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Kabale, Uganda | Julius Businge | Bwama primary school administration in Kitumba sub-county, Ndorwa west county of Kabale district is struggling to raise funds to fuel engine canoes for transporting Primary Seven and Six pupils crossing Lake Bunyonyi. Located at Bwama island, the Church of Uganda government-aided primary school has no …
Read More »Unregulated sand mining threatening fish breeding areas in Mayuge, Jinja
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the ban on illegal fishing in Lake Victoria, several fishermen in Jinja and Mayuge districts have resorted to sand mining to fend for their families. From as early as 8:00 am each day, several trucks ferry sand from Namoni and Bwondha landing site in …
Read More »Arua man fails to reposes land after court ruling
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luka Dramani, 58, is struggling to reclaim his customary land in Manibe Sub-county in Arua city despite winning a court case. Dramani inherited the contested land measuring about 12 acres in Etuka village, Ombaci parish in Manibe Sub-County in Arua city from his father who …
Read More »Three women find fortune in riding boda boda in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female Boda boda ridders in Arua city are ripping big in the industry that is dominated by their male counterparts. There are three known female Boda boda riders in Arua city. One operates in Arua City central division; another is stationed at Odramacaku in Ayivu …
Read More »Landless women in Kitgum profit from vegetable farming on dry river bed
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women in Kitgum Municipality are reaping big from growing vegetables on the dry river bed. Immaculate Atenyo a widow and resident of Kitgum Municipality owns no land and has not been able to rent any arable land for farming due to her inability to make …
Read More »Kyaggwe county head irritated over sell of parish court land
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elija Bogeere Lubanga Mulembya, the Kyaggwe county head (Ssekiboobo) under the Buganda Kingdom administration is dismayed by real estate dealers selling off land hosting the traditional parish courts alias ekitawuluzi. He says the Kingdom is losing for most its historical land as Buganda Land Board …
Read More »Pader town council residents demand restoration of boreholes
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Pader town council in Pader district want all the dismantled boreholes restored following water shortage in the area. In 2016, the National Water and Sewage Cooperation (NSWC) Pader branch and district officials from the water department dismantled over 15 boreholes in the town …
Read More »Agriculture ministry cautions NGOs against issuing own weather forecast information
Uncoordinated release of weather forecast information has resulted into losses to farmers Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF has cautioned development partners implementing Agro-pastoralists projects in Karamoja to avoid issuing weather forecast related information to farmers. John Lodungokol, the Assistant Commission in Charge …
Read More »Uganda’s first policewoman recounts tough conditions female officers endured
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pauline Maniraguha Bangirana, one of the four surviving female police pioneers recounts how it was mandatory for a policewoman to ask for permission to get married. Maniraguha who was in the pioneer cohort of 10 females to join Uganda Police Force in 1960, says although …
Read More »Construction of 191 kilometer Rwekunye-Kitgum road underway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the Rwekunye-Apac-Lira to Kitgum road has commenced. The 91 kilometres Rwekunye-Apac section was awarded to Sadeem Al Kuwait General Trading & Contracting Company of Kuwait while the Apac–Lira–Puranga road in Kitgum measuring 100.1 kilometres was awarded to Gulsan Insaat Sanayi Turizm Nakliyat …
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