Kisoro LC5 Chairman elected as head of South Western Regional Development Forum

 

Abel Bizimana, Kisoro District LC5 Chairman has been unanimously elected as the new Chairman for South Western Regional Development Forum (SWRDF).

 South Western Regional Development Forum is an umbrella that started in 2018 comprised of political, civil society, private sectors and educationists stakeholders from the districts of Kisoro,Kabale, Rubanda, Rukiga,Kanungu, Rukungiri, Ntungamo, Rwampara,Mitooma, Sheema,Rubirizi, Bushenyi,Buhweju,Ibanda,Kazo,Kiruhura,Mbarara Isingiro and Mbarara City aimed at advocacy for investments that will enhance production and productivity, savings, employment and wealth creation.  

 Bizimana replaces the late Patrick Besigye Keihwa former Kabale District LC5 Chairman who succumbed to Covid-19 in June 2021. Bizimana was elected unopposed during the Stake holders meeting held at Hotel triangle in Mbarara city on Thursday.  Bizimana is deputized by Dr. Mesharch Walto Kamusiimeh an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Kabale University while Evelyn Ninsiima Kikafunda Executive Director of the Green Environment Promotion (GEP), anon government organization operating in Rubanda district was elected as the secretary general.

 Among the steering committee members include; Dr.Clementia Murembe Neema, a senior lecturer in the faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Dr.Edmond Kansiime, the head of planning monitoring and evaluation of Petroleum Authority of Uganda, Dr.Daisy Owomugasho the regional director of Hunger project in East Africa, Julius Karuhanga, Rwampara county member of parliament and Lucky Sheila Musimenta the site manager for Tranidit Limited and also a member of woman executive committee for Kabale district among others.

 Speaking to our reporter in Kabale town on Friday, Bizimana says that in the three-year term office he is required to serve the forum  and will jointly work with investors to establish investments in the districts as a way of enhancing trade and job creation as well as promotion of regional trade.  Bizimana also says that the forum will play a role in mediating and reconciling misunderstandings and fights that happen among leaders in districts.

 He also says that the forum will focus on promotion of tourism, commercialized agriculture, empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable people, development of the mining sector, and preventive health among others.