Tag Archives: Kikuube

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior police officers in Kikuube district are being investigated over fuel theft. The officers whose names have been withheld for fear of jeopardizing police investigations are accused of participating in the dubious fuel deals. They are alleged to be conniving with truck drivers to siphon fuel …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security operatives in Kikuube district have intercepted and apprehended 123 Congolese refugees who had escaped from Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kyangwali sub county, Kikuube district. The refugees escaped from the settlement area on Friday night and were intercepted and arrested at Nsonga landing site …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society organizations-CSOs are demanding for the resignation of Andrew Byakutaga, the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom prime minister and the entire Kingdom cabinet over the giveaway of Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district to Hoima sugar limited. The CSOs say the prime minister and the …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education authorities in Kikuube district want government to takeover the management of 13 community primary schools in the district in a bid to uplift education standards. The district education authorities have already submitted names of the community primary schools they want government to take …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 families in Kikuube district are sleeping out in the cold following their eviction from Lake Albert shores. The families are affected by the second phase of the closure of illegal landing sites by Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF, which kicked off on …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty fishermen have been arrested in Hoima and Kikuube districts for defying the Covid-19 preventive guidelines. The fishermen were picked up while fishing on Lake Albert on Sunday night in violation of the curfew. The affected fishermen are from Kaiso, Kyehoro and Mbegu in …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security operatives in Kikuube district have arrested four Congolese Nationals for illegal entry into the country. The Congolese whose identities have since been concealed by security operatives were arrested on Thursday after they allegedly crossed into the country through Lake Albert. They were arrested on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The district security committee in Hoima and Kikuube districts have suspended fishing activities on Lake Albert to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The decision to halt fishing activities was reached at during a security committee meeting for both districts held in Hoima on …