Tag Archives: Buliisa

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Office of the Prime Minister plans to resettle over 3,500 people displaced by floods in Buliisa district resulting from the rising water levels in Lake Albert. Floods have displaced thousands of people in Butiaba and Kigwera sub counties and Butiaba town …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Buliisa are holding three suspects on allegations of stealing fuel from China Chongqing International Construction Company Limited-CICO. CICO is undertaking the tarmacking of Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko road. The suspects have been identified as Abudallah Mansur, Swalleh Adam and Rasul Maliamungu, all residents of Arua district. …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butiaba health center III in Buliisa district has been reopened. The facility was in October last year submerged by floods rising from Lake Albert. As a result, health services at the health facility were then relocated to Butiaba primary school as pupils were still home due …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The reopening of Butiaba health center III in Buliisa district hangs in balance. Last year, the facility was closed and relocated to Butiaba primary school after failing to secure a better place where patients can be treated. This is after it was submerged following the rising …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Butiaba sub county in Buliisa district are protesting the closure of Butiaba health center III that has hampered health services in the area. Health officials in the district closed Butiaba health center III last week after failing to secure a better place where patients …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Buliisa and Pakwach districts are counting losses after the suspension of the Wanseko-Panyimur ferry operations. The operations were suspended in July last year following the rising water levels of Lake Albert which submerged the docking piers. The ferry is the major link for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents and leaders in the oil-rich Buliisa district are demanding for the establishment of a Vocational Training Institute to enable them to acquire knowledge and skills to work in the oil and gas industry. Both leaders and locals in the district say that although the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and fishermen have retrieved the body of a fisherman who was killed by floods in Buliisa district. The deceased identified as Bright Musinguzi 32, a resident of Kigoya village Buliisa sub county Buliisa district was swept away by floods resulting from the rising …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers attached to the Marine Brigade have shot dead a man for allegedly siphoning fuel from trucks belonging to a road construction firm in Buliisa district. Muhammad Mutazindwa met his death at Bukuli village in Biiso sub county in Buliisa …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of people displaced by floods resulting from the rising Lake Albert water levels in Buliisa district have asked to be resettled. For the last three months, floods from the rising water levels of Lake Albert have ravaged several landing sites affecting more than 2,000 …