COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | The Baganda have a saying, ‘Okutambula kulaba, okudda kunyumya’, that can be loosely translated as ‘travel and see, then return home to share the story’. My recent visit to the China–Uganda Liao Shen Industrial Park in Nakaseke District, popularly known as Kapeeka Industrial Park, indeed …
Read More »How Kapeeka Industrial Park has reshaped Namunkekera’s economic outlook
Nakaseke, Uganda | CAROLYNE MUYAMA | To appreciate Uganda’s industrial ambitions, one needs to drive northwest of Kampala to the historic Nakaseke District, home to the China-Uganda Liao Shen Industrial Park, popularly known as Kapeeka Industrial Park. While Nakaseke is historically associated with the 1980s Bush War, this expansive …
Read More »Security puzzled as Kapeeka shooting suspect commits suicide in Tororo police cells
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspicion and speculation are rife among security intelligence forces after Muwonge Ssalongo, a suspect arrested in Kampala over last weekend’s shooting at security personnel at Kapeeka town council, Nakaseke district, was found hanging in a cell in Tororo police station. A number of security officers …
Read More »No gun lost in Kapeeka attack – UPDF
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces have confirmed that there was no gun stolen in an attack in Kapeeka town on Saturday night. At 22:40 hours on Saturday night, assailants armed with a rifles attacked a Police and UPDF foot patrol in Kikondo cell in Kapeeka …
Read More »UPDF soldier, assailant killed in Kapeeka attack
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A soldier of Uganda People’s Defense Forces and one assailant have died in a shootout in a night attack in Kapeeka town in Nakaseke. The attack occurred at around 10:40pm on Saturday night. Retired Captain Yahaya Kakooza the Nakaseke Resident District Commissioner explains that the …
Read More »Unemployed youth trapped by deadly metal scrap trade in Kapeeka
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increasing number of youth resorting to the metal scrap business which is now proving lethal, is a sign of desperation by the unemployed, Rev. Fr. Hilary Muheezangango, the Director of Caritas Kasanaensis under Kasana-Luweero Diocesan social development arm has warned. Fr. Muheezangango says …
Read More »Two unexploded ordnances discovered at scrap metal workshop in Kapeeka
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces and police have recovered two more explosive devices at a scrap metal workshop in Kapeeka trading centre, Nakaseke district. On Thursday, a bomb exploded in Kapeeka trading centre killing Alfred Mandela on the spot and injuring four others. The injured …
Read More »One dead, four injured in Nakaseke bomb explosion
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bomb explosion has killed one person on the spot and injured four others critically in Kapeeka trading center, Nakaseke district. The incident occurred at around 9:00am in Kapeeka central ward, Kapeeka town council. Moses Ssenfuma, the LC3 chairperson of Kapeeka sub-county says that the …
Read More »President meets Chinese ceramics entrepreneurs
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the establishment of more factories that manufacture domestically consumed products, such as household ceramics and sanitary ware, will go a long way in saving the country foreign exchange on top of creating more job opportunities in the …
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