Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 families in Buwekula cell, Northern Division, Jinja City, are living in fear of eviction after 60 houses were demolished by Busoga Kingdom officials. One of the officials was the Kingdom’s Youth Affairs Minister, James Mukembo who was accompanied by UPDF officers …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga Kingdom’s partnership with MTN Uganda signed two years ago has started to yield positive results as the kingdom’s Annual Masaza Cup becomes a conveyor belt of talented players to the big league and Uganda Premier League. The partnership worth Shs400million aimed to support the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda on Tuesday joined Busoga Kingdom in celebration of the Kyabazinga William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV’s 8th coronation anniversary. Nadiope IV was installed as the Kyabazinga at the Kingdom headquarters in Bugembe, Jinja on 13 September 2014, with President Yoweri Museveni as the chief …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of royal chiefs from Busoga kingdom, have threatened to hold parallel celebrations for Kyabazinga day. Kyabazinga day is celebrated annually on February 11, in commemoration of a closed meeting held in the early 1930s, when the then Busoga chiefs unanimously agreed to elect …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busoga Kingdom Prime Minister Joseph Muvawala has dismissed a letter in which six royal chiefs resolved to impeach King Gabula Nadiope. The chiefs include; Yekonia Isiko, the royal chief of Kisiki chiefdom, John Ntale, the royal chief of Bunhole Bunanumba, Robert Mukajanga, the royal …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga Kingdom has expressed sadness over the loss of the former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to her rival and former Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah. Kadaga suffered humiliating defeating during the election of the speaker at Kololo ceremonial grounds on Monday evening. She polled 197 votes …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga Kingdom is struggling to implement its activities due to the absence of a streamlined budget funding, the Kingdom speaker George William Mutyabule has revealed. According to Mutyabule, most of the activities in their ten-year development agenda drafted in 2014 have largely remained unimplemented due to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has tasked able members of the public to contribute towards aiding the vulnerable people within their communities overcome the challenges that came with COVID-19 restrictions. Kadaga observed that the national taskforce is currently concentrating its’ food aid campaigns …
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Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga Kingdom has threatened to evict Bufulubi prisons in Mayuge district from 360 acres of land for alleged failure to pay rental arrears to the tune of Shillings 1.6 billion. Bufulubi prisons, which is found in Imanyiro sub county, hosts a farm of maize and cotton. The Busoga Kingdom Prime …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposed installation of the new Oracle of Bujjagali falls Hassan Kirunda has been halted, on a directive by Busoga Kingdom officials led by Cultural Affairs Minister Richard Mafumo. Kirunda was on Sunday morning confirmed as the new oracle of Bujjagali falls, replacing the deceased …
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