Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police is on high alert in Sironko to prevent members of two sub-counties seeking revenge after three people were killed and cows stolen last week. Reports indicate that on Friday last week, unidentified people raided Stephen Namusi’s home from Legenya Sub County and took …
Read More »Gunmen grab sh76million from Sironko businessmen
Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified gunmen riding on numberless motorcycles have raided Namaguli and Bunyafwa sub-counties and made away with sh76.2 million from local businessmen. According to Sironko Resident District Commissioner, Denis Ephraim, the gunmen who were also armed with sticks and machetes raided the residence of local businessman Mike …
Read More »Parents of Budadiri girls reject mandatory lunch fees
Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents of Budadiri girls’ government-aided primary school in Budadiri town council, Sironko district have rejected the mandatory lunch fees. It came after the head teacher, Rosemary Negesa Gidongo informed the parents during their annual Parent’s Teacher’s Association Meeting-PTA that they had resolved that as one …
Read More »Landslide victims on Bulambuli resettlement land protest eviction notice
Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 150 families displaced by landslides from Bulambuli and Sironko districts are up in arms against a directive by Bulambuli Resident District Commissioner Stanley Bayole, ordering them to vacate the government resettlement land in one week. The families in Kata and Mabale village, Bunambutye …
Read More »Sironko, Bulambuli LC V chairpersons shun Inzu Ya Masaba consultative meeting
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sironko District LC V Chairperson, Livingstone Giruli and his Bulambuli counterpart, Anent Nandundu skipped a meeting convened by the Bugisu LC V Chairperson’s Forum to find a lasting solution to the dispute over the leadership of the Bamasaba Cultural Institution alias Inzu Ya Masaba. The …
Read More »UWA slashes crops of over 500 Sironko families in Mt Elgon area
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has slashed crops belonging to over 500 residents in three villages in Masaba Sub County in Sironko district for alleged encroachment on Mount Elgon national park land. The affected residents are from Kusi, Ngagai, and Malara villages in Bufupa parish in Masaba Sub County. Patrick …
Read More »Sironko parish chief killed in Mbale city
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An unidentified assailant has slit the throat of Grace Nambozo, a parish chief in Sironko district and resident of Wagagai cell, Nkoma ward in Mbale City Northern Division. Namboozo met her death at around 7pm on Monday evening. Namboozo’s friend who met her before she was …
Read More »NaCORI to introduce new Arabica coffee varieties after 30 years of research
NaCORI is set to release new Arabica coffee varieties that yield much better and are resistant to diseases and pests Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five new varieties of Arabica coffee are in their final evaluation stage at Bugusege satellite in Sironko district, URN has learnt. Dr. Geoffrey Arinaitwe, the Director of …
Read More »Former NRM candidates demand deployment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some former National Resistance Movement-NRM candidates at various levels in Sironko district have pleaded with the party Secretary-General, Richard Todwong to consider them for deployment in the government. These include among others, Herbert Mulekwa, the former Sironko district LC V chairperson, Vincent Weboya, the former …
Read More »Six police officers arrested over aggravated robbery
Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six police officers attached to Sironko central police station have been arrested for allegedly robbing a resident of 10 million shillings and over 100 cartons of wheat flour. The suspects, Gerald Sabiiti No.51086, Anthony Wanjala, No.64627, Jamada Wangiri No.68822, Kamada Katende No.69001, Fauhara Namwoyo No.55238, …
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