Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have impounded a government vehicle that belongs to Busia district local government for alleged misuse. Police intercepted the vehicle after finding it loaded with Sand at Busime landing site in Busime sub-county destined for an unknown location. Mathew Tusubira, the Busia Deputy Resident District …
Read More »Busia RDC warns money changers against conning clients
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mathew Tusubira, the Busia deputy resident district commissioner-RDC has warned money changers operating at Busia border over fraudulent acts while exchanging currencies for their clients. He says that they have registered several complaints from traders and travelers who were conned by the money changers in …
Read More »Armed thugs shoot dead Busia money changer
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown armed robbers have shot dead a money changer in Busia district and made off with Shillings 6 million and a motorcycle. The deceased is 38 year old Steven Egesa, a resident of Asopotoite B village in Sikuda sub-county. He succumbed to several bullet wounds …
Read More »Busia residents assault Umeme field officers for disconnecting their meters
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Umeme field officers are nursing injuries after being attacked by Busia residents for disconnecting their meters. The two officials whose names were not readily available were attacked in Kisenyi A village in the Western Division of Busia municipality after residents found them on one …
Read More »RDC halts distribution of poor quality fingerlings
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busia Deputy Resident District Commissioner Mathew Tusubira has halted the distribution of fish fingerlings to farmers over poor quality. Busia district on Monday received 5,000 tilapia and catfish fingerlings worth 100.2 million Shillings to benefit 24 fish farmers under the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program. …
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