Author: Simon Mbago
Timber dealers along Spire Road in Jinja City are counting significant losses following a mysterious fire that reportedly destroyed their businesses. The blaze, whose source is yet to be established, gutted a timber shop on Sunday night, causing distress among traders in the area. Tabliq Garage, a timber shop, was severely damaged around midnight. The fire was reported by a nearby watchman, who promptly contacted the Jinja Police Fire Department. Efforts by fire managers to contain the blaze were futile, as the fire had already consumed the wooden goods in the store. Police confirm that the fire outbreak was controlled…
Bugweri Chiefdom FC shone on Saturday, August 3, 2024, securing a 2-0 victory over Busiki Chiefdom FC in the opening match of the MTN Busoga Masaza Cup tournament. Kyabazinga of Busoga, HRH William Wilberforce Nadiope Gabula IV, officially launched the tournament in an enthusiastic jamboree at Busesa Playground in Bugweri District on Saturday. The King officially opened the tournament by majestically kicking the first ball onto the field. The ball rolled smoothly as the enthusiastic spectators cheered for the youthful King. In the tournament’s first game, Bugweri Chiefdom faced off against the defending champion, Busiki FC, and achieved a significant…
In efforts to facilitate the effective implementation of the National Oilseeds Project (NOSP), the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has donated two motorcycles to the Jinja District local government. The Jinja Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr. Richard Gulume Balyaino, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), and agricultural officer Mr. Musa Ibanda, along with other district technocrats, received the motorcycles on Friday, August 2, 2024. The transportation means were coupled with 270 kg of soybean seeds. “We are here today to launch these motorcycles provided to us by the Ministry of Agriculture. They are going to be given to the…
The first Deputy Prime Minister and Uganda’s Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, says the youth are the core individuals to take the lead in the common development of the country and the world at large. Kadaga spoke on Thursday, August 1, 2024, while meeting with youth from the Busoga Kingdom (Obwakyabazinga Bwa Busoga), who paid her a courtesy visit at the Ministry’s offices in the Kingdom Kampala building located on Nile Avenue. Led by the Kingdom’s State Minister for Youth and ICT, Owekitibwa Veronica Kagona, the youngsters came to promote the Busoga Regional Youth Symposium…
On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, authorities in the eastern Tororo district, led by RDC Mr. Albert Amula, Assistant RDC Julius Oketcho, members of the district executive, and political leaders, launched several projects implemented in the financial year 2023/2024. The newly constructed administration blocks at Akadot Sub-county, undertaken by M/S Deliton Services Limited, and the Merikit Sub-county administration block, constructed by M/S Tsandex Investments Limited, were among the notable projects commissioned by the district local government officials. Presiding over the commissioning ceremonies, Mr. Albert Amula, the Tororo RDC, commended the district leadership for lobbying, monitoring, and ensuring that the contractors performed…
Heifer International, the Mott Foundation, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation have announced a groundbreaking multi-stakeholder partnership to enhance access to productive solar energy services in Uganda’s agricultural value chains. The project, named the Distributed Renewable Energy Ecosystem Model (DREEM) HUB, is a three-year initiative running from 2024 to 2026. It aims to mobilize a diverse network of partners to deliver skilled workforce and entrepreneurship development services, sustainable financing, and ecosystem coordination and support services. Flavia Nalubega, the Heifer Uganda publicist, stated, “This will, in turn, empower 1,500 farmers as well as provide solar skills, jobs, and entrepreneurship development opportunities…
Jinja: Nusura Shein, a 24-year-old mother, is breastfeeding three babies she reportedly gave birth to on Monday, July 29, 2024. The surprising turn of events occurred at Whispers Hospital in Jinja city when she delivered quadruplets. A resident of Kikunu village, Idudi Town Council, Bugweri district, Nusura was shocked by the number of babies, expecting a normal delivery. However, complications arose, necessitating an emergency surgery. Nusura Shein is married to Shein Juma Hussein, a 47-year-old businessman originally from Bugiri, residing in Idudi, Bugweri district. Dr. Offong Emem, a specialist doctor at Whispers Hospital, stated that Nusura was immediately taken into…
NATIONAL: The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities on Monday July 29, 2024, officially launched the 2024 MTWA apprentices aiming to provide hands-on skills to diverse professionals in the tourism and hospitality sector. The ministry’s Permanent Secretary (PS), Ms Doreen Katusiime, presided over the memorable launch at the Jinja-based Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (UHHTI) in Jinja city. The programme envisions to provide an opportunity for young graduates to get relevant skills, to combine work and learning and to reduce the school to work transition gap while improving productivity and employability of young people. “The ministry program targets young…
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…