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Hoima-Kampala road closed after River Kafu floods

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Hoima-Kampala highway has been temporarily closed due to the River Kafu bursting its banks as a result of heavy rainfall, causing flooding. The River Kafu serves as the border between the Hoima and Kyankwanzi districts. The river overflowed on Monday evening around 5 …

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Fire guts Hoima Chief Magistrates Court

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Fire has gutted the Hoima Chief Magistrates Court premises in Kijungu cell, Hoima City destroying several case files. The fire which started around 6 a.m. on Saturday is said to have started from the archives of the High Court, a few meters from the Albertine region police …

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RDC, DPC sued for forceful eviction of residents in Hoima

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The more than 500 residents of Hoima district who were evicted from their ancestral land in Hoima early this year, have sued the Hoima Deputy Resident District Commissioner Micheal Kyakashari, the District Police Commander Patrick Bogere and seven other people for unlawful eviction. The …

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Kyagulanyi blasts NRM govt over land evictions in Bunyoro

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, has criticized President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party for their perceived failure to address persistent land evictions and land grabbing in the Bunyoro sub-region …

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IGG concerned about slow works at Kabelega International Airport

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector general of government Betty Olive Kamya is concerned about the slow works at Kabalega International Airport in Hoima district. Construction works of the USD 309 million Airport financed by Standard Chartered Bank started in April 2018. The Airport is expected to play a …

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Uthman Mugisa wins Hoima LC V NRM primaries

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uthman Kadir Mugisa has emerged the winner of the National Resistance Movement-NRM Party Primaries for the Hoima LC V Chairperson seat. The victory of Mugisa, the son of the late former Hoima LCV Chairperson Kadir Kirungi, who lost his life in a motor accident …

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Minister hails growing interest in local tourism

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities has announced a significant rise in the number of Ugandans engaging in local tourism over the past two years. Martin Mugarra, the State Minister for Tourism, revealed that the count of Ugandan nationals visiting various domestic tourist …

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DTB opens new branch in Hoima City

  Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 17, Diamond Trust Bank opened a new branch in Hoima, along Main Street Hoima City in the mid-Western region of Uganda. The opening of the Hoima branch brings DTB Uganda’s branch network to 36.  This comes in line with the bank’s …

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‘Election of Bugungu Cultural leader illegal’

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hajji Yunus Kakande, the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, has expressed his concerns over the election of Norman Lukumu, the former Prime Minister of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, as the cultural leader of Bugungu (Mutebengwa). Kakande has raised questions about the legality …

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