Tag Archives: Bushenyi

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bushenyi district chairperson, Jaffari Basajjabala has asked the Western Ankore Civil Society Forum (WASCOF) to investigate the irregularities in the 9 Billion Shillings tea seedlings project. He also directed the Chief Administrative officer to provide all the necessary information to WASCOF during their investigations. …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 23-year-old Susan Kyatuhaire, a student of Valley University in Bushenyi district. The lifeless body of the third-year Education student was found lying in front of her room in Kitokye cell, Central division, Bushenyi Ishaka municipality. Martial Tumusiime, …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) has launched a campaign to decongest government prisons in greater Bushenyi. The campaign that will cost over 1.5 billion shillings was launched on Thursday in Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality as regional offices of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative were …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of four villages in Central division, Isahaka-Bushenyi municipality are counting losses following a hailstorm that destroyed  their crop gardens. The affected villages are Nyarwanya cell, Kayozo, Kikuba, and Matsya. The hailstorm which hit the district on Wednesday destroyed gardens of maize, sweet potatoes, beans, …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Savings and Cooperative organizations have expressed concern over multiple regulations. The savings and cooperative Organizations currently are regulated by the registrar of Cooperatives, Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority, and Bank of Uganda. Speaking at the International Cooperative Day in Sheema Municipality on Saturday, John Njoki …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district council has resolved to petition President Yoweri Museveni and Parliament over what they called the unfulfilled social-economic benefits from the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) project. It came after the Ibaare sub-county LCV councilor, Didas Tumwijukye moved the motion to Museveni and …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen value addition facilities belonging to farmers cooperative societies in Bushenyi district under the Agriculture Cluster Development Project-ACDP have remained idle almost 5 years since completion. The facilities were established to help 9,750 farmers across the district with the market for their produce and subsidized …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shallon Nsiimenta, 21 a student of Kyambogo University, Bushenyi learning centre in Katungu, was on Tuesday evening found dead in her rented house. Nsiimenta was found dead by a friend whom they stayed with only identified as Kyomuhendo, when she returned from school. Martial Tumusiime, …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi District Education Department is facing a shortage of primary school teachers in four sub-counties. The affected schools are Kizinda, Kabande, Kanyegyero, Rushobe, Kayengo, Kakoma, and Kyentobo primary schools. In each of the schools, teachers stand at an average number of 8 to 12, which …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Monica Musenero, the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation has said that the government plans to set up a clinical trial centre at Rukararwe Partnership Workshop for Rural Development in Bushenyi district. Rukararwe is a Non-Governmental Organization that was established in 1986, and among …