Tag Archives: Lwengo

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lwengo district lost an estimated Shillings 100 million last year in deceitful expenditure by heads of department, a report by the District Public Accounts Committee-DPAC has revealed. The report pins heads of departments for conniving to misappropriate public funds as well as falsifying accountability for …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Local Government has overturned the removal of Lwengo District Service Commission citing procedural flaws. In August, the district council, acting on the recommendation of the Executive Committee passed a vote of no confidence against the commission accusing members of corruption and gross …

  Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wildlife conservationists are concerned by the continued use of naked electricity transmission lines, arguing that they are yet another hindrance to the protection of the Crested Cranes, The birds are on Uganda’s national emblem. Godfrey Mutemba, the Lwengo district Senior Natural Resources Officer …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Haruna Mugerwa, a journalist with Vision Group’s Bukedde TV has spent the night in police cells in connection to the death of a guest house attendant in Lwengo district. Mugerwa is locked up at Mbirizi police station in Lwengo district, as a key suspect in the …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Lwengo district has arrested three people for allegedly being part of a mob that killed a 25-year-old man on suspicion of house breaking and theft. The deceased has been identified as Frank Tushabe, a resident of Lwekisuga village in Malongo sub-county. The suspects …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Lwengo district have received specialized training on managing the invasion of Crested cranes, instead of poisoning them. The farmers have for years decried the persistent crop invasion by the country’s precious bird which has left their communities plunged into food shortage. The most …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Lwengo district are investigating a suspected bomb blast in Kyangoma village, Kkingo sub-county. Winfred Nalwanga, a resident of Nkoni trading center along the Masaka-Mbarara highway says a strange explosion was heard at about 9:30pm on Sunday, causing a panic in the area. …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Food production in Lwengo district is being threatened by harsh weather conditions. The farmers say they last received rainfall in the first week of March. The most affected villages include Kyandazima, Kamusoga, Kaikolongo, Kisaana, Kyakabandagala, Kajjalubanda, Kitwekyanjovu, Lwempaama, and Katuulo villages in Lwengo sub-county. Beans, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Council (LC5) Chairpersons of Lwengo, Kyotera, Rakai, Sembabule and Gomba districts have formed a coalition to push for government funding to monitor the oil pipeline activities and have uniform royalties like the districts of the Bunyoro region. The leaders including Ibrahim Kitatta, the …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Lwengo district officials are in police custody for alleged fraud and obtaining money by false pretense from women groups in the area. They are Joseph Mazinga, the Lwengo District Commercial Development Officer, and an attendant in his office, Wilson Ssemanda. Another official Charles Mbazira, …