Tag Archives: Wakiso

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district has drilled three boreholes to curb water crisis. The boreholes were drilled at Kyampisi village Kyengera town council, Kakiri town and Buddo village. Drilling of each of the boreholes cost 30 million shillings. The boreholes are expected to serve more than 1,000 …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will screen Wakiso district staff for Covid-19. The district has registered more than 50 COVID-19 positive cases and two deaths. About 200 staff will be tested at the district headquarters in Wakiso town council starting on Monday. The District Health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso has taken the lead to institute a district human rights committee as recommended by the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) many years ago. The acting chairperson of UHRC, Dr. Katebalirwa Amooti says that whereas 27 districts including Budaka, Bukedea, Busia, Hoima, Isingiro, Kiboga, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district has received 2.4million face masks from government for free distribution to residents as part of the Covid-19 preventive measures. The mask distribution exercise was officially launched by Wakiso Resident District Commissioner, Rose Kirabira at the district headquarters on Wednesday. She revealed that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of the village chairpersons in Wakiso are investing the annual ex-gratia payment of 120,000 Shillings for the benefit of the local council committee. The government of Uganda pays a monthly fee of 10,000 Shillings to each village chairperson as recognition for their work. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district chairman Matia Lwanga Bwanika has expressed reservations on the omission of Wakiso from the list of administrative units which attained city status this financial year. Wakiso was among the new areas approved for elevation to attain city status. However, the operationalization of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification Registration Authority-NIRA has finalized arrangements to distribute over 150,000 national identification cards to Wakiso residents that hadn’t been collected by the beginning of the lockdown. The distribution exercise which is scheduled to start tomorrow will take place at selected centers in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residential houses prices in Kampala and Wakiso fell between April and June 2020, an exciting time for Ugandans with cash to buy at a bargain according to Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). The statistics body says that prices of houses dropped by 3 percent in …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Wakiso district natural resources department has started demarcation of wetlands to curb rampant encroachment. The exercise will involve resurveying wetland boundaries by planting trees and erecting pillars. More than 1,000 trees have so far been planted in Simbamannyo wetland Magogo parish. Rebecca Sabaganzi, the …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district has resorted to the construction of concrete bridges following the collapse of several temporary bridges. The district engineer Sam Mwesigwa says the move is aimed at saving the district from repeated expenditures on the same projects. He explains that five bridges caved …