Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in the Albertine region has refuted claims that they were involved in a heavy gunfire exchange with strangers who had invaded Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kikuube district. On Monday night, reports emerged that some strangers had invaded Kasonga trading center that is situated …
Read More »Kikuube leaders ask Hoima sugar to let encroachers harvest their crops
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Kikuube are pleading with Hoima Sugar Limited to allow people who had encroached on their land in Bugoma forest reserve to first harvest their crops before they are discontinued from using the land. Police backed by Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers last month …
Read More »Kikuube district halts sand mining without certificates
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube District Local Government has stopped all illegal sand mining activities in Kisenyi village, Kinogozi parish. The district leadership promised it will ensure that all sand miners in the area stop the mining operations and apply for environmental clearance certificates, from the district natural …
Read More »Evicted residents in Kikuube district face starvation
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 residents of Kyangwali sub county in Kikuube district who were brutally evicted from their land are at the verge of starvation. The affected are mainly women, men and children from Bukinda A and B, Bukinda 2, Kavule, Bwizibwera A and B, Kyeya A …
Read More »23 arrested over Kikuube land conflict
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-three suspects are in police custody at Kikuube central police station for allegedly beating a man to coma over a land conflict. Some of the suspects that include both men and women have only been identified as Opar, Ofoi, Mita, Ogenrwoth, Aduba, Joyce, Jarieko and Uucha, …
Read More »Minister Onek, Kikuube leaders clash over Bukinda evictees
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hilary Obaloker Onek has clashed with Kikuube district officials over his directives to chase people who were evicted from Kyangwali refugee settlement from the office of the Resident District Commissioner. The affected family members have pitched camp …
Read More »Kikuube beneficiaries given one week ultimatum to return emyooga funds
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kikuube district are struggling to recover a sum of 1.12 billion Shillings that was distributed to various savings groups under a presidential initiative commonly known as emyooga. The presidential initiative was rolled out in October 2020 to support among others, market vendors, welders, …
Read More »50 year old arrested over aggravated defilement
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kikuube have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly defiling an 8 year old girl. The suspect has been identified as Milton Sunday, a resident of Nyairongo village in Kaseeta Parish, Kabwoya sub county. He was arrested on Saturday. It is alleged that on …
Read More »20 students from Hoima school of nursing injured in motor accident
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 20 students of Hoima school of Nursing and Midwifery have been rushed to Hoima Regional Referral Hospital in critical condition after a motor accident in Kikuube district. The accident occurred at Nyarongo village, Kabwoya sub-county as more than 60 students on board were …
Read More »Kikuube leaders halt Bugoma forest boundary reopening
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube district authorities have halted the ongoing Bugoma forest boundary reopening exercise. In November last year, the government through the Ministry of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development embarked on the long-awaited reopening of the Bugoma forest reserve boundary. Covering 410 square kilometers of a protected area …
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