Tag Archives: Ntoroko

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of local government has assigned Charles Otai as New Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to Ntoroko district. According to a letter by the minister for local governments Rafael Magyezi, he received communication from the Ntoroko county member of parliament Gerald Rwemulikya requesting for the …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fort Portal Chief Magistrates court has remanded the Ntoroko District Chief Administrative Officer Anslem Kyaligonza to prison for two weeks. The Chief Magistrate Kule Lubangula made the ruling after State Attorney Andrew Kasaija asked the court to reject Kyaligonza’s bail application on grounds that …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntoroko Chief Administrative Officer-CAO Anselim Kyaligonza spent the night behind bars after failing to secure bail due to the lack of substantial sureties. Kyaligonza appeared before Fort Portal Chief Magistrate Moses Kule Rubangura on Tuesday on charges of forgery. He was charged with ten counts …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) has passed out 295 officers after completing a four month  technical course at mountain warfare training school in Karugutu town council Ntoroko district. Colonel Dusan Musoke Kavuma the school commandant at the mountain warfare training center, said the course …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntoroko district has failed to utilize the 10,000 capacity milk cooler machine. The machine in Rwamabale was donated to the farmers by the National Agricultural Advisory Services – Naads in 2016 after the farmers requested the machine saying it will help them minimize the losses …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Ntoroko District local government staff have been interdicted for allegedly stealing and slaughtering goats that strayed into their health centre compound. The officials are James Kato an enrolled nurse, Thomas Kasangaki enrolled nurse, Josephat Businge security guard and Robert Musubulya a porter. They …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary school teachers in Ntoroko district have decried the alarming shortages of accommodation. The teachers are living in dilapidated and condemned staff housing units. Benson Atujune, the headteacher of Umoja Primary School says that the lack of good staff houses has forced the school to …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has completed the construction of a ferry at Hayibale landing site in Rwebisengo sub county, Ntoroko district. The installation of the ferry by the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA will connect Uganda and Eastern DRC. It will have the capacity to carry more than 40 …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastoralists in Ntoroko have tasked the government to fulfill its pledge to construct for them valley dams to address the water crisis in the district. Ntoroko, a predominantly cattle-keeping district often experiences prolonged drought. The most affected people are cattle keepers whose basic source of livelihood …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a low turn up of learners and teachers in three schools in Kanara sub county, Ntoroko district. Despite the fact that schools resumed last week after two years of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, over 1,600 learners from Umoja Kachwankumu and Rwangara primary …