Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six people have earned themselves a one year sentence in Katojo government prison for trafficking students with an intention of extorting money from them. The six appeared Wednesday before the Fort Portal Chief Magistrate, Phionah Sheilla Angula, who sentenced them on their own guilty plea. …
Read More »Maize millers in Fort Portal blame farmers for poor quality produce
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maize millers in Fort Portal City have faulted maize farmers for the poor quality of maize flour produced. The maize millers said this during an engagement on Friday between officials from Uganda National Bureau of Standards – UNBS and Small and Medium Enterprises- SMEs …
Read More »FORT PORTAL: Five students conned in job scam
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five students are stuck at East Division Police Station in Fort Portal after they were conned in a job scam. The students from Mbale and Bulambuli districts who are in senior four and six vacation were allegedly promised jobs by Empowered Consumerism in Africa Company. …
Read More »MTN Uganda set to sponsor the Tooro Kingdom end-of-year party
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the year 2022 comes to an end, MTN Uganda has announced its sponsorship of the Tooro Kingdom end-of-year party set to be held in Fort Portal City this Saturday. The announcement was made today, in a press conference held at the Tooro Kingdom …
Read More »Fort Portal city mayor’s vehicle impounded over debt
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The official vehicle of the Fort Portal city mayor has been impounded by court bailiffs over a debt amounting to 37 million Shillings. The impounded vehicle is an Isuzu double cabin registration number LG 0009 116, which the City Mayor, Edson Asaba Ruyonga has been …
Read More »Fear in Fort Portal after discovery of dead bodies near places of worship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Fort Portal city are in fear after discovering two people suspected to have been murdered and their bodies dumped near places of worship. on Friday morning, a body of an unidentified man was found dumped along the road to St Charles Lwanga Catholic …
Read More »Police investigate murder of banking agent
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Fort Portal are hunting for unknown assailants behind the murder of a female banking agent. Vincent Twesige, the Rwenzori West Police spokesperson identified the deceased as 23-year-old Sarah Ahaisibwe, who has been working as an agent banker at her aunt’s shop identified …
Read More »Baby Coach, boda boda accident leaves 1 dead in Fort Portal
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died and six others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Baby Coach bus and Boda boda in Kachamba trading center along the Fort Portal- Kasese road. The accident occurred when the Baby coach bus registration number UAU 503L veered off …
Read More »Successful emyooga groups in Fort Portal to receive additional funds
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 20 Emyooga SACCOs in Fort Portal city have been selected to benefit from an additional seed capital of 20 Million Shillings each from the government. Angalia Kasigwa Godwin, the Resident City Commissioner of Fort Portal says that the SACCOs were selected to benefit from …
Read More »Fort Portal city gets new acting city clerk
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ben Kumumanya, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government has appointed the Rukungiri District Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Richard Kagaba Ndora, as the acting Fort Portal city clerk. In his November 3rd, 2022 letter to Kagaba, Kumumanya says the appointment takes immediate …
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