"ILLEGAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CLOSED IN KASESE

Authorities in Kasese district on Monday morning closed the offices of Capital Financial Services a company that has reportedly been dealing in finances illegally for nearly one month.

The Senior District Commercial Officer Mr. Simon Kasereka who had issued warnings to the company last week acted following continous advertisements running on the local radio stations about the services being offered.

Mr. Kasereka said that among the reasons the financial institution was closed is because they have failed to produce a certificate of registration from the Registrar of Cooperative Societies which allows one to deal with money.

“ We have closed their offices because the directors and managers have been adamant to heed to our advice to produce the certificate of registration fron  the Registrar of Cooperative Societies. It is not good for our people to be conned of their money when the district knows that the company was operating illegally”. Mr. Kasereka said.

Mr. Kasereka reveals that atleast 19m shillings had been collected from the people as savings and the money has been given back to the clients with immediate effect.

He said the only legal documents the officers of the Cresent Road-based bank show is a certificate of incorporation which in any case does not legalise handling of financial related services.

“What these people (capital financial services) are doing is to collect quick money from our people and then take off with it. They are likely to corn our people because they do not have the required
documents to deal in finances”. Mr. Kasereka said.

neither the director of the company Mr. Ambrose Mugisha nor the branch manager only known as Richard were available for a comment because all their known telephone numbers have been off since the weekend.

However, in a telephone interview last week, Mr. Mugisha who claimed to be at the head offices in Entebbe promised to bring the required documents to the district authorities by Friday November 16. But the commercial officer says the company owners have instead switched off their phones.

They only served the commercial officer and other district officials with a company profile as an attachment to an invitation to attend a sensitisation workshop at Margarita hotel on Friday which was never held.

“Yes, we have not yet informed the district leadership officially because they only have our profile. I have told the commercial officer that all legal documents will be availed on Friday.” Mr. Mugisha said
on phone from Kampala then.

Capital Financial Services according to their profile have head officers on Bazarabusa Drive in Entebbe, with branches in Jinja, Mbale, Masaka, Mukono, Kampala and Lira districts.

They are dealing in Business loans, Group loans, individual loans, school fees loans, salary advance loans and agriculture loans among others.

"ILLEGAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CLOSED IN KASESE

Authorities in Kasese district on Monday morning closed the offices of Capital Financial Services a company that has reportedly been dealing in finances illegally for nearly one month.

The Senior District Commercial Officer Mr. Simon Kasereka who had issued warnings to the company last week acted following continous advertisements running on the local radio stations about the services being offered.

Mr. Kasereka said that among the reasons the financial institution was closed is because they have failed to produce a certificate of registration from the Registrar of Cooperative Societies which allows one to deal with money.

“ We have closed their offices because the directors and managers have been adamant to heed to our advice to produce the certificate of registration fron  the Registrar of Cooperative Societies. It is not good for our people to be conned of their money when the district knows that the company was operating illegally”. Mr. Kasereka said.

Mr. Kasereka reveals that atleast 19m shillings had been collected from the people as savings and the money has been given back to the clients with immediate effect.

He said the only legal documents the officers of the Cresent Road-based bank show is a certificate of incorporation which in any case does not legalise handling of financial related services.

“What these people (capital financial services) are doing is to collect quick money from our people and then take off with it. They are likely to corn our people because they do not have the required
documents to deal in finances”. Mr. Kasereka said.

neither the director of the company Mr. Ambrose Mugisha nor the branch manager only known as Richard were available for a comment because all their known telephone numbers have been off since the weekend.

However, in a telephone interview last week, Mr. Mugisha who claimed to be at the head offices in Entebbe promised to bring the required documents to the district authorities by Friday November 16. But the commercial officer says the company owners have instead switched off their phones.

They only served the commercial officer and other district officials with a company profile as an attachment to an invitation to attend a sensitisation workshop at Margarita hotel on Friday which was never held.

“Yes, we have not yet informed the district leadership officially because they only have our profile. I have told the commercial officer that all legal documents will be availed on Friday.” Mr. Mugisha said
on phone from Kampala then.

