Tag Archives: Kayunga

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Mukono has dismissed with costs an election petition filed by Ritah Nabadda, a voter challenging the victory of Idah Nantaba as Kayunga District Woman Member of Parliament. Nabadda petitioned the court to nullify the election of Nantaba for allegedly bribing …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has instructed Kayunga district local government to work closely with her office to conduct valuation of the land housing the internally displaced persons-IDP resettlement camp so as to purchase it. Nabbanja made the instructions after touring Galiraya sub county were over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Mukono has dismissed the petition challenging the election of the late Ffeffekka Sserubogo, the former Kayunga LC V chairperson. Boniface Musisi Bandikubi petitioned the court challenging the victory of Sserubogo on grounds that he was illegally nominated and lacked the necessary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jackeline Birungi, the first petitioner in the case challenging the victory of Idah Erios Nantaba as Kayunga Woman Member of Parliament found a hard time defending accusations against her rival for using forged academic qualifications. In her petition, Birungi who ran as an independent accused …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastoralists in Kayunga District and the Banyala Chiefdom leader Captain Baker Kimeze are embroiled in a conflict over grazing land. The pastoralists under the Abaliisa Development Entrepreneurship Association (ADEA) accuse Kimeze of using his royal guards to protect another group of pastoralists to graze …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joel Kayiira, 28, has assumed the office of LC V chairperson Kayunga district. Kayiira who has been Vice-Chairperson replaces Ffefeka Sserubogo who died last month. Kayiira, a member of the National Unity Platform-NUP, who is also a councillor representing Ggaliraya sub-county says that he will …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The results of the postmortem done on the body of the late Kayunga district LC V chairperson Ffefeka Sserubogo suggested he committed suicide. The postmortem report was conducted at Mulago hospital by three senior surgeons and one independent doctor provided by the family. It was …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly elected LCV Chairperson Kayunga District Ffefeka Sserubugo is dead. Sserubugo is alleged to have committed suicide on Tuesday night. According to Hellen Kyomuhendo, the acting District Police Commander Mukono, Sserubugo’s body was found by relatives hanging on a tree this morning. Police …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kayunga district leaders are seeking a special fund to compensate landlords and put an end to land disputes in the area. The unending land disputes in the district have oftentimes resulted in injuries and loss of life. A baseline survey on land conflicts carried out …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Harriet Nakwedde, the runner up for the Kayunga Woman Member of Parliament race on the National Unity Platform-NUP ticket in the January 14, elections has petitioned the High Court in Mukono seeking the cancellation of results and also order for a by-election. Former minister Idah …