Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of residents who were displaced by the recent flooding of Lake Kijjanebarola in Rakai district are still stranded because of the government’s delays to deliver the much-needed relief support for their resettlement. Over 200 families in the parishes of Kigoto, Ntarure, Kanagisa, Kagaaga, …
Read More »Lack of facilitation hindering sensitization of Parish Development Model program in Rakai
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Community Development Officers in Rakai district are desperately in need of facilitation to mobilize and sensitize communities about the new Parish Development Model program. According to the Ministry of Local Government, some of the duties and responsibilities of CDOs include planning and budgeting for development …
Read More »Minister Magyezi moves to settle disputes in Rakai district council
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Local Government Raphael Magyezi, has intervened in Rakai district council’s decision to remove the District Executive Committee (DEC) from office. In a letter dated March 1, 2022, addressed to William Kamara, the Rakai Chief Administrative Officer by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Benjamin …
Read More »Rakai CAO rejects censure of district executive committee
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | William Kamara, the Rakai Chief Administrative Officer-CAO has rejected a resolution censuring the entire district executive committee, saying it is illegal. Last week, Rakai district council passed a resolution to throw out the entire District Executive Committee for alleged incompetence and abuse of the powers. …
Read More »EACOP: Rakai, Kyotera PAPs call for halt of compensation over ghost landlords
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several families affected by the proposed oil pipeline project in Rakai and Kyotera districts want the government, Total-Uganda and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Co. Ltd to halt the compensation plan and conduct a verification exercise to avoid paying ghost claimants. The families sight …
Read More »OIL PIPELINE: Masaka districts form coalition to demand royalties
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Council (LC5) Chairpersons of Lwengo, Kyotera, Rakai, Sembabule and Gomba districts have formed a coalition to push for government funding to monitor the oil pipeline activities and have uniform royalties like the districts of the Bunyoro region. The leaders including Ibrahim Kitatta, the …
Read More »Rakai district councilors censure entire executive committee
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rakai district council has censured the entire District Executive Committee. The decision to censure the officials followed a petition signed by 16 out of 34 councilors accusing the members of alleged abuse of office, withholding information about the budget, and misconduct. They were censured on …
Read More »Rakai launches campaign for sustainable fishing on Lake Kachera, Kijanebarola
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In an effort to promote sustainable fishing in Rakai, the district fisheries authorities have started sensitizing the fishing communities around Lake Kachera and Lake Kijanebarola. The campaign comes amidst the increasing illegal fishing practices on the two lakes. The authorities are also giving new fishermen …
Read More »NRM, NUP vet candidates for Rakai by-elections
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) and the National Unity Platform (NUP) have started vetting party members to be nominated for the four vacant positions in the upcoming residual and by-elections in Rakai district. There are four vacant positions in the district which include the male …
Read More »Hippo kills two teenagers in Rakai district
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two teenagers in Rakai district have died in a hippopotamus attack in Lake Kijjanebarola. The dead are Kaggwa Ssekiranda,16, and Godfrey Mugabi,17, both residents of Kirindamariga village in Lwanda sub-county. The two were fishing in Lake Kijjanebarola when the hippo attacked them. It is …
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