Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT presidential candidate, Mugisha Muntu on Wednesday cancelled his rally in Kamwenge after disagreeing with police over the venue. According to Muntu, he had planned to have his rally at Biguli primary school playground in Biguli town council but due to …
Read More »Strange disease forces man to go without solid foods for 8-years
Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty-three -year-old Benon Baryaremwa is living in pain and crying out for help after spending over eight years with unknown illness. Baryaremwa is a resident of Mpanga Cell in Kabambiro sub county in Kamwenge district. Baryaremwa developed strange pain in the chest which would …
Read More »Kamwenge gets multi-million facilities for hosting refugees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamwenge district has received brand new facilities worth Shillings 4.5 billion for hosting 69,000 refugees. They include classrooms, toilets, and tanks for rain water harvesting at Damasiko, Mukole and Kamusenene Primary Schools in Kibaale East County. The facilities were built under the Development Response …
Read More »Collapse of 13 Saccos in Kamwenge worries authorities, residents
Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The collapse of 13 Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations –Saccos in Kamwenge and Kitagwenda has raised fears among district authorities over the future of Saccos there. According to Kamwenge District Status report for the 2018/2019 financial year, 13 Saccos have collapsed in the last ten …
Read More »Kamwenge district bids farewell to Kitagwenda
Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamwenge district has today bid farewell to Kitangwenda County which will become a district effective July 1, 2019. Kitagwenda has been one of the two counties that make up Kamwenge district. Today, Kamwenge district chairman Aggrey Natuhamya formally saw off part of his territory with …
Read More »Fort Portal – Kamwenge road finally commissioned
Museveni finally commissions Fort Portal—Kamwenge road Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Sept. 7, President Yoweri Museveni finally commissioned the 66km Fort Portal—Kamwenge road, almost 18 months after it was expected to be completed. The class two tarmac road which runs from Kamwenge District to Fort Portal town in Kabarole …
Read More »Four police officers charged over torture of Kamwenge Mayor
Four police officers have been charged and remanded to Luzira Prison for the alleged torture and causing of grievous harm to Kamwenge District Mayor Goeffrey Byamukama. The mayor had been arrested from the Ministry of Lands office in Kampala in connection with the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The …
Read More »Kamwenge District gets big rural water boost
Biguli Sub County gets three piped water supply systems Settling for unclean and unsafe water will soon be a thing of the past in Biguli sub county, Kamwenge District in western Uganda. This follows the construction of three piped water supply and sanitation systems by Water For People in conjunction …
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