Kiryandongo , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Three suspects are in custody at Kiryandongo Central Police Station for the illegal possession of wildlife products. The suspects are Bernard Enying, 29, a resident of Kigumba Town Council, Eston Nyitu, 33, a resident of Kibiramatu village in Kigumba Sub County, and John Onek, …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A hippopotamus has killed 12 cows and injured 20 others in Kikuube district. The hippo has been raiding Kyehoro lower and Kyehoro upper landing sites in Nkondo parish, Kabwoya sub-county for the past two weeks, the latest being on Thursday night. The hippo emerges from …
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Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two teenagers in Rakai district have died in a hippopotamus attack in Lake Kijjanebarola. The dead are Kaggwa Ssekiranda,16, and Godfrey Mugabi,17, both residents of Kirindamariga village in Lwanda sub-county. The two were fishing in Lake Kijjanebarola when the hippo attacked them. It is …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA rangers have killed one of the seven stray hippopotami that have been terrorizing residents of Kanyangeya cell in Nyamwamba Division in Kasese Municipality. Kanyangeya cell is adjacent to River Nyamwaba. The hippo that escaped from Queen Elizabeth national park has been staying …
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