A section of Democratic Party (DP) members in Bukomansimbi district are planning to elect their own party chairman because they say the newly appointed party chairman is too old. On Tuesday, Bukomansimbi DP leaders appointed 87 year old Joseph Ssekibaala, the new Bukomansimbi DP Chairperson.
Butenga Health Centre IV, located in Butenga Sub County is the largest health unit in Bukomansimbi district. Serving a population of more than 60,000, the health centre has not been operating for more than a month over lack of a medical doctor, beds, water, and poor state of the buildings among others.
Susan Namaganda, the Bukomansimbi District Woman MP says she stopped paying for the offices after suspected DP supporters defaced her campaign posters.
The Bukomansimbi County MP Deogratius Kiyingi accuses the district Woman MP Susan Namaganda of \"stealing\" Maize seedlings he was meant to distribute.
In the 2010/2011 financial year, Parliament authorized the operationalization of Bukomansimbi, Kalungu and Lwengo districts.
However, three years after residents of Bukomansimbi claim they were better off under Masaka district.
Kitanda Local Council 111 chairperson Issa Ssansa says they have so far gathered more than 100 signatures to have their MPs out of parliament because they have failed to fully represent them
Susan Namaganda, the Bukomansimbi Member of Parliament has rushed to Kampala to petition Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General of Police following threats by NRM youth to block her victory party
Halima Nakawungu, the defeated Bukomansimbi District Woman Parliamentary candidate yesterday stunned court in Masaka when she broke down and cried as electoral commission defended her rival, area MP Susan Namaganda.
