Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The deputy speaker of Rubanda district, Pierre Mbabazi Nyetegyereize and two others are in trouble for alleged mismanagement of funds meant for the Kabale Journalists Emyooga Sacco. Mbabazi, who doubles as the Hamurwa sub county LC V councilor was arrested on Monday for fraudulently acquiring …
Read More »Kabale RDC apologizes over brutality of health workers
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabale Resident District Commissioner Darius Nandinda has apologized to health workers in the district for being harassed by security personnel enforcing the Covid-19 presidential directives. In the past weeks, security personnel in the district have been under criticism for brutalizing healthy workers. On Sunday night, …
Read More »Police injure Kabale hospital medic while enforcing curfew
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muhammad Byaruhanga, an orthopedist attached to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital is nursing wounds after being tortured by the escorts of Kabale Resident District Commissioner, Darius Nandinda. Byaruhanga told URN on Monday afternoon that the RDC’s police guards beat him on Sunday night towards 9:00pm as …
Read More »Kabale RDC notifies wetland encroachers to resist NEMA and police evictions
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale Resident District Commissioner Darius Nandinda has told people farming in the wetlands to resist any attempts to evict them by National Environment Management Authority-NEMA and Water ministry officials supported by the environmental police until the district authorities are satisfied the exercise is going to be …
Read More »Poor funding, security harassment make Kigezi NUP coordinator defect to NRM
Kigezi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jasper Ayebare, National Unity Platform (NUP)coordinator for Kigezi sub-region has defected to National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, with only two days left to general elections. Ayebare a resident of Hamurwa sub-county and also the Rubanda East County NUP flag bearer in Rubanda district defected on …
Read More »FDC loses Kabale municipality youth committee elections
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party has lost the youth committee elections in Kabale District. On Wednesday the electoral commission conducted elections for the municipality, city and division youth committees. The National Resistance Movement- NRM party won all the nine positions that Youth Committee …
Read More »Kabale district receives 197,000 face masks
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has delivered 197,000 face masks to Kabale district. The masks were delivered to the district task force on Wednesday by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) officers attached to Service brigade. Darius Nandinda, the Resident District Commissioner Kabale who is also the head …
Read More »Kabale RDC accused of influencing NRM members to support Bahati
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Darius Nandinda, the Kabale Resident District Commissioner has come under criticism from members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party supporters for influencing them to support a candidate of his choice. According to the supporters, Nandinda has several times told NRM party members from Ndorwa …
Read More »Kabale RDC accuses police, army of failing to enforce Covid-19 directives
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Resident District Commissioner Kabale has faulted the police and army for failing to enforce the Covid-19 preventive measures. Darius Nandinda, Kabale Resident District Commissioner alleges that Brian Ampeire, District Police Commander and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Nahamya, the Commander of 19th Battalion are not enforcing …
Read More »Taskforce in Kabale struggles to trace contacts of COVID-19 positive truck driver
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabale district covid-19 task force is struggling to trace the contacts of a truck driver who was intercepted at Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika last week after testing positive to COVID-19. The truck driver who is currently admitted at Kabale regional referral hospital was intercepted …
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