Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A strange colour and strong stench covering River Nyamwamba in Kasese district over the last few months has triggered fear of contamination among residents who depend on its water for domestic consumption, suspecting it could be polluted with copper and cobalt minerals. The residents suspect …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu-OBR Cultural Institution has renewed an earlier campaign to introduce marriage certificates to curb child marriages in Kasese district. In 2011, the institution introduced certificates that were only issued to girls who are above 18 years. Girls who are planning to get …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee nursery bed operators in Kasese district have asked the government to intervene in a dispute between them and the Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA. The operators accuse the coordinator of UCDA in Kasese, Moses Alinda of awarding coffee supply contracts and certificates to nursery bed …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Natural Resources Defense Initiative-NRDI has launched phase II for restoring the upper stream of River Nyamwamba in Kasese district. The exercise that targets the three sub-counties of Kilembe, Bulembia and Mbunga covering 21 villages involves planting trees along river banks to restore the degraded land …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Salt miners in Kasese district are crying foul after water logging conditions in the wake of heavy rains destroyed their salt pans. The unexpected rains that have been battering the area since last week filled the salt pans, thus displacing the workers. There are more …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Water and Environment has partnered with Mubuku Integrated Farmers Association to restore and protect River Nyamwamba in Kasese district. As part of the multi-billion Nyamwamba River Plan funded by the World Bank, the ministry will create an emergency measure towards the river system, …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have died in Kasese district in two separate elephant attacks. Stray elephants from Queen Elizabeth National Park killed one person in Karusandara sub-county, and another in Kyakitale A cell in Katwe, Kabatooro rown council, Kasese district. The acting Rwenzori East Regional Police Spokesperson, …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stella,13 and 15-year-old Joy (not real names) got pregnant during the prolonged school closure as part of Uganda’s COVID-19 containment measures. Upon learning that they were pregnant, they were told that there was no more schooling for them – a negative reality for many …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU has distributed four tones of impounded immature fish to Uganda Prisons Services, schools, and residents in Kasese. The fish mainly Nile Perch was impounded near the Ugandan border with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC, in Nyabugando being transported in a truck …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The registrar of the National Unity Platform in Kasese district, Samuel Busindi Masereka is seeking to hold the former Director of Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence, Maj Gen. Abel Kandiho personally liable for torture inflicted on him while in custody. Masereka, whose rotting feet photos have …
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