Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district leaders have questioned the government’s commitment to permanently resettle the internally displaced persons-IDPs that are camped in Muhokya. Last year, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja directed the Ministers of Luwero-Rwenzori Affairs, ICT and National Guidance, and Members of Parliament from Kasese to identify land …
Read More »PDM leaders in Kasese gets motorcycles
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 44 motorcycles have been delivered to LC III chairpersons in Kasese district to aid them to monitor the implementation of the Parish Development Model Programme-PDM. The programme is a new government initiative intended at uplifting 39 per cent of Ugandans who are …
Read More »Contactor embarks on desilting of River Nyamwamba
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The much-anticipated desilting of River Nyamwamba has started in Kasese district. The exercise will be undertaken by Ambitious Construction Company under a 17 billion Shillings project, with activities covering a distance of 5.4 kilometres along three major hotspots. River Nyamwamba has in the recent past …
Read More »Court orders fresh elections in Busongora South constituency
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has nullified the victory of Gideon Thembo Mujungu as the Busongora South Member of Parliament in Kasese district. This follows a successful appeal lodged by his independent rival, Mbaju Kathika. In 2021, the Electoral Commission declared Mujungu, who ran on the …
Read More »Stray elephants kill resident in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another person has been killed by a stray elephant in Kasese district. The victim identified as Osbert Nuwamanya, a resident of Bigando village, Kitswamba sub county, becomes the fifth person to be killed by an elephant in a space of two years. Nuwamanya was attacked …
Read More »Teachers abandon Mahango seed school
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers have abandoned Mahango seed secondary school in Mahango sub county, Kasese district compelling parents to withdraw their children. Teacher absenteeism has also led to the collapse of the Advanced level section in the school. The enrolment of the school has since gone down to …
Read More »Fire guts Bwera SS dormitories
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has razed down four dormitories at Bwera Senior Secondary School in Kasese district. Each dormitory was accommodating 30 students. According to a source in the school, there were no casualties as the students were attending preps when the fire broke out on Tuesday night. …
Read More »Minority tribes call for establishment of cultural museums
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Indigenous minority tribes in Kasese district have asked the government through the Ministries of Gender, Labour and Social Development, and Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities for support to establish cultural museums to preserve their culture that is on the verge of extinction. They argue that cultural …
Read More »Gov’t tasked to scale-up River Nyamwamba restoration plan
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing response to control flooding of River Nyamwamba in Kasese district only covers 5% of the total catchment and most of the work is on an emergency basis, David Duli, the Country Director of World Wide Fund for Nature-WWF has revealed. According to Duli, …
Read More »Senior one student in Kasese delivers in the bush
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kinyabwamba-Kahembe village in Kitswamba sub-county, Kasese district are reeling from shock after finding a senior student of Hima Progressive High School in Hima town council, hiding with her new born in the bush. The teenager whose name has been held because she is …
Read More »