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Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda with support from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees-UNHCR has officially started the repatriation of over 2000 Burundi refugees from Nakivale resettlement camp in Isingiro district. The State Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees in the Office of Prime …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Masha sub county in Isingiro district are decrying crested cranes destroying their gardens. The farmers say the birds eat the groundnuts, maize, beans and millet seeds they sow in the gardens and destroy the crops as they germinate. The most affected are farmers …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Isingiro district have turned to community workers to address cases of child pregnancies during the closure of schools. In June, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced fresh restrictions as part of the measures to control the COVID-19 transmissions in the country in the …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Isingiro district authorities have said that the illegal crossing by herdsmen at the Uganda-Tanzania border is escalating Foot and Mouth disease in the district. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a viral disease of cloven-hoofed livestock was confirmed recently in the cattle corridor of Ankole, affecting the districts …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Isingiro has chopped his two children to death and attempted to kill their mother before taking his own life by poisoning. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson, says Celestino Byamukama, a resident of Rwengando cell Nyarubanga parish in Masha Sub …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 100 people have been arrested in Isingiro district for crossing into Uganda from Tanzania through the porous routes. The routes are mainly in the villages of Kakamba, Nyamarungi, Kikagate, Kamwima and Ruborogota. In March, President Museveni directed the closure of all borders as a …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tensions are high among residents of Birere sub county and Kabuyanda town council after heavy floods destroyed roads, bridges and gardens in the area. Some of the bridges covered in floods include the Rwentondo-Nyabuziba bridge that connects Isingiro and Mbarara district. The rains that …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been killed by floods in Isingiro district. The floods that followed a heavy downpour on Saturday morning also displaced more than one hundred people. The deceased have been identified as Kyarikunda Asiimire 15 a resident of Rubagano cell Kagaara parish Kabuyanda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 cows have lost their eye sight in Kakamba sub county in Isingiro district. Benon Mutakirwa Rugaju, the chairperson Kakamba Dairy Cooperative Society which brings together 150 dairy farmers in Kakamba sub county says that their cows are going blind and they …

Isingiro , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is excitement among residents of Nyamuyanja sub county in Isingiro district following the long awaited commissioning of Kaberebere –Nyamuyanja-Ryamiyonga road construction works. The 23.1km road stretch will cost Shillings 1.68 billion provided under the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project [DR DIP], which …