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BY WILBER MUHWEZI KABASINTE (MK)

IN BUSHENYI

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Zion farming center located in the heart of Bushenyi town has today 23^rd Nov 2024 hosted Rwampara women leaders led by the member of parliament Hon Molly Asiimwe.

The purpose of the visit according to Hon Asiimwe Molly was to learn how to rear ankole chicken.

The women leaders were taken through theory and practicals of Ankole Chicken farming.

The director of Zion Farming center, Joan Butungi Mashanyu together her staff took them through brooding ankole chicken taking care of them from one day up to laying eggs as well as selling them.

Ms Joan Masanyu told her guests that she started the farm during covid-19 period when it was the only option.

The group of eight women leaders appreciated the training and their MP gave them start up chicks from the farm.

They also appreciated that ankole chicken are easy to look after with limited risks at the farm and as well with the higher yields.

Hon Molly Asiimwe urged the Rwampara women leaders to be the Ambassadors of rearing Ankole chicken in their district.

BY WILBER MUHWEZI KASIBANTE[MK]
IN KABALE/BUSHENYI
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A Bushenyi born university Don, Dr. Mucunguzi Abel was last week promoted to Associate professor by kabale university appointments board.
Dr. Abel has been a senior lecturer in the faculty of governance for some years. He was promoted to that position together with other five lecturers in different faculties.
Associate professor Abel Mucunguzi studded from Katunga primary school in Kakanju sub-county in Bushenyi district. He did his ordinary advanced levels at st. Joseph’s vocational school in Mbarara.
He did his first degree at Makerere university as the only university then in Uganda sponsored by government.
He worked at Bushenyi local government as assistant CAO for Igara county. He resigned after completion of his master’s degree at Monash university in Australia.
He was one of the founders of Gulu university as a lecturer in the department of public administration and governance.
Associate professor Mucunguzi left Gulu university after completing his PhD at Antwerp university in Belgium.
He started teaching in universities in Rwanda, KIU western campus and Bishop Stuart university.
Before he went to kabale government university, he served as deputy vice chancellor of Ibanda university.
In an online interview with www.mknewslink.com managing director, Ass. Professor Abel Mucunguzi thanked God who made him achieve the title.

BY WILBER MUHWEZI KASIBANTE(MK)

IN SHEEMA ……………………

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Musanga Sacco a leading rural financial institution in Uganda has under taken annual promotion dubbed Ekiterekye kya Christmas in all its 12 branches across Ankole .

According to the focal person of Ekiterekye promotion, Mr Alex Kwesiga ,winners will take home cows, goats, chicken, drinks and among others .

He added that what is required from Mushanga Sacco customers at all branches is to save money on their accounts , buy shares and open new accounts .

The Ekiterekye kya Christmas competition started on 15th October and it will end on 15th December 2024.

Mushanga Sacco has been conducting these pre-Christmas ekiterekye competitions every year with an aim of giving back to their big number of customers which they have in their Sacco.

Last year the same Ekiterekye was held las Christmas. The former greater Bushenyi district chairman Longino Ishanga Ndyanabo was among the top winners who won a cow.

Mushanga Sacco is one of the oldest Sacco’s in Uganda and it recently celebrated 50 years of existence

By Moses Andama

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In masindi

The head teacher of Kijunjubwa primary school in Kijunjubwa subcounty, Masindi district, Nicholas Kiiza, has been arrested for allegedly defiling his pupils.

Mansur Bwohe, the Kijunjubwa subcounty chairperson, told our reporter this morning that Kiiza was arrested on Tuesday by police after four parents of the pupils he allegedly defiled reported the matter.

He adds that Kiiza has been defiling the pupils and threatening them with dismissal from the school if they revealed the matter to their parents.

However, he says the pupils decided to report the matter to their parents after they could no longer tolerate it, prompting their parents to report the matter to the police.

According to the chairperson, Kiiza was taken to Masindi police station, where he was still being detained at the time of filing this story.

The Albertine region police spokesperson, Allan Hakiza, confirmed Kiiza’s arrest and said he is currently detained at Masindi CPS on charges of defilement

By Moses Andama

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In Masindi—

Residents of Kirima cell in Karujubu division, Masindi district were this morning left in shock after discovering the decomposing body of their own buried in a pit latrine belonging to a resident in the area.

The deceased is Linus Mugisa 28 years old whose body was found in William Twesige’s pit latrine.

Chelesto Akuyo, the LC1 chairperson Kirima cell said Mugisa went missing from the area on August 30 2024, after working in Twesige’s garden.

Akuyo added that the family of the deceased reported a case of a missing person at Masindi Police station and continued with the search in different areas but in vain.

The chairperson revealed that later rumors started circulating around the cell that Mugisa had been beaten to death by William Twesige with the help of siblings after catching him with allegedly stolen agricultural chemicals that they had given to him to spray their garden.

Akuyo added that acting on suspicion, the residents this morning stormed Twesige’s home and uncovered his pit latrine only to find there Linus’s decomposing body before he alerted the police.

 Solomon Asiimwe, the chairperson Karujubu division confirmed the incident revealing that the police that rushed to the scene first dispersed the angry residents who were demolishing Twesige’s home and that of his parents located in the same cell.

By press time police had retrieved the body and taken it to Masindi Main Hospital for Postmortem.

The District Police Commander Jacob Chepskor confirmed the reports saying he had dispatched a team of officers to the scene.