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Kabale reports over 1300 teenage pregnancies in 11 months

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to one thousand four hundred (1396) girls aged between 15-19 years in Kabale district were impregnated between July 2023-June 2024. According to Monica Muhumuza Nzeirwe, Kabale District Senior Probation officer, among the impregnated include four girls who are aged below the age of 15. …

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Three Kigezi high school students remanded for causing grevious harm

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three students from Kigezi High School in Kabale district have been charged and remanded to prison for causing grievous harm to a colleague. Those remanded were identified as Japheth Owoyesiga,19, a resident of Rwamucucu sub-county in Rukiga district, Lucy Ainebyoona, 20, a resident of Rwamagara …

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Kabale authorities start evicting roadside vendors

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale Municipality authorities have started evicting roadside vendors following the directive of Local Government Minister, Raphael Magyezi. During his visit last week to preside over the fresh verification of vendors and allocation of lockups in Kabale Central Market, Magyezi ordered the eviction of all roadside …

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Police officers arrested for shooting drunk man dead

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The officer in charge and a police constable attached to Nyanja police post in Maziba sub county, Kabale district are in trouble for fatally shooting a revealer. OC Sergeant John Tumwesigye,59, and PC James Owomuhangi, are currently held at Kabale Central police station are accused …

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Kabale: Parents suggest national exams at lower primary

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education stakeholders in Kabale district want the government through the Ministry of Health and Education to establish a mechanism of setting uniform examinations at the national level for learners in lower classes. Currently, learners at the primary level sit the national Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) …

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Rwandan national arrested for stealing solar street lights

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Rwandan national in his 30s has been arrested after he was found vandalizing and plucking off a street solar panel along Jackson road in Central Division, Kabale municipality. Alphonse Shirmak currently being held at Kabale Police station was found on Wednesday morning at around …

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‘Shoot on-site criminals targeting solar street lights’

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security authorities have recommended shooting on-site criminals found vandalizing solar street lights installed along streets in Kabale municipality. Authorities revealed the recommendation on Friday during the commissioning of a shilling 1.99 billion solar street light project under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) …

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Kabale ICT officer accused of grabbing gov’t land, houses

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tobias Habasa, the Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) Officer of Kabale District, is under scrutiny for allegedly acquiring a land title illegally and encroaching on government land and structures owned by the Fisheries Department. The disputed plot, numbered 36-37, is situated along Nyakeirima Road, Nyakeirima …

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