Author: Simon Mbago
Presidency Minister Milly Babirye Babalanda over the weekend blamed the constituents of Bugweri district for voting leaders whom she described as unfaithful. She said the disloyal and treacherous leaders have only caused underdevelopment instead of fundamental development in the baby district. Babalanda was representing Alhajji Moses Kigongo, the National Vice Chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), while presiding over the thanksgiving ceremony (shukur) of Hajji Sadala Wandera, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Iganga District. “These leaders we are merely voting by accident are not good. How can you be the area Member of Parliament for over twenty…
Namayingo District Monitoring Team led by the Deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Trevor Solomon Baleke, and comprising the LC5 chairperson, Ronald Sanya, the District Executive Committee (DEC), DISO, DPC, District Crime Intelligence Officer, CAO, and technocrats this week embarked on a comprehensive monitoring of the CN Namayingo Sugar factory projects to establish its capability as required by the government. Odako Zadoko, the Namayingo District Commercial Officer, and the District Physical Planner, Brenda Auma, served as the technicals in the three-day monitoring movement where the high-powered team discovered the interesting status of the sugar factory. During the fieldwork, Odako informed the…
In the early hours of Friday, July 19, 2024, Aramanzan Lutalo, 19, Tenywa Muzamiru, and Stephen Kalulu, 60, were attacked by unidentified individuals at 5 a.m. in Kyamagwa cell, Mafubira, Jinja City. The assault led to the tragic death of Lutalo. The ambush involved three suspected men armed with pangas, who were moving on a motorcycle without a number plate. They ruthlessly hacked the residents before fleeing with their property. Tenywa and Kalulu, who were severely injured and bleeding profusely, were rushed to GlenZ Dignity Hospital in Mafubira. Lutalo was taken to St. Nick Clinic in Mpumudde, where he succumbed…
Dinah Wambi, a 24-year-old is now the Guild Prime Minister of the Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Jinja campus. She took oath as the new campus students’ leader after obtaining a win from Musa Kilikolaki and Jovia Naluyima. The third year student of Bacherlors in Business Administration, Wambi, officially received the Guild office on July 17, 2024, in an enthusiastic handover ceremony externally organized at Dirifika Country Resort in Njeru municipality. In the hotly contested race held on May 5, 2024, the determined and outspoken Wambi realized her political strength when she garnered 167 votes, against Musa Kalikolaki who came…
Bugweri: SSP Diana Nandawula, the spokesperson for the Busoga East regional police, has confirmed that one individual was killed in a tragic accident involving two motor vehicles along the Iganga-Bugiri highway. The deadly accident occurred on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Busowobi village in Bugweri district along the busy highway when a fuel tanker with registration number ZG 2941 collided with a cement truck with registration number UBG 347D. It is reported that the fuel tanker was coming from the Iganga side before experiencing a head-on collision with the cement carrier from Bugiri. The fuel tanker immediately caught fire, leading…
Jinja: The Buwenge Police Station in Jinja district is currently detaining two law enforcement officers who allegedly witnessed the death of Paul Gusango, a suspect they were attempting to arrest. Police authorities have also intensified their search for Sharifah Katono’s brothers, who reportedly assaulted their brother-in-law (Paul Gusango) in the presence of these officers. According to reports, on July 7, 2024, at Kalebera village, Buwenge Rural Sub-county, Jinja district, Gusango was severely assaulted by his furious in-laws. This incident followed ongoing marital issues, including extramarital affairs with Katono, who is the sister of the assailants. Earlier, on June 28, 2024,…
As preparation for the Busoga Regional Youth Symposium nears its apex, the youths across the region have embarked on donating blood to save the lives of others in the country. The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) and Uganda Blood Transmission Services on Thursday conducted a strategic meeting and orientation session on voluntary Blood Donor Recruitment (BDR) with the Royal Chiefs of the 11 chiefdoms of Busoga Kingdom. The session, held at the Kingdom headquarters in Bugembe, attracted several stakeholders including the Kingdom youth Minister, chiefdom youth ministers, chiefdom mobilizers, and leaders of Basoga Nseete from various universities. The event highlighted…
Kamuli: Aisha Nabukeera, the boss of Kamuli magistrate court, ruled that Suzan Namuganza, who cut off her husband’s penis, should spend 15 years in jail. The embattled Namuganza pleaded guilty to committing the crime, which the court described as attempted murder. In her ruling on July 5, 2024, Nabukeera emphasized that the 15 years would be a valuable judgment against the pain inflicted on Moses Kawubanya, whose “government” was sabotaged. “I sentence you to 15 years imprisonment because you caused permanent damage to Moses Kawubanya’s body,” Magistrate Nabukeera ruled. A woman in Kamuli who chopped off her husband’s genitals has…
Namayingo: The Parish Development Model (PDM) SACCO chairman for Bubango Parish, Buswale Subcounty in Namayingo was on Friday July 5, 2024, arrested and detained on allegations of exhortion of money from beneficiaries. Ifentified as Mr Aron Oketch , the SACCO chief was arrested on orders of Namayingo Deputy RDC Trevor Solomon Baleke. It is alleged that the PDM SACCO chairman has been extorting beneficiaries of PDM, charging them shs30,000 each before he could consider them for the fund. RDC Beleke emphasises that his office has since received over 30 complaints that SACCO boss had become mean on recommending members. “We…
Theodore Ssekikubo, the Member of Parliament for Rwemiyaga County, has set up camp in Jinja City at City Hall, seeking signatures to support his censure motion. He is accompanied by Hon. Alioni Yorke Odria, who represents Aringa constituency in Yumbe District. They are waiting for Busoga legislators to sign the motion. “We have come to Jinja to look for Busoga MPs who have not signed this motion. We decided to come closer to them since Parliament is in recess. We believe these MPs are in their villages, so we had to come to them for signatures,” Ssekikubo told the media…