Tag Archives: Jinja City

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have burst a racket of fake cement dealers in Jinja city and its surroundings, and arrested the ring leader Abdul Kyewalyanga. He was arrested Tuesday morning at a construction site along Clive road in Jinja City Southern division. Police also recovered 20 bags of fake …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region has intensified the search for Shaban Malore’s killers, with the arrest of his seven brothers on Monday bringing the total number of those arrested to ten. The suspects are being detained at different police stations within Jinja city. Malore was shot …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira region police are holding 24-year-old James Muwanguzi, a resident pastor of Life in God International Ministries church in Jinja City Northern division for masterminding the trafficking and defilement of girls from different districts in Eastern Uganda. He was arrested on Wednesday morning when officers …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has razed down 25 stalls in Napier market in Jinja City Southern Division. The fire is said to have broken out around 8:00pm on Wednesday night. It affected mainly grocery and live chicken kiosks. Eyewitnesses say that one of the walls in the market …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Government-IGG, Patricia Achan has directed Jinja city authorities to conduct fresh nominations of land board members, saying the previous exercise didn’t follow the right procedures. This stems from complaints by whistleblowers to the Inspectorate of Government indicating that the candidates nominated …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Jinja city on Monday arrested Amina Mutesi, a resident of Kaitabawala zone in Northern division for stabbing her husband, Emmanuel Tasaga aged 45 to death. The deceased has been taken to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem, while the suspect is being …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government has put a stop to the approval of the Jinja city land board until the proper procedure is followed in constituting it. Deputy Inspector General of Government Patricia Achan, on Wednesday directed Jinja city authorities, to halt the process of approving …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five employees of the National Identification and Registration Authority-NIRA office in Jinja city have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from applicants. Their arrest follows complaints from national identity card applicants, who accuse the suspects of soliciting 20,000 Shillings. The suspects who are detained at …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the US$13million search and rescue center at Masese landing site in the Southern division, Jinja city has got underway. A team of Jinja city authorities led by the Resident City Commissioner, Kyeyune Ssenyonjjo commissioned the project on Thursday morning. The project will …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of mourners on Thursday turned up at the burial of Matyansi Ngobi, at his home in Namulesa ward, Jinja city. Ngobi died on September 7, but his burial was delayed because some of his close relatives were still abroad. Ngobi, a seasoned politician and …