Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Raphael Magyezi, the Local Government Minister, has ordered the arrest of some officials and a fresh allocation of lockups and stalls in Kabale’s new central market. Magyezi made this announcement during a meeting with disgruntled vendors while presenting the findings of an investigative committee …
Read More »Kabale district struggles to settle 13 court cases
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale district local government is battling 13 court cases, some of which have been ongoing since 2011, according to Gordon Manzi, the Kabale District Principal Assistant Secretary. Some of the cases include civil suit number 93 of 2015 of Biganja George and Kisamunyu Deogratius …
Read More »Chief Finance, Production officers quizzed as PDM launch flops in Kabale
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale District Production and Marketing Officer Beda Mwebesa, and the District Chief Finance Officer Julius Mujuni, have been tasked to explain why the Parish Development Model-PDM is struggling in the area. The matter came up during a meeting that had been organised between parish, sub-county …
Read More »KABALE: Three killed in road crash
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been killed in a road crash in Kabale District. The crash which occurred on Thursday at 11:30 pm at Butare village along Katuna-Kabale-Mbarara Highway involved a Simba Bus and a Mercedes Benz. According to eyewitnesses, the bus registration number KCG 888F was …
Read More »Court orders auction of Kabale district vehicles
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kabale has ordered that three vehicles belonging to Kabale district local government be auctioned after the district failed to pay 60.7 Million Shillings to a contractor. The vehicles facing auction are attached to the office of the LCV Chairperson, District …
Read More »Suspects forgot hat at scene where UPDF soldier was murdered
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first arrest in the killing a Uganda Peoples Defense Force -UPDF soldier in Kabale district was made possible by the carelessness of one of the suspected killers when he left hat and walking stick at the scene of murder. Private Patrick Byamukama, 31, …
Read More »Contractor refuses to handover Kabale Hospital staff hostel citing unpaid balance
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Musuuza Building Contractors Limited, the construction company building a staff hostel at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, has declined to hand over the completed structure. The contractor cites unpaid extra balance as the reason for their refusal. The staff hostel, valued at Sh7.8 billion, was …
Read More »UNRA needs three weeks to repair Kabale-Kisoro road
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has announced that it will require approximately three weeks to repair the damaged section of the Kabale-Kisoro road and make it motorable. The road section collapsed at Bwaara village on Thursday morning, resulting in heavy traffic on both …
Read More »Court gives councilor time to respond to case against Kabale District
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kabale has given Leopold Twesigye, the Central Division Councilor in Kabale district up to May 11 to file a response to the Attorney General’s submission asking for settling of the case against Kabale District Local Government out of court and …
Read More »Missing Kabale University student found dead, boyfriend attempts suicide
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered the decomposing body of Sarah Naturinda, a second-year student at Kabale university. Naturinda’s body was found in her rented room in Rwamukundi village, Kirigime ward, Southern division in Kabale Municipality around 11 pm on Tuesday night. The deceased’s father, Naris Ndanganwa, says that his daughter was last seen …
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