Tag Archives: Busoga

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Muvawala, the Busoga Kingdom Prime Minister has challenged Basoga to invest their savings in income generating activities like agriculture rather than building mansions in their villages. Speaking at the Busoga Development Forum convention, held at the Jinja City on Friday, Muvawala who is …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busoga Kingdom Tourism Minister, Hellen Namutamba, has challenged the Basoga in the diaspora to invest in the development of tourism sites across the Busoga sub-region. Namutamba says that the development will increase their revenue income. While speaking in an interview with URN on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers in Busoga can now access up to Shs100 million in unsecured farmer loans repayable within two years at an interest rate of 2% per month courtesy of a new partnership between Stanbic Bank, Kakira sugar works, and Busoga Sugarcane Growers Association. Dubbed the …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has teamed up with Busoga Kingdom cultural leaders to reduce the rate of new TB infections within the sub-region. Busoga region registered 1,167 new TB infections in 2022. Records show that several victims were unaware of the exact source of …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga East police have rescued nine UMEME employees who were deployed to disconnect illegal power lines in Iwumba village in Buwaya Sub County in Mayuge district. The UMEME team descended on the area on Wednesday to crack down on illegal power connections where residents …

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, has asked leaders in the Busoga sub-region to stand up against abuse of child rights, especially girls. Speaking at a fundraising drive for the construction of a girls’ hostel at Bukuwa Primary School in Bunya South, in Mayuge district, Among said …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Key National Unity Platform-NUP party officials in Busoga have welcomed the suspension of five party officials in their region for alleged misconduct. On Thursday last week, NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi suspended the deputy head of mobilization, Moses Bigirwa, Andrew Muwanguzi, the acting head of patriotism …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The president of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine suspended four party leaders in Busoga Sub-region for causing divisions within the party. The suspended include; deputy secretary for mobilization Eastern region Moses Bigirwa, Saulo Nsongambi the Acting district party chairperson for …

Kaliro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Busoga North, have arrested five people for allegedly having links with the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels in Kaliro District. The suspects who are detained at Kaliro Central Police Station include; Andrew Kaamu, Bashir Baligeya, Michael Waiswa, Sharifu Namugire, and Lydia Mukyala. Their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deputy director of counter-terrorism in the Uganda Police Force, David Wasswa, has said that Busoga sub-region still tops the list of vulnerable spaces for terrorism recruitment in the country. While addressing journalists at the sidelines of their three-day sensitization drive for rallying largely Muslim clerics …