Author: Daniel Kazungu
The Kyabazinga of Busoga, William Gabula Nadiope IV, has accepted to champion the renewed fight against Malaria in the country. The Kyabazinga was speaking at the launch of the nation-wide campaign against malaria at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kampala yesterday. In the drive dubbed STOP Malaria campaign, the Monarch pledged to work closely with the Health ministry to fight malaria in Busoga and Uganda as a whole. “The most affected regions do not have blood banks and it is our prayer that the Health ministry establishes a blood bank in Busoga and other affected regions to save lives,”…
Residents of Makuutu in Bugweri district have been urged to work closely with Rwenzori Rare Metals, a company that was given the license to exploit the recently discovered mineral resource in the area. “The constitution gives government power to govern as well as exploit natural resources in the country for the betterment of the people,” Nankabirwa said, adding that the mining project in the area will go on. Nankabirwa was speaking during a stakeholders engagement meeting in Makuutu, Bugweri district on Monday afternoon. Her remarks followed reports that some area residents were opposed to the activities of Rwenzori Rare Metals…
JINJA — Several fire fighters from eastern region are battling a terrifying inferno that is razing down the Supplies Department of Kakira Sugar Limited, threatening the main sugar mill as well as the multi-billion shillings distillery. The fire that started shortly before 8pm overpowered Kakira’s firefighter department, calling for backups from Jinja City and Iganga. Kakira’s firefighters have often been called on to boost Jinja Central Police during big fires but this time it was the reverse. Busoga Today, reporting from the scene, saw as many as four firefighter tracks as well Kakira’s equipment battling the blaze that had already…
WAKISO — A mother who left to fetch water early morning returned home to be greeted by the piercing last wails of four children in her house that was billowing thick smoke. Annet Naigaga’s two children Eve Namulindwa, 8, and Isan Kibuuka, 6, perished in the early morning fire alongside her grandchildren Noreen Nansubuga, 3, and one only identified as Cynthia. Police said they are investigating the circumstances under which the children died in the Thursday morning incident at Kawuku cell in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District. In a statement, Kampala Metropolitan deputy publicist Luke Owoyesigyire said Ms Naigaga, a local businesswoman…
IGANGA – – Iganga residents are in shock after receiving the news of the death of former Iganga Municipality MP candidate Denis Waiswa. Waiswa was part of the entourage that was escorting Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine to Omoro District in northern Uganda to garner support for the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Simon Tolit in the Omoro County bye-election. Bobi Wine spent the early part of the day in Iganga municipality where he was a guest at the wedding of Iganga mayor Bamu Lulunzi. The wedding took place at Iganga High School. There after Bobi Wine’s convoy headed to Omoro…
KAMPALA — Vice President Jessica Alupo has welcomed the idea of regional consortiums as a way of fast-tracking socio-economic transformation. The Vice President was speaking during a meeting with a delegation of Busoga leaders under their umbrella body, Busoga Consortium for Development (BC), in Kampala yesterday. She applauded the delegation for their shared development agenda aimed at improving the region’s socio-economic status. Alupo commended her predecessor, Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi, for establishing the Local Government-led Economic Development Initiative from which the consortium drew its lifeline. She called for the need to consolidate regions and accelerate service delivery. “I strongly welcome the…
KAMPALA — At least nine people have perished in an accident that occurred Saturday evening at Kawoko-Kanoni on the Masaka-Bukomansimbi highway. The accident reportedly occurred when one of the tyres of a FUSO truck from Nyendo, Masaka, that was carrying scores of traders to Bukomansimbi burst, and the driver lost control of the vehicle. “The truck was ferrying over 40 traders from Nyendo to Bukomansimbi. A total of six people died on the spot while three succumbed to their injuries on the way to hospital,” Hassan Wasswa, one of the witness at the scene of the accident said. He said…
JINJA — The Uganda scouts fraternity are mourning the passing of their National Executive Commissioner Richard Okello who succumbed to kidney failure at Kiruddu Hospital on Thursday morning. Speaking to our reporter on telephone, the Assistant Chief Commissioner of the Uganda Scouts Association, David Muledhu, paid a glowing tribute to the deceased as a man who has worked tirelessly to grow the association. “He has served for 15 years at the helm of the national scouts body and has seen the number of scouts in the country grow from a paltry 500 to over 1 million currently,” Muledhu said. Muledhu…