Tag Archives: Jinja

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region on Friday embarked on a campaign to register all Born Again faith pastors in both Jinja city and Jinja district respectively. The development follows the arrest of Joseph Sserubiri, the presiding pastor of Deliverance Church Kakira, who connived with his wife Felista …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) on Monday launched the Request for Proposal (RFP) and online procurement process for the Kampala-Jinja Expressway (KJE) Public-Private Partnership Project. The new expressway when done will address the existing Kampala-Jinja road inadequacy, which is a major bottleneck to transportation of …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region is investigating circumstances under which an unidentified man, suspected to be in his 30’s, died in one of the video halls located along Masese landing site, in southern division, in Jinja city. One of the employees at the video hall …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira region police have recovered a Toyota Wish vehicle that was stolen from two gunshot victims on Friday evening. Unknown assailants driving in a numberless commuter taxi gunned down Juliet Mirembe and Sadam Waiswa and made off with their vehicle Toyota Wish registration number; …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have finally identified that the couple that was gunned down at Lwanda primary school, in Northern division, in Jinja City on Friday night. The deceased are Juliet Mirembe and Sadam Waiswa. The duo was shot dead by assailants traveling in a numberless …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Umeme officials within Jinja area have raised a red flag over the increasing loses accrued from power thefts. Jinja area comprises of Njeru municipality, Kayunga district, Jinja city, Jinja district and Magamaga town council. Officials say that due to continuous power thefts, they lose 4.1 …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Intended beneficiaries of the pilot Parish Community Association-PCA development project in Jinja district have expressed dissatisfaction over delayed release of funds for the project. PCA is a revolving fund of 30 million Shillings managed under the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM, which is rolled out …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Economic Monitoring, Peter Ogwang has demanded for a special audit into the ongoing construction works at the new Jinja district headquarter premises located in Buwenge town council. While inspecting the different government infrastructural projects in Jinja district on Wednesday, Ogwang …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Ayeni, a teacher at Brain Trust primary in Jinja district is on the spot for eloping with his former primary seven pupil. Trouble for the teacher started when residents noticed Ayeni living with the 14 year old girl in the staff quarters and tipped off …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered the pump-action firearm, which armed robbers stole from a security guard at Stabex pump fuel station in Jinja city in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Detectives from Kiira region recovered the gun while retrieving the body of 28 year-old Isaac Olupot, who …