Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in the Rwizi Region have retrieved the body of a woman believed to be Judith Kyarisima , a senior midwife at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, who went missing last week. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police spokesperson, stated that Kyarisima, 50, the wife …
Read More »Mbarara police stranded with body retrieved from river Rwizi
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbarara is stranded with a body of unidentified man believed to be in his 20s. The body was retrieved from River Rwizi at Katera cell, Ruti ward, Nyamitanga division, Mbarara municipality on Saturday evening. According to Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson …
Read More »Environmentalists in search of UGX 2 Billion to clear water hyacinth on River Rwizi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Environment Management Authority-NEMA is in search of two billion Shillings to clear the water hyacinth from River Rwizi. The river, which is the lifeline of millions of people in the Ankole area, has had its water levels dwindling seriously as a result of …
Read More »Manual removal of water hyacinth worries environmentalists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A row has erupted between the leaders of Isingiro and Mbarara districts in western Uganda and the National Environment Management Authority-NEMA over a move to manually remove the water hyacinth from River Rwizi. Leaders from the two districts mobilized locals to use local tools …
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