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BY VANANSIO KAKOGOSO

IN KABALE—
Police have maintained heavy deployment at Kabale University since
students and lecturers mounted a violent strike on Friday last week.
The students went on rampage carrying placards demanding
for immediate resignation of the Vice chancellor Prof Joy Constance
Kwesiga accusing her of mismanaging the university.
The students demanded why they have not had lectures since they
reported this semester, lack of toilets and the closure health unit
yet they contribute 20,000shillings each. Their strike came at a time
the lecturers were protesting nonpayment of their salaries for the
last eight months. Since Friday, security took charge of the
university.
On Saturday, while addressing the media the Vice chancellor Prof Joy
Constance Kwesiga said that by today Monday, the university was to open and
operate normally. However when www.mknewslink.com reporter visited the university
found heavy deployment of police and most students were loitering in
the compound.
The Guild president Kabale University says that they came to study as
they were informed but no lectures took place. He also questions
why the police was heavily deployed yet it was usual studying.

The Deputy Vice chancellor Prof. Allen Babugura says that the
university opened oday tmorning and it is operating as usual. He however
says that they called for security because they are not yet sure of
sanity at university.

The Kigezi region police spokesperson Elly Maate says that they
maintained their deployment because they are not certain on plans of
the students. He says that they will withdraw after the university has
solved issues raised by students and lecturers.

By Deo Akiiki Kalibala

in Kasese—

A move to split Kasese district into four districts has created a lot of excitements among the minority tribes leaving in Kasese district.

All the four minority tribes who include the Bakingwe, Basongora, Banyabindi and Bagabo who have been for long complaining of marginalization  expressed gratitude to the government for accepting the proposal of splitting the district.

Entale Yabanyabindi Erisa Mugisa, the cultural leader of Banyabindi said over the weekend that the creation of new districts will extend services closer to the people and help to solve the problem of marginalization.

“Am so happy that my people will now get improved local government service delivery with the creation of the new districts,” Mugisa said.

The Bagabo who majorly live along the Katwe salt lake in Katwe-Kabatooro town council also noted that for long they have been neglected when it comes to service delivery but now that the government has accepted to grant them a district status that will be history.

“We did not have any political representation in the Kasese district council for many years and now that government has accepted the proposal to grant Katwe a district status all that will be addressed,” Yowana Kiiza  a Mugabo from Katwe town council said.

Basaongora cultural leader Imara Dan Kashagama Ndahura II in a statement issued on Sunday evening said that the creation of new districts in Kasese will help to address the challenge of marginalization among the minority tribes.

Kashagama noted that there is need for co-existence among the different tribes leaving in Kasese as one way of development.

“We need to co-exist because we all need one another, even though we have different cultural and traditional beliefs let us respect our rights,” noted Kashagama.

He said that the split of the district will help to address the challenge of unemployment among the people in the country, and appealed to all the political leaders not to politicize the creation of new districts.

Kashagama appealed to his subjects to prioritize the construction of a cultural headquarters of the Basongora pastoralists at Karungibarole cultural ground in Hima town council Kasese.

He noted that key on his agenda will be to bring on board all stake holders in Kasese in ensuring that there is peace and unity among all the tribes which are in the district.

“Kasese has over five indigenous tribes including the majority Bakonjo, Basongora, Banyabindi, Bakingwe and Bagabo so I need to work with their leaders so that we can all leave in peace and harmony and respect their cultural values as well,” said Kashagama.

The Basongora occupy Hima, Nyakatonzi, Mumkunyu, Karusandara, Muhokya, and Kasese municipality, Bugoye, Kitswamba and Lake Katwe Sub Counties.

While meeting leaders from Kasese district president Museveni agreed to the proposal of splitting Kasese district in Western Uganda. The proposal was presented to the President by NRM Councilors and opinion leaders during a meeting at State House, Entebbe.

The delegation of   47 NRM cadres led by William Thalyakabuya the district NRM caucus chairperson, Mr. Kamalha Johnson Kalyasa the NRM publicity secretary, Mr. Bomera Richard the publicity secretary NRM caucus and Kabiriri Henry of Katwe among others meet the president on 12th, Oct, 2016.

This follows a motion presented to Parliament by the Cabinet in 2012 about  splitting Kasese and later in 2014 when a report by the Committee of Parliament was presented with recommendations, that Cabinet should create more districts after the population census of 2014, starting with the large districts of Kasese, Kibaale, Wakiso, Arua and Kabale, which was approved by Parliament.

However the proposal to split the district is being opposed by all the six Members of Parliament from Kasese district on ground that it will weaken the Rwenzururu kingdom and divide the people in the district.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday on behalf of the other legislators at the FDC’s office in Kasese town Tony Herold, the Bukonzo east member said that they will continue opposing the move in Parliament because it will create division-ism among the people of Kasese.

“As legislators from Kasese we all have the same stand that the district should not be split and we have made it very clear even on the floor of Parliament we shall resist it,” said Herold.

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BY WILBER MUHWEZI

IN BUSHENYI—

The director of parental care primary school situated in Bushenyi district has vowed that his school would most likely win the national spelling B competitions due on Oct. 30, 2016 in Kampala.

Treva Yebaza-Mukama told www.mknewslink.com editor on Monday that his pupils were very well prepared for the competition.

He added that his three pupils who will compete as a group have done a lot of practice and said that the interview he has subjected to them confirms to him that they will most likely win the national competitions of spelling.

Yebaza-Mukama noted that his school managed to defeat 17 schools last week to represent south western Uganda. “This success at the region gives us hope that our school will win the national competitions” Yebaza-Mukama observed.

He went ahead to say that still his school, Parental care primary school-Bushenyi won ‘my language competitions [Runyankole Rukiga] and added they were crowned winners of local language at the region. He however said that local language is not examined at national level. it only stops at regions.

He said that the school that shall win the national spelling competitions will represent Uganda in Addisababa Ethiopia in all African countries competitions. “My school is confident to represent Uganda in Adddisbaba for all African countries spelling competitions” He vowed.

Parental care primary school has on many occasions represented south western Uganda in ACIA competitions organized by Uganda communications commission [UCC]. Its performance at these ICT related competitions has been admirable.

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