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Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fred Bahati, the Acting Ntungamo District Education Officer, has urged the establishment of clearly defined roles for foundation bodies in grant-aided schools to mitigate ongoing conflicts. Bahati said that currently there is an ambiguity in the roles of these bodies that often leads to …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education officials in Ntungamo District and Municipality are challenging the concept of completely free education. They argue that it is a flawed and unrealistic notion, given the government’s limited resources and the increasing demand for quality education across the country. Led by Fred Bahati, the …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever has been confirmed in Ntungamo district. The disease has already claimed three lives, in the areas of Rubaare, Nyarutuntu and Itojo, according to the District Surveillance Focal Person Moses Asiimwe. The majority of cases are registered among 13 to …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders are counting losses after a Bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district. It was transporting more than …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fred Ishungisa, also known as Rukara, a farmer in his 50s and a resident of Ntungamo village in Katenga parish, Kaharo sub-county, Kabale district, is in shock and counting losses after his six cows and 12 sheep were struck dead by lightning. He recounts …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has okayed the mining of lithium in Ntungamo district to allow for the manufacture of electric car batteries. Museveni gave the green light while meeting a group of investors from Strand Hanson Limited, a London-based company at State House Entebbe. …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ntungamo district Engineers were on Wednesday arrested for alleged misappropriation of funds. The suspects are Charles Kushemererwa, the District Engineer and his Deputy Moses Twiine. Their arrest followed the inspection of roads by the Deputy Inspector General of Government Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe.  She …

  Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda has today launched a women-based product dubbed Equi-mama. The product is a transformative credit facility designed to unlock the entrepreneurial potential of women in rural Uganda. Equi-mama credit facility aims to provide women with access to affordable capital, equip women with business …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four students suspected of masterminding the fire that gutted a dormitory block at Kyamate Secondary school in Ntungamo district are in police custody. The suspects are all senior three students, whose names have been held by URN since they are minors. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A student has burnt to death and three others escaped with burns following a fire outbreak at Kyamate Secondary School in Ntungamo district. The deceased has been identified as Bonus Ankwatireire, a senior one student from Isingiro district. The head teacher, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, says that …