Police in Kisoro are hunting for Gerald Ndikumukiza for allegedly cutting to death his four relatives. Ndikumukiza, a resident of Kageyo village Busengo Parish Nyarubuye sub county in Kisoro district murdered his mother Bonconsira Nyiraguhirwa, his wife Mariserina Mujawimana, his father Deogratious Sebutama and Joan Nyiramahoro, the wife of his elder brother George Habyaremye. Clever […]
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The Ibanda district health officer Dr. Julius Bamwine has confirmed that Ibanda district has registered its first COVID-19 positive case. Dr. Julius Bamwine while addressing the media yesterday confirmed that the case is a resident of Ibanda District and he has been staying within the district, however he didn’t reveal all identities of the case. […]
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Eunice Kiconco. School administrators especially private in Bunyangabu district have asked the Mnistry of Education to give them ample time to prepare for the reopening of schools for candidate classes after over six months of closure during COVID-19 lockdown. Despite a recent spike in cases, President Museveni directed that schools should reopen for only candidate classes and finalists in higher […]
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The Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF soldiers deployed to guard Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Kashasha Parish in Bufundi sub county Rubanda district western Uganda are being accused of extortion, torture and harassing the Batwa community. Batwa is a semi-nomadic pygmy tribe that lived in the jungles of Ecuya, Bwindi and Mgahinga forests as hunters and […]
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Police in Ibanda district is investigating circumstances surrounding the death of Twinomuhwezi Gastone,30,a teacher attached to Kichwamba Primary School in Nyakayojo division Mbarara city hailing from Nyamirima upper cell in Bufunda division Ibanda municipality. Gastone’s body was today morning discovered floating on Nyabukurungo river by residents near Nyabuhikye trading center in Ibanda after a family […]
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The 7,200-seater All Saints Church Mbarara has released Sunday program ahead of September 27,2020 Sunday service. President Museveni recently lifted lockdown on places of worship with a directive that worshipers shouldn’t be beyond 70 besides proper observation of other Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS). Below is the program.
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Ainembabazi Dorothy. At least 90 Ugandans who had registered at the High commission of Uganda in Kigali have failed to return home. According to Ann Katusiime the Deputy Head of missions at the Ugandan high commission in Rwanda, over 350 people had registered for repatriation however some could not show up even on the final […]
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Eunice Kiconco. As many schools prepare for the re-opening for the candidate classes on October 15, Kasese district authorities are not sure of the fate of candidates because many school structures were destroyed by floods that hit the area in May 2020. Kasese municipality leadership however says despite schools having been destroyed by floods candidates must resume studies when the time comes. Kasese municipal mayor Kabyanga Godfrey […]
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Aaron Ainomugisha. Mbarara deputy Resident District Commissioner Emmy Kateera Turyabagyenyi says COVID-19 outbreak has hindered completion of the central market that will house about 1500 vendors. Construction of the shs21 billion market by ROKO construction company kicked off on February 14, 2018 under the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Project (MATIP) expected to be completed […]
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The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission chairman Dr. Tanga Odoi has this afternoon declared the State Minister for Labour and Industrial Development,Mwesigwa Rukutana winner of the Rushenyi County NRM parliamentary flag in Ntungamo district. Odoi declared the final results this Wednesday afternoon, September 23, 2020 at NRM offices Kyadondo road Kampala after a […]
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