KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee-PAC are calling for the halting of the construction works of the Lubowa Super Specialized Hospital Project because of a lack of proper accountability. The MPs also want the project engineer to be charged in court for issuing …
Read More »Civil society group fails to block sh1.4 trillion for Lubowa Hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court in Kampala has dismissed a petition in which Civil Society Organization Initiative for Social Economic Rights (ISER) wanted to stop a parliamentary resolution to guarantee sh1.4 trillion to an Italian Investor for construction of an ultra-modern Hospital in Lubowa. In a unanimous …
Read More »Rotary Club of Lubowa starts programme to fight against malaria
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the fight and sensitization against disease, the Rotary Club of Lubowa has launched a community project of distributing free malaria prevention trees (repellant) and a fruit tree at their hospitality gathering in Arkright City-Bwebajja at the weekend. Assistant Governor Florence Mukiibi who officiated at …
Read More »Why Ugandans are angry about the Lubowa hospital story
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | A discussion about the controversial Lubowa specialized hospital on CBS FM’s ‘kiliza oba gana’ program moderated by Medi Nsereko, caught my ear recently. The guests in the studio included an MP from Rakai district who was not shy to describe what was going on at Lubowa …
Read More »Police hunt for suspect on the run over murder of his girlfriend
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Lubowa have recovered the body of a Kenyan National who was killed in a suspected domestic brawl with her boyfriend who is currently on the run. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson identified the deceased as Lydia Wanyuki, a maid in …
Read More »State House Blocks MP Kakooza in Lubowa land dispute
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Land Department has blocked Uganda’s representative to the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA, James Kakooza from demolishing property and carrying out developments on a disputed piece of land in Lubowa. It comes days after police blocked Kakooza from demolishing property on the …
Read More »Police block EALA MP Kakooza from demolishing property on disputed land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police on Tuesday blocked Uganda’s representative to the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA, James Kakooza from demolishing property on disputed land in Lubowa. Kakooza is embroiled in a land dispute with his neighbour. The disputed land measuring 0.22 acres is located in Lubowa, behind Roofings Uganda …
Read More »Anti-Corruption Unit, police probe fake titles on NSSF land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit and the police are investigating a case in which 10 people allegedly acquired by fraudulent means, titles on land at Lubowa owned by the National Social Security Fund-NSSF. It is alleged that in 2019, Muhammad Kityo Lubowa, Moses Bogere, Betty …
Read More »NSSF Lubowa housing project wins international property award
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund has won the five-star award for the Africa and Arabia Property awards for their real estate project in Lubowa, dubbed Solana, it said on Oct.11. This was during a virtual awards ceremony in London that brought together the best property …
Read More »Court throws out fired Lubowa Hospital project coordinator’s case against PS Atwine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The project coordinator of the Lubowa Specialized hospital Dr. Eng. John Tumwesigye has lost a case in which he sued government and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Health Dr. Diana Atwine for terminating his contract. Government represented by the Health and Finance …
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