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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI TOURING SOME OF THE FARMERS OF OPERATION WEALTH IN THE COUNTRY SIDE

BY MWEBEMBEZI FRED

IN  FORT PORTAL—-

Leaders in Kabarole district have joined their hands to petition the government over the big demand for recruitment of agricultural extension personnel at sub county levels in regard to poor performance of Operation  Wealth Creation program (OWC) in the district.

It’s clear that in 2014, president Museveni suspended the National Agricultural Advisory Serves (NAADS) over poor management of the program funds and substituted it with Operation Wealth Creation.

During the district stakeholders meeting that was held at Kitumba district headquarters yesterday, the leaders observed that OWC has failed to reach its predicted standards due to lack of personnel to teach the farmers on disease control among others.

The district chairman Richard rwabuhinga revealed that even after three years of inception of OWC, there is no any impact by this program.

LC3 chairman Kabonero Kyaligonza John explained that the government should intervene to recruit the extension workers to ensure effective output.

The deputy RDC Mrs. Rose Monday Byabasaija urged people to work as a team if they are to benefit from this program effectively.

BY ELLY KARENZI

IN IBANDA

EBO SACCO GUESTS AND SOME BOARD MEMBERS

The Chief Executive Officer of EBO sacco Mr. Josephy Mugume has blamed some clients who apply for loans from the institution and have failed to clear the loans in time. He said the defaulters make the work difficult as many have accumulated loans . He said some members are multborrowers from other Banking institutions.

Mr. Mugume  made the observation  while addressing over 600 stakeholders of EBO sacco,Ibanda branch at Ibanda Integrated primary school who had come to attend the 13^th Annual General Meeting in  Ibanda district yesterday.

He appealed to all  stakeholders at EBO sacco institution  that they should co –operate in order to solve challenges. “ The situation  we are in is not easy, but should be open to each other and pay loans back, so that the money can be loaned to other members” .Mr. Mugume  said. He explained that some members get loans for boozing in bars while others apply for loans to marry more that one wife, leaving the family without school fees.

Mr. Mugume said  in order  to improve on services, the sacco has made a  net surplus for the year ended on 31^st December 2015,a taxable profit of shs. 909,497,655/= He added that in order to  improve services, EBO has opened more branches in Bwizibwera,Kashaka,Igorora and Ibanda .”We shall focus our strategy to agricultural finance as main activity by giving long term loans to farmers.

The Ibanda branch manager, Ms. Janiffer Komukama said Ibnda branch  has registered with 2743 shareholder members. She added that the management has  entered the profits made by the EBO on members  accounts.

BY VANANSIO MBABAZI

IN RUKUNGIRI

Police have  arrested their own OCCIIID Rukungiri and detained at Ntungamo police station for alleged  mismanagement of a murder case CRB 990/2016.

D/Asp Ogwal Michael was arrested in the evening hours of 27/06/16 from Rukungiri by police from Professional Standard Unit (PSU) headquarters Kampala on allegation that together with his investigating officer one D/Aip Turamye Frank deliberately mismanaged and poorly investigated a murder case.

At unknown time of the night of 18/05/16 a yet un an identified man was murdered and his body dumped in a Calvert a long the Rukungiri–Ishaka high way near Kagogo coffee factory within Rukungiri  Municipality, relevant information came out but was neglected by the said officers.

Investigations are on going to establish the truth of the matter as efforts to trace for the investigating officer D/Aip Turamye Frank who is on the run, so that is also brought to book.

A umeme official at work along one of the towns in Ankole

BY ELLY NYESIGA

IN MBARARA

The Mbarara District UMEME manager has attributed the regular disconnections of electricity to high level of vandalism of their electrical equipment.

Thomas Tondo while giving his remarks during the Electricity Disputes Tribunal sensitization workshop for the south western Region held at Rwizi Arch hotel in mbarara last evening said that they registered over 35 cases of vandalism within two months which results into many disconnections.

Tondo calls upon all the people that these equipment that they are vandalizing help them mostly in proving with them power therefore they should take part in fighting the vice.

However, the Acting Registrar Electricity Disputes Tribunal which organized the workshop Harriet Tukamushaba says that people are always oppressed by these Electricity companies and they find themselves with no alternative.

Tukamushaba calls upon all those with cases concerning electricity to always come for help in the Electricity Disputes Tribunal for help for free as it work under electricity Act.

The work shop was attended by District Chairpersons, DPCs, and RDCs among other stake holders from all districts in Ankole sub-Region.

BY ELLY NYESIGA

IN MBARARA

The Mbarara regional referral hospital is stranded with a critically sick woman who was dumped there by allegedly people from one of the churches in town.

The In charge Intensive Care Unit Sister Ruth Asingwire Ntungwa says they received Prossy Nabasa 18 years from the Maternity ward after the conditions had gone critical and it is now month and a half with no care taker even a relative who has shown up.

Sister Asingwire says that it is alleged that people who brought and dumped her in the hospital were from one of the churches around town where she rushed for prayers after felling abdominal pains and when the conditions continued to worsen they rushed to hospital where they left her with no care taker.

Sister Asingwire says that Nabasa had Ectopic pregnancy which caused the pains and she delayed to be worked on by a physician which resulted to all the problems that put her life in danger.

She now appeals to all people who know Nabasa to show up as she needs care so that nurses and doctors can also do their work.