Kiteezi site probe begins
KAMPALA-Investigations into the mismanagement of the city’s main dumping grounds in Kiteezi, Wakiso district, have begun. Deputy city mayor Florence Namayanja, assistant town clerk Muwonge Kewaza, health secretary Caeser
KAMPALA-Investigations into the mismanagement of the city’s main dumping grounds in Kiteezi, Wakiso district, have begun. Deputy city mayor Florence Namayanja, assistant town clerk Muwonge Kewaza, health secretary Caeser
Tokoma and the director of health services, Mesarch Mubiru, visited the site two weeks ago. “We have set up a committee headed by Joel Kyewalabye, with members Emmanuel Ochama, Dan Mulumba and Badru Bakojja, to investigate the matter,†Namayanja said while inaugurating the team on Monday.
Residents have protested over the stench that emanates from the site due to poor garbage disposal. Kampala City Council has been paying about sh140m a month to Otada construction company to manage the garbage site but residents say the firm has failed to do a proper job, exposing them to health hazards.
Makubuya calls for more food
LUWEERO-People should grow more food to increase supply and bring down the high prices of foodstuffs, Attorney General Khiddu Makubuya has counselled residents. He urged them to take advantage of the location of their district on the Kampala-Gulu highway to supply food to northern Uganda and South Sudan. Makubuya, who is also the justice and constitutional affairs minister, was speaking at Nyimbwa sub-county offices near Bombo town after distributing free maize and bean seeds to locals. He bought the items using part his sh10m Constituency Development Fund. Each parish in the minister’s Katikamu South constituency received 10kg of seeds.
Pastor tips on keeping unions
MASAKA-Married people should always find time for each other to sustain the union, the Pastor of Najjanankumbi Seventh Day Adventist Church has said. According to Samuel Kajoba, the absence, mainly by men from homes because they claim to be busy, gives room for temptations. “That’s why some women have been caught making love with ‘cutex boys’ (who paint women’s nails) or male house helps who have time for them.†Kajoba was on Sunday preaching at Entebbe SDA Church. He rapped men who spend most of their free time watching Premiership football.
Tokoma and the director of health services, Mesarch Mubiru, visited the site two weeks ago. “We have set up a committee headed by Joel Kyewalabye, with members Emmanuel Ochama, Dan Mulumba and Badru Bakojja, to investigate the matter,†Namayanja said while inaugurating the team on Monday.
Residents have protested over the stench that emanates from the site due to poor garbage disposal. Kampala City Council has been paying about sh140m a month to Otada construction company to manage the garbage site but residents say the firm has failed to do a proper job, exposing them to health hazards.
Makubuya calls for more food
LUWEERO-People should grow more food to increase supply and bring down the high prices of foodstuffs, Attorney General Khiddu Makubuya has counselled residents. He urged them to take advantage of the location of their district on the Kampala-Gulu highway to supply food to northern Uganda and South Sudan. Makubuya, who is also the justice and constitutional affairs minister, was speaking at Nyimbwa sub-county offices near Bombo town after distributing free maize and bean seeds to locals. He bought the items using part his sh10m Constituency Development Fund. Each parish in the minister’s Katikamu South constituency received 10kg of seeds.
Pastor tips on keeping unions
MASAKA-Married people should always find time for each other to sustain the union, the Pastor of Najjanankumbi Seventh Day Adventist Church has said. According to Samuel Kajoba, the absence, mainly by men from homes because they claim to be busy, gives room for temptations. “That’s why some women have been caught making love with ‘cutex boys’ (who paint women’s nails) or male house helps who have time for them.†Kajoba was on Sunday preaching at Entebbe SDA Church. He rapped men who spend most of their free time watching Premiership football.