Tag Archives: Namayingo

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Namayingo Health department has reported finding three cases of cholera in the district. According to the District Health Officer, Mathias Mageni, both the cholera patients and their probable close contacts are currently being managed at Bukana Health Center III in Bukana Sub County. Mangeni explains …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Standards, Utilities, and Wildlife Court in Kampala has fined 40 Kenyan fishermen sh700,000 (Ksh22,113) each for fishing on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria without a valid license. The fishermen who have spent a month on remand at Luzira Prison were arrested and charged …

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine suspects accused of extorting an unspecified amount of money from different groups under the Parish Development Model-PDM between April and May 2022, are in custody at Namayingo central police station. It is alleged that the suspects, whose identities have been withheld, were soliciting money …

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 3,783 households and businesses in Lolwe Island in Bukoli Sub-County, Namayingo District have been connected on the hybrid solar mini-grid of 600kw capacity. Launched on Friday by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, the Lolwe Island mini-grid project that started in 2017 …

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF marine has impounded several illegal fishing gear and arrested at least 26 fishermen in Namayingo district. The impounded fishing gear includes 15 boats and over 200 undersized fishing nets. They were impounded in the three days operation that started last …

Busia, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) Marines have handed back over 36 Kenyan fishermen arrested in Namayingo district. The suspects were arrested from different landing sites in site in Namayingo such as Hama, Kandenge, Singla and Gorofa among others where they were found engaged …

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angry residents of Nalubabwe village in Buswale sub county in Namayingo district have lynched a middle-aged man for allegedly staging illegal roadblocks and fleecing them of their valuables and money. The angry mob descended on 25-year old Matia Tamulina on Monday afternoon when they found …

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A body of a 13-year-old girl has been retrieved from the lake in Namayingo district where she was attacked and killed by a crocodile on Friday. It is reported that the child, Juliet Nakyaki from Bumera C village in Mutumba sub county had gone to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Namayingo district has arrested a police constable Dennis Wakida for losing his gun. Police have also detained four others whose identities have been withheld. The suspects have been since detained at Namayingo central police station awaiting screening and statement recording. The gun …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Namayingo district registered a low turn up during the just concluded cholera vaccination exercise within the selected risk areas. The government last week rolled out the cholera vaccination exercise in several cholera hotspots among them Busia and Namayingo. The district which has recurring outbreaks …