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In Rukungiri—

A man in Rukungiri over the weekend abandoned his wife in a hospital after learning that she was giving birth to quadruplets.

Mary Kyomugisha, a resident of Kasaana Central 1 Village, Rushenyi County, Ntungamo District was left in shock after her husband Asiimwe Elkangiro abandoned her all-girl quadruplets, at Kisiizi Hospital in Rukungiri District at the weekend.

Elkangiro fled the hospital upon learning that his wife was supposed to undergo a caesarean section to have four babies delivered.

According to the caregiver, Moreen Nayebare, the couple already had one child before the quadruplets.

“The situation is worrying because the father of the quadruplets is polygamous. He has other two wives and Kyomugisha is the third. She is stressed because she needs money to clear hospital bills and treatment which is more than shs 1m,” Nayebare noted.

According to Nayebare, Kyomugisha became mentally disturbed when she found out that her husband had fled the hospital.

Nayebare called upon non-government organizations, government leaders, and well-wishers to come to their rescue.

Kyomugisha’s troubles are far from over as she struggles to buy supplementary milk for the babies.

“The babies are always crying because I cannot produce enough milk. One of my breasts has an issue so they are depending on the other breast. My husband is not supportive and affording milk is difficult,” Kyomugisha narrated.

Nayebare, called upon non-government organizations, government leaders, and well-wishers to come to their rescue.

Kisiizi Hospital administrator, Mr. Moses Mugume, confirmed the development saying the operation was carried out at 32 weeks and the babies were out in incubators as the biggest weighed 1.6kg.

He further appealed to good Samaritans to help Kyomugisha with the hospital bills and other necessities.

This case is not unique to itself, in 2016, a man abandoned his wife over having many sets of twins.

Last year, Sharifah, a resident of Seeta, Mukono District was abandoned by her husband after delivering triplets.

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By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Kisoro—

Private school owners in Kisoro district are now facing an uphill task of paying back accumulated interest rates on school loans.

The loans were received from Co-operative Savings and credit Societies (SACCOs) and other commercial institutions from as far back as March 2021.

The education sector in the country was hard hit after Ugandan authorities decided to disrupt learning for two years due to the Coronavirus pandemic, making it the longest break from School in East Africa.

Education Ministry Spokesperson Denis Mugimba says, when the closure went into effect, 15.5 million students had their education disrupted.

First Lady and Minister of Education Janet Museveni, in a statement said, the long closure was necessary to protect children and their families as Uganda tried to curb the spread of Covid-19.

After nearly two years of closed learning institutions, the Government made its pronouncement, finally allowing schools including early childhood centers, Primary and Secondary Schools to reopen on January 10th 2022.

As parents across the country scrapped together whatever funds they could get their hands on, for their children’s back to school shopping, after the festivities of Christmas (2021) and New Year’s, financial institutions were also preparing themselves to go out and demand for their money.

General Manager of Mubuga Co-operative Savings and Credit Society (MUSACCO) Mubanguzi Pacrasiyo says more than 900 million shillings, in loans is demanded from Primary, secondary and other tertiary institutions in the district.

general manager MUSACCO

MUSACCO, which has an asset base of 6 billion shillings says the financial institution is in the process of setting up a select loans committee that will engage affected schools, beginning with February 1, 2022.

“We surely understand the plight private schools in the district are experiencing, majority of the parents are sending their children back to school with half or no payments of school fees, however the tough talks need to begin from somewhere”, Mubanguzi said

According to Mubanguzi, the SACCO has been operating under pressure since December 2021 to date because clients have been making more withdrawals and less savings.

“In the month of December 2021, 2.3 billion shillings was collected by the SACCO however in the same month, more than 1.6 billion was withdrawn”, Mubanguzi explained.

He says in the first week of January alone, 430 million shillings was saved however 326 million shillings has since been withdrawn.

“Since December, our clients made withdrawals for Christmas festivities, others withdrew money to buy Irish potato seedlings ahead of the January planting season while others withdrawal heavily when Government announced Schools-reopening”, Mubanguzi explained

The Chairperson of Private Primary Schools Association in Kisoro Augustin Mbonigaba says school owners need to brace for hard times ahead.

Mbonigaba explains that the association that has more than 90 schools have committed themselves not to increase a penny on their school fees which should be a relief to parents.

He however anticipates a number of challenges because Government decided to increase the learning time from three months to four.

“The first and most important challenge for schools will be shortage of food because many schools have to outsource it either directly from Kampala or from shops around town but it will be too costly and yet we cannot increase school fees”, Mbonigaba said

The chairperson of Private Secondary Schools Association and director of Kisoro Vision Secondary School Dan Munyambabazi says he was approached by four school owners who said they have been locked out of the buildings they are renting until rent arrears of 2 years are paid up front.

