Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kapchorwa are asking municipal authorities to formulate an ordinance to regulate street children in the municipality. They say that the rapid growth in the number of street children is causing insecurity. The demand follows an incident where two street children from Kapchorwa were …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Sebei and Elgon sub-region have embraced farming in the second season, following the reduction in the prices of fertilizers, a major input for crops. The price of a 50-kilogram bag of fertilizer in the first season was 300,000 Shillings but currently, it has reduced …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) has confirmed the date for the National Mountain Running Championships in Kapchorwa. According to Benjamin Njia, the Uganda Athletics Federation National coach and vice president of technical, the championships will be held on October 1st. He says that the championship …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy winds have blown off the roof of Kapwirow Christian Nursery school in Kapchorwa district killing a pupil and injuring 18 others. The deceased is 8-year-old Hamuza Labu, a top-class pupil and resident of Kapbukose cell in Kapchorwa town. The incident occurred on Wednesday during …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Simon Peter Kandole, the Chief Administrative Officer of Kapchorwa district has succumbed to COVID-19. Kandole breathed his last this morning at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital where he was admitted in intensive care in critical condition on Friday. Kapchorwa district LC V chairperson, Evelyn Kubalika says …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Kapchorwa has remanded twenty men suspected to be members of a cult. They appeared on Tuesday before Grade One Magistrate Kwizera Vian. They were arrested last week for holding an illegal assembly and unlawful procession. The group led by …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Incumbent Mayors in Busia, Tororo and Kapchorwa Municipalities have lost the bid to retain their seats. In Tororo Municipality, the incumbent John Opio lost to a businessman Kenneth Orono Onyapidi with just a margin of 133 votes. Orono garnered 3,284 votes against Opio’s 3151 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kapchorwa general hospital has halted services across departments after 50 of its staff members tested positive for coronavirus disease. The hospital is only open for emergency cases like accidents and deliveries according to a notice issued by the Kapchorwa district Chief Administrative Officer Simon …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A teenage girl is battling for her life at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital after being shot in the neck in an operation involving Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF and Local Defense Unit personnel in Kapchorwa district. The injured is Sandra Chemutai, a resident of Litei …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kapchorwa district officials have raised a red flag on the increasing cases of child labour. The vice is common in Kaptanya, Tereyet and Kapusenda sub-counties and Kapchorwa municipality. Children are mainly involved in vending vegetables, firewood, fish and charcoal among others. Tina Cheptoek, the Senior …
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