According to the Head teacher of the school, Saidi Orikiriza, the community used to fund the operations of the school by paying 3 Million Shillings every term, but currently, they can’t even realize 200,000 Shillings.
According to statistics from the district commercial office, more than 85 of the population in Bundibugyo is directly dependent on cocoa. The crop also fetches about 150 billion shillings into the district annually.
According to Taban, the 36-year-old Birungi is wanting for hitting his 70-year-old mother, Cecilia Kabatooro with a hoe on the head at around 10am on Monday. He threatened to kill whoever attempts to rescue her.
The hospital, constructed in 1969, now accommodates more than 90 patients in its pediatric section, almost four times the capacity estimated at the time of its construction. There are more than 300 patients for a facility which was constructed to accommodate 104 patients at any given time.
George Muhenda, a farmer in Itoojo village, Busaru Sub County, says he lacks funds to hire private guards to protect his cocoa garden from thieves. He explains that last year, thieves stole more than 500 ripe cocoa pods from his plantation.
Sam Mbahimba, a refugee from Kamango Village, says that he will return to his home when he is guaranteed security by UPDF and Congolese army. He explains that for the past four days, he has struggled to feed his family of five children.
President Museveni endorsed the creation of the district while campaigning at Burambagira Primary School, Bughendera County in Bundibugyo district last year. He however did not mention when the district status would be granted.
The seven roomed facility comprises of offices, a laboratory, three isolation rooms each capable of admitting six patients, nursing station, clinical care area and a clinical research site. The facility has also been fenced to prevent Ebola or Marburg patients from getting into contact with the community or other patients at the hospital. .
Last year, the Christians led by Charles Kisembo, the head of laity Bumandu Archdeaconry announced plans to break away from Ruwenzori Diocese and form West Ruwenzori Diocese with its headquarters at Bumandu in Bundibugyo district. Kisembo alleged that the Bundibugyo community was marginalized under the parent Diocese.
Several districts have cancelled the Independence Day celebrations pointing to the need for leaders attend the main event in Luuka District, while others attribute it to lack of resources.
Jolly Tibamanya, the Bundibugyo LC V Chairperson, says a team from the district has been dispatched to Humya village to assess the damage and to plan for relief supplies for some of the survivors who have sought refuge at Humya Catholic Church
Steven Baluku, the in-charge at Bubugwanga refuge transit center says 400 people have sought refuge at the center since the clashes started, adding that they expect the number of displaced persons to increase. According to Baluku, they have requested the Office of the Prime Minister and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR to provide food and beddings to the displaced families.
The clashes were sparked off by the declaration of the National Resistance Movement NRM party candidate Ronald Mutegeki as the winner of a hotly contested LCV chairmans race between him and independent candidate Jolly Tibamanya.
Bakari Bashir Muga, the Rwenzori regional police publicist told Uganda Radio Network that Kahyana has composed a number of songs that dilute the approved message of promoting peace and harmony.
Gerald Kaija, a parent says that the declining standards of education at secondary schools have reached alarming levels and the authorities have done nothing to address the matter.
This morning heavy gunfire rocked Bundibugyo town lasting up to 30 minutes. It\'s reported that unknown people threatened to attack Bundibugyo police station, but were repulsed by a combined effort of the UPDF and police. Three of the attackers have been arrested.
In 2010, Bundibugyo district embarked on the construction of three classroom blocks in two schools and one laboratory at a cost of 500 million shillings. However, construction work stopped months later after Ntoroko was granted a district status and it split from Bundibugyo.