Capital Financial Services according to their profile have head officers on Bazarabusa Drive in Entebbe, with branches in Jinja, Mbale, Masaka, Mukono, Kampala and Lira districts.

They are dealing in Business loans, Group loans, individual loans, school fees loans, salary advance loans and agriculture loans among others.

"ILLEGAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CLOSED IN KASESE

Authorities in Kasese district on Monday morning closed the offices of Capital Financial Services a company that has reportedly been dealing in finances illegally for nearly one month.

The Senior District Commercial Officer Mr. Simon Kasereka who had issued warnings to the company last week acted following continous advertisements running on the local radio stations about the services being offered.

Mr. Kasereka said that among the reasons the financial institution was closed is because they have failed to produce a certificate of registration from the Registrar of Cooperative Societies which allows one to deal with money.

“ We have closed their offices because the directors and managers have been adamant to heed to our advice to produce the certificate of registration fron  the Registrar of Cooperative Societies. It is not good for our people to be conned of their money when the district knows that the company was operating illegally”. Mr. Kasereka said.

Mr. Kasereka reveals that atleast 19m shillings had been collected from the people as savings and the money has been given back to the clients with immediate effect.

He said the only legal documents the officers of the Cresent Road-based bank show is a certificate of incorporation which in any case does not legalise handling of financial related services.

“What these people (capital financial services) are doing is to collect quick money from our people and then take off with it. They are likely to corn our people because they do not have the required
documents to deal in finances”. Mr. Kasereka said.

neither the director of the company Mr. Ambrose Mugisha nor the branch manager only known as Richard were available for a comment because all their known telephone numbers have been off since the weekend.

However, in a telephone interview last week, Mr. Mugisha who claimed to be at the head offices in Entebbe promised to bring the required documents to the district authorities by Friday November 16. But the commercial officer says the company owners have instead switched off their phones.

They only served the commercial officer and other district officials with a company profile as an attachment to an invitation to attend a sensitisation workshop at Margarita hotel on Friday which was never held.

“Yes, we have not yet informed the district leadership officially because they only have our profile. I have told the commercial officer that all legal documents will be availed on Friday.” Mr. Mugisha said
on phone from Kampala then.

Capital Financial Services according to their profile have head officers on Bazarabusa Drive in Entebbe, with branches in Jinja, Mbale, Masaka, Mukono, Kampala and Lira districts.

They are dealing in Business loans, Group loans, individual loans, school fees loans, salary advance loans and agriculture loans among others.

FRANCIS POKOPOKO WEDS LODA

There was joy at the St. Paul’s Cathedral in Kamaiba this afternoon when famous businessman Francis Pokopoko turned up for a wedding ceremony where he exchanged vows with his wife Loda Mbambu.

Pokopoko and his wife all residents of Rusese in Isango sub-county and two other couples were purifying their marriages.

The wedding ceremony was solemnized by Bishop Jackson Thembo Nzerebende of the South Rwenzori diocese.

Other couples were Edward Masereka wedding Agnes Biira and Robert Turyagenda wedding Rovesi Tushemereirwe.

Pokopoko who has been married to three wives of late decided to wed with the most senior one but promised to cater for the welfare of the others.

In a statement addressed to the Bishop, Mr. Pokopoko said it was a tough decision to pick one of his lovely wives but promised that every woman and their children will share on his wealth.

Bishop Nzerebende commended the couples for deciding to marry officially in the church adding that they are now free to serve the church.

He urged them to keep loving, respecting and protecting each other despite any worldly challenges they may face. END.

