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By Elly Karenzi

In Ibanda–

Security operatives in Ibanda district have banned operation of spinning money machines in Bufunda division, Ibanda municipality after receiving reports that several have lost their money to the machines.

The security operatives yesterday stormed Buhama cell, in  Nyamirima ward  after getting many complaints that many people have been engaging in the business  of betting in hope to earn more money as income during working hours .

The   operation exercise was carried out by the Officer in charge of Nyabuhikye Police post ;  Newton Mwigo assisted by  Bufunda division chairperson ; Benon Keimusya.

Many residents have been complaining about gambling in the area which is escalating in the whole district.

Ibanda Resident District commissioner, Eliasto Akatuheebwa had warned   people running spinning machine business to shift them from urban areas and operate businesses to the main towns to avoid defrauding local people.

Mr. Akatuheebwa added that he had received many complaints from residents saying that the spinning machine owners get high interests while the clients register losses and end up committing theft.

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By Barak Tukashaba

In Rukungiri–
Rukungiri district Remand home whose construction work started 15 years ago is yet to start operations.

The remand home which is located at Kagunga is meant to help in accommodating the juvenile offenders in the district and neighboring Kanungu.

The remand home was constructed in 2004 during Gabriel Kangwangye’s regime as the district chairman and is located in Kagunga cell in Western Division –Rukungiri Municipality.

In Uganda, children below 12 years are by law precluded from criminal responsibility but have continued to be charged.

Remand homes in Uganda are under the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development.

Amos Byabagambi the district councilor Southern Division says he is still waiting to hear from the district executive committee on plans of opening the remand home.
Councilors from the former district council had earlier tasked the
chief administrative officer and the Chairperson LC 5 to follow up the issue the remand home.

The ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development passed a policy to have all remand homes in the districts be taken care of by their respective district local governments.
Cleophus Tiwaitu the district community development officer says that it mainly the lack of funds that has put to halt the project for all these years.

He says “the remand home is incomplete, it lacks water,
electricity and staff, which he sees as the main challenge, ever since the government did a review in civil services structures and removed employments of remand homes at district level, it is hard for the local governments to recruit them”.

The remand house built at the western division headquarters cost over150million shillings while accommodation houses for the officials to look after the Juveniles remained incomplete.

The remand home currently houses police officers manning Kagunga police post and other government officials.

The children’s Act asks district local governments to have their own remand homes and financially support them but  due
to lack of funds  Rukungiri district has been taking the Juveniles to
Kabale remand home in Kabale district which is also currently under construction .

Currently Rukungiri and other districts in Kigezi region use Kitumba remand home in fort portal, Kabarole District. Rukungiri district has over 60 juveniles in the fort portal remand home.

Rukungiri district currently has between 100 and 150 street children.

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By Richard Akandwanaho

In Kabale–

14 members from 5 groups among the 12 groups in Kabale municipality that benefited from the 2014/15 Youth Livelihood Programme have been arrested in an operation that was carried out by the youth livelihood municipality focal person and police.

The arrested Youths are the group members of Butobere catering group, Nyarutuntu Catering Group, Nyakahanga poultry group, Rwagana poultry keepers and Kamatwojo ICT group.

Peace Kiconco Kayabuki; the youth livelihood programme focal person in Kabale municipality says that Kabale Municipality received 95 million shillings in the 2014-15 finical year and the money was supposed to be paid back in installments in the three years but some groups have disappeared with it and those that are still around have failed to repay the funds.

Kiconco added that the major challenge is that most of the groups have disappeared and some of the projects that were registered are not in existence, saying that operation is still ongoing and they are going to make sure that all those who took the money pay it back so that even other groups can benefit.

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By Richard Akandwanaho

In Kanungu–

315 teachers in Kanungu have received food relief from their umbrella organization; Uganda National Teachers’ Union UNATU worth 10 million Ugandan shillings, following serious hunger that has stricken the district.

Each teacher has received 10 kilograms of Posho and 5 kilograms of beans in addition to each school receiving 50 kilograms of Posho and 50 kilograms of beans.

The food relief was Wednesday July 5,2017 districted to all teachers in both primary and secondary government aided schools in sub counties of Nyamirama, Nyanga and Kihihi in Kanungu district, supervised and distributed by the UNATU General Secretary James Tweheyo, body’s chairperson Zadock Tumuhimbise supported by the Kanungu district branch Chairperson Florence Ntegyereize.

Tweheyo said that they were forced to secure the relief for the teachers after the government’s reliefs in the area last month, were only targeting the general public without considering the civil servants.

He also encouraged all teachers on government payroll who are not yet members of UNATU to join the union in order to work as a team in achieving the body’s objectives.

Zadock Tumuhimbise, the national Chairperson UNATU warned teachers against vices like alcoholism, being involved in sex acts and encouraged them to always have side investments for the well being of their families and communities.

The Kihihi Sub County LCIII Chairperson, Nelson Natukunda commended UNATU for its concern and consideration to the teachers in the area, revealing that some husbands in some families have started abandoning their families due to the incapability to cater for the hunger situation hitting the area.

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