When the second daughter died in 2001, she left three children, two boys and a girl with Kisembo.  “The girl died shortly after the mother’s death. The youngest boy who was about three years was getting sick so often and it was becoming a nightmare to manage his sickness,” Kisembo recollects.

                                       Video Interview with Flavia Kisembo

It only dawned on her when one of her neighbours, Rev. Ezra Musobozi who had visited her suggested they take the young boy for an HIV test. It turned out that David Nyakoojo was HIV positive. The elder boy too, was HIV positive.

KIDA comes to the rescue

Rev. Musobozi who is the founder of Kitojo Integrated Development Association (KIDA) offered to take care of the orphaned boys. His organization which had started in 1999 was among its programs running an Orphan and Vulnerable children support program by offering them education and home care, as well as Anti Retroviral medicine to those that had been confirmed to start the life prolonging drugs.

“In July 1998, my wife and I purchased a piece of land in Nyanswiga, a small village located in Ruteete sub-county. The community we came to was as welcoming and friendly as any, but a decade and a half of the AIDS epidemic had devastated the families that lived there.The disease had taken parents away from children, friends away from friends, and husbands and wives away from each other. But more than anything else, it was robbing people of their fundamental right to live,” says Rev. Musobozi. Kisembo was just one of the thousands in Kitojo finding life hard because of the HIV/AIDS effects and poverty.

Kisembo, additionally tussling with old age and a chronic pain in her legs was still worried on how she will manage to continue taking her grandchildren for routine medication to the nearest hospital over 40 kilometers away.

Flavia Kisembo’s hospital dream

“As my life gets weaker, my biggest wish is for a hospital to be built in this area. We need a place nearby where our sick can be examined and admitted. Since many of us have sick people in our homes, it will be easier to take them for treatment if there is a hospital nearby,” Kisembo said in a January 2010 interview. She says she appealed to the Rev. Musobozi to help them get a hospital nearby.

May turned up for launch of KIDA hospital

As she stands today among the hundreds of people that turned up for the family health day at KIDA on August 2^nd 2011, Kisembo carries a smiley grin of someone whose longtime wish has been answered. At least almost answered!

KIDA’s family health day was organized to launch the services of KIDA Hospital, which though still under construction has been licensed by the Ministry of Health.

KIDA Hospital launches services

“We are going to offer general medical services, including antenatal and delivery, surgical services, immunization, laboratory services, in-patients admissions and outpatients services, as well as improve our HIV/AIDS counseling, care and treatment services,” Rev. Musobozi says.

It is a dream come true for Rev. Ezra himself, who says he has watched many people die or suffer pain due to inability to make it to the nearest hospital, or afford the high fees at those hospitals. It is also a big relief for him, since many people in the community have long thrown their lives into his organisation’s hands, which through its clinic has been offering health care services including ARVs to more than 1,000 people.

He says they are hopeful of getting anti retroviral drugs to supply soon. The satellite center of Virika hospital they were hosting was withdrawn, making it hard for many HIV positive people in Kitojo to access treatment for HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections.

Counting on the Friends of Ruwenzori

With the help of their funding partners, the California based Friends of Ruwenzori, Rev. Musobozi says they are expecting a consignment of hospital equipment that will make them one of the best health service providers in the region. Page 2

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Kangwaje Moses the chairperson Rwimi sub county says most youths in have abandoned school and spend much of their time in bars gambling.

Kangwaje says that due to the high school dropout that has been encouraged by defilement and early marriages, there has been a spark off of land wrangles which he says have claimed a number of lives.

The sub county chairperson calls upon security operatives and the top district leaders to work closely to curb the insecurity in the area.

Richard Rwabuhinga the LC5 chairperson Kabarole has pledged cooperate with security officials in the district and find ways of solving the problem.

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Nyakato Rubombora a farmer in Rwimi Town Council Bunyangabu County says half of her two hectare banana plantation has been attacked.

Nyakato says that her efforts to control the disease by applying local methods have not yielded since it has continued to spread randomly yet banana farming is the only source of income for her family.

The Rwimi town council chair person Ngomayondi Abel says the farmers still lack knowledge on how to curb the disease.

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Rwabuhinga says that the extra ordinary meeting is to take place at Kalya courts hotel in Maguru south division in fort portal municipality.

He explains that the meeting is to be attended by all district chair persons from all 112 districts of Uganda who will be accompanied by their district speakers, chief administrative officers.

He says that the meeting will be chaired by the local government minister Adolf Mwesige who will fore see the election of new association leaders.

By Sunday Rogers

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The leaders’ blame follow a move by Kabarole district local government to construct a four stance public latrine at Butebe community hall which the leaders say is in a poor condition due to shoddy work.

The Kabarole district local government is said to have awarded the contract to Master Construction Limited valued at shillings 6,430,000, however the sub county leaders who claim that the latrine was poorly contracted explain that the collective mixing of cement was poorly done and that the latrine structure has no foundation but cracks.

Led by the sub county boss Kagoro Emanuel and the sub county district Representative Joseph Kiiza Mashuhuko among other leaders and local residents, a letter was written and addressed to the contractor discontinuing him on strongest terms until the district boss Richard Rwabuhinga visits the scene.

By Sunday Rogers

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The budget which  was presented by the district  finance minister Kyorape Stella who said that  much emphasis would be put on improving infrastructure ,creation of employment opportunities and increasing agricultural production and productivity through NAADS this financial year 20112012.

The district chairperson Richard Rwabuhinga promised on improving over role efficiency in the district, improving service delivery, strengthening accountability and transparency in the district.

Rwabuhinga added more teachers will be employed in schools to reduce on teacher pupil ratio. He said in this financial year 20112012 a total of 186 teachers will be recruited and posted by the end of July.

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Richard Rwabuhinga the Kabarole district chairman says that the district is expecting 800 million shillings to spearhead work at the site.

Rwabuhinga says his executive is to embark on supervising and monitoring government programs of prosperity for all and infrastructure development to avoid shoddy work and mismanagement of funds.

He says that priority will be on health centers to ensure enough drugs are in stock to meet the people’s demands.

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Speaking to hundreds of SACCO members at their head office at Kitojo Rutete sub county Kabarole district, Rwabuhinga disclosed that the only way to attain government support is to form groups. The KIDA SACCO is made up mostly HIV positive women who are members of the Kitojo Integrated Development Association (KIDA)

He warned SACCO members against spending all their money and time in bars but to be innovative and focused on development activities.

Stephen Kagwera the Burahya county parliamentarian appealed to the SACCO members to utilize the advantage of being in the SACCO to improve on their well being.

Kagwera challenged the parents to prioritize education if a bright future is to be realized.

Businge Victoria the Kabarole district woman member of parliament urged the KIDA SACCO members to inspire others to join them.

The SACCO which was started in 2007 currently has a population of over 700 members and a total savings of 270 million shillings.

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Rwabuhinga notes that late coming and absenteeism hinders service delivery and promotes corruption.

He says that LC3 chairpersons of the newly created administrative units in the district have received motorcycles to ease their movement and service delivery to the people.

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Richard Rwabuhinga who lost during the NRM primaries immerged as on standing on an independent ticket during the national elections.

Rwabuhinga says that his five year term of office is to focus on improving the education sector in the district and creating job opportunities especially among the youths through fighting corruption.

He says that he will ensure that competent district staff is recruited to spearhead easy and efficient service delivery in all sub counties of the district.

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