WONDERFUL: Girl drinking water from one of the newly opened boreholes

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FOR long, one of Busoga region’s remote Districts-Mayuge had suffered with continouous water shortages in the area even when its surrounded by a peninsula.
Latest from this area is that this life threatening crisis has been overcome going forward.
Through Nile Humanitarian Development Agency, the community in areas of Bukasero B Village among others are all praises to their Germany funders for the philanthropic gesture. This is the 3rd borehole in the area.
According to the District Chairperson Bishop Tibagendeka, his people have been battling killer diseases courtesy of contaminated water.
“With the water crisis being attended too in my district, killer diseases like typhoid, cholera won’t disturb my people anymore. No more sharing water sources with animals and family cohesion will be emboldened”, the over joyed district boss revealed before heaping praises to the humanitarian NGO.
“Lack of water in a home is a recipe for domestic challenges.With it prioritized, there’s no cause for alarm since water is life”
Area RDC, Richard Gulume Balyainho boasted that the NRM government is pro-people when it comes to service delivery.
“Due to the favorable environment in Uganda,many partners keep coming to support our people and for this,we are indeed grateful”, he observed noting that water is sometimes a source of insecurity in the area but that this won’t be the case anymore with communities getting boreholes.
On their part, Nile Humanitarian Development Agency through their Eastern Region Administrator Muzamiru Kazibwe flanked by the Eastern region Coordinator-Collins Ashaba disclosed that working with communities in dire need is one of their key targets.
“As an organization,we can’t exhaust all the many requests that come our way but through our community connectors,we assess the suitability and need for the help. And upon thorough evaluation with our team, we zero down on the beneficiary community. So our being here today is a true testimony of our commitment to elevate the living standards of the people in this district”, he said noting that as partners in development with government, they will always do the needful with availability of funds. He appealed to the community to look after their new water source by forming a committee that will manage the running of the borehole to deter misuse.
This humanitarian organization is allover Busoga and beyond supporting communities by offering boreholes, giving food items to vulnerable members of society.
In Busoga alone, over 1000 boreholes have been donated to date.

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Mr. Kagenyi addressing Manafwa district leaders

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MARY NAKASI
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CLOSING a three days’ training Workshop aimed at senstizing Manafwa district leaders about Parish Development Model (PDM), a new government initiative targeting poverty eradication, Deputy RDC Kagenyi Lukka has threatened to arrest and prosecute in courts of law any leader who will eat this money or sabotage the program.
Deputy RDC emphasised the need to monitor government programs for effective service delivery. He also called upon the Town clerks, subcounty chiefs, Town agents and parish chiefs to desist from corrupt tendencies. The Workshop took place at Butiru Town Council headquarters in Butiru Constituency, Manafwa district.
Mr Kagenyi who also warned the accounting officers against soliciting money from the people who seek government services said, “With Parish Development Model funds, there will be no excuse. If any leader eats this money or in any way sabottages a government program, I will arrest you and be prosecuted. Let us work as a team so that PDM benefits our people.” Said Deputy RDC Kagenyi Lukka. 
The National rollout program for PDM starts on June 10, 2022 and by June 15, 2022, money will be on the accounts. 
Each Parish in the whole country will get 17 million as a pilot study and in the next financial year, every parish will be given 100. 
At Butiru Town Coucil headquaters, training started with Subcounty chairpersons, town council mayors and LCV councilors representing subcounties at the district. 
On day two, it was training for councilors representing Parishes at the Subcounties. “Day three, we have been sensitising Subcounty chiefs, town clerks from town councils,  parish chiefs and town agents. 
There training was special, we have trained them as Training of Trainers (TOTs). They are are in charge of going to the ground to spread this information about PDM.” Deputy RDC revealed to this News Website shortly after the workshop.
He urged all leaders to work in line with the four principles put together by President Museveni which he named the ‘Four acre model’.
Mr. Kagenyi told leaders that PDM has a very good concept, but 60% of members who are going to form PDM Sacco will be at the House hold level, those who have been practicing substance farming. 
“And we have to sensitize them for Mindset Change so that they turn to commercial Agriculture. That is,  growing food crops for home consumption and the surplus for sell.” Deputy RDC told Manafwa district leaders.
He also talked about another group of people making 40%, the Enterprise Groups. Those who roast maize, bodaboda riders, informal sector or low income earners. 
He categorically told leaders that, for PDM, unlike the previous government interventions intended to fight poverty that didn’t succeed, this one must bear fruit.
He talked about programs like Bonabagaggawale, Youth Livelihood Program (YLP), Peace Recovery and Development Program (PRDP) in Northern Uganda and Eastern part of the country affected by the Kony war, Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program (UWEP) and NAADS which was later amalgamated into Operation Wealth Creation (OWEC).
“OWEC performed well. The other ones didn’t succeed due to the bureaucracy put for people who wanted loans. It brought corruption, Nepotism and favouritism. This won’t be acceptable in PDM. There must be transparency. Manafwa must be a model district. Kindly let us work as a team.” Deputy RDC Kagenyi asked district leaders.
After closing the trainig workshop, Mr. Kagenyi visited Sibanga Health centre III where he was heard asking about the turn up for Covid vaccinations. He later visited Sibanga Seed School in Butiru Constituency. 
For starters, Manafwa has two constituencies, Buburo West and Butiru. Buburo East contituency is in Namisindwa district, which was curved from Manafwa district.

