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By Domisiano Ayebare
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In Bushenyi
Rukararwe partnership workshop for rural development in conjunction with investors from German has provided two water harvesting tanks to Bushenyi Ishaka municipality.
This was revealed by Executive secretary for Rukararwe Partnership workshop for rural development Chris Mugasha who led a team of investors from German as they toured the project at Municipal head quarters today 11th Feb. 2020.
Mugasha said that the two municipalities of Bushenyi -Ishaka and Klohoshagan in German made a relationship which helps them to develop their societies.
He added that the partnership have tried to bring a project of rain water harvesting tanks such that people can harvest water in their homes since piped water does not reach every home.
They encourage people to construct gutters and tanks on their buildings such that they can harvest water

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In Kampala
The Managing Director of Ruparelia group who is also one of the trustees of the foundation, Rajiv Ruparelia, has promised to continue giving a helping hand to the ghetto community and urged corporate companies to come on board with a supporting hand.
Rajiv made the remarks on Friday February, 8, 2019 while appearing on a talk show at 88.2 Sanyu FM where he promised to at least build more five modern toilet systems every year in each Kampala slum in the coming five years.
He requested other corporates to get involved in the project because with this, one is positively impacting the environment and creating infrastructure.
“Just by building one toilet in a Ghetto, you are saving thousands of people, and we want to use the same thing to build schools, build drainages, better hygiene for the Ghetto,” Rajiv said.
“We’ve got a plan that we tried to develop and put on paper and roll out because for us we want to have a long term sustainable plan and to have stake holders on board. We only use 50 bags of cement in the whole project, which is about 1.5m, all we are asking for is a good partner to come on board and say we are donating you with 10 toilets or 5 cements you require,” he added.
The Ghetto Research Lab constructs community toilets using empty bottles of mineral water and kaveera [polythene bags].
When asked about Kampala Parents School, Mr. Rajiv revealed that management pulled out some structures where, one teacher takes on a pupil for two years, from P6 to P7 such that one is accountable of the Children’s performance he’s been teaching for two years.
“We’ve done a lot of these strategic things that have helped Kampala Parents, we’ve also managed to get a lot of young new teachers because teaching is constantly and evolution, you are learning every day, In a school, the way we were taught 15 years ago is not the same way my kids are going to be taught at the University, the world is constantly evolving. We brought in new young teachers with new teaching tactics who are attached with the children” he said.
Rajiv Ruparelia is a young, dynamic, vibrant Entrepreneur, Businessman and Passionate Promoter of Victoria University Kampala, Kampala Parents School, Kampala International School and Delhi Primary School.
He is also the Managing Director of Crane Management Services a Large Property Management form with over 450 Properties under its wing. He plays a key role in property management in the Country.
Since 2010, Rajiv is a member of Grace Children’s Village, Kabale in which he is helping design, build and finance a sustainable orphanage unit.
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By Grant Ahumuza
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In Kabale

Murungu public primary school in Rubaya sub-county Ndorwa west Constituency Kabale district is in a sorry state.
The government aided school, which has an enrollment of 166 pupils, operates in 2 dilapidated classrooms built by the community in 2000.
The lessons are disrupted whenever it rains forcing all pupils to converge in the only one block which is used as staff room, library, dining room and houses for two teachers.
The classrooms have broken windows, doors, cracked walls, dusty room floors and leaking roof. The school operates with broken pit latrines.
Teachers have abandoned their staff quarters due to a bushy environment.
According, Enock Twinomugisha, the head teacher Murungu public primary school, the situation at the school is alarming.
Twinomugisha noted that the school has only one toilet which is shared by males and females and the classrooms don’t have windows appealing to the government to come to their rescue.
Innocent Turyatunga, the school’s Management chairperson, said that they have severally raised their concerns to the district authorities but there is no positive response.
Bahebwa Stanly, a resident said it is embarrassing for the only traditional school in the sub-county to operate in dilapidated structures.
However, Moses Tumwijukye, the Kabale district inspector of schools, said that the district education departments don’t have funds to build and renovate the school.
Mean while a USA-based charity organization, Tukundane international, has donated scholastic materials and equipment to the school.

Over 166 pupils received scholastic materials from the charity organisation, such as uniforms, exercise books, crayons, erasers pencils, pens and bags, which are meant to boost the academic performance of scholars in the school.

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In Mbarara
Western Uganda’s finest and celebrated comedian Valentine Muhereza commonly known as Kachaina last night narrowly survived death after his car tyres were shot at by robbers.
Kachaina on his facebook page said that the public should not take it to be comedy as usual because it was real.
Kachaina a TV personality, comedian was driving between Itendero and Kashaka when armed robbers hijacked him but when he refused to stop they chased him with bullets until Kashaka.
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By Grant Ahumuza
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In Rukungiri

Panic has gripped residents of Kahengye cell in Eastern ward, Kebisoni town council in Rukungiri District after suspected locusts invaded some tree species in the farm of the late John Jones Biretwaho located at the overhead of kahengye water camp.
According to district councilor, Leonard Muhunguzi Tiberondwa, they were shocked to see a swarm of suspected wild locusts feeding on leaves on the tree species locally known as Kasenene and Kawere.
Muhungizi ran and sought advice on the strange insects from the office of the District Entomology and results are still pending.
Lillian Kukunda Twine, the Rukungiri district entomologist stated that the samples of insects have been collected though in a young stage (nymph) which makes it hard to simply determine the type of insect.
Kukunda stressed out that what residents say is controversial to characteristics of locusts is that they move during the day and feed at night.
She said that they are yet to confirm the type of insects that invaded the sub-county thus calling for calmness amidst suspicion.
This comes shortly after the state minister for Karamoja Moses Kazige on Sunday confirmed that the desert locusts had entered Uganda.
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