Author: Simon Mbago
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…
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…