Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Conservationists, Manufacturers, and processors have joined hands to initiate the use of bio-degradable plastics in the country, through a two-year pilot project spearhead by the Uganda Biodiversity Fund (UBF). The project dubbed Clean Products for the Environment, (CPE) will run up to 31st August 2025. …
Read More »Luuka deputy RDC suspended for assaulting resident
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | Luuka Resident District Commissioner Paul Waiswa has been suspended for gross misconduct. The decision follows a complaint filed by Abdullah Kisige, a casual labourer at Kiyunga car washing bay, in Luuka district, who accused Waiswa of beating him up. Kisige accompanied his complaint with a …
Read More »Pupil arrested for attempted poisoning of teacher
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | A primary five pupil of Ntayigilwa Primary School in Ikumbya sub-county, Luuka district was arrested on Tuesday for attempting to poison his teacher for punishing him for arriving late at school. The eleven-year-old pupil allegedly prepared three pieces of roasted maize, which he laced …
Read More »One arrested in Luuka for illegal possession of military hardware
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have arrested a man in Luuka District for illegal possession of military hardware. Asad Kiisa, a resident of Buwamwa village, in Nawampiti sub-county was found with a pair of UPDF uniforms, one pair of military boots, and an unspecified number of bullets. His …
Read More »Woman detained as Police Corporal dies after spending night with her
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga North, is holding a woman, whose identity have been withheld over the death of Cpl George Isabirye, the officer in charge of Nakabugu police station, in Bulongo sub county, in Luuka district. The suspect is currently detained at Luuka central police station, …
Read More »Motorcyclist washed away in Luuka wetland
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga North on Thursday retrieved the body of 31-year-old Eria Waibale, a motorcyclist who was washed away in Kiroba wetland, located in Bukanga sub county, Luuka district along the Iganga-Kamuli road. The deceased has been taken to Kiyunga health center IV mortuary, awaiting postmortem. …
Read More »Luuka residents living in panic over looming eviction
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 3,000 residents from eight villages in Bukanga sub-county, Luuka district are living in fear of eviction from two square miles of land. The affected villages are Bukaade, Bukwanga, Bugogo, Ndoya central, Ndoya A, Nakamini, Nabinoni and Buwologoma central. According to residents, a team of …
Read More »Residents agree to relocate Technical School to pave way for sugar factory construction
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Naigobya Technical institute in Luuka district is to be relocated to pave way for the construction of a government-sponsored sugar factory. This was resolved in a meeting by residents of Naigobya parish, in Bukooma sub-county, in Luuka district on Sunday afternoon. The technical school …
Read More »Government to construct multi-billion sugar factory in Busoga
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda has finalized plans to construct a 135 billion Shillings sugar processing factory in Luuka district. Uganda Development Cooperation-UDC will supervise the implementation of the construction works through direct financing from the Ministry of Finance. The plant whose construction works are expected …
Read More »Luuka resident electrocuted while illegally connecting power
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A retail shop operator in Bumaana trading center, Bukanga sub county, Luuka district was on Monday morning electrocuted while illegally connecting power to his shop. The lifeless body of 27-year-old James Mawani has already been taken to Kiyunga health center IV mortuary awaiting postmortem. Steven …
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