Kikuube, uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dormitory at St. Regina Nursery and Primary School in Kikuube town council, Kikuube district, was gutted by a fire on Monday afternoon, leaving numerous pupils devastated after losing their belongings. The incident occurred around 12 pm while pupils from different classes were attending …
Read More »
Kikube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from Kikuube district are calling on the government to urgently resettle over 1,000 individuals who were forcibly evicted from their ancestral land in Kyangwali sub-county within the Bugoma forest reserve. The affected group consists of men, women, and children who were forcefully removed …
Read More »
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Paul Mugabe, the Buhaguzi Constituency Mechanic Emyooga Saving and Credit Co-operative Society-SACCO chairperson in Kikuube district is in police custody for allegedly swindling Shilling 15 million belonging to the SACCO. He was arrested on Tuesday on the directives of Haruna Kasolo, the State Minister for …
Read More »
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people perished in a fatal accident along the Hoima-Kaiso-Tonya Road in Kikuube district. The deceased persons whose particulars are yet to be established were travelling in a Fuso truck registration number UAZ 178Z travelling from Hoima city to Kaiso Landing Site. The accident occurred near …
Read More »
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is set to avail 22,000 land titles to Kikuube residents at a reduced cost to combat the escalating land grabbing cases in the district. The initiative to be implemented by the Lands, Housing and Urban Development Ministry and funded by the World Bank …
Read More »
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security operation involving the police and Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF personnel has netted four people accused of engaging in illegal activities in Bugoma forest reserve in Kikuube district. The suspects are Vereriano Byamukama, Justus Agaba, Robert Muhwezi, and Hillary Byarugaba, all residents of Karwensanga …
Read More »
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube District Security Committee has ordered more than 300 squatters on part of the land Hoima sugar limited leased from Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom in Bugoma forest to vacate with immediate effect. The affected are part of more than 20,000 people who encroached on part of …
Read More »
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Bebwa, the Kikuube district land board chairperson is on the spot for authorizing an unlawful survey and allocation of land. The land in question measures approximately 307 hectares located in three villages of Nyasenge B, Katoma, and Karujumba II in Kyangwali sub-county, Kikuube district. …
Read More »
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four suspects are in police custody in Masindi district for the alleged murder of 43-year-old Julius Irumba, the LCI Chairperson of Musaijamukuru village in Buhimba sub-county. They are Richard Nyaika 38, a resident of Bweyale in Kiryandongo, Stephen Aliganyira 32, a resident of Bucunga village …
Read More »
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amlan Tumusiime, the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner has petitioned Sam Mayanja, the State Minister for Lands, about the issuance of fraudulently acquired land titles. In his petition dated October 24, 2022, the RDC contends that the current situation of land eviction threats in the district …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price