Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in conjunction with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) have launched the rural electrification project in Bududa district. Rural electrification program is a government-funded project with the aim of financing electricity connections to homes, district headquarters, health centers, schools, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bullfighting has resumed in Bududa district in contravention of the COVID-19 preventive guidelines. People gather at Namasho from several parts of Bududa and the neighbouring districts every Saturday and Sunday to watch the sport in disregard of the standard operating procedures set by the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The high number of independent candidates in Manafwa and Bududa districts has raised concern among National Resistance Movement-NRM party officials. According to the local party officials, almost all those who lost in the NRM primaries have bounced back as independents. The party officials say …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have deployed heavily in Bududa ahead of the imbalu festival to take place this evening. Armed with tear gas, police officers are patrolling the district in a bid to scare away those who intend to carry out the imbalu ritual as they prepare …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 40 heifers distributed to farmers in Bududa district under the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund – NUSAF 3 have been sold. The missing animals were distributed to farmers in Bushilibo, Bumayoka, Nalwanza, Bukalasi, Bushika, Bushiyi and Bukibokolo Sub counties. The farmers were …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bududa residents are complaining about hiked commodity prices. According to residents, the prices of essential commodities like salt, sugar and soap among others have doubled. A sachet of 500 grams of salt now costs between Shillings 1500-1800 from Shillings 800. A kilogram of …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Majority of the cows in Bududa district will miss out on the Foot and Mouth Disease vaccination. The District Production Officer Dr. Felix Odong says they have only received 5000 doses from the Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Ministry yet the district has more …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Defence Unit-LDU personnel have deployed in Bududa district following defiance by residents to comply with the presidential directives. Amongst the directives that residents have defied include physical distancing, curfew and social gatherings among others. Stephen Mutsaka, the LCI chairperson Kuushu cell in Kuushu …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | March 1st 2020 marked exactly ten years since landslides hit Namesti sub county in Bududa district. Triggered by heavy rains, the landslides buried Nametsi, Namakansa and Kubewo villages in Namesti parish claiming more than 200 people and displaced hundreds of others. Our reporter visited Namesti …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has started the second phase of relocating the landslide victims in Bugisu sub-region. The affected people are being drawn from the districts of Bududa, Namisindwa, Bulambuli, Manafwa and Sironko. Resettlement of people living in high-risk areas of Mount Elgon region to Bunambutye sub …
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