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Over 600 households in Bubyangu sub county are living under fear due to proneness to Landslides including Bunalutere village  , Bubyangu upper village  , Mubalagaye village  , wambewo township  , Kikobero village  , bunawozi upper village and Biboto village in Bubyangu parish  . Bunawozi lower village   , kiyanza village  , bukwaga A village of bunawozi parish  . Lukonje village  , bunabigubo upper village in bunabigubo parish. Bubyangu lower village in madenge parish  and Kiyenga village in bukikoso parish respectively "The Office of the Prime Minister registered these victims and promised to give each household 17 million shillings  to acquire some piece of land and relocate there as government finishes up with house construction as programmed in bulambuli and kween." One of the beneficiaries stated. They appeal to Government  to consider  urgent resettlement plan as the affected families conti...

Over 600 million shillings to aid the construction of a 4 unit modern laboratory, 3 classroom block and 2 five stance VIP pit latrine at Namawanga Secondary school in Lukhonje Sub county, Mbale district. Apparently, the school's population stands at 700 students from S.1 to S.4 including boys and girls all as day scholars. This project was witnessed by the District Resident Commissioner- Bayole Stanley, UPDF Engineering Brigade, Chief Administrative office led by Mutuwa Regina Mabonga, and the school administration led by Headmistress, Napokoli Peossy Cardia. Bayole Stanley, the Resident District Commissioner pledged continuous support from the Government saying the school community should improve the performance so that the enrollment is realised with high turn up. He appreciated the members of parliament in the district upon fostering this development, saying their tenure in office has had a hand in this kind of development. The construction is expected to last ...

Her routine suppervison resonates from the meeting held on 23rd January this year that resolved to fast track national oilseed project road  to ensure completion on time.  In ensuring efficient and effective work at the sites, the Chief Administrative Officer has paced up weekly supervision to beat the timeline. The completion of works on headwalls and stone pitching along Aswani-Busano road link and lastly at Ndokhwe arch bridge shows the work progress is now at 90% The NOSP has been operating in the district from 2023 to date, in the sub counties of Bungokho, Busoba, Bukiende, Lukhonge and Busiu.  Currently, the NOSP road connects Bungokho to Bumbobi and Aswan to Busano as a Rehabilitation Community Access road covering 11.6km The National Oilseed project aims to enhance commercialisation within key oilseed value chain that is by improving livelihoods and resilience among smallholder farmers engaged in oil seeds production and marketi...

In ensuring adequate accountability and sector developments are achievable, Several projects have been aligned to lower local governments and urban centres under the water office to guarantee safe and clean water, health on staff quarters to provide safe and quality care for both mothers and new born babies, and in the education department, to ensure learners' environment is sound and meaningful with proper hygiene and Sanitation. Mbale district local government continues to plan and appropriate funds to areas with need but also improving the services across the district. Several sites were handed over to contractors meeting the requirements to execute works in accordance to project costings and complete the works in time since 75% of funds are already in the district account. Under Water Sector: 4 Boreholes were launched each costing 22.5 million shillings. 1- Khamoto village, Bungokho Sub county-01 2- Murumba village in Mbale Town Council-01 3- Butses...

Bubentsye Seed Secondary School is a government-supported school located in Bunatsoma village, Wanale Sub-county of Mbale District, currently serving over 400  students in a remote, high-altitude area.  The institution features modern infrastructure including science labs, computer labs, and teacher quarters, and actively engages students through educational outreach programs.  The population is drastically deteriorating due to internal fights between management and the community leading to emptyness and dust coats on walls apparently.  Land acquisitions and representation on boards seems to brawl beyond the standards. The Resident District Commissioner, Bayole Stanley together with Political and  district technical team visited the school only to find loitering students in clusters without teachers and administrators during class hours. Bayole directed the chairman board to make it in the writing explaining irregularities that have affec...

We extend our focus and discussion on different rotational exposure tours to expound on experiences shared with experts to understand deeper on how best our farmers can co-exhibit different breeds in areas of practice to step up yields. Technology adoption and adaptability aimed at reviving improved agronomy for substance and commercial farming. The district team for Smart Climate has continued making study tours on mapped breeds into complete sessions with inclusive samples that are tolerant and yielding for farmers to adopt. The team visited Kasolwe stock farm in Kamuli district to share experiences and understand scores on national animal genetic resources centre and data bank and how best to integrate crops and what transpires on adaptability in the seasoned framework. This narrative has been underscored by farmers, in occurrence to understand the patterns of agriculture and several application stances in the fields and whatever barriers r...

Buginyanya zonal agriculture research and development institute covers 27 districts as a transformative project that carries out research on climate resilience and sustainable interventions in crop, livestock and fisheries under NARO Mbale district team visited Buginyanya research institute to understand the technologies and share experiences on  coffee integration and banana sustainable system land management, and how best to increase Arabica coffee productivity and promotion of quality Arabica coffee planting materials. This is aimed at producing high quality seed and seedlings across different coffee varieties including SL 14, SL 28, KP 162, KP 423, banana varieties including pests and diseases.  The Chief Administrative Officer, Angela AKURUT stressed that the core team is ably transformative and their coming is an ideal for the better result thereafter, she urgued the institute for continuous support whenever such courtesy calls emerge ...