Munyambabazi explains that some of the schools being affected by rent are being demanded up to 22 million shillings.

Munyambabazi, an educator and owner of Kisoro Vision Secondary School, the best performing secondary School in the district for more than a decade now, says School fees stands at 400,000 shillings which is hardly enough to run school affairs.

“When you divide 400,000 per the 100 days, a learner will spend in school, you find each child will use 3,900 per day which is still very little as compared to the services being accessed at the school” Munyambabazi explained.

Dan says the communities in Kisoro are still very poor and largely ignorant about how Schools operate.

Munyambabazi says, as soon as the Schools reopened, commercial banks begun sending written messages reminding them of the loans they have.

He however notes that the situation is not all dark and gloom as enrollment for senior one has more than doubled which is encouraging.

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By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Kabale—

Marine police in Kabale have retrieved the body of gatekeeper from Lake Bunyonyi

Elly Maate the spokesperson for Kigezi Regional identified the deceased as Ahimbisibwe Twailu 27 years a resident of Myaliro village parish, Manyogaseka sub county Kasanda district.

It’s alleged that the deceased who had spent only a week working at the gate of Rock Resort which is near L. Bunyonyi was seen undressing, went directly to the water and started swimming before he drowned.

Maate said that the incident happened yesterday 11/01/2022 at around 17:15hrs at Kasambya village Bukora parish Kitumba sub county Kabale district.

Marine police led by AIP Sanyu were notified, visited the scene and together with the local divers, retrieved the body from water.

Police at Kabale CPS including Soco and others, have visited the scene and taken the body to Kabale referral hospital mortuary pending postmortem examination.

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By Alex Baluku

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In Kasese—

A peaceful demonstration that had been organized by the members of
Mpondwe Border Transport Workers’ Service Association yesterday flopped due to unclear reasons.
Yesterday morning, the management of the association ran announcements on
the Kasese based radios informing the public that they would conduct a
peaceful demonstration over the issues related the fish business.
It is alleged that the fish market which used to be on the Ugandan boarder was
temporarily shifted to Kasindi in the Democratic Republic of Congo
following the Covid-19 induced lockdown.
Recently, a delegation from the DR Congo was in Uganda at Vienna
Gardens for a harmonization with their Ugandan counterparts over the
same issue. During the meeting, it was resolved that fish from the
Ugandan waters should be sold at the fish market at Mpondwe border
unless in transit to the DRC.
The Ugandan delegation argued the shifting of the market to Kasindi
had affected local revenue collections at the Mpondwe border market
and according to Selevest Masereka Mapoze; the L. C III Chairperson
for Mpondwe- Lhubiriha Town Council, the urban centre has lost over
shillings 600 million in form of local revenue in a period of close to
two years.
Following the announcement, our reporter rushed to the scene but none
of the organizers was a no-show.
Jackson Kapamba, a concerned political leader in the area told our
reporter that in addition to realizing low local revenue, a good
number of people who would earn a living from the border market have
too been affected.

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By Alex Baluku

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In Kasese—-

A section of Head teachers in Kasese Municipality is not happy with
the Municipal leadership for the delay to release money meant for
running activities of their institutions.
Schools in Uganda reopened their doors on Monday January 10, 2022
after close to two years under lock as a measure that was announced by
the President on March 18, 2020 to curtail the spread of the deadly
Covid-19 pandemic.
However, yesterday, some Head teachers told our reporter that they
were expecting the Municipal authorities to release the money for
capitation grant and renovation among others to help them prepare for
their schools’ reopening but in vain.
Erisa Muhindo, the current Head teacher for Basecamp Primary School
and former Head teacher for Masule Primary school says they were
expecting capitation grant for two years and Covid-19 money but none
of the expected funds has been disbursed to them yet the schools have
reopened.
Muhindo, who also doubles as the Chairperson for the Head teachers of
Primary Schools in the Municipality, adds that they are currently
operating on borrowed money to run their schools.
Joviah Tumwikirize, the Head teacher for Road Barrier Primary School,
who was on the reopening day attacked by a section of parents on
accusations of abandoning the school, arguing that it had turned busy
and dangerous to the learners, told our reporter that she had no money
to clean the institution.
She claimed that she would come to school when the institutions of
learning were still under lock and sign the attendance book as
required but she could hardly do anything without receiving money from
government.
Emmy Mwesige Kayiri, the Kasese Municipal Education Officer, however,
acknowledges the delay by his department to disburse the funds to the
banks accounts of various institutions of learning.

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