News in brief
Feb 26, 2009
<b>Residents sell mosquito nets</b><br>IGANGA - The residents of Bunyiro village have sold mosquito nets donated to them recently by Rotary International.
Residents sell mosquito nets
IGANGA - The residents of Bunyiro village have sold mosquito nets donated to them recently by Rotary International. The LC1 chairman, Buwole Isabirye, said the nets were sold at only sh1,000 each. “The impression I got was that they love money more than life. The businessmen took advantage of the situation and are re-selling the nets at sh6,000,†Buwole said. Bulamagi sub-county chairman Abdullah Balunywa said he tried to buy back the nets, but did not recover many.
Kids’ centre gets bedding
JINJA - Bujagali Trust, a non-governmental organisation affiliated to Bujagali Trust UK, has donated beds and mattresses to Mama Jane Children’s Care Centre. The Mubende resident district commissioner, Stephen Bewayo Nsubuga, handed over the 60 beds and mattresses valued at sh20m to the children’s home matron, Agnes Naava Nabawanga, on Monday. Nsubuga is also the chairperson of the children’s home. The home located on Gabula Road in the town centre caters for orphaned and abandoned children between the ages of six to 12 years. A total 106 children are supported by the home that was started in 1984.
Operatives kill armed thug
TORORO - An armed thug was recently shot dead by Rapid Response Unit operatives at Paya. A sub-machine gun and ammunition were recovered from the thug after a fierce fire exchange in the bushes. The resident district commissioner, Mpimbaza Hashaka, said Moses Ofwono was netted after a tip-off from residents who said he was part of a gang that had been terrorising them for a long time. The operatives told the press that they had planned to interrogate Ofwono about a gun that he was suspected to own. However, when the suspect got wind of the plan to interrogate him, he reportedly vanished before the operatives reached his home. Different items suspected to have been stolen were recovered from his house. Ofwono and his gang had before the shoot-out robbed a resident of sh400,000 meant for his struggling business.
IGANGA - The residents of Bunyiro village have sold mosquito nets donated to them recently by Rotary International. The LC1 chairman, Buwole Isabirye, said the nets were sold at only sh1,000 each. “The impression I got was that they love money more than life. The businessmen took advantage of the situation and are re-selling the nets at sh6,000,†Buwole said. Bulamagi sub-county chairman Abdullah Balunywa said he tried to buy back the nets, but did not recover many.
Kids’ centre gets bedding
JINJA - Bujagali Trust, a non-governmental organisation affiliated to Bujagali Trust UK, has donated beds and mattresses to Mama Jane Children’s Care Centre. The Mubende resident district commissioner, Stephen Bewayo Nsubuga, handed over the 60 beds and mattresses valued at sh20m to the children’s home matron, Agnes Naava Nabawanga, on Monday. Nsubuga is also the chairperson of the children’s home. The home located on Gabula Road in the town centre caters for orphaned and abandoned children between the ages of six to 12 years. A total 106 children are supported by the home that was started in 1984.
Operatives kill armed thug
TORORO - An armed thug was recently shot dead by Rapid Response Unit operatives at Paya. A sub-machine gun and ammunition were recovered from the thug after a fierce fire exchange in the bushes. The resident district commissioner, Mpimbaza Hashaka, said Moses Ofwono was netted after a tip-off from residents who said he was part of a gang that had been terrorising them for a long time. The operatives told the press that they had planned to interrogate Ofwono about a gun that he was suspected to own. However, when the suspect got wind of the plan to interrogate him, he reportedly vanished before the operatives reached his home. Different items suspected to have been stolen were recovered from his house. Ofwono and his gang had before the shoot-out robbed a resident of sh400,000 meant for his struggling business.