Missing banker found dead

 

BUIKWE - Barely a week since Barbara Zalwango, 36, a banking officer at United Bank of Africa (UBA) was confirmed missing, Police has on Thursday, October 11 revealed that her body was found dumped in Nkokonjeru, Buikwe District.

Ssezibwa regional police spokesperson, Hellen Butoto, confirmed that Ms. Zalwango’s body was found at her ancestral village Katwe – Nakisunga in Mukono district.

MAK Students Embark on Drive to Promote Domestic Tourism

 

Makerere University students have embarked on a campaign to boost domestic tourism by visiting the various tourist attractions in the country as a way of encouraging other Ugandans to follow suit.

Fourteen students mainly from the College of Business and Management Sciences (COBAMS) and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) started the campaign last weekend by camping on the beaches of Kalangala district on Lake Victoria.

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Disabled Mechanic Rides 10 Kilometres to Work

 

A 38-year-old man with physical disabilities rides for seven kilometres to Soroti town daily to work as a bicycle mechanic.

 Julius Odongo has been riding a wheelchair to work for the past 10 years and it is partly from this job that he earns money to take care of his wife and six children.

"I have some work I do especially digging and bicycle repairing and I have now taken 10 years. It has so far helped me to sustain my life," says Odongo.

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