Tag Archives: Kyotera

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Microfinance Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo has sought reconciliation with the leadership of Kyotera district, after a period of bitter misunderstandings from the last general elections. Kasolo has preferred to begin reaching out to leaders and communities with whom he has not …

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd receives delivery of first batch of insulated line pipe for construction. Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co. Ltd, the construction contractor for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd, has today received a delivery of nine trucks …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite receiving monetary compensation for properties affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) route in Lwengo and Kyotera districts, some affected individuals are expressing regret over the project’s impact on their livelihoods. Teddy Nakintu, 79, from Nnanywa A village, Ndagwe sub-county in …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has committed to spend Shillings 691 billion for the reconstruction of Masaka-Kyotera to Mutukula road. The 89.5-kilometer road, which serves as the major trade route linking Uganda and Tanzania is currently in a sorry state owing to huge potholes that make it unmotorable, which …

Kyotera , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Livestock farmers in Kyotera district have expressed concern over the inappropriate disposal of carcasses after cattle succumb to anthrax. For close to two months now, Kyotera district has been battling a rare outbreak of anthrax, which compelled the authorities to declare a total …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  With many anthrax patients abandoning treatment in hospital and disappearing, the Greater Masaka Regional Security Committee has issued orders for the arrest of a witch doctor who allegedly is luring them to her shrine. The accused, Sylvia Nansamba, Chairperson of traditional healers in Rakai district, …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Authorities in Kyotera district have enforced a complete ban on the movement of livestock and its products to halt the apparent spread of anthrax from animals to humans. For nearly a month, the district has grappled with a rare outbreak of anthrax, initially confirmed …

  Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Jude Ssali, the Kakuuto sub-county Chairperson in Kyotera district, is facing allegations of misrepresenting Project Affected Persons (PAPs) related to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. Numerous individuals who are set to lose their properties in the construction of the East …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Kyotera district are calling for the opening of fresh boundaries on the former Sango-bay Sugar estates before the implementation of the National Oil Palm project in the area. They argue that the project implementers have crossed beyond the original boundaries of …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 100 people along the proposed route of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP in Kyotera district have petitioned parliament protesting the compensation rates offered to them by the project implementers. The project-affected persons in Nabigasa sub county are aggrieved by what they describe as …