Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of a maternity ward at Rukoki HCIV in Kasese District has been launched. The project is funded by the government and will be constructed by the UPDF Engineering Brigade at 400 million shillings. In 2021, a fire gutted the Rukoki Health Centre IV …
Read More »Five suspected cases of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever registered in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese District has registered five suspected cases of the Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The suspects have been admitted at Bwera Government General Hospital. Stephen Bagonza, the acting Kasese District Health Officer-DHO says blood samples have been collected from the suspected cases and taken to …
Read More »Landslides triggered by heavy downpour kill 8 in western Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | At least eight people have been killed by landslides triggered by torrential rains in Uganda’s border district of Kasese on Thursday, a government official said on Friday. Joe Walusimbi, resident district commissioner for Kasese, told Xinhua by telephone that landslides swept several areas in Kyarumba …
Read More »Kasese leaders ask for basic military training to check ADF threat
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Kasese District want the government to revive local vigilante groups to address the threats imposed by the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels. They are also asking for basic military training to help them escape and engage the enemy in case of any …
Read More »Kasese community in fear following attack by suspected ADF rebels
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents Kasese and those at the DRC border are living in fear after suspected rebels ambushed a truck killing two of its occupants on Friday morning. The suspected rebels torched a box body truck Reg. No. UBN 624L in Katholhu village along the Kasese-Mpondwe border highway, …
Read More »Business paralyzed as Mumbere returns to Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Businesses came to a standstill on Wednesday as thousands of Rwenzururu subjects gathered in Kasese town to welcome Charles Wesley Mumbere, the cultural leader of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu-OBR. The area between Rukoki bridge and the roundabout was filled with people dancing as the helicopter carrying …
Read More »Kasese village leaders to mobilize funds for Mumbere’s homecoming
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council chairpersons in Kasese District have been tasked to mobilise resources for the homecoming of the Rwenzururu Cultural Leader Omusinga Charles Wisely Mumbere. After nearly seven years away from his kingdom, Mumbere is expected to return on October 4, 2023. Mumbere was barred from …
Read More »USMID road works excite Kasese town residents
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kasese Municipality are excited about the new Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Additional Financing-USMID road works. About 5.64 KM of roads in town have been worked on, modern street lights installed, pavements, business access roads, green zones, and improved drainage systems. Three …
Read More »Police still stuck with four bodies of Kasese school attack
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police forensics department is still stuck with four bodies of the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School attack by the suspected rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The DNA samples of the four bodies failed to match those provided by the relatives forcing the department to hold …
Read More »Headteachers bothered by decision to halt Parents Cash Contributions
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers in Kasese district are concerned that there might be a decline in the performance of learners after the prohibition of financial contributions by parents in government-aided schools by the Resident District Commissioner. The decision by the RDC followed the arrest of Selivano Kiribyunza, the …
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