Daily Monitor
Wednesday April 14 2021
Fort Portal Tourism City centre. Authorities say they are yet to receive start-up funds. PHOTO ALEX ASHABA
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Authorities said the Shs21b was meant to cater for three municipality divisions then, but with the elevation to city status, some areas were annexed to the city resulting in the formation of another division; North
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It is almost 10 months since Fort Portal Municipality was elevated to a tourism city but it is still grappling with poor service delivery due to limited funding.
The city leaders told Daily Monitor that since July last year, they have not received any funds for operationalisation of the city.
Living dangerously: The plight of Ntoroko flood-affected families
Tuesday April 13 2021
Survivors of flooding live dangerously in makeshift houses suspended over water in Rwangara village, Kanara Sub-county in Ntoroko District. The Office of the Prime Ministers promises that help is on the way. PHOTO\ ALEX ASHABA
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The affected locals decided to erect temporary houses in water after they were displaced by floods in 2019.
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More than 150 families, part of the 10,000 people who were displaced by the floods two years ago after water levels in Lake Albert rose, are living in a dire condition.
The lives of many locals who have gathered in Kanara Sub-county, Ntoroko District near Lake Albert, are being threatened since the temporal houses erected in water are on the verge of collapsing. The families are also in dire need of food and other essential basic needs.
Regardless of your salary endeavour to save - Aineah
Sunday April 11 2021
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Aineah Sikabyaholo, 66, is a prosperous maize and cocoa farmer in Kakoga Cell, Karugutu Town Council in Ntoroko District.
The retired parish chief found passion in agriculture, saying it was his childhood dream to become an agriculturalist which persisted even after retirement.
In 1976 after attaining East Africa Certificate of Education from Sir Tito Winyi Secondary School in Hoima District, Sikabyaholo applied for the position of assistant livestock marketing officer in public service.
“After school, I applied for the job, sat interviews and I got the job because at that time people who had completed O-Level were few and they had high chances of being employed by the government,” he recalls.
52-year-old Sanyu completes primary school education
Sunday April 11 2021
Deogratious Sanyu sweeps the school compound with his classmates before their last exams at Butunduzi Model Primary School recently.
PHOTOS | ALEX ASHABA
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Hopeful. Deogratious Sanyu,52, sat his Primary Leaving Exams at Butunduzi Model Primary School, Kyenjojo District recently and hopes to become a veterinary doctor and Member of Parliament, writes
Alex Ashaba.
On Wednesday, March 31, the last day for Primary Seven candidates to complete their Primary Leaving Exams (PLE), at exactly 7.20 am, Deogratious Sanyu,52, stands by himself in front of Room Five at Butunduzi Model Primary School, Kyenjojo District. Sanyu awaiting his classmates to start their exams at 9am.