Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gideon Tumwebaze, the chairman of Tulipona Veterans Association is in trouble for allegedly forging a letter and signature of Dr Solomon Gafabusa Iguru, the King of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom to allegedly grab 2,000 acres of land in Kikuube district. The land that is located in …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro Kitara kingdom has approved a 15.8 Billion Shillings budget to support different kingdom activities in the coming financial year 2021/2022. Robert Owagonza, the Kingdom Minister for Finance and Planning presented the budget at the Kingdom Rukurato Hall in Hoima city on Wednesday. According to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Dr Solomon Gafabusa Rukirabasaija Iguru has suspended his 27th coronation anniversary. The coronation anniversary also known as Empango is commemorated on June 11th annually to celebrate the day Iguru ascended to the throne. It attracts thousands of kingdom subjects …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom has explained why some members of the royal family were blocked from accessing the Palace early this week. The five royals were turned away on Monday by Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers guarding the Palace. They include Princesses Joan Winyi Gafabusa, Margret …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women in Bunyoro want to meet President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over the giveaway of Bugoma central forest reserve to Hoima sugar limited for sugarcane growing. The women want the president to spare time when he campaigns in the region in two weeks time to explain …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom is set to launch a fundraising drive for Kitara Football Club, the newly promoted Uganda Premier league club. The Hoima based team stormed Uganda’s top football tier after defeating Kiboga Young in the FUFA Big league playoffs. Kitara Football Club joined MYDA …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom has distanced itself from allegations that it entered a Memorandum of Understanding with unidentified people to cut trees in Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district. This follows a rumor that started doing rounds last month indicating that the kingdom had signed an …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Dr Solomon Gafubusa Iguru I has called for violence free elections. Iguru asked the electorate and candidates to shun any acts of violence ahead of the 2021 elections. In a message read at the Kingdom Palace by Andrew Byakutaga, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 families in three sub-counties neighboring the contested Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district are living in fear that their ancestral land could be grabbed by Hoima Sugar Limited if the company wins the battle to destroy Bugoma forest reserve for sugarcane …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom is mourning the death of Professor Yoramu Barongo, the former kingdom primer minister. Barongo died on Friday at his home in Muyenga Kampala after battling high blood pressure. Barongo served as Bunyoro Kingdom Prime Minister from 1994 to 1999. He was …
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