Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Aids Support Organization-TASO in Masaka has rolled out a school-based HIV counseling program to create a safe environment for adolescents and protection of HIV-positive learners. Fiona Nakimera, a counselor at TASO Masaka center says the concern of stigma in schools coupled with the negative …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka High Court will now hear the bail applications for the Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West Counterpart, Allan Ssewanyana. This stems from a directive by the International Crimes Division Judge Alice Komuhangi Khauka to the registrar to immediately transfer the legislator’s bail …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 328 million Shillings have been recovered through the Small Claims Procedure conducted by grade one Magistrate courts in Masaka over the last year. Mastulah Mulondo, the Chief Registrar in Charge of Small Claim Procured in the Judiciary, said that the money had been …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Kalungi, the former Masaka District LC V Chairperson has cautioned his successors against the proposed sale of the district headquarters purportedly to get money to build a new home. The current district leadership led by the LC V Chairperson, Andrew Lukyamuzi Batemyeto has placed …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Magistrates Court in Masaka has ruled that Laetitia Nakimbugwe, a mistress involved in a property dispute with former Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi does not have rights over his fortune. Nakimbugwe was dragged to court by Victoria Nawangi, an appointed administrator of Ssekandi’s …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka City Council authorities are faced with an uphill task of enforcing a ban on the creation and sale of undersized plots due to the reluctance of land brokers to heed the directive. In July this year, the Masaka City Executive and the Roads Committee …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several vendors are protesting the use of raffles in the allocation of space and stalls in the newly built Masaka City Central Market. The Local Government Ministry and Masaka City Council are in the final stages of handing over the market to the vendors four years after …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Masaka City Council Roads committee has ordered strict enforcement of the physical planning regulations to stop the expansion of slums in the area. The committee which is chaired by Dr Abed Bwanika, the Kimanya-Kabonera Division Member of Parliament has instructed the City Physical …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Catholic Church in Masaka Diocese has ordained 17 priests to join the clerical vocation of the faith. The priests were ordained at Villa Maria proto-Cathedral in Kalungu district, by Masaka Diocesan Bishop Serverus Jjumba while he celebrated mass on Saturday. He also elevated …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in greater Masaka have been asked to diversify their farming practices with the growing of bush crops in addition to the traditional food crop varieties as a solution to the devastating long dry season which threatens food security and the survival of many communities …
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