Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll of the Mbale city flood victims has increased to 20 people. Ten more bodies have been recovered this morning from River Nabuyonga in Mbale City Industrial Division. The 10 were traveling in a super custom, which plunged into the river following the …
Read More »Court dismisses Lydia Wanyoto’s election appeal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lydia Wanyoto Mutende has lost the appeal challenging the victory of her rival, Connie Nakayenze Galiwango, the Mbale city woman member of parliament. Wanyoto ran against Nakayenze in the January 2021 polls and lost with an overwhelming margin. She polled 25,276 votes against 40,729 garnered …
Read More »Land grabbing cases surge in Mbale city
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last week, 80-year-old Priscila Nakamya Ouma, a resident of Doko Kasanja I in Mbale City Northern Division lost her home to a private developer. According to Nakamya, the developer fraudulently bought part of her land from her son, Kiiza Kubiita. Nakamya is just one of …
Read More »Mbale city: Battle over street parking fees collection rages on
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city’s challenges with collecting street parking fees have persisted after police refused to remove workers of Central Investment Agency-CIA Limited who are operating illegally. Last week, Mbale city officially handed over the work of street parking fees collection to Nalu Travel and Tour-NTT Limited after …
Read More »Election Appeal: Masaba asks court to cancel results from Makosi polling station
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ivan Masaba, the former parliamentary candidate for Mbale City Northern Division has asked the Court of Appeal to cancel the results from Makosi trading center polling station from the final tally. During the January 14th, 2021 polls, Masaba polled 9,415 votes against 9,854 votes garnered by …
Read More »Mbale city closes over 200 business premises over tax evasion
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city authorities have closed over 200 business premises over tax evasion. The affected businesses were closed in an operation in Nkoma and Namakweke in the Northern Mbale City Division on Monday. According to the Northern City Mbale Division Town Clerk Martin Busiku, most of the …
Read More »Dot services seeks five months extension to complete Mbale road works
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dot Services has applied for five months extension to complete the second phase of the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructural Development-USMID project in Mbale City. The government contracted Dot Services in November 2020 to undertake the construction of Naboa road and Cathedral Avenue at the …
Read More »New design of Mbale city clock tower raises uproar
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an uproar among the public in Mbale city over the new design of the Clock tower. The city authorities are rehabilitating the clock tower to give it a new look. The works include the replacement of the gong, erecting of a statue of …
Read More »Road accidents in Mbale claim six lives in one week
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale city have raised concern over the current increase in the number of road accidents which have claimed the lives of six people in just one week. While speaking to our reporter today in an exclusive interview, Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police …
Read More »UPDF truck knocks two dead in Mbale city
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF truck has knocked dead a mother and her 9 months old baby in Mbale city. The accident occurred at Sleeping baby junction in Mbale city on Thursday morning when a UPDF truck registration number BO3BF099 attached to 3rd Division rolled …
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