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By Wiber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Bushenyi

The Prime Minister of Uganda Ndugu Ruhakana Rugunda has hailed tycoon Charles Muhangis contribution in the growth of the economy of Uganda by provision of horizon coach to the transport sector.

He said this and more at the burial of Muhangi in Bumbaire subcounty Bushenyi district today Sunday 09^th Dec. 2018.

The prime who had represented the president Museveni gave 10m to the deceaseds wife Patience to cater for burial expenses.

Rugunda noted that Uganda, Bushenyi ,Bumbaire have lost a good and courageous man who has brought change in the country therefore will be missed by all Ugandans.

He asked Muhangis wife and children to continue from where the father had stopped so that the Muhangi Empire does not collapse.

The mother of the late Muhangi Angella Rwankore described his son as courageous and as person who liked hardworking adding that he bought his first bus at the age of 22.

The father of Muhangi, Arifonsi Rwankore was kidnapped and killed in 1972 by the soldiers of Amin and his remains have never been discovered.

The Minister of General duties in the office of the Prime Minister Mary Karooro Okurut noted For us in Bushenyi we were stricken by lightening and we are still in shock.

The chairman NRM Bushenyi district who was also the chairman preparatory committee of the burial noted that they have formed a committee of four people to ensure that the property Muhangi had retained from court is not taken by Drake Lubega.The four are;Mary Karooro , Mawanda Michael ,Hassan Bassajabalaba,and Arinda Gordon cowboy.

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Atwakire Michael

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In Kabwohe

Kabwohe taxi drivers and tenderers yesterday resumed their longstanding conflicts over taxes.

In a meeting that took place in Sheema stadium in Kabwohe town on Saturday 8th December chaired by the Sheema district RDC Kyereere Frank, taxi drivers accuse tenderers of forcing them to pay illegal taxes.

Drivers alleged that tenderers who include Muhwezi Edson, Karuhanga Julius, Kakyaanga Arthur, Swaibu Kande and coleb have been charging each driver 2000 daily. It is alleged that they have been using illegal receipts since they do not have an authorised stamp.

The RDC ordered the tenderers to stop taxing drivers noting that President Y K Museveni removed those taxes.
He again asked taxi drivers to also stop collecting money from themselves as they have been doing but to first register their association or cooperative to the municipal council.

Tusiime Bulasiyo Kayihura Nkuba the chairman Kabwohe taxi drivers thanked the president for removing those taxes and asked the government to handle such tenderers with an iron hand.

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By Elly Karenzi

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In Kiruhura

Residents of Kazo town council in Kiruhura district and several people fromdifferent parts of Ugandayesterday gathered to pay their last respect and celebrate the life of thefirst teacher of English in western Uganda, Violet Buriiro.

She succumbed to cancer on Wednesday at age of 91 years after being hospitalized in one of the hospitals in Kampala and was buried yesterday at Bwensirabo cell in Kazo town.

Violet Buriiro wasone of thefirst teachers of English from1944 and served for over 30 years as a head mistress in different schools including KibuburaGirlsprimary school in Ibanda district and Kazo primary school in Kiruhura district before she retired from the active service.

She qualified as a teacher from Buloba College in Kampala in 1943, but left a significant legacy inmany schools and to students she taught.
The formerWoman Member of Parliament for Ibanda district, Ms. Margaret Kiboijana described Violet Buriiro as a lady dedicated to both God and her work.

She left behind a son and 15 grandchildren.
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By Yosam Gucwaki

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In Bunyoro

Government hospitals and lower health units in Bunyoro sub region are said to be charging patients before getting certain services.

This is according to the position paper presented by Recreation for Development and Peace (RDP) and Action Aid Uganda to the local leaders during the regional Anticorruption dialogue at Masindi Booma grounds on Friday.

The dialogue organized by RDP in conjunction with action aid Uganda was attended by RDCs, LCV chairpersons, Chief Administrative Officers among others from the four district of Masindi, Hoima, Kiryandongo and Bulisa.

Presenting the position paper, Biira Kiwanuka Nassa, the Executive Director Mid-Western RegionAnti-corruption Coalition(MIRAC) indicated that according to their research they discovered that for a woman to deliver by caesarian section at Masindi hospital it requires her to pay 200, 000 Ugandan shillings before being worked on.

He further explained that delivering by caesarian section at Hoima regional referral hospital it costs 400,000 Uganda shillings.

Biira also noted that every delivery at most public facilities across the region is charged between 20,000 and 50,000 Ugandan shillings.

He also said that at Nyantozi health centre III in Budongo Sub county Bujenje county Masindi district mama kits are sold at 30,000 Ugandan shillings.

He further indicated that most health facilities run without gloves while Kijenga health centre II in Miirya Sub County has no gloves at all adding that at Kiryandongo hospital gloves are sold at 4000 shillings a pair.

He also disclosed that vaccination against hepatitis B is charged between 3,000 and 5,000 shillings at Masindi army barracks health centre IV.

Biira added that the whole of Bulisa district has one ambulance despite the many health complications which require ambulance services. He also revealed that some divisions have no health units at all citing Kigulya division in Masindi municipality and Kahoora Division In Hoima Municipality.

Cosams Byaruhangs the Masindi district LCV chairperson v confirmed that the issues presented are true and are there on ground. However he said that residents of Bunyoro are not yet empowered enough to fight corruption.

Byaruhanga also blamed residents of Bunyoro for embracing corruption explaining that people in this region embraced corruption and they believe in it.

When contacted Dr. Vicent katusiime the Masindi medical Supretendant said he doesnt tolerate such vices explaining that he cant rule it out because there could be some few individuals who are practicing it.

