Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abdul Karim Ssekasi, the suspected leader of machete-wielding thugs that have been terrorizing Wakiso residents is in police custody. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga says that a team of police officers in Entebbe picked up Ssekasi when they responded to an alert as he was preparing …
Read More »Wakiso district councilors decline to approve Covid-19 supplementary budget
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district councilors have refused to pass the 320 Million Shillings Covid-19 supplementary budget. During the council meeting held on Thursday, the Wakiso LC V chairperson Matia Lwanga Bwanika presented the supplementary budget and requested the council to approve it. He told the councilors that …
Read More »Wakiso district seeks help to reclaim Gunda forest from encroachers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district authorities are appealing to the Environment Ministry to help them reclaim Gunda forest reserve in Katabi town council from illegal occupants. The forest measuring 57 hectares was gazeted in 1932 and in 1998, it was categorized as a local forest reserve, owned and …
Read More »Wakiso district receives an additional 3,000 Covid-19 vaccines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district has received an additional 3,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The District Health Officer Matthias Lugolobi says the National Medical Stores-NMS delivered the additional doses on Friday last week. This brings to 8,370, the number of doses received by the district to …
Read More »Investigators rule out murder in land dealer’s death
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Special Investigations Division in Kireka alongside Criminal Investigations Directorate have released three suspects in the death of Wakiso land dealer, Samuel Musiitwa, who was a brother of slain Star FM journalist Robert Kagolo. Assistant Superintendent of Police- ASP Charles Twine, who also speaks …
Read More »Wakiso district launches solar water project in Bussi islands
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district has launched the first completed phase of the solar water project constructed in the Islands of Bussi sub-county that was started last year. While launching the project in Bussi sub county, the Wakiso chairperson Matia Lwanga Bwanika said that putting clean water in the …
Read More »NDA confiscates drugs worth 200 million during operations in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) enforcement team has today ended their operation by confiscating drugs worth Shs 200 million in Kampala and Wakiso which are not worth being on the market. Dr. Muhammad Lukwago who heads NDA’s central region operations says among the drugs confiscated is …
Read More »Senior six student found dead in school ceiling
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior six student of Comprehensive College Kitetika in Kitetika zone in Kasangati town council in Wakiso district has been found dead. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson has identified the deceased as 18 year old, Jane Nabikolo. Her lifeless body was found …
Read More »Lands Minister decries immense complaints from Wakiso, Luwero zonal offices
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministerial zonal offices in Wakiso and Luwero district are the most problematic land offices in Uganda according to Lands Minister Beti Olive Kamya. Since 2015, the Ministry of Lands has upgraded 23 land offices into ministerial zonal offices, a move aimed at taking services …
Read More »NRM leaders beg new Wakiso RDC to fight land grabbers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NRM sub county and division chairpersons in Wakiso have thrown a bash to celebrate the appointment of Justine Mbabazi as the new RDC and to thank President Yoweri Museveni for transferring people they described as land brokers away from their district. The Wakiso NRM leaders …
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