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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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In Bushenyi

The Mayor of Rwentuha town council in Bushenyi district, Naboth Muhereza has called on polygamous families to a void hatred, witchcraft among others so as live in harmony.

He said this today afternoon April 27, 2019 at the burial of Katrina Gahwaire in Kitwe cell Rwentuha town council Bushenyi district.

Mr.Muhereza noted that the family of Gahwaire is polygamous but there is a lot of unity, friendship and togetherness.

Muhereza added that the people of Rwentuha and the country at large should take their children to schools because Gahwaire took his children to school and they have also in turn educated theirs.

Muhereza is a member of FDC Party won the mayoral seat on the same party ticket.

He warned the people he leads to work hard and stop playing cards, stealing coffee but develop themselves.

The head of Gahwaire family Moses Gahwaire narrated the history of the family and urged members to remain united as they have been.

Katrina Gahweire died at the age of 87 years.
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By Allan Mugabe
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In Ntungamo—-
The RDC Ntungamo district George Bakunda has expressed concern over the parents failure to development funds in the government aided schools
He noted that there is a need for the introduction of commitment agreements in these schools such that they can always remind parents of their responsibilities since they will be the ones who will have passed these resolutions
Bakunda made the remarks on Friday 26th April 2019 while addressing a delegation of political, civic leaders, head teachers from Ndagwe sub county Lwengo District and parents of Mujwa primary school in Butare parish Ruhaama county Ntungamo district.
He condemned the increasing cases of sending back home pupils to collect such funds yet the parents are the ones who agreed and passed resolutions when the children were not there.
Bakunda later launched architectural plan for the construction of classroom block and staff quarters.
The Ntungamo District inspector of schools Fred Bahati tasked schools and parents to follow the educational policies when the passing resolutions concerning development fund.
Mujwa Primary school is a Roman Catholic founded school started in 1957 and taken over by the government in 1975 and has been performing well since its inception.
Last year got 05 in division one, 26 second, 09 third and 02 fourth grade.

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By Allan Mugabe
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In Ntungamo
The government chief Whip the Rt. Hon Ruth Nankabirwa Sentamu has assured Ugandans that government will not tolerate corrupt officials who have infiltrated the district service commissions across the country.
Hon Nankabirwa noted that government is aware of the corrupt officials who ask for money from the Ugandans who normally apply for the jobs at the district level.
She made remarks on Thursday while presiding over the belated International Womens day held at Ntungamo Municipal grounds under the theme, “empowering women through innovative approaches to social protection: a pre-requisite for inclusive and sustainable development”.
She commended the NRM government under leadership of president Museveni for being pro people that is determined to fight the graft through the establishment of Anti-corruption Unit and other agencies.
However, Hon Nankabirwa called upon general public to join hands to fight corruption by reporting such cases saying that those corrupt officials.
She pledged to pursue the issue of mismanagement and embezzlement of government funds at Itojo Hospital which was meant for renovation last year raised by the Kajara county MP Hon Timuzigu Michael Kamugisha.
Hon Nankabirwa promised to report the matter before the cabinet for discussion to come with the way forward.

Nankabirwa gave 3m shillings to 28 women groups which exhibited their products.
Ntungamo District woman MP Hon Beatrice Rwakimaari applauded government for recognizing the role of women in the development of the country.
Hon Rwakimaari condemned the rampant cases of domestic violence attributing it to parliament’s failure to come up with stringent laws concerning the vice.

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At Parliament
The request by Bank of Uganda seeking for capitalization to a tune of Shs484.2b has been rejected by MPs on grounds that the figure wasnt justified and asked to have the funds reallocated to other sectors and instead reduced the figure to Shs200b.
While presenting report on the ministerial policy statement for the Ministry of Finance on Friday, Henry Musasizi, Chairperson Parliamentary Finance Committee informed Parliament that in 2016/2017, Bank of Uganda was capitalized by Shs100b and were shocked by the Shs484b recapitalization request, which he described as ambiguous.
Mr. Musasizi told the Committee that; Whereas the bank needs to be capitalized from time to time to maintain a sound capital base, the Committee found an increase from Shs100b to Shs484.21b representing an increment of 384% in a period of 2 years is unjustified. The Committee noted the need for gradual and consistent increments in budget allocations for capitalization of the bank.
He asked Parliament to uphold the Committees recommendation to have the Shs284.21b be reallocated from Treasury Operations specifically Bank of Uganda capitalization to other priority sectors to meet the funding as will be identified by the House.
It should be recalled that in the 2017/2018 annual by the Bank of Uganda, it was revealed that the Central Bank is undercapitalized to a tune of Shs468,864b with the report highlighting that as per the Bank of Uganda Act section 14(3), the issued and paid-up capital of the Bank shall be a minimum of Shs20,000Trn but as at June 30th 2018, the core capital of the Central Bank was below minimum required capital by Shs468,864Bn in 2017.
There was a request to recapitalise the Central Plans by Government to a tune of Shs500Bn but the request was rejected after MPs threw out the proposal warning Ministry of Finance against cutting deals with tax payers monies.
Hon. David Bahati, State Minister for Planning took to the floor to table the addendum to corrigenda to the draft budget estimates for treasury operations FY 2018/2019 in May 2018 but Parliament rejected the corrigenda, after Amos Lugoloobi, Chairperson Budget Committee protested the tabling of the corrigenda saying it would distort budget process.

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In Kampala
The Ruparelia Group which runs a multitude of companies in Uganda stays prospering in Uganda although the closure of Crane Bank Limited in 2016.
The Group does business in real estate, hospitality, horticulture, labor export and education among others.
In real estate business include; Speke Apartments on Wampewo Avenue, Kingdom Kampala Mall in Nakasero, Bukoto Heights Apartment and Tagore Apartments.

In hospitality, the Group boasts of Munyonyo Country Resort, Speke Hotel, Kabira Country Club, among others.

In education the Group runs the elite Kampala Parents School, Kampala International School Uganda (KISU) and Victoria University, all located within the boundaries of Kampala Capital City Authority. Recently Kampala Parents School offered a scholarship to Fresh Kid, a sensational young musician while Victoria University has also earmarked scholarships for best performers in Miss Curvey contest.

In horticulture, the Groups companies-Rosebud Limited and Premier Roses Ltd are major exporters of natural flower products to Europe and elsewhere. The two companies in October 2017 received Free Zone licenses from Uganda Free Zones Authority to grow more flowers in Namulanda Parish, Ssisa Sub-county, Wakiso District. The companies have also targeted Masaka and Kulkungu districts for flower growing.

The growth of the companies means more jobs for Ugandans since the companies currently employs some of them on top of paying taxes to government, notwithstanding giving back to community through the corporate social responsibility programme.

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