Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Silvester Byaruhanga in his 30s was on Saturday been electrocuted in Kabale District. It is suspected that he was trying to stealing a live electric wire that had fallen off the 3-phase line. The incident happened early morning at Mundeeba Timber business centre in …
Read More »Clinical Officer who confessed in Church to killing transferred to Kabale
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 24-year-old clinical officer who, over the weekend, confessed in church to killing a 45-year-old woman in a lodge has been transferred from Kampala to Kabale for further investigations. Clinton Mwesiime, a clinical officer attached to Hamurwa Health Centre IV in Hamurwa Town Council, Rubanda …
Read More »Kabale RDC orders investigation of companies over incompetence
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Godfrey Nyakahuma, Kabale Resident District Commissioner has ordered for investigation of five companies over incompetence. The companies are: Treijing Engineering Services Limited, Adwyc Contractors and Suppliers Limited, JIT Projects Limited, Adix Plumbers and Engineers Limited and Redstone Holdings Limited. Adwyc was contracted to rehabilite …
Read More »Kabale procurement officer petitions court over interdiction
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale High Court has fixed July 10, as the date to start hearing a petition in which Mercy Atuhaire ,the Kabale district senior procurement officer protesting her interdiction. In a letter dated June 18 and signed by John Asiimwe, Kabale District Chief Administrative Officer, …
Read More »School ordered to pay shs25 million to father of abducted child
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court sitting in Kabale has ordered the management committee of Bishop Asili Nursery Day and Boarding Primary School in Kabale Municipality to pay 25 million Shillings to Tadeo Ruzindantaro as general damages over the disappearance of his daughter. The case stems from …
Read More »Angry parents burn home of teacher Expedito, accuse him of bringing ‘demons’ to school
Local leaders alleged that Expedito once lured a pupil and participated in the slaughter of a hen at the school, an act after which the problems reportedly began. Expedito and his family are currently on the run. Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angry parents from Iziniro Village in Birambo Parish, …
Read More »Power, internet challenges hampering health Services at Kabale hospital
KABALE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Low internet bandwidth and intermittent power supply are hampering the effectiveness of digital health services and CT scan operations at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. In late 2023, the Ministry of Health rolled out the Digitization and Health Information System to streamline patient management, prescriptions, …
Read More »Bishop Akanjuna demands immediate approval for Kabale City operationalization
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bishop of Kigezi Diocese Rt. Rev. Gaddie Akanjuna, has called on government to expedite the operationalization of Kabale Tourism City, urging swift action to turn Kabale Municipality into a city as initially planned for 2023. Kabale was one of the municipalities slated for city …
Read More »Sino Minerals granted permission to establish pig iron plant in Kabale
KABALE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has granted permission to Sino Minerals Investments Company Limited, a Chinese company, to establish a Pig iron factory in Kabale district. A pig iron plant is a facility where molten iron, also known as pig iron, is produced from iron ore. Pig iron is …
Read More »UCC Kabale struggles to attract students amid infrastructure, funding challenges
KABALE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda College of Commerce (UCC) Kabale is facing a sharp decline in student enrollment, a concern attributed to growing competition and dilapidated infrastructure. Established in 1983 under the government of President Milton Obote to extend business-focused tertiary education to western Uganda, UCC Kabale once …
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