Members of the National Resistance Movement in Bududa district have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni asking him to resolve an ongoing wrangle between top members in the area.

In the petition seen by SignalFm and signed by party secretary Masaba Damascus, the members noted that the conflict is between Minister David Wakikona and former Budada chairman Wilson Watila.

NRM treasurer Phoebe Lubango who is among those who petitioned the president noted that the conflict is threatening to break the party.

Secretary Damascus Masaba how ever said that there is need to come out as a party and unite instead of fighting each other.

Residents of Sironko district have called on the ministry of health to upgrade Budadiri health center four into a hospital status.

According to the area Member of Parliament Isaiah Sasaga the health center receives very many patients from across the district.

He said patients come from as far Bulambuli making the health center over whelmed by the number of patients.

Sasaga said the move to upgrade Budadiri Health Center four will help increase on the funding, attract health workers and health equipments. He appealed to the ministry of health to deliver drugs in health centers timely.

Ministry of Internal Affairs has apologized to Ugandans for the delay in issuing National Identity cards and anomalies identified especially for persons who received their cards in the first phase.

State Minister for Internal Affairs James Baba apologized before Members of Defense and Internal Affairs Committee. He had appeared to assist the committee in its investigations on how procurement was done and why the project has taken long to take off.

Baba says some errors have been identified like misspelling people’s names, missing villages as well as mixing data that was collected but
promised to put everything in order as soon as government releases
funds.

The committee chaired by Bubulo East MP Simon Mulongo was angered by
the report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs where a lot of mistakes were seen, saying if such errors can be made in Members of Parliament’s cards then to the ordinary person it will be worse.
 

The woman Member of Parliament for Bududa Distrcit Hon. Justine Hainza has asked the government to include Bududa among the districts that are getting funds for hard to reach areas.

While addressing the members of equal opportunity committee together with the Bududa district officials at the district headquarters Hainza most of the people stay on the hills and given the difficult terrain service delivery is a challenge.

She said there are no infrastructures like schools, health units and roads in the areas that are hard to reach hence curtailing development.

Hainza noted that many expectant mothers have lost their lives while giving birth at homes given the difficulty to access health centers.

She noted that if government can send allowances of hard to reach areas then the district can be in position to avail the social infrastructures to the local people in hard to reach areas.