Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security operatives in Kikuube district have intercepted and apprehended 123 Congolese refugees who had escaped from Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kyangwali sub county, Kikuube district. The refugees escaped from the settlement area on Friday night and were intercepted and arrested at Nsonga landing site …
Read More »13 Kikuube teachers test positive for COVID-19 ahead of reopening of schools
Kikube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirteen teachers from attached to various schools within Kyangwali Refugee settlement in Kikuube district have tested positive for COVID-19. Richard Tabaro, the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner-RDC, says the 13 cases are part of 20 teachers whose samples were collected on Friday last week ahead …
Read More »10 more people test positive for COVID-19 in Kyangwali refugee settlement
Kikube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Ten more refugees in Kyangwali Refugee settlement area in Kikuube district have tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Nicholas Kwikiriza, the Kikuube District Health Officer –DHO says the confirmed cases are contacts of the Congolese national who succumbed to the pandemic on August 8, 2020, in the …
Read More »Over 500 families left homeless as closure of illegal landing sites resumes
Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 families in Kikuube district are sleeping out in the cold following their eviction from Lake Albert shores. The families are affected by the second phase of the closure of illegal landing sites by Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF, which kicked off on …
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