Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a disagreement between Kasese district LCV chairperson, Elipazi Muhindi and Chief Administrative Officer, Asuman Amis Masereka over the implementation of the resolution by the District Executive Committee-DEC and council. Muhindi accuses the CAO of failing to implement the resolution passed by the DEC …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 Congolese nationals fleeing fresh attacks by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC have entered Kasese district. The group comprises of mostly women and children from the areas of Masamba, Nobili, Kakororo and the surroundings. They have …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The appointment of Geoffrey Bwambale as the Kasese District Land Board Chairperson has hit a snag. The solicitor general has halted his appointment pending the disposal of the petition before the Inspectorate of Government-IGG challenging his appointment on corruption-related matters. Last year, Kasese district council …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu cultural institution has barred leaders in Kasese from discussing matters related to the erecting of a statue in memory of the Institution’s first King Isaya Mukirania Kibanzanga. Mukirania was the father of the sitting King Charles Wesley Mumbere. In February, a …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elite women from Kasese district have tasked the government to expedite the process of permanently relocating the more than 220 households that were displaced by floods in 2020. 176 of these households are headed by women. At least 1068 persons have spent more than two years …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 former abductees of Allied Democratic Forces – ADF rebels in Kasese district have received resettlement package from the Amnesty Commission. The items include spraying pumps, two hoes each, modern sewing machines among others. Ronald Ssekatawa, the commissioner coordinator in charge of Rwenzori …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A strange colour and strong stench covering River Nyamwamba in Kasese district over the last few months has triggered fear of contamination among residents who depend on its water for domestic consumption, suspecting it could be polluted with copper and cobalt minerals. The residents suspect …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu-OBR Cultural Institution has renewed an earlier campaign to introduce marriage certificates to curb child marriages in Kasese district. In 2011, the institution introduced certificates that were only issued to girls who are above 18 years. Girls who are planning to get …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee nursery bed operators in Kasese district have asked the government to intervene in a dispute between them and the Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA. The operators accuse the coordinator of UCDA in Kasese, Moses Alinda of awarding coffee supply contracts and certificates to nursery bed …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Natural Resources Defense Initiative-NRDI has launched phase II for restoring the upper stream of River Nyamwamba in Kasese district. The exercise that targets the three sub-counties of Kilembe, Bulembia and Mbunga covering 21 villages involves planting trees along river banks to restore the degraded land …
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