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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll from a fire that gutted a dormitory at Kasaana Junior School in Nyendo-Mukungwe Division, Masaka City, has reached four. The incident that happened at 4:00 a.m. also left 11 pupils injured. According to school authorities, the dormitory accommodated 15 children in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has confirmed that two pupils of Kasaana Junior School in, Nyendo-Mukungwe division, Masaka City have died in a fire that burned down a dormitory.  The incident that happened at 4:00am also left 11 pupils injured. The dead have been identified as Aloysius Ahebwa and …

A perfect getaway on a weekend would definitely be out of town; an escape from the loathly traffic jam and pollution in the city. Within the context of finding such retreat, Ndegeya Community of the Arts, births a novel fully packaged art weekend program dubbed Masaka Arts Weekend intended to …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of required logistics has been highlighted as the major bottleneck to the effective implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM in Masaka district. Reports indicate that the district is facing challenges in serving its targeted beneficiaries seeking funds through their respective parish Savings and …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Over 100 residents facing eviction from the proposed site of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) airbase in Masaka are demanding a fresh evaluation of their properties to ensure fair compensation according to current rates. UPDF is conducting a survey on approximately 3 square …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is running high among the community surrounding Hill Road Public School in Masaka City because of the impending threats of demolition by claimants of the school land. Sitting on top of Bwala Hill in the Kimanya-Kabonera division, this government-aided school has distinguished itself …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is running high at Masaka main mosque due to renewed misunderstandings within the top mosque leadership. The current trouble stems from the suspension of Sheikh Abasi Nseera, the Imam of Masaka main mosque, and Hajj Burahane Lugemwa, the General Secretary for Masaka Muslim District …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors are demanding the remodeling of a multi-billion modern market in Nyendo-Mukungwe Division, Masaka City. In 2017, President Yoweri Museveni commissioned the market, constructed at a cost of sh13 Billion  which was part of a loan government obtained from the Arab Bank for Economic …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The shadow cabinet on Monday demanded a probe into atrocities allegedly committed by UPDF’s Fisheries Protection Unit on lakes in the country. The cabinet chaired by the Leader of Opposition in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga was responding to various complaints by fisheries communities around various …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fisheries Officers from districts in central Uganda have raised concern over what they call persistently unfair prosecution processes faced by suspects involved in illegal fishing practices. Fredrick Ggesa, the Masaka District Fisheries Officer, who also coordinates officers in the central region, argues that detaining …