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By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante
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In Bushenyi

Valley University located in south western Uganda yesterday hosted a delegation from New Zealand with an aim of partnering with the university in agriculture most importantly diary farming.
The Delegation was brought to Uganda thereafter to Valley Universiy by the Ambassador of Uganda to Australia and New Zealand Ambassador Joyce Kikakunda.

Joyce Kikafunda Uganda’s Ambassador to Australia

The Ambassador in the meantime pledged to ensure that the relationship between New Zealand and Valley University yield results.
Valley University of Science and Technology has courses in Agriculture which will make it easy for special guests from New Zealand to partner with the university.
Valley University is owned by Mukeira foundation ,located in Bushenyi Ishaka municipality and is new but promising academically.

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By our reporter
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In Kampala
Victoria University has issued guidelines to its students and public to ensure that they safeguard themselves from the deadly coronavirus.

In a notice from the university’s faculty of health sciences, students are told to wash their hands regularly with an alcoholic-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.

“Make sure that you and the people around you follow good respiratory hygiene. This means covering your mouth and nose with your hand elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose all the used tissue immediately,” the Ugandan university advised.

“Maintain at least one metre distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.” The notice adds.

Victoria is the first university in Uganda to issue a public notice to its students and staff warning them about the epidemic which has locked down the entire global economy. There are over 50 universities in Uganda.
So far there are more than 100 cases recorded in 12 countries in Africa, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization. The numbers are not scary as has been the case in China where the virus started last December, before ravaging other countries such as Italy, France, South Korea, Iran, USA among others.

Egypt remains the African nation with the most reported cases with 59, more than half of all confirmed cases on the continent.

Hope other universities across the country borrow leaf from Victoria University so that they ensure safety of their students.

About Victoria University:

The university was opened in August 2010 and has the capacity, the facilities and determination to revitalize higher education in Uganda and in the region. It is committed to playing a leading role in bringing and developing high– quality, student–centered learning opportunities based on standards of excellence that are unique, innovative and difficult to match.

The university is centrally located in the heart of Kampala City and on the main public transportation routes coupled with ample parking space.

Victoria University is part of Ruparelia Group of Companies, which has a strong presence in the education sector in Uganda and has under its portfolio, Kampala International School Uganda, Kampala Parents School and Delhi Public School International.

The institution is a cosmopolitan university with a wide range of nationalities. With a reputation as the best private, forward thinking and modern university in East Africa, Victoria University offers a vibrant and stimulating environment to further your studies

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Fire lit on the Oil Refinery Land by the cattle community is becoming a threat to Hoima International Airport Construction in Kabaale Sub-County Hoima District.
The Airport is one of the key support infrastructures for the next course of the fast paced activities leading to commercial oil production.
The US$ 309 million Airport project provided by Standard Chartered Bank and UK Export Finance is being undertaken by a joint venture of Israeli-British firms, Shikun & Binui International-SBI/Colas limited.
The airport construction work which is at 40% commenced in April 2018 and is expected to end in February 2023.
However, the project is endangered by the people who have on several occasions set fire on the 29 square km piece of Land earmarked for the Oil Refinery.
During a social corporate responsibility held at Nyamasoga Primary School Kabaale Sub-County Amos Muriisa the Public Relations Officer SBC revealed that they have encountered fire set by the community four times within a period of one month which is costing them money and time.
Maj. Nasuru Namara the deputy head of Battalion 1103 that is charged with guarding the Oil Refinery Land says that, this problem has been perpetuated by cattle keepers. He notes that the last incident occurred last week and they had to engage the police fire brigade to put off the fire.
Clovis Ninsiima the Officer in charge Counter terrorism Police at the Airport says whenever fires break out, work stops and cautions community members against trespassing on the Refinery Land.
Martin Okoyo the Hoima District Police Commander stressed there is a need to sensitize the community about the dangers of fire.

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By Yosam Gucwaki
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In Masindi

Relatives, widows and the orphans of the fallen soldiers suffer a lot while trying to access letters of administration from Masindi court such that they can get pension and gratuity of their deceased people.
According to the Resident District Commissioner Masindi, Godfrey Nyakahuma, he has received many complaints from people pursuing for the letters of administration who are demanded for bribes by Masindi court officials.
Nyakahuma explained that most bribes are asked by the lower cadres in the judiciary in the name of the presiding magistrates.
He added that it is a culture at Masindi court that the vulnerable people are asked for bribe which is beyond their reach noting that they are forced to sell off their properties to raise the money asked for by the court officials.
He noted that the court officials demand for money between Ugx 300,000 and 400,000 to process the letters of administration.
Nyakahuma also said that the unscrupulous people at Masindi court have now taken the vulnerable as a source of their income.
Last week the RDC’s office arrested one Christopher Kabeiho a court clerk attached to the Grade 1 magistrate who had received Ugx 120,000 from Sarah Kaahwa who was processing the letters of administration.
According to the RDC, Kabeiho was asking for the bribe in the name of the chief magistrate who he claimed was going for leave and yet is a man. The RDC says that Kabeiho asked for the money such that the chief magistrate would speed up the process before he went for the leave.
The RDC said that Kabeiho was given a police bond on Monday this week adding that after investigations are done, he will be produced before the anti-corruption court.
Following this, the RDC’s office introduced free money for whoever is asked for money in a public institution to run to his office and pick it and give it to the officer such that he or she can be trapped.
Kabeiho who was arrested last week was trapped using same money in the RDC’s office since Sarah Kaahwa reported the matter to the same office.
Last year Christine Akuzibwe a nurse attached to Masindi hospital was also arrested in the same way allegedly selling government drugs.

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By Felix Twinomugisha
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In Isingiro

Authorities in Isingiro district are calling upon the office of the Prime Minister to check all refugees for Coronavirus before they are brought to the camps in the district.
Isingiro district is one of the most hosting refuse communities with two settlement campus of Nakivale and Oruchinga. Isingiro majorly hosts refugees from Rwanda and Burundi among other countries.
Speaking to our reporter on Friday morning ,Donozio Kibanda the district councilor representing Birere Sub-county in Isingiro said that districts which host refuges are on great risk hence should be put on strict surveillance.
His comment comes at time when one case of Corona virus was reported in DRC early this week with a Belgian who had come to the country.
There are atleast 132 cases and two deaths on the African continent with recent one being in Ivory Cost.
Since its outbreak in Wuhan China, Coronavirus has killed thousands of people and has spread to at least 118 countries world wide.
However, there has been no any confirmed case in Uganda though its on a red alert after neighbours DRC and Kenya confirmed Positive cases.

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By Aggrey Twesigye
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In Mbarara
The Mbarara referral hospital  director Dr. Selestine Barigye has cautioned all the people to be vigilant of the deadly corona virus that was yesterday reported in Kenya.
Dr. Barigye made these remarks while speaking to www.mknewslink.com reporter today in his office at Mbarara referral hospital.
He said that for them as Mbarara referral hospital, they have already put up some measures to prevent the covid19 corona virus.
He said that they have already set isolation centers at the hospital and in the intensive care unit.
Barigye cautioned people to stop hugging, hand shakings, kissing since this virus is an air borne disease and it can be transferred through a person touching his nose and shaking others’ hands.
So far Corona virus has not been suspected in uganda but the country through the ministry of health is on a high alert to curb the virus in case of any emergency
The covoid19 was first reported in China last year 2019 and it has so far spread to 114 countries around the world.

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