KABYANGA WRITES TO NEMA OVER GREENBELTS

Kasese Municipal council has written to the National Environment Management Authorities to deal with investors developing the green spaces in the urban center without following the original proposal,
the Mayor Mr. Godfrey Kabbyanga has said.
Mr. Kabbyanga was on Friday speaking during a public dialogue organized by Kasese Guide Radio and Uganda Media Development Foundation under the theme; Deteriorating Greenbelts, challenges of
investment and Development.
The mayor said that the municipal council inherited the greenbelts problems from the former Kasese town council that had sold out plots to investors so cheaply and did not follow up the implementation of a re-planning proposal that was approved by NEMA.
“All the greenbelts had a re-planning proposal approved by NEMA but the former town council leaders never minded to do their part of making sure the investors do not destroy the green”. Mr. Kabbyanga
said.
Currently, the green belt on Kilembe road is being highly developed by investors who are erecting permanent structures which have angered most of the stakeholders in Kasese town.
Among the permanent structures that are currently in use include a shopping mall, the transmission house for one of the telecommunications companies and a residential house. Two other storied buildings are under construction in the green belt.
Participants at the dialogue held in Virina Gardens Hotel, accused the urban authorities for “acting careless to watch when the green spaces are cut down”.
Mr. Ivan Muhasa Mbondi an elder in Kasese town said that they are the top leaders of the Municipality that have messed up with everything by not acting according to the structural plan adding that such buildings need to be demolished as it has been done in Kampala.
Kampala Capital City Authority led by Executive Director Ms. Jeniffer Musisi have not spared any buildings build against the structural plan.
The Deputy Town Clerk of Kasese Municipality Mr. Seleverio Mukobi revealed that the approved re-planning proposal for the green spaces provide that any investor should make sure development is 60% and leave 40% of the green on every plot.
He said that only one of the investors has fulfilled the requirements-mentioning White House Gardens a recreational place along Kilembe road.
However, the Mayor re-affirmed that despite plots being sold fraudulently to the developers, there is no way the Municipal council will reclaim them because land tittles are already secured.
He said that the demolition exercise would start with towing away all the containers that have been used for business in the green space along the Kasese-Mbarara road.
He added that Kasese Municipal council will not re-plan the remaining green spaces as they embark on intensive tree planting campaign.

NEW TOURIST TRAIL OPENED ON THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS

In an effort to make the Rwenzori Mountains one of the best tourist destinations in Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Authority has blessed the opening of a new tourist trail to make it easy to access the scenery and the peaks.

The trail was opened officially in the central Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Kasese district with the first batch of tourists guided into the Mountain ranges on Friday.

Five Belgian nationals and one Dutch were the first tourists to trek through the new trail on a bright Friday morning.

Rwenzori Ranges Guides and Escorts Association (RRGEA), experts in mountain climbing on Rwenzori led the expedition of the five foreign tourists.

The first tourist to embark on trekking the new trail included Nina Van De Winkel, Karolien Geusews, Sofie Geusens, Thijs de Haas and Marlies Molemaers.

The coordinator RRGEA Mr. Bernard Masereka told journalists at his office in Kasese town that the association was committed to providing expert guiding to clients in the Rwenzori.
He said that RRGEA guides would provide adequate nature interpretation to clients which he said was lacking to some service providers on the
mountain.
‘’We would like to see that the tourists we guide become our market agents depending on the way we have handled them, it is true nature interpretation is challenge to many guides but ensure persistent
capacity building of our staff,” Mr. Masereka said.

Mr. Masereka He urged all stakeholders in the tourism sector to market the tourist’s attractions in Uganda so as to develop the tourism sector in the country.

The senior warden in-charge Rwenzori Mountains National Park (RMNP) Mr. Fredrick Kiiza, said that UWA was looking at opening more routes on the mountain.

Mr. Kiiza said that the management of the park was creating more routes to provide opportunity to nature lovers who may wish to visit Rwenzori for a short period without reaching the peaks.
He said that Rwenzori was a beautiful unique mountain that has not fully been explored.

Mr. Kiiza however noted that there has not been adequate marketing of Rwenzori attractions, adding that the only attraction that has been marketed are the glaciers and peaks but the national park is blessed with various animal, bird and tree species that have not been marketed in the tourism market.

He said that tourists’ numbers to the Rwenzori have not reached admirable figures compared to other parks in the country.

