Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom has distanced itself from allegations that it entered a Memorandum of Understanding with unidentified people to cut trees in Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district. This follows a rumor that started doing rounds last month indicating that the kingdom had signed an …
Read More »Omukama Iguru calls for violence free campaigns, elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Dr Solomon Gafubusa Iguru I has called for violence free elections. Iguru asked the electorate and candidates to shun any acts of violence ahead of the 2021 elections. In a message read at the Kingdom Palace by Andrew Byakutaga, the …
Read More »Families neighboring Bugoma forest living in fear of eviction
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 families in three sub-counties neighboring the contested Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district are living in fear that their ancestral land could be grabbed by Hoima Sugar Limited if the company wins the battle to destroy Bugoma forest reserve for sugarcane …
Read More »Former Bunyoro-Kitara Premier Prof Yoramu Barongo has passed on
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom is mourning the death of Professor Yoramu Barongo, the former kingdom primer minister. Barongo died on Friday at his home in Muyenga Kampala after battling high blood pressure. Barongo served as Bunyoro Kingdom Prime Minister from 1994 to 1999. He was …
Read More »Bunyoro Kitara kingdom mourns prince John Muniongo
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom is mourning the death of Prince John Hope Rubale Muniongo. Muniongo 77, died on Wednesday at his Ancestral home in Duhaga cell Kahoora Divison Hoima Municipality from cancer. He was the Chief adviser to Bunyoro Kitara King Dr Solomon Gafabusa Iguru on …
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