Tag Archives: Hoima

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima are investigating circumstances under which a prominent driver appears to have committed suicide by hanging. The deceased driver has been identified as Issa Mugisa, 40, a resident of Bwikya ward, Hoima East division, Hoima City, at the same time a driver operating …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district has secured 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Kagadi district. Last week, Hoima district ran out of the COVID-19 vaccines prompting health officials in the district to seek help from Kagadi district that had not fully utilized their doses. In March, Hoima district …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district has run short of the COVID-19 vaccine doses. In March, the health ministry delivered 5,230 doses to the district. The vaccination points are at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, Kigorobya health center IV, Bujumbura health center III, Buseruka health center III, Mparangasi health center III, …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buseruka sub county authorities in Hoima district have raised a red flag over the high number of teenage girls involved in commercial sex. According to the authorities, many girls between 15 and 17 years have dropped out of school to engage in commercial sex to earn …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldier has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing a civilian in Hoima district. Private Solomon Baker Bakobe of the 11th Battalion was convicted by the First Division Infantry Court-Martial presided over by Col. Sam Mugyenyi during a session …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda oil agreements: What is government hiding THE LAST WORD Wrong’s Rwanda hatchet job part 3: Why she chose to base book on interviews with Kagame’s enemies but not give his side ANALYSIS …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda oil agreements: Why experts don’t know whether to celebrate or criticise THE LAST WORD Michela Wrong’s Rwanda hatchet job part 2: She was taken for a ride by Karegyeya, Kayumba, Sendashonga’s wife …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni and the President of  Tanzania Samia Suluhu today April 11, 2021 signed agreements to start full implementation of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. Museveni said he asked Suluhu for an April 11 signing, a day that was …

  PROGRAMME *⃣ 9.30am President Sulhu arrives Entebbe *⃣ 11.10am Pres Suluhu recived by Pres Museveni *⃣ 11.50am Tete-a-tete *⃣ 12.55pm Signing ceremony begins *⃣ 13.30pm Joint Communique *⃣ 2.pm Luncheon *⃣ 2.45pm Suluhu departs Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT|  Tanzania’s president Samia Hassan Suluhu is in Uganda to sign …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University has earmarked 200 million shillings to refurbish its campus in Hoima city. The facelift is expected to be implemented in the 2021/2022 financial year, according to Associate Professor David Okello Owiny, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University who is leading the University’s management …