Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been knocked dead in Kibuku District. The crash occurred on Sunday along the Mbale Tirinyi-Iganga highway. According to Moses Kityo Mwanga, the Police Commander of Bukedi North, the three who were on a motorcycle number UFU 120U and going to Iganga side …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kibuku district recovered four guns and apprehended two suspected thieves during an operation on Saturday. This comes after an inmate who had escaped from lawful custody reportedly joined a group of robbers targeting Amula stores at Tirinyi Prison and making off with …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people were killed in a tragic road accident that occurred at Saala village in Kibuku district along the Mbale-Tirinyi highway Wednesday night at 8:00 pm. The deceased have been identified as Mohammed Ntege, the bus driver and resident of Namakwekwe ward in the …
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Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parish chiefs in Kibuku district are under the spotlight for allegedly charging each beneficiary under the Parish Development Program-PDM Shillings 10,000 for registration. Fred Kirya, one of the PDM beneficiaries says that their parish chief asked each member to pay Shillings 10,000 as registration fees …
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Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kibuku district have arrested a 49-year-old mother for allegedly whipping her 10-year-old child to death. The suspect has been identified as Tolophina Kanyi, a resident of Saala cell, Kirika sub County. Samuel Semewo, the acting Bukeddi North Regional Police Spokesperson said that on …
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Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy rains have caused severe havoc to residents in Kibuku after destroying several homes and gardens. The rains that pounded the district on Thursday affected homesteads in the sub counties of Kasasira, Nankodo and Kasasira town council in Kibuku district. According to residents, rains were falling …
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Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kibuku district is investigating the murder of a six-year-old boy whose body was found dumped in a nearby soya-beans garden. The deceased is Sula Goso, a resident of Bugiri parish in Kasasira sub-county, Kibuku district. According to police, the minor who has …
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Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding three people in connection to the death of 50-year-old Mwanika Yokolamu, a resident of Kadama village, Kadama town council in Kibuku district. The suspects include Ibrahim Mbulalina, the LC I chairperson of Kadama village, and two others whose identities have been withheld. …
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Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Butaleja and Kibuku district Covid taskforces are struggling to enforce the restrictions on funerals as part of the measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. According to the taskforces, the communities in both districts have adamantly ignored the restrictions on the number of mourners. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters of Kibuku district have vowed not to elect National Resistance Movement- NRM party flag bearers. On Saturday, Captain Mike Mukula, the NRM Eastern region vice-chairperson was in the constituencies of Kibuku district campaigning for President Museveni and the NRM flag bearers. They are the …
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