Tag Archives: Bududa

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bududa district has received 215,000 face masks. The distribution is in line with the government’s program to provide free reusable masks to all Ugandans aged six years and above to support in the fight against Covid-19. Uganda started mass distribution of face masks in June …

  Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Thousands of people descended on Busayi village in Bududa district to attend the burial of Umukuka II, Bob Saul Kipiro Mushikori, the former head of Inzu Ya Masaba. Mushikor, who succumbed to COVID-19 early this month, was laid to rest at his ancestral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bududa has arrested the Bududa district NRM registrar for allegedly selling the yellow bicycles which the party gave free for use by its grassroots mobilizers. The arrest of Michael Wanditi Watalunga who also doubles as the NRM coordinator Bududa was a response to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A seven-year-old boy has drowned in a pool of water in Bushiyi sub county in Bududa district. Anthony Wakinya had gone out with his peers on Boxing Day to swim in the pool that formed as a result of landslides in September this year. The …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bududa district farmers are questioning the rationale of the micro irrigation scheme. Government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries is piloting the scheme in 40 districts to boost production as part of the National Irrigation policy 2040. The government has targeted …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electoral Commission has ejected two candidates from the Bududa woman parliamentary elections following a petition by their rival citing discrepancies in their names. They are Agness Khainza Shiuma and Esther Wetsese Lois who were nominated as independent candidates. Trouble for the two stems from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Intended beneficiaries of the presidential initiative on wealth and job creation–Emyooga in Nalwanza sub county in Bududa district have quit the programme after they failed to raise membership fee of one hundred and fifty thousand shillings for both membership and share capital. Recently, the office …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates in Bududa district are riding on the unfulfilled pledges by the incumbent leaders to garner support from the electorate. The candidates who include Isaac Modoi and Esther Wetsetse, vying for the Lutseshe County and Bududa Woman MP seat respectively have taken advantage of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Bududa district have shunned artificial insemination because they are not willing to part with 20,000 Shillings to have their cows fertilized with better breed semen which would not only tremendously boost their milk yield but also produce disease resistant stock. In 2016, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bududa district National Resistance Movement-NRM party officials are on the spot for alleged extortion in the ongoing yellow bicycle distribution exercise to village and parish NRM chairpersons. Bududa district received 1,600 bicycles for free distribution to the village and parish NRM chairpersons to mobilise for …