Tag Archives: Mbale

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is excitement at Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) following a decision by two delegates formerly opposed to the Nathan Nandala Mafabi-led board to bury the hatchet. They are Muhamad Nabuyobo from the Budwale primary society and Swalike Nambuye from the Bubyetse primary society, both …

  Mbale City, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city police have arrested thirteen students from three major secondary schools for staging a protest and obstructing traffic. The suspects are from Nkoma Secondary School, Mbale Secondary School, and Progressive High School. The students took to the streets after being ejected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has received dialysis machines worth Shillings 200 million from the Health Ministry. The machines will be used to treat patients with kidney failure problems. Dr. Erick Ebono, who is set to lead the dialysis unit at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has halted the controversial transfer of the head teacher of the Mbale school for the deaf. The Ministry recently posted Dismus Wandulu to the school of the deaf, removing Sister Rose Nelima, despite ongoing investigations by the Committee …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Aug.24, President Yoweri Museveni commissioned 16 factories and made a groundbreaking for another nine at Sino Uganda-Mbale Industrial Park in Mbale City. “You remember this site here was a bush some years ago but now we have a labour force of 2,000 with 36 …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Members of Parliament from the Public Services and Local Government Committee have urged Mbale district authorities to postpone their plans for relocation due to concerns about the lack of preparedness for the administrative transition. The MPs proposed that both the district and the …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judicial officers and court staff have been asked to exhibit excellent skills to improve on customer care around their courts. According to the head of Anti-Corruption Court Lawrence Gidudu, customers are the reason every business exits and so are the courts of law. “Without …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Issa Ouma, the manager of Prism Credit Finance in Kampala, and three others are in police custody in Mbale city for his alleged involvement in a loan scam. Rogers Taitika, the Elgon Region Police Spokesperson identifies the other suspects as Benjamin Suubi, Fred Wakabi, …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A reconciliation meeting convened to end the leadership wrangles in Inzu Ya Masaba Cultural Institution has once again confirmed Jude Mike Mudoma as Umukuka III. This marks the third time that the clan heads have confirmed Mudoma to succeed the late cultural leader, Bob …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have been called into action in Mbale City on Tuesday evening following the discovery of the body of an unknown female in a sewerage hole. The body was discovered in a sewerage hole at the Total Pump Fuel Station, near the entrance of …