Tag Archives: Wakiso

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Crime Intelligence has arrested three people suspected to be behind the threatening leaflets dropped in Katabi-Entebbe municipality in Wakiso district. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga identifies the suspects as William Lubega, a mechanic, Asadu Kirigwajo, a former bodyguard to the Katabi town council …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

    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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …