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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of environmentalists under the Biodiversity Conservation Foundation-BCF is mooting for the enactment of punitive ordinances against actions that lead to wetlands destruction in Masaka sub region. Antonio Kalyango, the BCF Executive Director observes that many local governments are failing to customize and effectively …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dispute has erupted between the Masaka City Council Mayor Florence Namayanja and Michael Mulindwa Nakumusana, the Chairperson for Nyendo-Mukungwe division, over the utilization of the new market infrastructure in the area. The apparent disagreement, which has also metamorphosed into a public altercation between the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Motorists are struggling to enter Kampala from the west after a section of the Masaka road gave way, a few kilometers to the city. The road section between Kyengera and Budo Junction along Kampala -Masaka highway has partially sunk in due to heavy …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The parishioners and priests in Masaka diocese are struggling to stop break-ins in churches. In the recent past, the diocese has registered repeated incidents that involved unknown thugs who have raided and robbed Churches in the different parishes, leaving the parishioners and priests concerned. …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Masaka Diocesan Catholic Bishop Severus Jjumba has challenged political leaders in the area to restrain their egos, to avoid frustrating social progress and transformation of their communities. During his homily, while leading Easter Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Cathedral Kitovu, in Nyendo-Ssenyange …

  Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Catholic Bishop of Masaka Diocese, Severus Jjumba has called for fairness in the arbitration of disputes by government agencies to enable communities to live peacefully. In his Easter message delivered from the Episcopal home at Kitovu, in Nyendo-Mukungwe division, Masaka city, Bishop …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has committed to spend Shillings 691 billion for the reconstruction of Masaka-Kyotera to Mutukula road. The 89.5-kilometer road, which serves as the major trade route linking Uganda and Tanzania is currently in a sorry state owing to huge potholes that make it unmotorable, which …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Antiriot Police used teargas to disperse rowdy National Unity Platform-NUP party supporters in Masaka city who were involved in a bitter scuffle over a dispute regarding the party’s mobilization campaigns, known as Kunga. On Monday afternoon, a group of leaders, led by Masaka City Mayor …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership in Masaka City Council has considered organizing hygiene contests in schools and household levels as the response to the apparent high levels of filthiness in the area. Michael Mulindwa Nnakumusana, the Chairperson for Nyendo-Mukungwe Division says the competitions are intended to challenge the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP leaders in Masaka have lashed out at the top leadership of their party over its demand for the resignation of MP Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba from the position of parliamentary Commissioner. The NUP secretariat released a statement on Thursday evening, calling for …