Hope Mafaranga

 By Hope Mafaranga  Georgina Gatoranye commonly known as Kaaka Katorane, the oldest person in Ankole diocese had been laid to rest on Thursday at her home of Rubeho village, in Masha sub-county in Isingiro district. The bishop of Ankole diocese Sheldon Mwesigwa said Katorane was discovered after the dioceses did a survey to find out the oldest person last year. Before her death Saturday Vision visited the old lady and had chat with her on who she was managed to live for so long. “If you are looking for Kaaka she is in her bed resting and if you have come to mourn Uncle Moses, his grave is right there,” Osbert one of the kids who was found at her house said as he welcomed me into house. After knowing that I was looking for Kaaka, he rushed back to the house passing through the behind door and called Gorreti Gayore, the last born of Katorane to allow me speak to the 135 then. I was ushered into the house, in the living room; there was unmade bed, small mattress on

By Hope Mafaranga Erisa Kakyomya Apuuli is a household name in Toro sub-region. He is the proprietor of Rusekere Tea Growers Factory in Kabarole, a $3m project that buys tea leaves from 800 out-growers, employs 450 tea pluckers and 300 staff. Kakyomya has invested in real estate and owns about a quarter of all the commercial structures in Fort Portal town as well as some in Kampala city. He also owns sizeable chunks of land in Kabarole, Kyenjojo and Kibale districts. But things have not always been this rosy for the 70-year-old billionaire.  http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/641944-billionaire-kakyomya-stood-the-test-of-time.html

Politics is not a job, Farming is – Badda                                                                                  By Hope Mafaranga Most people when they get into elective positions, they do not look at developing their farms to have a fallback position.  For Fredrick Badda the MP for Bujumba County in Kalangala district is a politician with a difference. He is in politics to unity and sensitizes communities on how to make through farming.  As a young boy, Badda grew up in a fishing community like any other child raised in the islands of Kalangala and he also had a mentality that farming was impossible in Kalangala given its sandy soil.   How he started However, Badda a resident of Bumagi village, Kayunga Parish, in Bugoye sub-county, Kalangala district changed his mentality after getting a diploma in agricultural from Bukalasa Agriculture College in Masaka district and a diploma in agricultural extension from Nordic Agriculture Academy in Denmark.  He deci

Hygiene improves health in Karamoja By Hope Mafaranga We shall not wait for Karamoja to develop is saying most of us in Uganda grew up hearing. The saying referred to many things in Karamoja, a region regarded as the poorest in everything ranging from poor hygiene, hunger, drought, diseases, cattle rustling, guns and ever begging for food aid. Open defecations and scarcity of water were the face of Karamoja which gave room to diseases related to sanitation and hygiene.  The lack of water and sanitation facilities means people often fell sick and could not look after their families. In 2012 an outbreak of Trachoma infection was reported in Moroto district with more than 5, 000 cases confirmed. The disease affected the areas are Lutome, Rupa, Nadunget sub-counties and Moroto Municipality. The area also suffered of diarrhea and typhoid was also among the key diseases that affected the people of Karamoja. Dr. Vincent Emiron the Moroto district health officer, h