Tag Archives: Hoima

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Bunyoro Kingdom has opposed a government proposal to establish a geothermal electricity project at Kibiro hot springs in Hoima district. The hot springs, located 35-kilometres North of Hoima town in Kigorobya sub county, form a water stream that meanders into Lake Albert. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Residents and local leaders from Hoima and Kikuube districts are demanding for better services before the actualization of the commercial oil production. They argue that although the government has tried to upgrade some schools and health facilities, the rural areas remain under served and seriously …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Civil Society Organizations-CSOs in Hoima are up in arms against lodges and bars for allegedly disposing off used condoms in the open. Robina Tibakanya, the coordinator of National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS-NACWOLA notes that lodges and bars dump used condoms in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Health officials in Hoima district are concerned about the entry of Congolese businessmen taking advantage of ungazzetted landing sites along Lake Albert shores to cross into Uganda without being screened for Ebola. The Congolese businessmen crosses into Uganda during night hours through the porous border …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Tension is high among communities on the proposed route for the crude oil pipeline in Rakai and Kyotera districts as thugs raid their homes demanding for compensation money. Hundreds of people in Rakia and Kyotera districts required to vacate their land are upon compensation to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Ugandan fishermen have been abducted on Lake Albert in Hoima district by militiamen reportedly from the Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC. The abducted fishermen have only been identified as: Okello, Jawia, Onen and Osaga all attached to Kijangi landing site in Buseruka sub …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A team of detectives from the Land Protection Unit at the Criminal Investigations Department-CID headquarters Kibuli has pitched camp in Hoima district to investigate the violent eviction of over 2,000 people from their homes in Katerega parish in Buhanika sub-county in Hoima district. The officers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement Party Electoral Commission has been dragged to court for failure to conduct party primaries in Kigorobya county, Hoima district. Sixteen party members who were nominated for different political posts on the NRM ticket in the newly created sub-counties of Kisukuma, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The multi-billion shilling garbage recycling plant constructed in Hoima Municipality is lying idle seven years after it was constructed. The plant that was envisaged to turn garbage into manure was funded by World Bank through the National Environmental Management Authority-NEMA. Apart from aiding effective …

How Museveni escaped being bitten by Bobi Wine Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The loose coalition of opposition politicians, activists, and campaign strategists under the People Power umbrella entered Hoima district early to canvass support for the Forum for Deomcratic Change (FDC) candidate. They appeared in force and determined …