Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bweramule sub county in Ntoroko district are living in fear since their area was attacked by Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels a week ago. On Tuesday last week, over 40 rebels crossed river Semliki into Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo, attacked villages …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels were gunned down Tuesday in a fire exchange with Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF in Ntoroko district. UPDF intercepted five rebels in Kayanja village, Bweramule sub-county, seven days after they raided the village. Rtd Maj Edward Jones Mugabirwe, the Ntoroko Resident …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan military on Tuesday said it killed 11 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels and captured eight others in an ongoing operation in the western part of the country bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The military spokesperson’s office in a tweet on Tuesday said …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed completion of the 89 billion Shillings water project in Ntoroko has raised concern from the district authorities. In 2018, the African Development Bank through the Ministry of Water and Environment launched the construction of the project to supply clean and safe water to …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntoroko district authorities are concerned over the delayed relocation of people living in six internally displaced camps. In September 2019, the rising water levels in Lake Albert submerged Kamuga, Butungama, and Bweramule sub-counties and Kanara town council forcing over 11,000 people into the Internally displaced camps …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntoroko district local government is stuck with 500 staff who were illegally recruited. Last month, Anselim Kyaligonza, the Chief Administrative Officer of Ntoroko district was arrested for irregular staff recruitment. Kyaligonza was arrested from Kampala by operatives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit in collaboration …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of local government has assigned Charles Otai as New Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to Ntoroko district. According to a letter by the minister for local governments Rafael Magyezi, he received communication from the Ntoroko county member of parliament Gerald Rwemulikya requesting for the …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fort Portal Chief Magistrates court has remanded the Ntoroko District Chief Administrative Officer Anslem Kyaligonza to prison for two weeks. The Chief Magistrate Kule Lubangula made the ruling after State Attorney Andrew Kasaija asked the court to reject Kyaligonza’s bail application on grounds that …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntoroko Chief Administrative Officer-CAO Anselim Kyaligonza spent the night behind bars after failing to secure bail due to the lack of substantial sureties. Kyaligonza appeared before Fort Portal Chief Magistrate Moses Kule Rubangura on Tuesday on charges of forgery. He was charged with ten counts …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) has passed out 295 officers after completing a four month technical course at mountain warfare training school in Karugutu town council Ntoroko district. Colonel Dusan Musoke Kavuma the school commandant at the mountain warfare training center, said the course …
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