Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic party leadership in Sironko is struggling to identify suitable candidates for elective positions in the district. Patrick Waniaye, the Sironko district LC V chairperson says that although they managed to hold primaries for the election of candidates for parliamentary and LC …
Read More »Gov’t starts second phase of relocating landslide victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has started the second phase of relocating the landslide victims in Bugisu sub-region. The affected people are being drawn from the districts of Bududa, Namisindwa, Bulambuli, Manafwa and Sironko. Resettlement of people living in high-risk areas of Mount Elgon region to Bunambutye sub …
Read More »Gov’t asked to support landslide victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have asked the government to support landslide victims in Sironko district. On Tuesday, landslides left several people dead while others remain trapped in the rubble. Reports indicate that River Sironko and River Namwege burst its banks, plunging the …
Read More »22-yr-old thrills in dfcu ‘rising woman’ competition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four years ago, Sandra Nakayenze set out to change the lives of women coffee farmers in the hills of Sironko district. The social, economic, religious and cultural hardships encountered by both young rural women and the girl child in her village compelled Nakayenze to form …
Read More »VIDEO: Sironko Mudslide Update: The Search for the Dead Hits a Snag
VIDEO: Sironko Mudslide Update: The Search for the Dead Hits a Snag Kampala, Uganda | NBS | Hopes of recovering any missing persons or their bodies in the Sironko Mudslides fade after equipment that was taken to assist in the search got stuck a few hours into the operation. Share on: …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Mudslides claim lives in Sironko
THIS WEEK: Mudslides claim lives in Sironko The mudslides that ravaged the mountainous district of Sironko in Eastern Uganda on Aug.28 is said to have left about four dead yet others were still missing by press time. According to Aid Organisation Red Cross, the mudslides destroyed villages of Marobo and …
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