Tag Archives: Mbale city

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government health centers in Mbale city have not had essential drugs for the past three months, according to health authorities. There are three government health centers in Mbale city namely; Busamaga health center III and Namatala health center IV in Mbale City Industrial Division and …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 candidates from Namatala Primary school in Mbale city have failed to show up for the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. The head Teacher, Edith Musundi, says that only 155 out of the 188 candidates registered showed up for the exams. She explains that some …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale city has arrested a 30-year-old woman for assaulting and torturing a minor. Sarah Namboze was arrested by police on Thursday in Northern Division, Mbale city. It is alleged that Namboze was denying the 5-year-old food and often mistreating him. Rogers Taitika, Elgon …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 70 suspected criminals have been arrested in a joint security swoop in Mbale city. The suspects who were arrested on Friday were picked from Half London, Mooni, Senior quarters, and Nkonkonjeru by the police and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF soldiers under the …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventeen suspects are in police custody in Mbale city for cultivating and selling marijuana. The suspects were picked up in a security operation conducted in Kiteso, Buyonjo, Wasufu, and Mpumude cells in Mbale City Northern Division, led by the Division Police Commander, John Byamugisha. …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city authorities are locked up in a fierce fight with Orient City Cleaners limited over the collection of garbage from Mbale central market. Perez Wambedde, the Chairperson of Mbale Central Market says the fight stems from their decision to contract Orient City Cleaners limited …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors have decried the sorry state of the Mbale central market. The roofs of the market leak and the drainage channels are blocked, which leads to flooding whenever it rains. The market which was commissioned in 2014 has a total of 3,760 vendors who operate different …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has dismissed part of the report of the Opposition on disasters in the Elgon region that fault government for acting with negligence during the recent floods that hit Mbale city. Nabbanja said government had not only provided relief items but was …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Northern city division of Mbale city have closed over 200 business premises over non-payment of ground rent and licenses. According to Martine Busiku, the senior assistant town clerk of Mbale City Northern division, the operation took place Thursday morning in areas like Mission …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has pledged to give shillings 5 million to each of the families of the people whose bodies have been recovered following floods in Mbale city over the weekend. Ahamada Washaki, the Mbale City Resident Commissioner says the President has directed that each of the family …