Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In response to the escalating land clashes between the residents of Amolatar and Nakasongola districts, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has scheduled an urgent crisis meeting on Thursday, 3 August 2023. The violent clash erupted on July 16, 2023, when residents of Namasale Town Council in …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 7-year-old boy has died in a house fire in Nakasongola District. The fire resulted from a petrol explosion. The deceased has been identified as Asuman Lubega. He was a resident of Kibuye landing site on Lake Kyoga, in Lwampanga Sub-County. It’s reported that during …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakasongola Army Barracks Unit Disciplinary Court has denied bail to Corporal Jackson Bitaryebwa and Private Enoth Tindimwebwa, both teachers who are accused of assaulting a student. The two reportedly beat up Andrew Kasita, a Senior One student at Nakasongola Army Secondary School on …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A tragic accident involving four vehicles in Nakasongola has left six people severely injured. The incident took place on Saturday evening around 5:00 pm at Namayonjo village in Nakasongola District along the Kampala-Gulu Highway. According to Sam Twineamazima, the Acting Savannah Regional Police spokesperson, …
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Naksongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 235 heads of cattle have been reported stolen in Nakasongola district, leaving pastoralists crying foul. According to the District Police report, 235 heads of cattle were stolen between May 2022 to March 2023. The report indicates that only 127 have been recovered …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers from Nakasongola District are seeking Parliament’s intervention in a case where they say the National Forest Authority (NFA) has blocked them from accessing nine public water dams. The farmers who were led by their area Member of Parliament, Noah Mutebi Wanzala said that the …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakasongola district have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife and daughter before he secretly buried them in a forest. Daniel Toyo of Kalungu village in Wabinyonyi sub-county has been arrested for killing his wife, Kate Acio alias Kisakye aged 24 years …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least sixteen passengers have been injured in a bus accident along Kampala-Gulu highway. The sixteen were injured around 10pm on Monday when a coach belonging to Valley Bus Company Limited registration number UAR 655M, lost control and overturned in Bamusuuta village, Katuugo town council. The …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakasongola district council has suspended stone quarrying activities of Energo Uganda Limited over alleged exploitation and failure to renew their memorandum of understanding. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Nakasongola district six years back to carry out stone quarrying at Kageri rock in …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A family in Nakasongola district is crying out for justice against a pastor they accuse of defiling and impregnating their daughter. The suspect is Pastor Henry Bogere Bisoboka, from Rock of Salvation and Healing Ministries in Kageri village, Wabinyonyi sub-county. According to the family, Pastor …
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