One of the tourists Nina Van de Winkel said “we expect to get excited when we find out about the beauty of the Rwenzori up there. Hope we enjoy our trekking because this is what most of the people would like to enjoy in their holidays”.

Kasese girl braves labour pains to sit PLE exams

A primary seven candidate at Kasanga primary school, Bwera sub-county, Kasese District on Monday had to endure labour pains as she sat for Primary Leaving Examinations.

"The pregnant girl developed labour pains in the middle of the first paper – Mathematics – this morning and was rushed to hospital but did not deliver,” the Kasese District Education Officer, George Mayinja, told this newspaper.

He says she later returned and sat for the afternoon Social Studies exam in the same condition.

Mr Mayinja commended the girl for being brave.

He says the district did not face any major challenges on the first day of the examinations, save for the poor roads in the mountainous sub-counties which affected the delivery of examination papers on time.

Kasese Municipality Education Officer, Lawrence Tiruganya, said that about 20 candidates, mostly girls, have missed the examinations due to pregnancy.

However, he said that the parents are to blame in such cases because UNEB rules do not stop pregnant candidates from sitting the examinations.

About 9708 candidates registered for PLE, which started nationwide today, in rural Kasese, while 2503 registered in Kasese Municipality.

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NANDALA TO USE PARLIAMENT OFFICE TO RUN FDC ACTIVITIES

The elect Nandala team for the Forum for Democratic Change presidency wants the party’s delegates to choose the leader of Opposition ahead of other candidates so that he uses his parliamentary office to build the party.

Addressing Kasese district FDC national delegates at the Rwenzori the Gardens Hotel in Kasese town on Monday, Mr. William Nzoghu the Busongora North MP said the leader of opposition can easily run affairs of the party.

Mr. Nzoghu was among the Opposition MPs who had accompanied Mr. Nandala Mafabi to converse for votes from Kasese for the November 22, FDC presidential vote.

Two other candidates Maj.Gen. Mugisha Muntu and Mr. Geoffrey Ekanya have also been in Kasese campaign to replace retiring Dr. Kizza Besigye.

Mr. Nzoghu said that the NRM has managed to run its day to day activities because Secretary General Amama Mbabazi is using machinery and budget for his office as Prime Minister to run the party administration.

Mr. Nzoghu said that is the reason president Yoweri Museveni has always not listened to MPs calling for Mbabazi to relinquish the ruling party’s administration on the expense of being prime minister.

“Amama Mbabazi has been using resources of the Office of Prime Minister to do NRM administration that is why president Museveni has not listened to those calling for his resignation on one post. So, Hon. Nandala will also use his office to run FDC party because his budget is meant for activities across the country.” Mr. Nzoghu said.

Mr. Nzoghu who is also the shadow minister said Mr. Mafabi can also use the budget and machinery in the office of the leader of Opposition to run the day to day activities of FDC because he is free to use government cars to tour the whole country.

Mr. Nandala Mafabi told Kasese delegates that when elected into party leadership, he will mobilize and form grass root structures as a winning platform for state power in 2016.

Mr. Mafabi said that FDC top leaders have not been focusing on the grass root structures and polling station management the reason they have seen elections rigged by the NRM in most parts of the country.

He also attacked the FDC delegates for failing to condemn messages on their phones recently “purportedly” indicating that Mr. Nandala Mafabi has sent them each airtime worth 100000shs.

“People have been saying Nandala is bad during the campaigns but many of you sat quiet and did not come out to condemn the messages purportedly from me that I sent you airtime. This is also bad because I am an experienced leader who cannot bribe voters for a vote even when they have my sounding CV”. Mr. Mafabi said.

The leader of the Vote Nandala team Gen. Rubaramira Ruranga said asked delegates to task the rest of the candidates in the race to also avail documented Curriculum Vitae and manifestos for scrutiny before the ballots are cast on November 22.

The chairman of FDC in Kasese district Mr. Saulo Maate asked the contenders for the top job not to divide the party when the elections are concluded.