Tag Archives: Luuka

Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luuka district on Friday arrested Jowali Byakika, the sub county chief of Nawampiti sub county in Luuka district, over soliciting bribes from 20 village saving associations-VISLAs, which had each received two Million Shillings from the parish community association-PCA program. The police also arrested …

Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers from Luuka district have petitioned the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga over their failure to get permits to sell their cane. The over 300 contract farmers were given a go ahead by both Mayuge sugar and Kakira Sugar to grow sugarcane then sell it …

Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luuka district is investigating circumstances under which 50 year old Tom Kilema was hacked to death during the night of Saturday. Kilema, a resident of Kirimwa A village in Bukooma sub county, Luuka district was hacked to death by unknown assailants who reportedly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in Luuka district want the government to negotiate stable cash crop prices which will boost the livelihoods of residents who entirely depend on subsistence and commercial agriculture for survival. Luuka is one of the largest sugarcane growing districts in Busoga sub-region with 80% of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of people protesting the arrest of the National Unity Platform-NUP Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine have been injured in the Kampala Central Business District. Hundreds of people took to the streets this afternoon when news spread of Kyagulanyi’s brutal arrest …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luuka district have broken into the car of Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine and detained him as he arrived to address a rally today. Police are reportedly enforcing guidelines for not more than 200 people attending campaign rallies. He has …