When Sir Edward Muteesa and his guards reached Sembabule, he was received by the Mawogola County Chief Sebastian Kitayimbwa who alongside his men plotted on how to keep the Kabaka safe. Angelina Nabakooza was assigned the role of preparing meals for the Kabaka and providing him with shelter as a group of 11 men took charge of his security.
Children who had gone to collect firewood saw the unexploded rusty bomb which had been abandoned for some time, and took it to the butcher a butcher who started using it to weigh meat as his three quarter kgs stone, having found it to measure exactly "half and a quarter" (750 grammmes) until one day when a keen customer saw it and quickly reported to the authorities.
The policeman who was allegedly drunk went to Tumwesigye’s home before he spontaneously hit with a club in the guise of enforcing the Covid-19 prevention guidelines.
The youth mainly first-time voters in the districts of Rakai, Kyotera and Masaka prefer that candidates address them on clear action plans to improve their social welfare including on how they intend to address the unemployment challenges affecting the country.
The drivers under their umbrella, Sembabule Kigege Taxi Drivers and Conductors Association argue that their operations are disrupted with the on-going enforcement of curfew orders.
Livingstone Kateregga, the Medical in-charge at Kitovu Mobile AIDs Organization, a Catholic Medical and Community support institution operating in Masaka diocese, says the lockdown is presenting tough times to reliably offer services to their clients.
Ibrahim Mpuuga, one of the concerned voters is a leading a team pushing the legislators to under the mandatory quarantine, arguing that she could be a potential transmitter of the novel Coronavirus to the local community.
The farmers are spraying their animals with high concentrations of chemical mixtures that include pests and insecticides, acaricides and other weed-killers to invent own toxic concoctions that can suppress the ticks.
The campaign is dubbed “Integrated Pests and Weeds Control Approach”, according to Dr. Emmanuel Kalungi Kawoya, the Sembabule District Production Officer.
Christopher Jjuuko, the Sembabule district TB and Leprosy supervisor says that they are currently witnessing a cumulative trend in the number TB occurrences reported from their communities, however with their cure rate remaining below the target.
Local leaders say the dog attacks have been on the rise in different communities since December 2014. The most affected villages are Kanoni, Nakasunzu and Kasaana in Mijwala Sub-county, and Tangirizi, Lwemiyaga, Kigere, Lwesankala, Kakoma, Kasambya in Lwebitakuli County where more than 30 animals were also killed.
A man in Ssembabule district has been forced to pay a Ugx 200, 000 fine after a cat he borrowed from a neighbour died in his house. Everest Mukasa was fined by Paul Mugula, a resident of Nakagongo Village in Matete Rural Sub County, Ssembabule district.
