Tag Archives: Kyotera

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The oil palm project in Kyotera district has failed to take off due to the delayed boundary opening of Sango Bay land and registration of all Project Affected Persons-PAPs. The project was meant to start in January after compensation of PAPs which had been planned …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kyotera district in collaboration with the Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force-JATT have arrested three suspected terrorists and seized items used to assemble explosive devices. Muhammad Nsubuga, the Southern Regional police spokesperson says the suspects were arrested on Monday evening and are currently in …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several families affected by the proposed oil pipeline project in Rakai and Kyotera districts want the government, Total-Uganda and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Co. Ltd to halt the compensation plan and conduct a verification exercise to avoid paying ghost claimants. The families sight …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 400 residents of Katenju village in Kyasimbi parish, Nabigasa sub county, Kyotera district are living in fear of eviction from their homes. Emmanuel Bafiirawala, the LC I chairperson of Katenju village says a local businesswoman, Prossy Namirembe has served the residents with eviction …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Council (LC5) Chairpersons of Lwengo, Kyotera, Rakai, Sembabule and Gomba districts have formed a coalition to push for government funding to monitor the oil pipeline activities and have uniform royalties like the districts of the Bunyoro region. The leaders including Ibrahim Kitatta, the …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll from a raging ‘strange’ disease outbreak in Kyotera district has reached 10.  The latest victim is Francis Mugema, a Kijonjo parish councilor, who passed away on Friday last week. The rare disease was first reported in Nakatoke B village, Kijonjo parish, …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of nine people who were murdered in Kyotera, together with the district leaders have tasked Maj. Tom Magambo, the new Director of Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID, to re-investigate the case for justice. The appeal came up on Wednesday when the family held prayers for …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyotera police have rescued a four-month-old baby girl from a woman who stole her from her parents in Matugga-Kavule village, Wakiso district on Friday. The suspect is Sandra Nanyonga, a resident of Katwe village in Kalisizo town council. She is locked up at Kalisizo police …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Victims of the 2021 electoral violence in Kyotera district are still struggling to regain their full lives a year later. Nineteen opposition sympathizers, largely youths were kidnaped from their homes in Kasaali and Kyotera town councils in Kyotera district on the night of January 8th, …

Kyotera, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kyotera district has cautioned Ugandan revellers against crossing to Tanzania to allegedly attend New Year crossover concerts that have been organized in areas near the Ugandan border. The concerts include one organized by Abbey Musinguzi, the proprietor of Abitex Promotions and others …