Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Kikuube district have tasked members of the opposition in Parliament to compel the government and oil companies to immediately compensate them for their land which was taken to facilitate the smooth running of the …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,500 families from six villages in Kikuube district are facing forceful eviction from their ancestral land. The affected families are located in Ndongo, Kisoba, Kahara, Nyanseke, Nyakabaale, and Hohwa villages, in Kaseeta parish, Kabwoya lower sub-county. The land in question measures 501 hectares …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials have ruled out an outbreak of Ebola in Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kikuube district. There was panic among refugees at the settlement after two of the refugees presented with symptoms similar to those of Ebola. The patients both men aged 40 and …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents neighboring the contested Bugoma forest reserve in Kikuube district are protesting the ongoing boundary exercise. In November last year, the government through the Ministry of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development and the National Forestry Authority-NFA started opening the boundaries of Bugoma central forest reserve. …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A hippopotamus has killed 12 cows and injured 20 others in Kikuube district. The hippo has been raiding Kyehoro lower and Kyehoro upper landing sites in Nkondo parish, Kabwoya sub-county for the past two weeks, the latest being on Thursday night. The hippo emerges from …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security officials in the Albertine region have released and deported 35 Congolese fishermen who were arrested on the Lake Albert waters in Kikuube district. The Congolese fishermen were arrested on August 1, 2022 while carrying out fishing activities in the Ugandan waters near Sebigoro landing site. …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bwera LCI in Kyangwali sub county, Kikuube district have killed 40 cows and torched four houses belonging to Pastor George Baguma from Bwera Miracle church over land wrangles. The more than 500 residents are feuding with the pastor over approximately 300 acres of land …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Bunyoro kingdom officials in Kikuube district are in police custody on allegations of extortion of up to Shillings 150million. The suspects are Gerald Baleke and Moses Busobozi, the chiefs of Buhaguzi and Kyangwali counties respectively under the Bunyoro Kitara kingdom. They were picked up …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube Resident District Commissioner-RDC Amlan Tumusiime is considering resettling over 1,000 people back on their ancestral land. The affected people have since February pitched camp outside the RDC’s office demanding his intervention to help them resettle on their land. The affected people mainly women and …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of district councilors in Kikuube have tabled a motion to censure three members of the District Executive Committee-DEC over allegations of corruption and forgery. The motion to censure Vincent Alpha Opio, the district Vice-Chairperson, the Secretary for works, and Nicholas Kiiza, the Secretary …
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