Setting off from Rutooma in Mbarara district, I rode my RMI (Roadmaster King) bicycle, taking the longer route and rough murram roads through Ruhumba, Kashongi and Rushere up to Lyantonde Town
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Wednesday May 19 2021
A man uses a gambling machine in Mpumudde Sub-county in Lyantonde District on August 20, 2018. PHOTO | PAUL SSEKANDI
Summary
2014 census. According to Population and Housing Census 2014, of the 93,753 people in Lyantonde District, a total of 11,806 people (57.2 per cent) are engaged in livestock farming while 17,122 (83 per cent) are engaged in either crop growing or livestock farming. The same statistics show that 17,115 youth aged between 18 and 30 years are working or have a source of income.
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In May 2016, the Lyantonde District Security Committee banned all gambling machines which were spread in trading centres across the district and ordered all operators to find alternative sources of income.