Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The more than 500 residents of Hoima district who were evicted from their ancestral land in Hoima early this year, have sued the Hoima Deputy Resident District Commissioner Micheal Kyakashari, the District Police Commander Patrick Bogere and seven other people for unlawful eviction. The …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, has criticized President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party for their perceived failure to address persistent land evictions and land grabbing in the Bunyoro sub-region …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector general of government Betty Olive Kamya is concerned about the slow works at Kabalega International Airport in Hoima district. Construction works of the USD 309 million Airport financed by Standard Chartered Bank started in April 2018. The Airport is expected to play a …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uthman Kadir Mugisa has emerged the winner of the National Resistance Movement-NRM Party Primaries for the Hoima LC V Chairperson seat. The victory of Mugisa, the son of the late former Hoima LCV Chairperson Kadir Kirungi, who lost his life in a motor accident …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities has announced a significant rise in the number of Ugandans engaging in local tourism over the past two years. Martin Mugarra, the State Minister for Tourism, revealed that the count of Ugandan nationals visiting various domestic tourist …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 17, Diamond Trust Bank opened a new branch in Hoima, along Main Street Hoima City in the mid-Western region of Uganda. The opening of the Hoima branch brings DTB Uganda’s branch network to 36. This comes in line with the bank’s …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hajji Yunus Kakande, the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, has expressed his concerns over the election of Norman Lukumu, the former Prime Minister of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, as the cultural leader of Bugungu (Mutebengwa). Kakande has raised questions about the legality …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Hoima Chief Administrative officer-CAO has written to the Electoral Commission notifying the electoral body about a vacancy for the position of Hoima LCV Chairperson. The seat fell vacant following the death of Kadir Kirungi, the LCV Chairperson on March 17 in a motor …
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Hoima , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The late Dr. Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki, the Bishop Emeritus of Hoima Catholic Diocese has been laid to rest. He was buried on Wednesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral Bujumbura in Hoima City. The burial program started with a requiem mass at …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT| Construction works at Hoima international airport have resumed, a month after the contractor halted construction works citing a lack of funding from the government. The contractor for the airport construction works, a joint venture of Israeli-British firms, Shikun & Binui International-SBI/Colas limited halted the construction works …
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