Tag Archives: Bugiri

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bugiri District have asked respective government agencies to increase efforts to curb counterfeit products, which they say are uncontrollably flooding the market. The residents who were attending consultation meetings about the proposed Anti-Counterfeit Goods Bill-2023 in Bugiri Municipality told URN on Tuesday that …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has apprehended Ezaruku Kazimiro, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Madi Okollo District, on allegations of embezzling Shillings 1.2 billion from the Bugiri District Local Government during the 2020/2021 financial year. Kazimiro’s arrest occurred alongside that of five departmental heads, the …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 2700 Farmers in Bugiri district are grappling with frequent power shortages, which threaten the development of agriculture in the area. Moses Makaka, the Manager of the Bugiri Agribusiness Institutions Development Association (BAIDA), says that the main challenge is between Musita and Nankoma in Bugiri district. According …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East has summoned the Bugiri district LCV chairman Davidson Mulumba for assaulting a police officer, Cpl Fred Wabwire, the in-charge of Bugiri general hospital’s police post. Wabwire says that the district L.C. V chairman slapped him, before boxing him several times …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The missing Inspector of Schools in Bugiri district has been found dead in a pit latrine on his farm in Nandelema village, Kapyanga sub-county. The lifeless body of David Tenywa, who had been reported missing since Saturday, was discovered by the police on Tuesday …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East have mounted a search for David Tenywa, the Inspector of Schools in Bugiri district, who reportedly went missing on Saturday. Tenywa was reportedly kidnapped from his farm in Nandelema village, in Kapyanga sub-county. The suspected kidnappers reportedly abandoned his vehicle, …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Town View PEAS High School in Bugiri District has today received a major boost of infrastructure and water support worth UGX 202 million courtesy of MTN Foundation. The school located in Ndifakulya Parish with a catchment of 15 primary schools in Bugiri Municipality, provides access …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East are investigating the theft of 15 computers from Lwemba Seed Secondary School in Bugiri district. The suspected thieves allegedly broke into the school’s computer laboratory on Wednesday night and made off with the computers while the guard was asleep. The …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, has affirmed the judiciary’s commitment towards the operationalization of a remand home in Bugiri district, so as to quicken justice for both juvenile offenders and victims alike. His remarks came following a complaint raised by the Bugiri district LCV …

Wilson Kabweru Kudaga, the acting secretary of Bugiri District Service Commission has been accused for perpetrating the irregularities Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Claims of irregularities have hit the ongoing recruitment of at least 71 staff to oversee operation of the district and the implementation of the Parish Development Model. …