Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mukono who were brutalized by security personnel enforcing the curfew are struggling to access treatment. The curfew was declared by President Yoweri Museveni almost a week ago as a measure to control the movement of people at a time the country is battling …
Read More »Police officer in Mukono arrested for assaulting journalist
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police officer attached to Buziranjovu police post in Mukono district has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a journalist. David Musisi Karyankolo working for Bukedde television in Mukono district is admitted at Herona Hospital in a coma after he was severely beaten on Thursday …
Read More »Four buried in septic tank in Mukono
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people were buried on Monday evening in a septic tank they were constructing in Seeta along Bukerere road in Ggoma Division Mukono District. The Septic tank, which is estimated to be 20 feet deep, collapsed shortly after the builders started work following a …
Read More »Three Chinese nationals in Mukono being observed for COVID-19
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three Chinese nationals in Mukono have been isolated after returning from China two weeks ago. This is to make sure they are free of COVID-19 coronavirus. The Ministry of Health Spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyoona, says that they have decided to isolate them as a preventive …
Read More »Dr. Mushengyezi new UCU Vice Chancellor
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Associate professor Dr. Aaron Mushengyezi is the new Vice Chancellor Uganda Christian University-UCU Mukono. Dr. Mushengyezi, who is also the dean of the department of languages, literature and communications at Makerere University, was appointed on February 1, 2020 in Mityana at a meeting involving …
Read More »Mukono Municipality declines to handover hospital to district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal council has passed a resolution supporting the decision of their executive rejecting the transfer of Mukono hospital management to the district. The decision was made after Mukono Mayor; George Fred Kagimu read a letter from the Health Ministry, Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwiine …
Read More »Archbishop unhappy with absence of Church contributions to UCU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing Church of Uganda Archbishop, Stanley Ntagali has expressed concern over the failure by the dioceses to contribute financial support to Uganda Christian University-UCU, a Christian institution founded by the Church. The University which replaced the historic Bishop Tucker Theological College, a renowned …
Read More »UNRA to clear road reserves in Kampala, Mukono and Entebbe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will this Friday start an exercise to clear road reserves in the Kampala Metropolitan area. UNRA said in a statement, that the exercise follows a sustained period of engagement with the affected persons and will start with Kampala—Entebbe …
Read More »UNRA clears moving papyrus at Ssezibwa bridge
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has intervened to save Ssezibwa bridge from submerging. The bridge connects Kayunga to Mukono district. It is used by many travelers connecting to and from Jinja, Mukono and Kampala districts trying to avoid traffic jam along Kampala-Jinja highway. The route …
Read More »Buganda demands UGX 1.7 Billion from Mukono district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom is demanding 1.7 billion shillings from Mukono district local government as arrears for occupying the institution’s buildings. In 2015, the district agreed with Buganda officials to exempt it from paying rent for the the buildings that had occupied, but only consider new …
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