Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gideon Tumwebaze, the chairman of Tulipona Veterans Association is in trouble for allegedly forging a letter and signature of Dr Solomon Gafabusa Iguru, the King of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom to allegedly grab 2,000 acres of land in Kikuube district. The land that is located in …
Read More »Kikuube LC5 councilor Nyakojo killed in fatal accident
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kikuube town council LC5 councilor Birari Nyakojo has been killed in a fatal accident along the Hoima-Kikuube-Fortportal road in Kikuube district. Nyakojo who was riding a motorcycle whose registration number is yet to be established rammed into a stationary numberless tractor that had been …
Read More »Police prefer criminal trespass charges against Pakistan national
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kikuube has preferred charges of criminal trespass against a Pakistan national who was arrested inside Hoima Sugar limited factory premises on Wednesday. Ali Asim, 23, allegedly gained entry into the sugar factory premises situated in Kiswaza village, Munteme parish, Kizirafumbi sub county …
Read More »Pakistan national arrested in Kikuube under unclear circumstances
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kikuube district are holding a 23-year-old Pakistan national who was arrested inside Hoima sugar factory premises under unclear circumstances. The suspect holding a Pakistan passport has been identified as Ali Asim, who was a student at Rise and Shine secondary school Ntinda …
Read More »300 families in Kikuube face forceful eviction
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 families in Rwengabi village, Kabwoya sub county, Kikuube district are on the verge of being evicted from their ancestral land. The residents are feuding with William Mugabe, a prominent businessman over 640 acres of land in the area. Led by Patrick Okwairwoth, …
Read More »Seven Kikuube district officials arrested over alleged abuse of office
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven Kikuube district officials have been arrested for alleged corruption and abuse of office. The officials are Flavia Nabwire, the Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, Emmy Arinaitwe, the District Engineer, Julian Kusiima, the Chief Finance Officer, Moses Irumba, the district internal officer and Nicholas Kwikiriza, the District …
Read More »Man killed fighting to save under-age sister from marriage
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Kikuube district has been brutally killed while attempting to save his 16-year-old sister from getting married. The deceased has been identified as Bruno Tumwejukye, 35, a resident of Kiyembe Village in Kabwoya sub-county. It is alleged that the deceaseds’ young sister …
Read More »50 Congolese refugees enter Kikuube district
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 Congolese refugees fleeing tribal clashes between the Lendu and the Bagegere in the Eastern DR Congo have crossed into Kikuube district. The refugees crossed into the district through Lake Albert and landed at Sebigoro and Buhuka landing sites in Kabwoya and Kyangwali …
Read More »Kikuube Covid-19 taskforce suspends water transport on L. Albert
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kikuube district COVID-19 taskforce has suspended water transport across Lake Albert following the surging cases of COVID-19 in the district and the country at large. Kikuube shares a porous border point with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC which is also battling the same pandemic. …
Read More »Residents petition Museveni over Bugoma forest give away
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The communities around Bugoma forest reserve in Kikuube district under their umbrella Save Bugoma Campaign are collecting signatures to petition President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over the continued destruction of the forest. Desire Nkuruzinza, the chairman of the communities around the forest reserve says they have collected …
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