Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of Bukomansimbi district is struggling to fully operationalize lower Local Council courts due to the absence of translated laws that guide their adjudication. The community courts at lower local government administrative units are charged with adjudicating minor cases, making relevant orders for compensation, …
Read More »Collusion frustrates prosecution of sexual abuse in Bukomansimbi
Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bukomansimbi district is struggling to prosecute cases of sexual abuse against minors due to collusion among parents and offenders. Records at the Bukomansimbi District Probation Office indicate that between 2019 and 2021, a total of 1,013 sexual abuse cases were formally recorded to …
Read More »Kibinge sub county residents stuck with faulty boreholes
Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kibinge sub county in Bukomansimbi district is stuck with faulty boreholes due to a lack of funds to repair them. The sub-county chairperson Deo Bwanika, says that they are struggling to repair about 48 boreholes that broke down in the past two years due to …
Read More »Three arrested for murder at venue of Bukomansimbi wedding
Bukomansimbi , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Bukomansimbi have arrested three people from the same family in connection to the death of 23-year-old Paul Kibirige at the venue of a traditional wedding. Muhammad Nsubuga, the Southern Regional Police spokesperson, confirmed that the suspects are in custody at Bukomansimbi police …
Read More »Bukomansimbi man killed after fight over woman at wedding
Bukomansimbi , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukomansimbi police are investigating the death of a man hours after a traditional wedding. The shocking incident happened on Sunday at Kyetume-Katoma village in Kibinge sub-county at the residence of the LC I Chairperson where the wedding celebrations took place. It is alleged …
Read More »Uncertainty shrouds special needs school in Bukomansimbi ahead of reopening
Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Misanvu Special Needs School in Bukomansimbi district may fail to reopen next month due to lack of instructional materials. Anne Florence Nakabuye, the Deputy Head teacher says that the school in its current state can hardly conduct normal lessons to their learners if they are allowed …
Read More »Bukomansimbi stuck with community health centre after funds delay
Bukomansimbi , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bukango Sub County in Bukomansimbi district are stuck with a public health facility that has remained idle for years. In 2017, the then Member of Parliament for Bukomansimbi North Constituency Ruth Katushabe mobilized for the construction of two structures in Bukongo …
Read More »Family of slain Bukomansimbi police officer bitter over unfulfilled pledges
Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of the slain police officer Denis Lumala Ssebugwawo of Kisojo village in Bukomansimbi district has accused the government of not fulfilling the pledge of compensation. Ssebugwawo who before his retirement in 2016, served as Rwizi Regional Police Crime Intelligence Officer was brutally killed …
Read More »Bukomansimbi police officer arrested for sharing information with MPs
Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The in-charge of Kibinge sub county police station in Bukomansimbi district has been arrested for sharing information to Members of Parliament about the security situation in the area. Maurice Abongo was on Wednesday morning summoned by his supervisors at the greater Masaka regional police headquarters …
Read More »Bukomansimbi coffee cooperative starts direct farm management model to increase production
Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukomansimbi Cooperative Union has developed a direct farms management system to boost the production of coffee. The new farm management model is an alternative farming practice where the farmer entrusts the management of their coffee plantations to a cooperative society and only waits to share …
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