Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDNT | A total of 40 injured casualties of the Tuesday night accident in Bukedea district are undergoing treatment at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. The head-on- collision involving two buses, a Wanagon Isuzu Coach UAR 293M and Gateway Nissan UAH 781Z happened around 10:00pm near Opiko …
Read More »Bukedea registers increase in sickle cell cases
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an increase in the number of sickle cell cases in Bukedea district, the authorities have revealed. This is part of the findings in the Bukedea district surveillance report for sickle cell from samples collected from Bukedea lifeline secondary school, Bukedea secondary, and Bukedea comprehensive …
Read More »Bukedea LC V chairman arrested on murder charges
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East Kyoga police are holding Bukedea district LC V chairperson, Moses Olemukan in connection to the murder of Francis Opolot during Christmas. Unknown people hacked Opolot to death at his residence in Akunyuko village, Kachumbala sub county on Christmas last year. This led to the …
Read More »Among commissions construction of Shs71Bn irrigation scheme
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has broken ground for the construction of Shs71billion Acomai irrigation scheme in Kamutur sub county, Bukedea district. The project, which is under the Agricultural Value Chain Development Programme being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, …
Read More »Bukedea school shifts office to pit latrines
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administration of Acomai Primary School in Kamutur sub county in Bukedea district, currently operates in a pit latrine after rainwater washed away the existing structures in the school. Founded by the community in 2008, the government took over the school in 2012 after Bukedea …
Read More »Security guard in Bukedea lynched over cattle theft
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A private security guard attached to Corporate Security Service Uganda limited has been lynched by a mob in Kakere village, Kocheka sub county in Bukedea district. The security guard was identified as Robert Okello, working at Tujenge company limited. The mob lynched him as he …
Read More »Bukedea residents plead with security heads over cattle theft
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bukedea district are pleading with heads of security over the increasing cases of cattle theft. The residents say that they are losing cattle almost on a daily basis to unknown people. Their concern follows the alleged involvement of security officers in the vice …
Read More »District health educator arrested for swindling Covid-19 funds
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Bukedea have arrested the District Health Educator Ben Ekou, for allegedly swindling more than 60 million Shillings meant for the facilitation of Village Health Teams-VHTs. The money was part of government’s intervention in enhancing surveillance of Covid-19 cases in the villages. Each …
Read More »Bukedea stores manager in trouble over missing NAADs hoes
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Bukedea have arrested the store manager of Bukedea District Local Government over the disappearance of 1,648 hand hoes under the National Agriculture Advisory Services- NAADs program. The hoes were stolen the previous week, but the authorities discovered them missing last Friday when …
Read More »Isolated in the bush, Makerere student burnt charcoal to keep warm
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A third year student of Makerere University Business School who was isolated in the bush by his family for fear of possible Covid-19 infection at Kakero village in Kangole sub county of Bukedea district, resorted to charcoal burning as part of his treatment. Shunned like …
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