The Resident District commissioner Ibanda, Eliasto Akatuhebwa has warned people who are looking for relief food to stop going to his office but to keep home, clarifying that the chairperson LC1s will handle them. Following the increasing cases of domestic violence in families during this Covid-19 pandemic, RDC Akatuhebwa is also appealing to the general […]
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Peasants from Kihani 2 in Kikyenkye Sub County Ibanda South are in tears after a heavy rainfall characterized by hailstorm destroyed their gardens and livestock on Wednesday this week. Most of the affected people are from Kihani Parish. Peasants led by Nzerena Kengudo, Kekikomera Dolonsia, Agumenaitwe Immaculate says the heavy rain destroyed food crops, houses, […]
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A number of members of parliament have tasked government to allocate funds for the Aids Trust Fund as required by law. The chairperson of the HIV/AIDS Committee of Parliament who is also the mp for Sironko district Florance Namboozo said that COVID-19 disease effects would affect HIV patients, calling for government to release AIDS fund […]
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Police in Ibanda district is holding a woman and her brother on allegations of conniving to kill her husband. According to the Ibanda District Police Commander SP Emily Angomoku, police managed to arrest a one Twine Lovance and her brother whose names are still withheld by authorities, both residents of Kaceeri Cell in Kanyarugiri parish […]
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Police in Ntoroko is investigating circumstances under which a 25-year-old woman was murdered by her husband. The deceased has been identified as Biira Janet a resident of Karugutu Town council in Ntoroko District. She was reportedly stabbed to death by her husband Sam Nyama last night. Rwenzori West police spokesperson Vincent Twesige confirmed the incident, […]
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An angry mob yesterday morning lynched two suspected Irish potato thieves, in Chahi Sub County of Kisoro district. The two whose identities are not yet known were lynched yesterday morning at around 6:00 am at Buhayo Village, Nyakabingo parish, Chahi Sub County of Kisoro district. According to the LC 1 Chairperson of Buhayo Village, Norah […]
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The burial of former Principal Judge Jeremiah Herbert Ntabgoba which is set for today, Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Kisoro District will be conducted in a strange way, ‘Digital Mourning’ as the burial ceremony will be live-streamed on social media. The bereaved family will join in digitally mourning a legend and an icon of judicial […]
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A cross-section of residents of Mpiira street, Bufunda Division in Ibanda Municipality are asking government and authorities in Ibanda to distribute relief food in their area because they are no longer earning any income due to the imposed lockdown and curfew. On 4th April 2020, the government started distributing food in Kampala and Wakiso districts […]
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Police in Kanungu district is investigating circumstances under which a 27-year old man was killed by a mob after suspecting him to be a solar panel thief. The deceased has been identified as Julius Niwamanya, a resident of Nyakazinga cell, Mishenyi Parish in Rugyeyo Sub County of Kanungu district. Niwamanya was beaten and cut to […]
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Four officials from the Office of the Prime Minister who were on 9th this month arrested by the State house Anti corruption unit for allegedly inflating prices of food meant for the vulnerable poor under the COVID-19 food relief program have been arraigned before Buganda road court and remanded to Kitalya Government Prison on charges […]
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