Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating Nakasongola district land board for issuing different titles on the same pieces of land triggering conflicts among residents. The district is currently facing 15 court cases where petitioners are seeking court orders to cancel titles issued on the same pieces of land. …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP candidate has won the by-election for Katuugo town council LC III chairperson seat in Nakasongola district. Anthony Mwaita Ambrose, the Nakasongola district returning officer declared Fred Lubinga the winner of Katuugo LC3 chairperson by-elections after collecting 898 votes (75 per cent) …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three children have drowned in a valley dam in Kimole village, Nakasongola district. The children have been identified as Boney Kato and Benon Wasswa, twins aged around 10 years. They were pupils of Kisaalizi Primary school. The third has been identified as Daphne Ssebicu, aged …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Detectives at the Land Protection Police Unit (LPPU) have preferred three charges against an 80-year-old man arrested for fraudulently selling more than 500 acres of land in Nakasongola and Luweero districts. Guster Muwanga was arrested a fortnight ago following a complaint from four people …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increasing consumption of pork has boosted pig farming and sales in Nakasongola. According to the Nakasongola district livestock report, there are now 118,042 pigs up from 35,283 reared in 2008 in the district. The report indicates that 30,809 pigs (26.1%) of the 118,042, …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A thirteen-member committee has been formed to track the operationalization of Nakasongola city status. In 2020, the Parliament passed a motion elevating Nakasongola town council to city status effective 1st July 2023. Nakasongola city status will cover areas of Nakasongola West and East divisions. As …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakasongola district officials have resolved to relocate 1,974 families displaced by the rising water levels in Lake Kyoga to Kyalubanga forest reserve before it is degazetted by Parliament. The eight- square mile forest reserve stretches to four sub-counties including Nakitoma, Lwabiyata, Lwampanga and Nabiswera. In his …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 19 Private Primary Schools in Nakasongola district are believed to have ceased operations because of the prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the affected schools are Muwuma Light of Future, Global Junior, Ayesiga, God’s Grace, New Hope, Kamuli Quality …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six family members have been found dead at Kaleire village in Nakasongola as result of suspected suffocation. The deceased have been identified as Sadik Lumu, aged 26 and his wife, along with their four children aged between six years down to six months, of whom …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mwolwe village in Nakasongola district have impounded 23 heads of cattle belonging to a Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) officer in protest that the animals have been eating their crops for the last two years. The heads of cattle are kept on part …
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