Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six people including two children have been rescued from a shrine in Mpigi District. The police alongside Mpigi Resident Commissioner (RDC) Hassan Kasibante and leaders of Uganda’s traditional healers union carried out an operation on various shrines where two men, two women, and two …
Read More »Parliament alarmed at slow work on Kampala-Mpigi expressway
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Physical Infrastructure Committee of Parliament has expressed disappointment at the ‘extremely slow’ engineering works on the multi-billion Kampala-Mpigi expressway project. Also known as the Busega–Mpigi expressway, the expressway is a 35.41km long four-lane, dual carriage highway whose construction commenced in 2016. The expressway is …
Read More »Police investigates Nswanjere Seminary raid
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating an incident of aggravated robbery at Nswanjere Junior seminary school in Muduma Sub-county in Mpigi District around 3 am on Monday. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire explains that unknown assailants gained entrance into the school by cutting the …
Read More »24 Burundian nationals arrested for illegal entry
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Mpigi district have arrested 24 Burundian nationals for illegal entry into the country. Deputy Police Spokesperson, Claire Nabakka says that the suspects, one of whom is female, were intercepted by traffic police officers at the Katonga checkpoint in Kayabwe town council, traveling …
Read More »Councilors defer Mpigi district budget over lack of quorum
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least seven councillors have petitioned the Mpigi Chief Administrative Officer challenging the legality of the district’s budget for the financial year 2022/23. Mpigi district council passed a 38.8 billion Shillings budget on Friday amid grumbling among leaders who accused the district executive of undermining …
Read More »Two dead, several injured in Mpigi accident
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have died and several others injured in an accident involving 3 vehicles in Kavule village, Kiringente sub county, Mpigi district. The accident involving a bus belonging to Baby Coaches, Fuso truck and trailer occurred on Wednesday morning along the busy Kampala-Masaka highway. One …
Read More »Mpigi farmers fail to utilise agriculture development funds
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Mpigi district have not made use of the six year World Bank funded, Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) which is in its completion stage. The discovery was made by Members of Parliament on the Committee on National Economy during an oversight visit in …
Read More »LCI chairpersons asked to block illegal land evictions
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council leaders in Mpigi district have been asked to block illegal land evictions. The Mpigi RDC, Faridah Mayanja says that the village leaders have the powers to stop an eviction from land and destruction of property. She said that it is disturbing for an …
Read More »Mpigi district leaders cry foul over 60 percent fuel cut
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The political leadership of Mpigi district is protesting the 60 percent fuel cut, saying it limits their field activities to monitor service delivery to residents. The LC V chairperson Martine Ssejjemba, says that the fuel cut is meant to disincentive his office and other political …
Read More »Gateway bus catches fire in Mpigi
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bus belonging to Gateway bus company has burst up flames in Mpigi district. A statement from traffic police shows that the incident happened at around midday at the Kampiringisa police checkpoint in Kamengo sub-county, along the Kampala-Masaka highway. An incident report from the traffic …
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