Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district has set aside 800 million Shillings for upgrading the dilapidated Kanyamateke Bridge in Busanza Sub County. Located at River Kaku along Kanyamateke-Busanza-Nyabwishenya road, the bridge connects Busanza, Kirundo, and Nyabwishenya sub-counties. Last year, unidentified people burnt part of the bridge in protest over …
Read More »Kisoro hospital kicks off construction of shs4.12 billion isolation unit
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of a 4.12 billion Shillings isolation unit at Kisoro Hospital has kicked off. Construction of the facility is being funded by the World Bank under the Uganda Covid-19 Response and Emergency Preparedness Project (UCREPP). The unit will be constructed by Geses Uganda Limited and …
Read More »DPP withdraws charges against Kisoro NRM leader
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions, Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn charges of aggravated trafficking in persons against Ramathan Ndikuyenze is the Central Division Chairperson of Kisoro Municipality and the Vice Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement. The State Attorney, Richard Biruvumbuki on Wednesday tendered before …
Read More »Kisoro municipal and district leaders feud over Saza playground development
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro municipality and district leaders are feuding over development of the Saza playground by a businessman. Last month, Hamza Kent Rwendegye, a businessman in Kisoro town started fencing part of Saza ground to start constructing business structures. However, Rwendegye met resistance from Municipality authorities who …
Read More »Uganda Investment Authority reveals plans for Kisoro Industrial Park
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director General of the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), Robert Mukiza, has affirmed that the progress of establishing the Industrial Park in Kisoro district remains on track. The Kisoro district authorities allocated 620 acres of Kibaya land in Bunagana and Rukundo Town councils to …
Read More »Kidnapped Kisoro child recovered
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 10-year-old pupil in Kisoro district who was kidnapped by a Congolese national has been recovered. John Mary Vianney Irankunda, a pupil at Nshungwe Primary School and resident of Kanyacucu village, Busengo parish Nyarubuye sub-county, was kidnapped by a Congolese national only identified as …
Read More »Congolese casual labourer kidnaps pupil, demands sh8M ransom
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 20-year-old casual laborer has kidnapped a 10-year-old pupil in Kisoro district and is demanding a sh8 million ransom. John Mary Irankunda, a pupil at Nshungwe Primary School and resident of Kanyacucu village, Busengo parish Nyarubuye sub-county, was kidnapped by a Congolese national only …
Read More »The high price of finding public service work in Uganda
Allegations of corruption tarnish commissions that handle hiring for local governments. Teachers, others pay bribes to get work. Isingiro, Uganda | Apophia Agiresaasi Global Press Journal Uganda | News that John Baptist Kyabir had failed to secure an interview for a nursing position he had sought didn’t come as a surprise to him. …
Read More »Govt apologizes, offers compensation to family of accident victim on collapsed Kabale-Kisoro Road
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government, led by President Yoweri Museveni, has issued an apology to the family of a 71-year-old man who lost his life in an accident at the collapsed section of the Kabale-Kisoro road in Rubanda district. The road section collapsed on May 4, 2023, …
Read More »Congolese, Ugandan handed six year jail term for illegal possession of firearms
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people, one from Congo and the other from Uganda, have earned themselves a six-year jail term after confessing to illegal possession of firearms. Sadiki Gashendure, 29, hailing from Bunagana town, Karambo chiefdom in Rutshuru region, North Kivu area of the Eastern Vote-based Republic of …
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