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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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In Bushenyi
Pearl Junior School Bushenyi has broken record again in the last years PLE.
7 pupils scored four aggregates, 21 scored 5 and the school has 10 aggregates as the last score.
The pupils with four aggregates are;Agaba Cynthia,Ashemeire Concern,Atukunda valeline,Atwijukye Arnold,Banyanga Aisha,Kebirungi Savious,Muhimbise Bella.

Sarah Kagaba with her daughter who scored 5 aggregates at pearl junior

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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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In Bushenyi.
Bushenyi parents school primary seven candidates have passed with flying colors in todays released PLE examinations.
According to Brian Naturinda the school head teacher, they managed to get 35 candidates in first grade the best having 5, followed by 2 with 6 and 4 with 7 aggregates. He noted that the school further got 13 students in second grade.
Naturinda said that the school has performed better in 2018 PLE compared to 2017 because they have managed to get 73% whereas they had 50% in 2017.
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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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in Bushenyi
Parental care nursery primary school Bushenyi is today jubilating over their 100% success in last years Primary Leaving Examinations.
Out of the 65 candidates that sat PLE last year at the school,8 got 5 aggregates,21 got 6,31 got 7,and the last 8 got 8 aggregates
Perez Basiime attributed the schools success to hard work by the students, teachers and the entire school management.
Basiime promised to do better than last year in this years PLE with all students achieving 4 or 5 aggregates

By Wilber Muhwezi kasibante
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in Bushenyi……….
St. Kagwa primary school situated in Bushenyi district and has today Jan 17, 2019 gunned the highest number of first grades in Greater Bushenyi sub-region.
According to the deputy head teacher of the school Mr. Bakunda John Vian, the school got 162 first grades and only 12 in second grade.
St. Kagwa is a UPE school put parents pay a little bite higher fees. Mr. Bakunga noted that the continued annual improvement of the performance is as a result of hard work by pupils, teachers and their model head teacher Celestine Twinomugisha.
He added that there is total good cooperation by management and school committees. He said this has enabled smooth running of thew school.
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In Kampala
Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) on Thursday released the 2018 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), showing a slight increase in the overall performance of students.
The results read out by the UNEB Secretary Mr. Daniel Odongo indicated that the male candidates outperformed their female counterparts.
Mr Odongo revealed that 13% of the boys passed in Division 1 (41604) compared to 10.5 % of the girls (35529)
Up to 42.7% of the boys, he said, passed in Division 2 compared to 40.6% of the female candidates.
According to the UNEB Secretary, more female candidates sat for the 2018 PLE exams than boys, a trend that has been increasing for the last 4 years.
Odongo said that, out of the 671,923 pupils that sat the 2018 exams, 48.3% were boys, whereas 51.7% were girls.
Over the last years we have witnessed the gap between boys and girls reducing, to a point where it was 50 50 and now over the past few years were are seeing the girls continuing to edge the boys, Odongo revealed.
In terms of performance by subjects, the learner performed best in the English language, which according to the UNEB Secretary, Mr Odongo, has been an area of challenge.
Social studies and Science also saw improvement especially science at the distinction level.
In English and Maths, performance is poor when candidates are asked to attempt questions that require problem solving or to express themselves
Speaking at the release event which was presided over by Education Minister Janet Museveni, The UNEB Chairperson Mrs Mary Okakwol, reported an increase in the overall number of pupils that registered and sat the exams which grew by 3.9% compared to 0.8% in 2017.
Okwarol attributed this growth to the district leaders who have heeded the advice of Minister Janet not to put a lot of financial pressure on parents trying to register their pupils.

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His Worship Abel Kahara, Mayor Sheema Municipality

CC Mayor, Kagango Division
CC Honorable Speaker Sheema Municipality Council
CC Honorable Councilors Sheema Municipality
CC Honourable Councilors Kagango Division

