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 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…
By Chris Mugasha As tempers flare between candidates and their supporters in the on-going NRM party primaries, the Bishop of Diocese of West Ankole Rt. Rev Johnson Twinomujuni has come out to express his concern over the manner in which some candidates and their supporters are ‘behaving.’ In a message released today Sunday morning,…
St. Daniel Comboni Hospital is a Private Not for Profit (PNFP) institution affiliated to Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB), owned by the Board of Trustees of Mbarara Archdiocese. It is located in Comboni cell Kyamuhunga ward, Kyamuhunga Town council, Igara West Constituency, Bushenyi District South West of Uganda. It is 75km a long Mbarara- Kasese…
By Chris Mugasha KAMPALA: The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has announced three days of free entry to National parks across the country. The three days offer will run from September 25th-27th when Uganda will be joining the rest of the World to commemorate World Tourism Day. The offer aims at highlighting UWA’s conservation efforts in…
By Chris Mugasha Parliament has commended Uganda’s water agency the National Water and Sewerage Cooperation (NWSC) for serving the country diligently. The deputy speaker Thomas Tayebwa said NWSC is one of the government institutions which have democratized access to water services unlike in the past. The deputy speaker said water had been reserved for only…
By Aggrey Twesigye MBARARA: Police in Mbarara city are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 19-year-old student of Ntare School. Elvis Magambo who was a senior five student at Ntare School was reportedly stabbed by unidentified attackers before his body was dumped in River Rwizi. It is alleged that the deceased went missing from…
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….
By Robert Atuhairwe Resident District Commissioner (RDC) It’s with much pleasure that I pen this article for this distinguished publication with a slant to transformational news. This is an area quite lacking in coverage, with much space going to things that distract the people from the serious business of surviving in an ever evolving global…
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 will run a series of testimonies from the different beneficiaries. In this…