Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A private security guard is in custody at Kagadi central police station in Kagadi town council accused of shooting his colleague dead. Kagadi District Police Commander, Moses Muzima Kiconco identifies the suspect as Ogwoko,27, from Security Group Africa-SGA. He is accused of shooting his colleague …
Read More »Fire guts Mabaale S.S boys dormitory
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students property worth millions of Shillings has been destroyed in a fire that gutted the boy’s dormitory at Mabaale public secondary school in Mabaale town council, Kagadi district. The school director, Yonna Bagonza, says that the fire broke out at around 9:00pm on Tuesday when …
Read More »Assailants kill elderly man in Kagadi
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown assailants have brutally killed a 60-year-old man in Busoiga village, Muhorro town council in Kagadi district. Joroles Kadoma died instantly after being hit on the head with a blunt object at around 11:30 pm. Godwine Alinaitwe, a resident of the area says that they …
Read More »Unknown assailants strangle Kagadi woman to death
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown assailants have strangled to death a woman in Kagadi district. The deceased is 42-year-old Allen Owimaana, a peasant and resident of Kabamba village in Kabamba parish. Owimaana met her death at the hands of the assailants at around 11pm on Sunday night. The assailants …
Read More »Minor attacked by chimpanzee in Kagadi district
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A minor is nursing injuries following a chimpanzee attack in Kagadi district. The victim is five-year-old Mugabe Bikahwa, a resident of Karuswiga central cell in Muhorro town council. His father, Omuhereza Bikahwa of Karuswiga central cell, says the chimpanzee grabbed his son on Thursday as …
Read More »Kagadi Muslims want term limits introduced for Mufti of Uganda
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslims in Kagadi district want the Mufti of Uganda, the highest-ranking cleric in the Muslim leadership in the country to serve for two five year terms, saying this will help reduce power struggles. This is one of the proposals that came up during the ongoing …
Read More »Three arrested in Kagadi over murder of LCI chairperson
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kagadi have arrested three people for allegedly killing an LCI chairperson. The suspects are Deo Tumusiime, John Alituha and Patrick Mukonyezi, all residents of Buhumuliro village in Buhumuliro sub county. It is alleged that on Wednesday, the three suspects waylaid Geoffrey Byamukama, …
Read More »Minister orders arrest of 36 parish chiefs over forged academic papers
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Local Government Rusoke Busingye has ordered for the arrest of 36 parish chiefs and principal town agents in Kagadi district for using forged academic papers to get appointed into the positions. Of the 36 accused persons, 27 presented forged academic documents …
Read More »Rift valley fever outbreak confirmed in Kagadi
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has confirmed the outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kagadi district. The case was confirmed following the death of Justus Mugisa, 34, a herdsman and a resident of Kihuura LCI in Mabaale sub-county, Kagadi district. Mugisa died from St Ambrose Charity …
Read More »Kagadi livestock farmers decry rampant cattle theft
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cattle farmers in Kagadi district have raised a red flag following the surging cases of cattle theft that have rocked the area. The most affected are farmers from six villages of Nyakabira, Isunga, Kahunde, Kyankwanzi, Nyakasozi and Muhangi all in Isunga sub-county of Kagadi district. The …
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