Tag Archives: Jinja

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Jinja city education officials have been arrested for mismanagement of school grants and causing financial loss to the government. The officials, the acting city education officer, Haruna Mulopa and the sports officer, Sam Ngobi were arrested from their offices on Tuesday. The City Inspector …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  King Mswati III of Eswatini has today visited the he Kiira Vehicle Plant and has hailed Uganda for having a project of this magnitude being undertaken  – in Africa and which is 100% owned, driven, and operated by Africans. He also welcomed a …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NCBA Bank, in collaboration with the Jinja Golf Club, took the NCBA Golf Series to Jinja on Aug.3, aimed at inspiring greatness in Uganda’s golfing fraternity. The bank also seized the opportunity to emphasize its comprehensive sustainability initiative aimed at combating climate change and preserving …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An early Monday fire destroyed a carpentry workshop along Spire Road in the Jinja City Southern Division. The blaze, which engulfed five showrooms and ten large timber stalls, resulted in significant losses for 15 traders. The damage included furniture, raw timber, glassware, and machinery, amounting …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of police officers led by the bomb squad was Monday dispatched to the scene of Sunday’s  devastating taxi fire in Jinja city, which left two people dead on the spot. The team, led by Kiira regional police commander Charles Nsaba, is conducting …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people were killed after a commuter taxi went up in flames along Clive Road East in the Southern Division of Jinja City. The incident involved a commuter taxi with registration number UBA 463B, which had 18 passengers and departed from the Jinja taxi …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Roast and Rhyme Nyam on the Nile edition took over Jinja city last weekend. The Swangz Avenue experience happened at new location, across the Nile Resort. On offer was top-notch Bell enjoyments, authentic Ugandan live music, savoury nyama choma and a novel spirits-village courtesy …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly built Crested Crane Hotel in Jinja is nearing completion and is expected to be handed over to the government by the end of this month, according to the project implementers. The hotel is expected to be assigned 3-Star class when it is commissioned, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces have arrested five imposters in the ongoing recruitment drive for military prospects in the eastern region. The suspects were arrested at the Jinja district headquarters, where shortlisted applicants from the districts of Jinja, Mayuge and Namutumba are being screened. The …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Heart Institute (UHI), in collaboration with Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, has launched a five-day camp to provide free cardiac surgeries to 11 infants from various districts across the Busoga sub-region. The camp, running from June 17 to 21, began with patient admissions for …