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PHOTO: UN President Shahid (extreme left) taking notes as Kampala Lord mayor Lukwago (extreme right) submits. The two met in the ongoing International Migration Review Forum in New York, USA

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KAMPALA Lord Mayor His Worship Erias Lukwago together with fellow Mayors sitting on the Leadership Board of the Mayors Migration Council, has met with the President of the United Nations General Assembly H.E Abdulla Shahid at the ongoing International Migration Review Forum in New York, United States of America. 
Lukwago flew out of the country to join other Mayors for a conference in New York. Mayors in attendance include; Valerie Plante of Montreal – Canada, Giuseppe Sala of Milan – Italy and Yvonne Aki Saywerr of Freetown – Sierra Leone at the Mayors’ Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York. 
According to Lukwago’s Personal Assistant Mr. Elvis Kintu Nsonyi, the central focus of today’s discussion was about the role Local Authorities play in the implementation of the Marrakech Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact for Refugees. 
The Lord Mayor and other Leadership Board of Mayors expressed gratitude to the President of the General Assembly for his recognition of the vital role City Mayors play in realizing the ideals of the two compacts and the commitment he made to factor in this critical element in all international fora and the UN Agenda. 
His Worship Lukwago underscored the need for UN and it’s agencies to pay special attention to the drivers of the refugee crisis within the Great Lakes Region. 
“He passionately appealed to the President of the General Assembly to impress it up member states to put a spotlight on the geopolitical dynamics engendering the escalating humanitarian crisis in the East African Region where Uganda is paradoxically playing the role of a host to the refugees yet considered in some circles a protagonist.” Lukwago’s PA briefed this news website.

On his part, the President of the General Assembly H.E Abdulla Shahid made a pledge to mobilise resources from UN Agencies and other stakeholders towards financing Local Authorities committed to implementing these compacts. 

LUKWAGO WANTS THE ISSUE OF UGANDA MIGRANT WORKERS MISTREATED IN MIDDLE-EAST SORTED 
While addressing fellow Mayors yesterday, Lukwago called on UN agencies to collectively deal with the plight of the Ugandan migrant workers subjected to barbaric and horrendous dehumanisation in the Middle East to the extent that, “We are now witnessing a new phenomenon of organ harvesting.”
Lord mayor noted that Uganda is currently having 216 registered companies dealing in what is called labour export and in 2021 alone, the country externalized 84,879 migrant workers, 75% of whom were females.

He emphasized that there is need to address the structural challenges to reverse the trend and specific interventions be made to address this crisis. 
Mr. Lukwago also underscored the need for local action spearheaded by city leaders and highlighted initiatives by   KCCA in collaboration with other agencies like the International Organisation for Migration (IoM), UNHCR, Civil Society Organisations and other key stakeholders in implementing the Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact for Refugees to guarantee safe, orderly and regular migration. 
In conclusion, the Lord Mayor appreciated the Mayors Migration Council for supporting Kampala through the Global Cities Fund to support the internally displaced with direct cash assistance and skilling for sustainability.

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Buganda’s Supreme leader Kabaka Ronald Mutebi II and Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga who recently celebrated 9 years in office. Owek. Mayiga is very supportive to Buganda Land Board in managing and protecting Kabaka’s land.

