Tag Archives: Buvuma

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buvuma Island Member of Parliament Robert Migadde Ndugwa has urged members of his community join him in embracing oil palm growing in order to transform their area economically. Miggade is one of the out grower scheme oil palm farmers registered in Buvuma with 13 …

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Big institutions intending to establish palm oil plantations in Buvuma district are bound to miss out on the first phase of planting which started at the beginning of this month. The second phase will start at the end of July. Buvuma District National Oil Palm Project-NOPP …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Ssempijja has commended the private sector for their contribution to the development of the oil palm sector in Uganda. The minister made the remarks in Buvuma while launching oil palm growing on the island. “The private …

Today, 154 people majority of whom are residents of Buvuma Islands are employed at just one main nursery bed Buvuma, Uganda | SIERRA RUTH ARINAITWE  | Joyce Namusobya has been a subsistence farmer based in Bukagali village on Buvuma Island for as long as she can remember, using her land …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in the island districts of Buvuma and Kalangala say President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni polled few votes there largely because of the brutality meted against fishing communities by the army, the illegal land acquisition and unfulfilled presidential pledges. Unlike previous elections where Museveni won in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Buvuma has arrested two people believed to be behind the theft of boat engines on Lake Victoria. The suspects names are still withheld by security until investigations expected to lead to the arrest of others are done. Buvuma Resident District Commissioner, Kigongo Juma …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Marine police operating on Lake Victoria are on the spot for extorting money from travelers to Buvuma district. The travelers claim that the police officers stop them in the middle of the lake to extort from them, which is criminal and exposes their lives to …

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Buvuma have asked the Uganda National Roads Authority- UNRA to tarmac roads in the district. The roads which connect to the islands are dusty and filled with many potholes. The leaders cite the 40-kilometre road from the docking site at Kirongo to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Irregular compensation has been blamed for delays in the progress of the palm oil project in Buvuma district. The compensation program started in 2018 under the Vegetable Oil Development Program-VODP which later transformed into National Oil Palm Project. The project will operate on 10,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents from Lufu island in Buvuma district are seeking for a special arrangement to cater for the learning needs of children from the island communities during the ongoing closure of schools. They say that their children have not benefited from any of the interventions …