Tag Archives: Kisoro

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, …

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 …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The trial of a case involving the alleged killing of an Indian businessman in Kisoro district by a police officer and five other individuals has commenced in the High Court. The case was transferred from Kisoro to Kabale on August 9, 2023, due to …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has announced that it will require approximately three weeks to repair the damaged section of the Kabale-Kisoro road and make it motorable. The road section collapsed at Bwaara village on Thursday morning, resulting in heavy traffic on both …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Transport along the Kabale-Kisoro and Hamurwa-Kanungu roads has come to a standstill due to the caving-in of the roads connecting the districts on Thursday. The Kabale-Kisoro road caved in at Bwaara village in Hamurwa town council, Rubanda district, while the Hamurwa-Kanungu road caved in …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district authorities have protested the prolonged detention of Ugandan Valence Kibyeye, a  prominent fabrics dealer in Rwanda. They have asked President Paul Kagame to intervene. According to Kisoro authorities, Kibyeye, who deals in African Fabrics alias “Bitenge” was arrested and detained in Rwanda about two …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating circumstances under which one of their own shot a bus tout working with Baby Coach in Kisoro district. Ronald Twijukye from Community Police Post in the heart of Kisoro town shot Stephen Munyantwari, 28, a resident of Kagezi village in Muhindura parish, …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunagana Primary School in Kisoro district has received 178 million Shillings from United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for hosting Congolese refugees. The money will be used to construct a three-classroom block and face-lift other facilities. Located at the Uganda-DRC border, the school was …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district has recorded a fresh influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who are fleeing insecurity in the South Kivu province. Kisoro Resident District Commissioner, Hajji Shafique Ssekandi Ssengoba says that the new group of refugees are fleeing South Kivu province due …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ramathan Ndikuyezi, the Kisoro District National Resistant Movement (NRM) party Vice Chairperson is on remand for alleged aggravated child trafficking. He appeared before Rachael Tabaruka, the Kabale Grade One Magistrate on Tuesday, who remanded him to Ndorwa prisons. Ndikuyezi was arrested in July this year …