Tag Archives: Kikuube

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Bunyoro kingdom officials in Kikuube district are in police custody on allegations of extortion of up to Shillings 150million. The suspects are Gerald Baleke and Moses Busobozi, the chiefs of Buhaguzi and Kyangwali counties respectively under the Bunyoro Kitara kingdom. They were picked up …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube Resident District Commissioner-RDC Amlan Tumusiime is considering resettling over 1,000 people back on their ancestral land. The affected people have since February pitched camp outside the RDC’s office demanding his intervention to help them resettle on their land. The affected people mainly women and …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of district councilors in Kikuube have tabled a motion to censure three members of the District Executive Committee-DEC over allegations of corruption and forgery. The motion to censure Vincent Alpha Opio, the district Vice-Chairperson, the Secretary for works, and Nicholas Kiiza, the Secretary …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in the Albertine region has refuted claims that they were involved in a heavy gunfire exchange with strangers who had invaded Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kikuube district. On Monday night, reports emerged that some strangers had invaded Kasonga trading center that is situated …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Kikuube are pleading with Hoima Sugar Limited to allow people who had encroached on their land in Bugoma forest reserve to first harvest their crops before they are discontinued from using the land. Police backed by Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers last month …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube District Local Government has stopped all illegal sand mining activities in Kisenyi village, Kinogozi parish. The district leadership promised it will ensure that all sand miners in the area stop the mining operations and apply for environmental clearance certificates, from the district natural …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 residents of Kyangwali sub county in Kikuube district who were brutally evicted from their land are at the verge of starvation. The affected are mainly women, men and children from Bukinda A and B, Bukinda 2, Kavule, Bwizibwera A and B, Kyeya A …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-three suspects are in police custody at Kikuube central police station for allegedly beating a man to coma over a land conflict. Some of the suspects that include both men and women have only been identified as Opar, Ofoi, Mita, Ogenrwoth, Aduba, Joyce, Jarieko and Uucha, …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hilary Obaloker Onek has clashed with Kikuube district officials over his directives to chase people who were evicted from Kyangwali refugee settlement from the office of the Resident District Commissioner. The affected family members have pitched camp …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kikuube district are struggling to recover a sum of 1.12 billion Shillings that was distributed to various savings groups under a presidential initiative commonly known as emyooga. The presidential initiative was rolled out in October 2020 to support among others, market vendors, welders, …