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By Ambrose Katooto
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In Bushenyi
Bushenyi district has received a food relief of 250 bags of maize flour and 50 bags of beans from the office of the prime minister.
They are to be distributed to 1,288 households in two sub counties and three divisions whose gardens were destroyed by rains last month.
While receiving the consignment at the district headquarters on Wednesday, the secretary for production Mr. John Bomukama said that they are going to distribute the food to only families facing famine as well as those who registered after the hailstorm hit their areas last month.
Bomukama added that they have shared the food basing on registered number of affected families in the sub county.
He has cautioned village council chairpersons on sharing transparently such that the affected families benefit.
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By Ambrose Katooto
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In Mbarara
Businesswoman Mwesigye Asiimwe Stella aged 48 years; a resident of Ruhandagazi in Bushenyi was last evening killed in a car accident along Mbarara Bushenyi road.
The accident happened around 5pm at Rwentanga-Kayenje junction in Mbarara

The late Asiimwe Stellah

Shared pictures on social media show that her car Primo new model registration number UBD 134D was knocked by another vehicle Toyota Ipsum that was coming from Bushenyi to Mbarara.

Asiimwe and her driver were rushed to Mbarara hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

The driver of a Toyota Ipsum abandoned the car and went into hiding.

Asiimwe, a former dealer of tasco products in Mbarara has been golf player.

She has also been a dealer in Mukwano products in Bushenyi District.

By press time we were unable to speak to Rwizi region police public relations officer Samson Kasasira.

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In Kabale
Jonan Munyambabazi the Kabale Southern Division Assistant Health Inspector has been arrested by police and accused of bribery.
Munyambabazi was arrested on Wednesday in an operation led by the Kabale Resident District Commissioner, Darius Nandinda and the municipal authorities.
Emmanuel Byamugisha Sentaro the municipality mayor said that Munyambabazi has for long been accused of soliciting bribes from people that need to construct illegal structures in the southern division.
The mayor revealed that after receiving complaints, they informed police and Munyambabazi was arrested yesterday afternoon when he asked for a bribe of 150, 000 shillings from a businessman whose identity was withheld, but managed to negotiate the bribe down to just 70, 000.
“The money handed out to the health inspector had been marked,” the mayor added.
Byamugisha urged the people to report to police the officers who are soliciting bribes in return for services.
RDC Nandinda said that the operation will continue until civil servants who demand for bribes are dealt with accordingly.
Munyambabazi was detained at Kabale Central Police Station.

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