Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested a man identified as Aziz Ssempala, said to be the leader of a gang that has been staging illegal checkpoints in various villages of Mukono district with intention of robbing travelers and extorting boda boda riders. Ssempala who was wearing a local …
Read More »Mukono task force bans burials without Covid-19 examination
Mukono District Health Officer Dr. Stephen Mulindwa alleges that people are succumbing to COVID-19 without being tested Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono district Covid-19 task force has suspended all burials until the bodies are examined for the coronavirus disease. This will be implemented by the village health teams-VHTs and local council-LC …
Read More »Mukono woman arrested for hacking pregnant rival
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A woman in Mukono is in trouble for hacking her rival who is expecting. The suspect is Robinah Nakaye, a resident of Ssozi village in Mpatta Sub County. She is accused of hacking her rival, Jackeline Ndilimaana on Saturday before going into hiding. She …
Read More »Mukono district NUP chairman appoints NRM candidate to deputize him
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono district chairman Rev Peter Bakaluba Mukasa has appointed Asuman Muhumuza, a member of the National Resistance Movement-NRM, to deputize him as he starts his term of office under the National Unity Platform. Bakaluba told the first sitting of the Mukono district council after the swearing-in …
Read More »Heavy rain worsens appalling state of shortcuts along Kampala-Jinja highway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Regular downpours in Mukono municipality have worsened the already appalling state of roads used as shortcuts by travelers running away from traffic jam along Kampala-Jinja highway. The most damaged routes include Namuyenje-Kyawambogo, Lweza-Nabuti, Wantoni-Namubiru-Nakawolole, Bajjo-Serado and UCU-Kirowooza-Namilyango-Kireku roads. Most of the routes had gradually developed …
Read More »Property valuation appeals delay local revenue collection in Mukono
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increasing number of appeals on property valuations by Mukono municipal authorities is affecting the timely collection of revenue. Mukono municipality valued buildings and working spaces in 2019 with an intention of expanding its local revenue base. However, the big institutions and factories in Namanve industrial …
Read More »Residents pitch camp at Zirimiti forest reserve to stop encroachers
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bugoye village, Ntenjeru sub county in Mukono district have stepped up surveillance to stop any further encroachment on Zirimiti central forest reserve. Residents stepped up their vigilance after about 30 men armed with machetes started clearing part of the forestland on Friday evening. …
Read More »NUP leaders in Mukono denounce petition challenging victory of DP candidate
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP leaders in greater Mukono have denounced a petition challenging the victory of Democratic Party-DP’s parliamentary candidate in the Mukono South County race. On Tuesday, Wilson Male, who lost the seat on the NUP ticket petitioned the High Court challenging the victory …
Read More »Police seal off construction site on contested land in Mukono town
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have cordoned off a construction site located along Kampala-Jinja highway in Mukono central business town after landowners complained about the fraudulent acquisition of land by the developer. Police acting upon the orders of the Commandant Land Protection Police Unit Charles Mutungi has stopped the …
Read More »Repeated Katosi water works irk Mukono town traders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Mukono municipality have raised concern about the repeated construction works of the Katosi water project which is disrupting their businesses. They argue that the works have affected their businesses because of the long exposure to dust. The works involve laying of pipes by …
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