Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has pledged to give shillings 5 million to each of the families of the people whose bodies have been recovered following floods in Mbale city over the weekend. Ahamada Washaki, the Mbale City Resident Commissioner says the President has directed that each of the family …
Read More »Mbale RCC, clerk clash over recruitment of parish chiefs
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mbale City Resident Commissioner, Ahamada Washaki has clashed with the city authorities over the proposed recruitment of parish chiefs. Recently, Mbale City Town Clerk, David Kyansanku issued an internal advert calling on interested city employees to apply for the position of parish chief. It …
Read More »Minister Magyezi intervenes in sale of former Nakaloke town council land dispute
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local Government Minister Rapheal Magyezi has intervened in the dispute surrounding the sale of the land belonging to the former Nakaloke town council in Mbale’s Northern City division. The land measuring around 20 acres was allegedly sold to private developers. Part of the land …
Read More »Manafwa RDC impounds gov’t heifers in Mbale
Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manafwa Resident District Commissioner, Ahamada Washaki has impounded three heifers that he had just handed to farmers in the district under Agriculture Extension Grant Financing destined for Mbale. Washaki intercepted the three heifers in Bumbobi sub county on Tuesday afternoon aboard a pickup registration …
Read More »Manafwa landslide victims run out of food
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Victims of the landslides in Manafwa district are starving due to lack of food. In May, landslides hit the district displacing hundreds of households. The landslides were a result of heavy rains that pounded the district. The landslides destroyed properties, swept crop gardens and …
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