He called upon the people of Masindi to always report to him in case they are asked for money saying that such a vice needs concerted effort to be fought.

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By Ambrose Katooto

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In Bushenyi

After being ranked the 4th best general hospital in the country, Kampala International University teaching hospital Western Uganda (KIU) yesterday celebrated its health service achievements

The Ceremony was held on Saturday 8^thDecember 2018 at the hospital parking yard honored by quite a number of guests including faculty and staff.

The Ministry carried out the ranking of the best and worst hospitals at the Office of the President on Tuesday 30^thOctober.

The rankings that were made for the 2017/2018 financial year were based on indicators such as deliveries in health facilities, staffing levels, service delivery, and tuberculosis detection rates.

The Bishop of West Ankole diocese Rt. Rev Bishop Johnson Twinomujuni congratulated the university administration and its board of trustees upon passionately contributing to health service delivery in greater Bushenyi and western Uganda in particular.

He described tycoon Alhaj Hassan Basajabalaba, the chairperson board of trustees as a committed person .

Bishop Twinomujuni used the ceremony to describe some of the concepts of success that included having an attachment to this worlds author (God), health, strategic plan, Integrity, commitment, team work and time management.

Robinson Ssebuufu, the executive director KIU teaching hospital said to reach these achievements, as the hospital they are connecting with the community in different ways and one of them is through cooperate social responsibility like monthly cleaning exercise, medical camps adding that they are the biggest donors of blood through students.

The Deputy vice chancellor KIU western campus, Prof. Patrick Kyamanywa challenged the leadership and the staff of the hospital to find a moment for a retreat to reflect and analyze what is it; that they did that got the hospital to the fourth position and what they can do to get to the first position.

He implored the staff to have good customer care because it is what makes the health care service thrive.

Kyamanywa said that they are now pushing for non communicable disease awareness and control like diabetes and hypertension among others

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By Wilber MuhweziKasibante

And Darious Magara

The Auditor general of Uganda John Francis Semwezi Muwanga and his wife Hilda Muwanga are embroiled in land disputes with two individuals in Wakiso District.

Muwanga, 62 years and his wife are entangled in these very bitter land disputes with one Francis Bukenya who says his fathers land of Nalubudde of Ssisa sub county of Wakiso was allegedly transferred to Muwanga fraudulently.

He said that him being the heir and eldest and existing son of Adereya he did not witness the sale nor the Local council officials.

Mr. Muwangas claims to this land as the landlord is very bogus and I will not rest until justice is bestowed to me and my father family

Court cases, illegal arrests and trumped up charges will not deter me and Adereyas family to regain our land status as landlord of the four acres of land he added.

In the second instance, the Muwangas are fighting a Kibanja holder one Juma Nsimbi on approximately 3.5 acres of land. Juma claims that he bought the same land from Bukenya. And according to documents seen by our reporter and LC correspondences it confirms that Bukenya sold to Juma.

The two in an interview with www.mknewsslink.com said they are ready to fight Muwangas in the face of any threat and will not give up on their land rights. Bukenya is said to have sold the piece of land to Juma in 2001 at 5 million.

While the Muwanga say they bought the 4 acres of land from Mzee AdereyaYiga himself in 2007. Bukenya said at the time his father was 88 years saying his daddy was born in 1918.

Hilda Muwanga aka Johnson said they bought land from AdereyaYiga and Sempebwa and company advocates were involved in the sale agreement and that Bukenyas step mother Goretti Namuli witnessed the sale and that Muwangas paid 8 million for the first 3 acres and an additional one at 8.5million for the fourth acre.Muwanga did not talk to www.mknewslink.com on phone saying he was in a meeting last week.

Bukenya said he sold the land to treat his daddy who was old sick and weak and wonders how he could sale land to Muwanga without his knowledge.

I looked after my father and sold part of my Kibanja to treat him. So how could my father sale land when he was weak, old and sick to Muwanga?, he wondered.

Bukenya said LCs too do not recognize Muwangas purchase which they were never involved in together with the family of AdereyaYiga.

He said the signature which he saw in the transfer letters of the title to Muwanga from the name of his father purported to have been signed by MzeeAdereya is allegedly forged.

I want to look at the copy of the sale agreement Mr. Muwanga and his wife have not availed us a copy. I know no sale of land that was made by my father Mzee Adereya to the Muwangas Bukenya asserted.

He accused a man with a name that begins with P to have been behind the fraud of his fathers land. P is said to be a very dubious land dealer in the area.Juma and Bukenya have both been thrown in prison on several occasions and charged for criminal trespass and forgery and were granted court cash bail by Kajjansi Magistrates Court on exorbitant fee of sh 3000,000 twice totaling to sh 6000,000 is represented in court by Timothy Twikirize of Twikirize and company advocates.

Twikirize complained that if a billionaire is given court cash bond of sh 3000,000 why should a peasant such as his client Juma be charged the same amount of money by any court in a case of criminal trespass where he has a honest claim of right?!

Bukenya who was also imprisoned for a month said his father owned a huge chuck of land in the area which he secured in 1960s. Bukenyas own land was given to him by his father in 1982 part of which he sold to Jumas.

Hilda Muwanga promised to furnish www.mknewslink.com with documents pertaining the purchase of the land in question especially the purchase agreement through his lawyers to no avail by press time. She claims when they bought the land I had no squatters.

Juma complains that he has been barred from using his land (Kibanja) which has since been fenced off by the Muwangas with impunity even before the conclusion of the court cases.

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