Tag Archives: Mukono

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 residents in Mukono district who will be affected by the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway-SGR are uncertain about payments. The Ministry of Works in 2016 surveyed and marked the corridor in Mukono where the project will pass to connect to other …

A family of the late Ssensiwo Kitooke is claiming ownership of 50 acres of land in Mukono saying residents settled on it illegally. Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 people in Mukono district are under threat of eviction from their homes. The affected people occupy 50 acres at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 11 people who had been recorded among the missing supporters of the National Unity Platform-NUP in Mukono North constituency have returned home two months after they were reported missing. These were among the people who were reported missing during the peak of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Naggalama police division are holding three suspects accused of assaulting National Resistance Movement-NRM party mobilisers in Mukono North County. The suspects are Frank Sserunjogi, Muzamiru Mpanga and Edward Ssekabira. The trio together with others still at large are said to have attacked NRM mobilisers who …