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Micro-scale Irrigation can be an Agriculture Game changer in Kabale District.

BY Alex Byakatonda   Communications officer-Kabale 28/07/2023. The Kabale District Principal Agriculture officer, Deus Baguma Bagambana, has urged farmers in the district to adapt new types of irrigation, saying that world over, irrigation can be an agriculture game changer, because of climatic changes. Baguma on Thursday addressing over 300 farmers from across the district, after two days of farmer visits to irrigation demonstration farms in Kahondo parish of Maziba Sub county and Buhara sub counties respectively. The demonstration farm, are part of the farms that...

July 28, 20230 CommentsRead more...

Kabale District Entomology department gives beekeeping equipment to Apiary farmers.

By Alex Byakatonda   Communications officer-Kabale 12/07/2023.   Kabale District local Government under the entomology department has donated beekeeping equipment to Apiary farmers worth millions of shillings.   According to the Senior Entomologist for Kabale District, Honest Tumuheirwe, the equipment includes, 95 Kenya top beehives, 10 overalls and 28 buckets among others, valued at 11,450,000 million shillings. Tumuheirwe, explains that the equipment was given to 10 selected apiary farmers, as demonstration on the use of these Kenya top beehives in Kabale District.   Speaking during the handover of the...

July 12, 20230 CommentsRead more...

Kabale District Launches Mass Yellow-fever vaccination Campaign.

By Alex Byakatonda   Communications Officer-Kabale 05/06/2023. Kabale District has today launched the mass Yellow-Fever vaccination campaign, targeting people aged between 9mounths to 60 years. According to the Ministry of Health, the 5-day yellow fever vaccination campaign is expected to run from 9th to 13th June, 2023. The Kabale District Health Officer, Dr Gilbert Arineitwe Mateeka, says that a team of five people has been deployed at each of 105 vaccination centers in the District. He adds that the District is targeting to vaccinate a...

June 5, 20230 CommentsRead more...

Kabale councilors recommend for the acquisition of more land to protect Kyabakonjo Gravity Scheme.

By Alex Byakatonda   Communications Officer-Kabale 01/06/2023 Kabale District councilors sitting on the Production, Marketing Trade and Natural Resources committee, have recommended that the district needs to procure more land around the source of Kyabakonjo Gravity flow scheme to help in protecting the source from land slides. The councillors, made the observation on Wednesday during a monitoring visit to gravity flow scheme. The gravity water flow scheme, which located in Buhara Sub county, is being renovated by Andywc Contractors and Suppliers Ltd at a...

June 1, 20230 CommentsRead more...

Heavy rains render several roads impassable in Kabale District.

By Alex Byakatonda   Communications officer-Kabale The ongoing heavy rains have worsened the state of several roads and bridges in Kabale district, paralyzing transport. The most affected roads include Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi, Katuna-Rubaya-Muko, Buramba-Rwemihanga, Kagoma-Katete-Nkora, Kibuga-Bushanira-Karujanga, Kabanyonyi-Karweru-Maziba, Kahondo-Maziba and Katukura-Karambwe-Rwanda Border roads. Others roads are Kaharo-Nkumbura, Kyobugombe-Kicence, Konyo-Nyamwerambiko, Kekubo-Kanyankwazi, Kakumbwa-Kihanga and Harutindo-Kakooko roads among others. Some of the bridges that were destroyed include; Old Kabale-Katokye, Rwenkima-Kitibya, Kyanamira-Katokye and Rwakashande-Katokye among others. The Kabale District Communications Officer, Alex Byakatonda said that the district engineering department in partnership with...

May 4, 20230 CommentsRead more...

LCs blamed for frustrating efforts to improve Hygiene and Sanitation in Kabale.

Alex Byakatonda   Communications officer-Kabale Authorities in Kabale District and nutrition stakeholders, have blamed lower local council leaders for frustrating their efforts to improve on hygiene and sanitation and other WASH services in the district. The matter came up on Thursday this week, during a one-day workshop on Key WASH approaches that was organized by Community integrated Development Initiative-CIDI and Kabale District local Government. CIDI is a non-governmental organization, implementing the Right 2grow program with funding from Netherlands Embassy in support with The...

April 29, 20230 CommentsRead more...

New Project for conserving Lake Bunyonyi Launched in Kabale District.

By Alex Byakatonda   Communications officer-Kabale 27/04/2023.   Self Help Africa has launched a new project dubbed “Growing Resilience and Eco- Enterprises (GREEN)”, aimed at improving the livelihood of smallholder farmers, targeting women, and youths in the selected areas of Kabale and Rubanda districts.   During the inception meeting on Wednesday at Whitehorse Inn Makanga in Kabale Municipality, the Self Help Africa-SHA project Manager, Neftari Mugizi, said that the three-year project, which will be implemented with funding from the Community Foundation for Ireland in conjunction with...

April 27, 20230 CommentsRead more...

13 Women groups in Kabale District have received 89million shillings under UWEP program.

By Alex Byakatonda   Communications officer-Kabale 26/07/2023.   Thirteen women groups in Kabale District have received funds amounting to 89 million shillings from the Ministry of Gender, labour and Social development under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP). According to the Senior Labour officer, Kabale District, Swizeen Ndyabawe, who is also the district UWEP focal person, the 13 women groups are part of 64 groups that were selected in the 2020-2021 financial year to benefit under the program, but did not benefit due to insufficient...

April 26, 20230 CommentsRead more...

Kabale District CAO woos pupils to embrace Sports to earn a living.

By Alex Byakatonda   Communications officer-Kabale 25/04/2023. A total of 24 athletes from Ndorwa West and Ndorwa East constituencies, have been selected to represent Kabale District at the national Kids Athletics and Special Needs Learners’ Championship, slated for next month in Luwero district.   According to the Sports officer- Kabale District, Gilbert Orikiriza, the selection of the Athletes started at the school level to zonal level, sub county level and finally up to the constituency level, where two teams were selected to for the district...

April 25, 20230 CommentsRead more...

Kabale District council lays and approves draft budget estimates for the 2023/24 FY.

By Alex Byakatonda   Communications officer-Kabale 30/03/2023   Kabale District council has today unanimously approved draft budget estimates for the 2023/24 Fiscal year totaling to 37,054,541,000 shillings. The motion for laying of the budget estimates was tabled the district LC5 Chairperson, Nelson Nshangabasheija, before the district council that was presided over by speaker, Flavia Kanagizi, in accordance with section 77, sub section (1) of the Local Government Act Cap 243. According to the draft budget estimates, education is expected to be the highest funded sector to...

March 30, 20230 CommentsRead more...