COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | The Baganda have a saying, ‘Okutambula kulaba, okudda kunyumya’, that can be loosely translated as ‘travel and see, then return home to share the story’. My recent visit to the China–Uganda Liao Shen Industrial Park in Nakaseke District, popularly known as Kapeeka Industrial Park, indeed …
Read More »How Kapeeka Industrial Park has reshaped Namunkekera’s economic outlook
Nakaseke, Uganda | CAROLYNE MUYAMA | To appreciate Uganda’s industrial ambitions, one needs to drive northwest of Kampala to the historic Nakaseke District, home to the China-Uganda Liao Shen Industrial Park, popularly known as Kapeeka Industrial Park. While Nakaseke is historically associated with the 1980s Bush War, this expansive …
Read More »Uganda: 50 NUP Supporters Arrested Following Election-Related Violence in Nakaseke
Nakaseke, Uganda | URN | Police in Nakaseke District have arrested 50 supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) following violent protests over the parliamentary election results. The unrest followed the announcement on Friday night that Charles Nsereko Basajjassubi of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) had been elected MP for …
Read More »Luttamaguzi loses as parliamentary map shifts in Nakaseke, Nakasongola
Nakaseke, Uganda | URN | The parliamentary map of Nakaseke and Nakasongola has shifted following elections that produced new winners, retained veterans, and closely fought contests across several constituencies. In Nakaseke South, Charles Nsereko Basajjassubi of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) won the parliamentary seat after polling 30,279 votes. He …
Read More »AMREF improves access to HPV vaccines for girls out of school
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local authorities in Nakaseke District are calling on the Ministry of Health to extend the delivery of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine beyond schools into communities in a bid to reach more girls, especially those out of school. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network (URN), …
Read More »NAKASEKE: Former Minister Syda Bbumba back as NRM VP
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Minister of Finance Syda Bbumba has bounced back into active politics after being elected as the vice chairperson of the Nakaseke District NRM party. Bbumba, 73, served as Uganda’s Finance Minister from 2009 to 2011, Energy Minister from 2002 to 2006, and Minister …
Read More »NAKASEKE: NRM members protest missing names on register
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Protests have been reported in several villages in Nakaseke district after supporters found their names missing on the register in elections of National Resistance Movement party structures for village and LC 1 Chairman flag bearers. The affected villages include Kololo, Mpanga, Nakyesawa, Butuuti, Katuugo, …
Read More »Man arrested for alleged murder of woman, 3-year-old girl
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakaseke have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a woman and her granddaughter at Wakayamba Village in Kikamulo Sub-County. Specioza Nakato, aged 53, and her three-year-old granddaughter, Sheilla, were found murdered in a coffee plantation on Wednesday night. Sam …
Read More »Ruling on Nakaseke LC 5 Chairman’s competence tests set for April
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Luwero has set April 17th, 2025 to deliver its ruling on the case filed by teachers against the Nakaseke LC 5 Chairman, Ignatius Koomu, and the district for subjecting them to competence exams. On Wednesday, both Koomu and Nakaseke Chief Administrative Officer, …
Read More »Mpox: WHO, Health ministry dispatch experts to Nakaseke
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health (MoH) have dispatched a team of experts to Nakaseke District following the confirmation of the first Mpox case in the area. Mpox, marked by symptoms such as fever, skin rash, and swollen lymph nodes, is …
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