Tag Archives: Kabale

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale Municipality authorities have issued a ban on street food vending as one of the preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID -19). Food vendors were mostly operating along Mitchel road behind Equity Bank, infront of Kabale municipal yard along Kabale-Mbarara highway, Kigongi, …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Metropolitan Innocentious Byakatonda, the Orthodox Archbishop in Charge of Burundi and Rwanda is among the 95 travelers quarantined at Kirigime Guest house in Kabale district. The 95 were traveling in two Jaguar buses from Rwanda to Uganda. They were initially confined at the no …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security officials on Saturday dispersed mourners at the burial of the late Amon Paddy Amanya, a businessman in Kabale town. Amanya was found killed by yet to be identified assailants on Tuesday and his body dumped on the roadside near highland tea factory in …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders and environmentalists in Kabale and Rubanda districts are advocating for the transformation of Lake Bunyonyi and its basin into a Ramsar site. A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention that was established in 1971 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale district National Resistance Movement (NRM) youth leaders are protesting the declaration of Ezra Aryanyijuka as the party’s National Youth Council Finance Secretary. Aryanyijuka was declared unopposed by the NRM district registrar Maurice Mugenga Keitaba during polls held on Tuesday at Kabale district council hall. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The supervisor of Saracen Security Company in Kabale has committed suicide. Denis Musinguzi, 29 years, a resident of Bugongi in Northern division, Kabale municipality shot himself dead on Thursday. Brian Ampeire, the Kabale District Police Commander says that Musinguzi shot himself dead in front …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kabale municipality is battling a water crisis this festive season. According to residents, the problem has persisted since November this year. Elias Muhereza, a hotel owner along Bwankosya road in Kabale municipality, says the water crisis has taken a huge toll on his business. Muhereza …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel consumers in Kigezi sub-region are asking the government to consider setting up standard prices for fuel. Currently, fuel prices are set by the various dealers as determined by the forces of demand and supply. But the consumers in Kabale district argue that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anti-riot police on Wednesday foiled a demonstration of over 40 pork dealers in Kabale district who were demanding for the immediate lifting of the quarantine. In September veterinary authorities in Kabale and Rubanda districts imposed a quarantine following an outbreak of the African swine …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A generator worth 300 million shillings is wasting away at Kamukira Health Centre IV in Kabale Municipality because of lack of funds to install it. The generator was purchased for the facility in February by Mobile Telecommunication Network-MTN. However, since then, the generator has …