Tag Archives: Peter Mugisha

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro Resident District Commissioner, Captain Peter Mugisha is bickering with the district’s National Resistance Movement (NRM) party chairman, Philemon Mateke over declining support of the NRM in the district. Mateke who is also the State Minister for Regional Affairs accuses Mugisha of using foul language …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel have blocked independent presidential candidate, Gen. Henry Tumukunde from entering Kisoro district to campaign. Tumukunde who is currently in the Kigezi region campaigned in Rukungiri and Kanungu districts on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he set off to resume his campaign in Kisoro. However, on …

Moroto, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The search for escapee inmates in Moroto is yielding fewer results after the inmates reportedly mixed up with the community. According to Frank Baine, the Prisons spokesperson, 219 inmates overpowered the security at the facility and broke into the armoury before escaping at 4:30 pm …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked Buganda Road Magistrates court not to allow the Directorate of Public Prosecutions-DPP to take over the case in which he is accusing the National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi of giving false information about his age. Mabirizi accuses Kyagulanyi who is …

Kigezi , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in border districts in the Kigezi region have questioned the failure by the Ministry of Health to deliver face masks to the area.  They say that the area’s proximity to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo increases the risk for the people …

Kisoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two people have been quarantined at Kisoro Primary Teachers College in Kisoro district after it emerged that they got into contact with a COVID-19 positive truck driver at Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika last week.  Nick Muneza, the Assistant District Health Officer Kisoro, says that the …

Kisoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A driver who transported a COVID-19 positive truck driver from Chanika border in Kisoro district to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital has been quarantined after exposure. The truck driver was transported to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital for admission on Friday in a Toyota Land Cruiser registration …

Kisoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a dispute between local leaders and security officials in Kisoro district over the use of whips to enforce the Covid19 lock down. The disagreement started on Tuesday after soldiers stormed Kisoro and started whipping residents while ordering them to return to their homes. …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kisoro district Ebola surveillance officials are concerned about the partial withdrawal Ebola screening volunteers deployed by Uganda Red Cross Society-URCS from the Uganda-Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC borders. Red Cross had deployed Ebola surveillance staff at seven entry points including Bunagana, Chanika, Kanombe Ntek, …