Dear Mayor,

Your worship, over the weekend (to be exact Sunday 13th January, 2019) I got time to visit Rwentobo Primary School in Kihunda Ward Kagango Division. It is one of the schools that benefited from the World Bank $100 million grant to Uganda for construction of 84 schools around the country under its Global Partnership for Education (GPE) project as support towards the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP), which seeks to improve teacher and school effectiveness in the public primary education system. Construction works are almost done and according to the residents the buildings are about to be commissioned anytime soon. The beneficiary schools are supposed to receive quality classroom blocks built to high standards; school administration blocks, water and sanitation facilities and teacher housing.
Mr. Mayor, after the church service at Rwentobo Church of Uganda, concerned residents together with a section of members of school management took me around construction site! There is an improvement from the old dilapidated buildings we studied in in the early 1980s. For the newly constructed buildings using World Bank funds, one can visibly see cracks everywhere on the floor and ceiling. The shoddy works are so visible that casts doubt on the quality of the buildings to be handed over to the management of the school. The school management are right to be worried. I told them the only thing they can do is to voice their concerns to the Mayor of the municipality. I told them I will also do my work as a concerned citizen to raise these concerns to the authorities. However, I warned them to come out and use all legal mechanisms to ensure value for money for projects constructed in tax payers name. The residents also complained of being left out in the formulation and monitoring of this WB school project and were wondering how they will be called upon to receive such structures that smell corruption and abuse of public funds.
Your worship, one of the tenets of good governance is participation of citizens in planning, budgeting, implementation of government programs and monitoring and evaluation. In order for participation to yield the required benefits, citizens should know the roles and responsibilities of leaders and be informed about the different stages at which they can participate in decision making and related governance processes. In fact according to the National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy of the constitution of the Republic of Uganda, the state is supposed to take all necessary steps to involve the people in the formulation and implementation of development plans and programmes which affect them.
Your worship, I write this because I am performing my duty as a citizen. According to the constitution of the Republic of Uganda, it shall be the duty of every citizen to be patriotic and loyal to Uganda and to promote its well-being and to contribute to the well-being of the community where that citizen lives. It is also a duty of every citizen to help in combating corruption and misuse or wastage of public property.
Your worship, I am writing to you because you are the political head of Sheema Municipality at least theoretically according to the laws of the Republic of Uganda. You work with councilors to enable the district and central government to achieve their objectives. The councils are set up in a way that enables them perform their functions. Each council has an Executive Committee and Standing/ Working committees through which council conducts its business and makes decisions. I am emphasizing this because we have seen previously where national leaders such as Members of Parliament act and behave as if they are local council leaders. Many times they usurp powers of local councils and behave as if they are political heads of districts and municipalities. In masquerading as political heads, they at times issue illegal directives to the Town Clerks and District Chairpersons. Either knowingly or unknowingly local councils have abdicated their responsibilities and left it to national politicians like MPs who have no time and supportive structures for monitoring government programs. The consequence has been inefficient and ineffective delivery of government services. A case in point is the rural electrification agency services that has completely been abused by national politicians especially MPs. You must have heard of residents being fleeced of their hard earned money so they can access free rural electrification agency (REA) services; failure for REA to survey all areas and cells of the municipality. All this is brought about by national politicians hijacking the power of local leaders such as mayors and councils who are closer to the people being served and therefore can ably monitor and evaluate the implementation of government programs at the local level.

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By Jonan Beinomugisha
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In Mbarara

Shock yesterday morning engulfed the residents of Katanda 11 cell in kicwamba Ward Nyakayojo division Mbarara Municipality when they discovered that a 71 year old man murdered his 62 year old woman in cold blood, before he committed suicide.
Domiano kasaana is alleged to have used a machete in the wee hours of thewednesday morning at around 1:00am to chop his wife into pieces.
According to LCI chairperson katanda II James Kajungu, the two had a long standing miss-understanding on land related matters, suspecting it could have been the root cause of the incident.
Kajungu said that, Kasaana had decided to sell part of the land to raise money for medication, but was blocked by his wife kyomuhangi.
He noted that such related murder cases have become rampant in the area, calling up the public to always visit the relevant authorities for assistance
Police from Mbarara rushed to the scene and compiled a report, before allowing the family members to start burial arrangements.
Police said investigations into the incident are underway.

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By Kevin Tuheirwe
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In Kabale
Uganda Red Cross Society Kabale branch has launched a mobile cinema campaign to sensitise the public on how to prevent Ebola outbreak in the district, under the Community Epidemic and Pandemic preparedness program (CP3).
The Community Epidemic and Pandemic preparedness program is a project being implemented by Uganda Red Cross Society, aimed at strengthening the ability of communities and civil society groups in nine target countries including Uganda to prevent, detect and respond to disease threats and play a central and significant role in preparing for future risks.
The programs officer in charge of Uganda Red cross society Kabale Branch, Jacob Okello told www.mknewslink.com last evening at their offices in Mwanjari ward Southern Division in Kabale Municipality that they intend to sensitize the public on how to prevent Ebola following its outbreak in the neighboring Country Democratic Republic of Congo where over 200 have already died.
Jacob said that they have discovered that Ebola outbreak spread rapidly because people dont know measures on how to identify and prevent it.
He added that in conjunction with Kabale District local government, they hope to sensitize the public through films on how to prevent Ebola in case of outbreak in the area.
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By Yosam Gucwaki
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In Bunyoro

The lawyer representing Bunyoro Kitara Reparations Agency (BUKITAREPA) has asked court to continue with the hearing of the case it filed against the Attorney general in his absence since he has failed to respond.
BUKITAREPA dragged government to court in 2016 for alleged failure to address the injustices inflicted upon the Banyoro by the colonial administration.
BUKITAREPA’s lawyer, Godfrey Malinga, told court that despite serving government since 2016, the Attorney General has never responded to their suit.
In April last year, Masindi Resident Judge,Albert Rugadya Atwooki had given the Attorney General the last chance to respond to a suit filed by Bunyoro Kitara Reparations Agency-BUKITAREPA or else court would proceed in his absence.
Yesterday Godfrey Malinga the lawyer for BUKITAREPA asked court to proceed with the matter in the absence of the attorney general arguing that the attorney generals office has a number of lawyers wondering why he couldnt be represented.
Malinga explained that the attorney generals office was served since 2016 but he has never responded at all.
In his response, Masindi resident Judge Justice Rugadya Atwooki noted that there is no excuse that the attorney generals office didnt know and they knew they were supposed be in court adding that there is a supreme court session going something that could have failed him to turn up.
Rugadya added that he knows the consequence of matter and he would not continue with matter in the absence of the attorney generals office hence giving the attorney general one more chance saying that if he fails to comply the matter would continue in his absence.
Rugadya adjourned that matter to March 14th 2019.

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