers in Bushenyi district who is also among the pioneers of tea growing in the area…
By Chris Mugasha Five top officials of a SACCO in Bushenyi district have been arrested for allegedly causing the collapse of the SACCO. The arrested officials have been leaders of Bumbeire SACCO in Bumbeire Sub County which has since closed its operations. They are being accused of mismanaging the SACCO where over 2000 members/shareholders have…
By Western Focus Team Local leaders in Greater Bushenyi region have decried the rate at which teachers are quitting the classrooms with majority seeking for early retirement. The local leaders said unless government intervenes and take deliberate action, the sector is heading for a crisis. “We must ask ourselves why teachers are opting for early…
By Chris Mugasha As Ugandans gears up for the coming Christmas festive season, government has cautioned all road users to avoid conducting themselves in a manner that exposes and undermines the rights of others to safely use the shared road space. According to police records, during the last year’s festive season, close to 50…
By Chris Mugasha BUSHENYI: Panic and tension is boiling up among Bushenyi district leaders and technocrats following the arrival of a team from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU) in the district. The team is reportedly to have camped in Bushenyi to investigate the issues surrounding the appointment of the District service commission which has…
By Chris Mugasha The UPDF’s spokesperson Brig. Gen Felix Kulayigye has advised teachers to use their ‘heads’ and think about income generating ideas which can supplement their salaries. Kulayigye said relying only on a salary cannot be enough. Kulayigye said before recently when the army officers’ salaries were enhanced, they used their ‘heads’ to…
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…
