Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police officers attached to the Mineral Protection Unit-in Ntungamo district are under the spot for torturing and harassing residents. The officers are deployed in Ruhaama sub county and Miraama-Kafunjo town council. They are accused of torturing residents accusing them of illegal mining and trespassing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A ban on the exportation of minerals by the government is taking a toll on the tin miners in Ntungamo district. The miners most of them attached at to Zanack Holdings are concerned about the ever dropping prices of tin which have dropped from 22,000 …
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Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One miner is missing following an accident at Mwerasandhu Tin mines in Rwamwire-Ruhaama Sub County in Ntungamo district. The mine, which belongs to German firm, Zanak Holdings caved in on Wednesday injuring eleven miners. Some of the workers told URN that they were called in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has backed proposals to increase lunch allowances for nurses and build more training schools. He announced that the nursing school at Nyarutuntu in Ntungamo will be taken over by the government. The president was speaking at the National celebrations for …
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