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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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In Bushenyi
The civil society, Bushenyi district and municipal leaders together with police have today 28th Feb.2020 converged at the head quarters of the 10 year old municipality and forced staff including the town clerk out of the offices.
The offices were later closed by the above group following the missing ugx 194 M allegedly misused by the town clerk William Makuune.
According to the CEO Western Ankole civil society forum Apollo Lee Kakonge, the offices will be closed from today till Tuesday when the minister of local government Raphael Magyezi will come to meet the stakeholders and look for the way out.
The police are now in charge of the place until Tuesday but people who come for services get disappointed because they find the work station closed.

Yesterday, the town clerk Makuune was temporarily arrested and recorded a statement before he was released on Police bond for allegedly swindling ugx 194 M.
Recently, Apollo Lee Kakonge sued the municipal authorities accusing them of denying him access to the bills of quantities, and other details related to roads construction and management in the municipality.
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By Aggrey Twesigye
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In Mbarara

Bishop Stuart University in collaboration with the ministry of education has organized a three day seminar to sensitize all students pursuing education on the new curriculum.
The seminar that started today 27th Feb. 2020 in the university main hall was attended by all the students from the faculty of education
According to Namanya Garry who is the national facilitator on the new curriculum from the ministry of education and sports,their main aim is to teach students about this new development as they are soon joining the teaching field.
Namanya went ahead to say that this curriculum is mainly learner centered and aims at testing the competence of learners.
When asked about changing the examination period from per term to yearly, namanya said that this will instead give learners ample time to revise hard.
Speaking in an interview to some of the students doing education, they said that making agriculture an elective subject was a mistake since it is the back bone of our economy.
The seminar which has started today 27th Feb. 2020 will run up to 29th Feb. 2020 on Saturday at Bishop Stuart university main hall
new curriculum which is to be implemented this year in lower secondary schools has been rejected by most politicians claiming that it was never tested

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By Felix Twinomugisha
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In Bushenyi

Male Parents have been advised to always pay school fees for their children instead of resorting to alcohol consumption.
The advice was raised by the Central Division chairperson Steven Karuti who was speaking at the Annual General Meeting of Ryamabengwa Primary school in Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality on Thursday 27th February 2020.
Karuti said in most cases, women suffer and pay fees for their children while men drink alcohol from morning to evening and even forget their family responsibilities.
“President Museveni will not pay for your child but the government will just add a contribution on what you pay, if you wait for him to come then you have a big problem,” Karuti added.
The chief Guest, Dan Mugyenyi who is the Municipal Education Officer advised all the teachers to work tirelessly and make sure that pupils pass the examination.
During the meeting, the parents also appreciated their teachers for the great performance in the last 5 years examination. In 2019, Out of 29 pupils, 15 passed in Division I and 14 passed in Division II.
Every teacher received a blanket and a bar of soap as gifts given to them by the parents for their good service delivery.
Silver Nkahikayo, the school head teacher thanked parents for their continued support to the school. He asked them to keep providing them with learning facilities tirelessly and suggested to them to allow the school to start preparing lunch for all the pupils to always avoid inconveniences.
The meeting was also attended by Marvin Baryaruha, the Bushenyi Ishaka MP Contestant, Dickens Musasirwe who represented MP Arinda Gordon Cowboy, central division councilors, local leaders, some school head teachers, teachers, parents and others.
Furthermore, Rwatukwire Primary School and Basajjabalaba Primary school also held annual General meetings on the same day as they pave a way for a great performance for the academic year 2020.

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By Felix Twinomugisha
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In Bushenyi—

Nyabubaare Secondary School in Bushenyi district has passed the 2019 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations with flying colors.
According to the examinations which were released yesterday, the school emerged the best with the best student scoring 20 points.
The best student who scored 20 points in BCM/ICT (Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Computer) is Nuwamanya Victor from Kanungu district followed by others who scored 18 points 17 points and 16 points.
Some of the best performing students who talked to our reporter are Twesigye Nickolas from Mbarara district 16 points, Mweteise Deus from Mitooma district 17 points, and Namanya Jaziira from Bushenyi district who scored 15 points
the school Headmaster, Mukasa Musiime Barlam said all the students who sat for the examination passed and qualified to join Universities and other Tertiary Institutions.
The Headmaster thanked all the parents, teachers and stakeholders for playing their roles towards getting successful candidates.
It should be recalled that Nyabubare Secondary School had declined in academics in the recent years but the headmaster vowed that it will now be history.
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By Ronald Kabanza
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In Rukungiri
The government of Uganda through the ministry of Water and Environment has started the construction of a 545 million Shillings irrigation project in Rukungiri municipality.

The scheme is being constructed in Rwakabengo ward in southern division under the supervision of Rukungiri municipal council and the ministry.
The project is expected to enhance agricultural productivity in the area by skilling farmers and supplying water to boost farmer’s levels of income.

Alban Kiconco the southern division Chairperson says the scheme will utilize water from Rwakabengo water stream.
He explains that a team of engineers from the Ministry of Water and Environment are on ground installing the water pipes asking the residents to embrace this project and utilize it for their own benefit.

Eunice Ampaire, the Rukungiri municipal deputy mayor says they are optimistic that the development will enhance food security and household income for smallholder farmers in the area.

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