Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons with Disabilities in Bundibugyo and Kasese districts have asked policymakers to enact laws that will ease their access to reproductive health services. They specifically want a house-to-house delivery of family planning services to households accommodating PWDs. Sarah Kabagenyi, the chairperson of Bundibugyo District Association …
Read More »Prosecution fails to show up for bail hearing of Kasese NUP members
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of the National Unity Platform-NUP party in Kasese have been remanded further after the prosecution failed to show up in court. The five were arrested by security personnel last month from Kamaiba ward in Kasese municipality, for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. They …
Read More »Gov’t reopens Mpondwe fish market
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has re-opened the Mpondwe border fish market in Lhubiriha town council, Kasese district. Last year, government suspended cross-border business and border markets as part of the Covid-19 preventive measures. The State Minister for Fisheries Hellen Adoa, who officiated at the re-opening of the …
Read More »Why Rwenzururu king is not free yet
Talks between Kingdom officials and the government bear fruit but detractors remain Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | On November 27, 2016 Omusinga (king) Charles Wesley Mumbere, the cultural leader of Rwenzururu Kingdom, and hundreds of his subjects were arrested after a Uganda military assault on his palace …
Read More »State seeks more time to complete investigations in Kasese NUP members trial
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The state has asked the court for more time to complete investigations into the charges against five National Unity Platform-NUP members in Kasese district. The state is also seeking to amend the charge sheet arguing that there are additional grounds to pin the suspects to …
Read More »Court denies Kasese NUP members bail
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court sitting in Kasese district has rejected the bail application of five National Unity Platform-NUP supporters facing treason charges. They are Bryan Basisa, the NUP Kasese district chairperson, Geoffrey Bwambale, the NUP coordinator for Bundibugyo, Atanazio Isande from Ntoroko district, Isaac Mumbere, the …
Read More »Farmers in Mubuku irrigation scheme demand transfer of in-charge
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in the Mubuku irrigation scheme in Kasese district are demanding for the transfer of the in-charge of the scheme, Lawrence Tibesigwa over allegations of mismanagement. The farmers under their umbrella body, “Mubuku irrigation settlement farmer’s cooperative society ltd”, accuse Tibesigwa of selling the scheme’s …
Read More »Kasese town residents want metal scrap business regulated
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kasese municipality want the municipal leadership to regulate the scrap metal business in town. This comes days after two children sustained injuries in a blast in Kogere cell, Nyamwamba division on Tuesday last week. It was reported that three children unsuspectingly picked the …
Read More »23 year old man commits suicide in Kasese town
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kasese municipality is investigating circumstances under which a 23-year-old man committed suicide by hanging inside a family house. The deceased has been identified as Felix Muhindo, a resident of Nyamwamba west cell, Nyakasanga ward, Nyamwamba division, Kasese municipality. Paddy Kamara, chairman LC1 for Nyamwamba …
Read More »Families of arrested NUP members in Kasese call for justice
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The families of the National Unity Platform-NUP members who were arrested in Kasese district last week are demanding for justice. The five members Bryan Basisa, the NUP Kasese district chairperson, Geoffrey Bwambale, the NUP coordinator for Bundibugyo, and Atanazio Isanat from Ntoroko district. Others are Isaac …
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