Florence Nakandi, the COTFONE Programs Coordinator says that on Tuesday night, unknown thugs broke into their offices located in Kyabakuza ward in Masaka city and took away vital documents and two laptop computers.
Read more ...Doctor Edwin Okello, the in-charge of the Epidemiology Ward said that the male patient reported to the hospital emergency ward on Monday while seeking treatment.
Read more ...Doctor Lumala reveals that all the cases that require services of a CT Scan in affordable government facilities are being referred to the National Referral Hospital Mulago in Kampala or Mbarara regional hospital which is a distance away from Masaka.
Read more ...The fire that broke out on Monday destroyed the senior four girls’ dormitory which was accommodating 43 students.
Read more ...Reverend Father Emmanuel Ssekamanya, the Assistant Coordinator of Health Services in Masaka Diocese, argues that despite supplementing the government in the delivery of adequate healthcare to the community, many of the Church founded health facilities in the area are operating under hard times due to limited budgets.
Read more ...The prevailing high cost of food has compelled school administrators to adjust their menus and regular feeding schedules such that they can operate within the available limited budgets.
Read more ...The money was recovered from 11,675 small claims disputes that were disposed of by the magistrates attached to the Masaka circuit through a more simplified and speedy process that does not subject parties to the long litigation route.
Read more ...Fr Ssendege observed the need to revise the current teaching materials right from primary schools by introducing environment conservation practices that specially targets the children whose future is largely reliant on nature.
Read more ...Agnes Namusiitwa, the Kyotera LC V Vice Chairperson and Kakuuto Sub County LC V councilor, says that girls as young as thirteen years have fallen victim to the obsolete cultural practice of bridal kidnap, which is acceptable among some communities in Kyotera and Rakai districts.
Read more ...Hassan Katongole, the Chairperson of property owners in Kalungu town council, who owns a commercial building on Lukerere road, argues the assessments were unfair and imposed onto them exorbitant taxes they cannot afford.
Read more ...According to Kalungi, the current district headquarters, which sits on one of the fairly elevated sites in the center of Masaka city was the enclave of the former regional colonial administrators, hence a representation of the origin of political leadership for the entire greater Masaka sub-region now comprised of ten districts.
Read more ...Sulaiman Kakeeto, a parent in Kabigi trading center says his two children are still at home fearing that the fighting between agents of the warring factions may break out anytime and they get caught up in the middle of the confusion. He argues that the school has repeatedly changed management amid clashes, which has caused confusion among the parents who are still uncertain of its future.
Read more ...The agents, according to authorities, operate in form of cartels spread out in nearby urban areas on either side of Mutukula- the Uganda-Tanzania border, where they link children to different people, who exploit them for casual labour.
Read more ...The communities living along the road of the ongoing project works are complaining about the conduct of the contractors whom they accuse of violations and running down their businesses.
Read more ...Masaka District Chairperson Andrew Lukyamuzi Batemyetto says that the headquarters located at Kitabiro in Masaka city will be sold to enable the district secure the money required to construct new headquarters.
Read more ...Gorreti Ndagire, the head teacher of Nyendo Public School, says that the school is understaffed by six teachers, despite the recently registered increase in the learners’ enrollment as parents transfer children from private to government schools due to a lack of fees.
Read more ...Godfrey Mutemba, the Lwengo district Senior Natural Resources Officer says that in addition to other human habits that include poisoning and destruction of the cranes' natural breeding grounds the wetlands, the Crested Cranes are also dying due to electrocution after they unknowingly collide with uninsulated power transmission lines that run through their habitats and roost sites.
Read more ...Vincent Kasumba, the President of Masaka City Development Forum, a stakeholder engagement platform that is charged with overseeing the implementation of the projects, says the city is finding it hard to carry out maintenance works on some of the earlier completed infrastructure projects.
Read more ...Sharon Ankunda, the Bukomansimbi Resident District Commissioner says they were instructed by security authorities to directly take over the schools from the children of the late Sheikh Juma Katungulu; the original proprietor, who is involved in a dispute over its management.
Read more ...The campaign will focus on counselling for learners to persuade them against using violence as a means of solving disagreements between them and school administrators.
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