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MEDDIE KITYO
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KAMPALA businessman Hamis Kiggundu is being accused of waging a blackmail campaign against Buganda Land Board officials after he was forced to vomit over 100 acres of land he had fraudently acquired on Kabaka’s Kigo land, in Wakiso district.
When Ham Kiggundu tried to take over Kabaka’s land in Kigo by force, he faced backlash from the people of Buganda. The backlash was so intense that he decided to abandon his plans and declared before cameras how he had left the land to the Kabaka. That as a Muganda, he wasn’t ready to fight the Kabaka.
However, and shockingly, he recently made U-turn, eating a cake and have it again. In a letter he wrote to the commissioner of lands through his lawyers of Muwema advocates, Kiggundu claims the Kigo land is his, not Kabaka’s. 
Additionally, sources say, he  has resorted to blackmailing Buganda Land Board and it’s officials, tarnishing them, thinking he can win cheap popularity.
“We have seen sponsored opinion/online articles like that written by a one David Sserumaga of Ugandaonline media titled, ‘ Owek. Katikiro Mayiga Should Intervene And Save Us, Mafias Who Used To Disturb Kabaka’s Subjects Using Buganda Land Board Have Resurfaced.’ No amount of lies or blackmail can divert BLB or its officials from their mandate of managing and protecting Kabaka’s land. If Hamis Kiggundu believes this approach can save him from the embarrassment of stealing Kabaka’s land, he is day dreaming.” A top source from Mengo told this investigative news Website.
According to the said article by a one Sserumaga, it stated that Buganda Land Board officials are mafias and that the Katikkiro should reign them in and stop them from taking Kiggundu’s Kigo land. “Hamis Kiggundu and his people are probably forgetting that the role of Buganda Land Board is to primarily protect Kabaka’s land against grabbers like him. He hopes that he can bad mouth Buganda Land Board officials and that the Katikkiro will stop them from forcing him to vomit the Kigo land he has wrongly declared to be his, based on a fraudulent freehold title his company KIHAM got from Wakiso district? He is a joker!” Revealed our Mengo source who asked for anonimity.
When we approached Buganda Land Board officials for a comment on Sserumaga’s article they said,  the official spokesman openly told is, “We have no comment.” However an insider tolf this news website that they won’t be cowed by amateurish blackmail by Kiggundu’s camp, and that they will go on to ensure that Kabaka’s land in Kigo is protected against Ham Kiggundu’s machinations.
They vowed that a team of senior lawyers set up by Katikkiro Mayiga will make sure that Kiggundu’s fake title is cancelled.
It should be remembered that, on many occassions, Kiggundu’s name has been mentioned for blackmailing those standing in his way. 
There was an incident of blackmailing  the principal judge on matters to do with DTB bank. The same name was also mentioned for blackmailing Nakivubo officials who had refused to consent on giving away Nakivubo land. 
“He is basically a cry baby who thinks he is entitled to grab things and that he should face no consequences while at it. He should never play around with Kabaka’s land. Advise him.” Quoted Mengo source. 
What next? Watch the space!

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PHOTO: Rubaga South MP Hon. Aloysius Mukasa and other Members of Parliament sitting on the Equal Opportunities Committee today morning visited Kabwohe Health Centre IV in Western Uganda, finding it in a sorry state

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TWO National Unity Platform (NUP) Members of Parliament sitting on the Equal Opportunities committee of Parliament have shunned committee meeting organised in an NRM office full of President Museveni and other NRM candidates’ 2021 campaign posters, after organizers allegedly failed to get a ‘suitable’ venue for a meeting.

Opposition NUP MPs Hon. Aloysius Mukasa (Rubaga South) and Hon. Dr. Christine Nandagire Ndiwalana (Bukomansimbi North) walked out of the meeting in protest, saying they can’t be trapped into doing Parliament business from an NRM office fearing that photos can be easily taken and used by agents of State to discredit NUP leaders.
“Let’s have our meeting under a tree shade if you don’t have another hall but not in an NRM office. If you can’t change the venue, sorry, we are out of this place. Committee didn’t come to assess situation in NRM offices. President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi directed that we must always trade carefully as we conduct business.” Said Hon. Mukasa as he was walking out of the meeting hall. He was followed by Hon. Christine Ndiwalana.

However, other committee members including those from other opposition political parties remained behind and the meeting went on.
All this took place yesterday in Buhweju district, Western Uganda where members of Parliament sitting on the committee of Equal Opportunities had travelled to visit and assess situation in hospitals and engage district leadership on service delivery.
When the committee reached Buhweju, the district leadership had organised to have a meeting with the MPs in an NRM office which the two NUP MPs strongly opposed and moved out.
Today morning, the committee travelled to Shema and are visiting Kabwohe Health Centre IV. They spent a night in Bushenyi.
On their return at the end of this week, they will give a conclusive report about their findings.

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