Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The King of Tooro Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru IV has closed a three-day launch of a “Ekyooto ha Mpango” with a call on his subjects especially the youth to embrace and value Tooro culture. The King disclosed that the Ekyooto (fireplace) concept for …
Read More »Umeme decries vandalism in Tooro Region
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s main electricity distribution company Umeme has decried the rampant vandalism of power equipment in the Tooro region. The Managing Director Umeme Celestino Babungi says that the company has lost transformers, transmission cables, poles and pylons to unscrupulous people. Speaking in Fort Portal …
Read More »Bishop Kisembo asks people of Tooro to forgive Katuramu
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Ruwenzori Diocese Reuben Kisembo has asked the people of Tooro to forgive the former premier John Sanyu Katuramu. Speaking at the 26th Coronation anniversary of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV on Sunday, Bishop Kisembo said that Katuramu should be …
Read More »Mixed reaction to release of Tooro’s Katuramu
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The release of former Tooro Kingdom Premier John Sanyu Katuramu after serving his term at Luzira Prison has generated mixed reaction in Fort Portal. Katuramu was convicted and sentenced to death in 1999, for masterminding the murder of the then Tooro Prince Patrick …
Read More »Tooro’s King Oyo unveils 25-year development plan
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The King of Tooro Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukiidi IV has launched the Kingdom’s development plan for the next 25 years. The plan was launched on Saturday on the eve of the King’s 26th coronation anniversary. According to the plan, the Kingdom will …
Read More »Former Tooro PM free as King Oyo celebrates 26th Coronation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Former Prime Minister Tooro Kingdom John Sanyu Katuramu has been released from Luzira Prisons after serving his term. Katuramu was convicted and sentenced to death in 1999, for masterminding the murder of the then Tooro Prince Patrick Happy Kijanangoma and a guard, Stephen …
Read More »Why Bob Kasango will be buried on Sunday in Fort Portal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Family Division of the High Court in Kampala has ruled that Lawyer Bob Kasango should be buried in Fort Portal, Kabarole District. He will now be buried on Sunday, the family confirmed. The lawyer succumbed to heart-related complications almost a month ago …
Read More »COURT: Kasango to be buried in Fort Portal
✳ Court has set 6 conditions 1- To bury body in Fort Portal 2- This has to be done in 4 days from the day of ruling 3- To allow the family of Bob’s mother to bury 4- Police and LC system take charge 5- Each side takes care …
Read More »KASANGO: Justice Lydia Mugambe Ssali to make ruling today
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Family Division of the High Court will today decide where lawyer Bob Kasango will be buried. High Court Judge Lydia Mugambe Ssali on Monday and Tuesday heard arguments from both parties on the impending burial of the lawyer who died from Luzira Prison almost …
Read More »Tooro NUP leaders divided over Kyagulanyi’s call for demonstrations
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of the National Unity Platform-NUP in Tooro sub-region are divided over calls for peaceful demonstrations by the party president Robert Kyagulanyi. For the past few weeks, Kyagulanyi, a former presidential candidate has been calling for peaceful demonstrations across the country in a bid …
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