Tag Archives: Bulambuli

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers from Bulambuli and Sironko districts are counting their losses after being attacked by coffee leaf rust disease. The disease, caused by the rust fungus Hemileia vastatrix, can reduce coffee production by between 30% to 50%. The most affected sub-counties in Sironko include …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers in the two sub-counties Buginyanya and Bumugibole in Bulambuli district have expressed concerns over the increasing prevalence of coffee berry disease (CBD). Farmers say that the disease is significantly hindering coffee yields and markets. Coffee berry disease is caused by a fungal plant pathogen. …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chaos erupted during the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party elections in Bulambuli district at Bunamuje Primary School in Buyaga town council Tuesday due to disagreements over the voting system. Geoffrey Tembei, the Bulambuli FDC party registrar, explains that before the elections, the supporters …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 150 families displaced by landslides from Bulambuli and Sironko districts are up in arms against a directive by Bulambuli Resident District Commissioner Stanley Bayole, ordering them to vacate the government resettlement land in one week. The families in Kata and Mabale village, Bunambutye …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sironko District LC V Chairperson, Livingstone Giruli and his Bulambuli counterpart, Anent Nandundu skipped a meeting convened by the Bugisu LC V Chairperson’s Forum to find a lasting solution to the dispute over the leadership of the Bamasaba Cultural Institution alias Inzu Ya Masaba. The …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five bridges have been swept away by floods in Bulambuli district. The floods have also ravaged crops in Bumosobo and Buwagadala sub-counties. The bridges that include Totia, Natanyo, Kyambo, Monye, and Galusha were washed away when River Simu burst its banks after a 3 hour …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bulambuli district has today arrested Vicente Wamimbi, the officer in charge of Bumageni health centre on allegations of swindling 2.7 million shillings. According to Amili Kamba, the deputy resident district commissioner, the money was given to the health centre by the district for Covid-19 …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bulambuli district is investigating circumstances under which a 65 year old private security guard hanged himself and died instantly. William Matsanga, a resident of Buwanyanga village, Buwanyanga sub county in Bulambuli district was today morning found hanging dead on a rope around his neck …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People who were tortured, beaten and injured by police officers and goons over land conflicts, want Julius Sakwa, the OC of Bunambutye police station and his CID officer Robert Wabuyi transferred. The affected residents are from three sub counties of Bunambutye, Bwikhonge and Bunambutye in …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanley Bayoole, the Bulambuli Resident District Commissioner has stopped the commissioning of a maternity ward and theater at Bulambuli health center IV allegedly renovated by MTN Uganda and United Nations Population Fund-UNFPA. Officials from MTN Uganda, UNFPA and Ministry of health turned up for the commissioning …