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By Gideon Tumwijukye

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In Bushenyi

The Bushenyi District Finance Officer David Byamukama has been given an ultimatum of two weeks to produce an audit report for Ruharo Presidential SACCO that will be taken to the president’s office.

This comes after an outcry from SACCO members led by Aloysius Nshemereirwe to Bushenyi leaders about the collapse of their SACCO that has lived for over 16 years and financed with 120 million from president Museveni in 2013.

MP Cowboy greeting a handful of SACCO members yesterday

Speaking to SACCO members yesterday at Ruharo trading center in Bushenyi, the Bushenyi-Ishaka legislator Hon. Gordon Arinda  Cowboy revealed that they have instructed the CAO to make an inquiry committee that will produce an audit report of the SACCO establish the whereabouts of the money.

Arinda added that the SACCO is a presidential project so he can’t keep quiet when the project is collapsing.

In 2013 president YK Museveni refinanced the SACCO with 120 million but to the surprise the SACCO has only 178,000 shillings on their current account, 120 million as bad debts and 29 million as running debts

The Central divison Chairman LCIII Steven Karuti urged people to stop politicizing these issues especially blaming some political leaders that they are behind its failure.

The former Vice Chairman of the SACCO Alex Nampa who led the SACCO for two terms said that the SACCO had 380 million on the account when he was still in office but one year after he had left the office the SACCO had only 180 millions on the account.

He added that the then manager of the SACCO Aurelian Byarugaba had swindled 170 million.

He was arrested and taken to ant-corruption court, he was later released but members were not highlighted on where the case ended from yet the losses in the SACCO are still accumulating.

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By Reuben Ainomugisha

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In Rubanda

Drama ensued as youths in Rubanda East and coordinators of Musasizi Cup Clashed over disqualification from the competition.

It is alleged that the youth were disqualified because they did not support the area legislator, Henry Musasizi Ariganyira who was also the sponsor of the tournament.

According to sources, drama arose after the Closure of the group stages of Musasizi Cup after Nyamiyaga and Bubare parishes defeated Bushura and Kibuzigye respectively.

Sources added that immediately after the matches, the coordinators led by Hassan announced that they were going to only consider teams in the first positions which was contrary to what they had discussed before taking two teams in every group.

The angry youth attacked Hassan to explain why they had changed the previous rules that had been made in their meetings

However,Hassan maintained that his words were final and could not be changed by anyone including the area legislator who is the sponsor of the tournament.

The youth led by Matovu Rodney, Ndyomugyenyi Brea and Rukundo Onesmas tried to call the legislator but their calls couldn’t be picked.

Now, the coordinators have resolved to shift all the knockout matches to Hamurwa playground because of fear that they will be stopped by the angry youths according to Lawrence Byamukama who is also a coordinator.

Some parishes that were disqualified include: Nyamiyaga, Bubare, Kagarama, Kibuzigye, Bwayu, Ihanga, and Bushura parish where his threat Hon. Jogo Kenneth Biryabarema comes from.

However, efforts to talk to the area legislator who is also the chief sponsor of the tournament Hon. Henry Musasizi Ariganyira were futile because he couldn’t pick our calls.

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In Mitooma

A woman in Nkinga B village, Nkinga parish in Mitooma Sub county Mitooma district is stranded with four children, three of them being albinos.

Maureen Atukwase mother of the four revealed to www.mknewslink.com that life has not been easy for them after the death of her husband Robert Twinomugisha who passed away two years back.

According to Atukwase, all her children study from Nkinga primary school, her first born Isaac who is black is joining P.6 and needs 80,000 for the school fees while the three albinos; Junior 9 years is also joining P.6, needs 80,000 then Gideon 7 years is joining P.3 and needs 40,000, lastly Barbara 5 years needs 30000 as she is going to P.1.

Atukwase a casual laborer said that the uncle who would have helped is terminally ill and the three aunts alive are financially weak.

She revealed that besides school fees, the albinos are faced with sickness especially during hot seasons, poor sight in classrooms, lack of clothes with head gears and the three have to share the same beddings.

She also showed concern over how her three children Gideon, Junior and Barbara are stigmatized by the community their live in especially when they are at school.

The former chairman for Mitooma district Benon Karyeija told www.mknewslink.com that there are other two albinos in Mitooma , One from Kirambi village Ijumo parish Mitooma Sub county and he operates a bodaboda then another girl of three years from Karoza village in Nyakishojwa Mitooma Sub county.

Karyeija asked for help from the public to these families noting that these people are vulnerable and they need extra care ,attention and above all affection.

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