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In Bushenyi—

Butuuro Peoples SACCO has introduced mobile banking to make bank transactions easy for their customers during this COVID 19 period.

The service was launched in June 2021 according to the SACCO’s IT manager Muhwezi Joshua and it has positively changed the way members access services from Butuuro SACCO.

Muhwezi told www.mknewslink.com that members who have since been registered on the Mobile Banking service dubbed “Butuuro Mobile” now withdraw or deposit their savings, make loan repayments, check their savings balances and see their account mini-statements all from the comfort of their homes.

He emphasized that this service saves time, monetary resources, is convenient and above all a very safe and healthy way of accessing services from the SACCO since all a member deals with is a mobile phone.

According to the SACCO’s IT manager once a member is registered on Butuuro Mobile, he or she can bank any time, any day since the bank is always open right in one’s phone as long as she or she dials * 284*121# then enter personal PIN.

He encouraged all members to visit their nearest Butuuro SACCO branch and register for the service but reminded them to keep their Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) a secret as it is the gateway to the member account information.

Butuuro peoples’ SACCO which started in 2007 serves members within the entire South Western region of Uganda.

With her Head Office in Nyakabiriizi Division, Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality, Butuuro has other branches in Kashenshero town council, Mitooma district, Kyabugimbi town council, Bushenyi district and an outreaching center in Bikurungu town council, Rukungiri district.

It has been a fast growing financial institution that has played a major role in enhancing financial inclusion in the region.

With over 10,000 members, the Butuuro SACCO Board is led by the Chairman Benson Barigye while the General Manager Peter Tumuhimbise leads the management.

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By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Kabale—

Police in Kabale are hunting for unknown assailant(s) who last night murdered a 45 year old woman in cold blood.

The Kigezi Police Regional spokesperson Elly Maate identified the deceased as Flora Muhirwe a resident of Kanyanjoka cell, Kacerere ward Katuna town council Kabale district,

Maate said that the deceased’s body was discovered this morning lying in an inhabitable house of Mugisha Amosi of the same address.

It’s alleged that the deceased was lastly seen yesterday the 20/07/2021 at around 22:30hrs with Byamukama alias Kaboy in Katuna T/C along the way to the scene and this morning was found murdered.

Katuna Police were notified, visited the scene, as they await the crime officer (SOCO) and the police surgeon for postmortem.

Meanwhile, efforts to get Byamukama arrested are being made for questioning while inquiries are underway.

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By Innocent Atuganyira

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In Hoima—-

A girl in her Hoima has this morning committed suicide by hanging over parents’ harsh comments.

It is alleged that the girl whose names could not be published because she is a minor hanged herself in a tree after her parents harshly commented on her poor performance in the last week released PLE results.

The deceased a former pupil at Bwikya Primary School is a resident of Kinuubi East, Bwikya Ward in Mparo division, Hoima City,

When contacted, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson ASP Allan Julius Hakiza confirmed the incident but said he was yet to get full details concerning the matter.

www.mknewslink.com will keep you updated as the story unfolds.

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By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Kabale–

The body of Nafutali Kizabona, a catechist at Kayanga Catholic Church in Kabale Diocese has been retrieved from Lake Bunyonyi.

Kizabona,35, drowned on the lake on Monday morning when a canoe he was sailing on capsized.

He was alone in the canoe while crossing the lake from Kayanga Catholic Church in Butanda sub-county, Kabale district to Harutinda shores in Kitumba sub-county. On reaching the middle of the Lake, the canoe lost balance and capsized.

Elly Maate, Police Spokesperson for the Kigezi region says that Kizabona’s body was retrieved on Tuesday evening at around 7: 00 PM by residents and the marine police deployed at the lake.

Kizabona is the second catechist to drown in Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale in a space of six years.

In March 2015, Yorokam Byomuhangi, a Catechist at St. Phillips Church of Uganda Bugongi in the Diocese of Kigezi drowned while heading from his home Kitooma in Rubaya sub-county, Kabale district to preside over a Sunday service at his church.

In October 2020, Amon Turyatemba, a student from Nyabikoni secondary school drowned in Lake Bunyonyi while on a tour.

In August 2020, five residents of Karambo village in Muko sub-county in Rubanda district drowned in the same lake.

On August 11, 2020, three people including John Bosco Tumuheki, Felix Arineitwe, and Fricano Turyahikayo, all residents of Katetenkora village in Nyamiryango Parish, Butanda sub-county in Kabale district drowned when their canoe capsized on the same lake.

In June 2020, two people from Muko sub-county in Rubanda district drowned in the same lake while travelling in a canoe.

During the 2015 presidential campaigns, President Yoweri Museveni pledged to provide a ferry to ease transport across the lake. However, to date, the pledge is still pending.

The only intervention has been the establishment of a marine detachment to help in rescuing those who have drowned.

Located in Kabale and Rubanda district, the 900-meter deep lake is the second deepest in Africa and one of the top tourism revenue earners for Uganda.

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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Ibanda–

Police in Ibanda are investigating a matter in which two women were caught red-handed removing a cross from the tomb of a child who was buried 6 months ago.

The two women; Scola Kobusingye 75 and Jolly Kyohairwe 59 are both residents of Rwemengo II village, Rwengwe parish, lbanda south.

According to a resident who preferred anonymity, the two were later brought before a village meeting where Jolly narrated that she was contacted by Scola for the cross.

Jolly added that her motive was to ensure that Scola is caught red handed while receiving it, the more reason she volunteered to help her.

The resident told www.mknewslink.com that Scola Kobusingye asked residents for forgiveness explaining that she hoped to get a cure to her diseases and solutions to her problems using the cross.

However, Bernard Muhairwoha the Chairperson LCI for Rwemengo II told www.mknewslink.com  that it could have been a set up by Jolly to have Scola caught.

By press time the police had taken the two suspects to Rwomuhoro police station for further investigations into the matter.

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