Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City South Division is seeking 50 Million Shillings to construct temporary structures to host part of their offices at their division gardens. Established in 2020, Mbarara City South Division is made of three former Divisions of Kakoba, Nyamitanga and Nyakayojo following the elevation of …
Read More »Mbarara city council allocates 100 million for hosting first festival
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Council has allocated 100 Million Shillings towards hosting the first edition of a City Festival. The City Festival has been scheduled to take place in January next year. The money that was raised through local revenue had been allocated for utilization during the …
Read More »Mbarara security committee orders closure of seven abattoirs
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city security committee has resolved to close seven slaughter slabs as one of the measures to fight the increasing cattle thefts. The affected include Kiboona, Kikoona, Mile itano, Kakiika, Kichwamba, Matojo, and Nyakayojo abattoirs, which are spread in Mbarara City Southern and Northern Divisions. Moses …
Read More »Nyamitanga Technical Institute wants education minister to fulfil UGX 2bn pledge
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nyamitanga Technical Institute in Mbarara City has asked the Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni to fulfill the pledge of shs 2 billion. Mrs. Museveni in 2019 pledged to support the institute for the construction of a six-storied classroom block. Speaking at the graduation …
Read More »NARO launches anti-tick vaccine in Mbarara
Mbarara, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Ministers, Members of Parliament, and National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) scientists late last week commissioned the trial of an anti-tick vaccine in Mbarara district to protect cattle from ticks and related diseases. The first scientific launch on Thursday at the Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and …
Read More »Mbarara science university develops new organic fertilizer
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara University of Science and Technology has developed a new organic fertilizer. The Organic Fertilizer, I-Soft Organic Fertilizer was innovated and developed by students of the Faculty of Agriculture and Livelihood in collaboration with the Mbarara Grapes Farmers Association, and Mbarara Agricultural Research Development …
Read More »High Court in Mbarara to prosecute 60 SGBV cases
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara High Court is set to hear 60 cases related to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence-SBGV in Bushenyi district. The sessions will be presided over by Lady Justice Joyce Kavuma, the senior Resident Judge for Mbarara High Court Circuit. Out of the 60 cases, 48 are defilement …
Read More »Mbarara district registers decline in early infant HIV infections
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara district has registered a decline in early infant HIV infections in the last six months. Chris Nahabwe, the Mbarara district HIV Focal Person, says between October 2021 and March 2022, only one infant tested HIV positive at all the five health centers in the …
Read More »Gov’t to construct primary schools in newly created town councils
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is set to construct four primary schools in the newly created town councils in Mbarara district. The town councils have been operational since the 2019/20 financial year. The schools approved for construction are Nyabisirira Primary School in Nyabisirira town council, Kacerere …
Read More »Museveni to offer land to Indian banana stem processor
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to provide land in Mbarara to prospective Indian Investors who are proposing to set up a factory that uses banana stems to produce liquid fertilizer, thread, cloth, and biogas. The President made the commitment on Friday while meeting the …
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