Tag Archives: Manafwa

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has commenced rehabilitation of the Manafwa-Bududa circular road following last week’s protests by taxi drivers and Boda boda riders. On Thursday, transport along the road was disrupted after the protesters dug a five-foot-deep hole at Buwangani Town Council, …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have confirmed the death of a pupil of Nakhupa primary school in Manafwa district following an accident involving dozens of pupils. The deceased is 16-year-old Thomas Naminayi. The accident occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday at Kufu along Mbale-Manafwa road involving a Tata …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scores of pupils of Nagalwa primary school in Manafwa district were injured last night when a truck they were traveling on board overturned at Kufu bridge in Kufu trading center. Up to 116 were injured but reports of deaths at the scene could not …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manafwa public servants on Friday joined long serving District Production officer Dr. Denis Okello Odongo to celebrate his retirement. Okello received many gifts as a party was held in his honour soon after he handed over office to the district veterinary officer Dr Boniface Obbo …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Manafwa District Health Officer-DHO, Dr. Gideon Wamasebu is missing. According to information obtained by our reporter, Dr. Wamasebu left his home in Mbale on February 6th, 2023 in the company of his niece for a workshop in Kenya. Dr. Wamasebu didn’t call back …

Uganda Veterinary Association team on surveillance in Elgon region Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Veterinary authorities in Manafwa district have imposed a temporal quarantine following the outbreak of anthrax in Bududa district. One person has since died and thirteen others hospitalized after eating meat of dead animals suspected to …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Manafwa district have imposed a temporal quarantine following the outbreak of anthrax in Bududa district. On Thursday, Bududa district confirmed the outbreak of the disease after samples from the Uganda Virus Research Institute returned positive. One person has since died and thirteen others …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Alacho, the officer in Charge of Kato police station in Manafwa district has been found dead in his office. Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police spokesperson says that Alacho’s lifeless body was retrieved from his seat in his office on Tuesday morning. He says …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Sisuni sub county in Manafwa district have held a peaceful demonstration protesting lack of access to clean water. Drawn from twenty villages in the sub-county, the protesters matched with placards to Sisuni sub county headquarters demanding that the leaders repair broken boreholes in …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vegetable prices in Manafwa district have dropped by almost half in the past few weeks. A kilogram of tomatoes now costs Shillings 500 from Shillings 1500 while a sack of cabbages costs Shillings 15,000 from Shillings 50,000. Vegetable farmers attribute the drop in prices to …