Tag Archives: Bushenyi

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 …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district has banned the movement and sale of pigs and their products following a suspected outbreak of African swine fever. The ban has been imposed in Kyeizoba, Ibaare, Bumbaire sub-counties and Bushenyi-Ishaka municipality. Dr Roberts Natukunda, the Senior Veterinary Officer Bushenyi district says the …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint operation conducted by the National Drug Authority (NDA) and Uganda Police Force in Bushenyi district has led to the arrest of six suspects accused of selling fake acaricides. The suspects are Deo Marks Mubangizi, Cleophus Kyobutungi, Steven Bamwine, Jude Agaba, Asiimwe Mwesigye and Urban …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district has registered up to 2,103 cases of teenage pregnancies within eighteen months. According to statistics from the District Probation office, the cases were registered between January 2020 and June 2021 after the first lockdown was announced by President Museveni following the outbreak of …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The oil spill that caused excitement in Kazinda town council, Ishaka municipality in Bushenyi district last week was a result of a leakage from one of the pump fuel stations according to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. Last week, residents of Mastya village …