Tag Archives: Rakai

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rakai district local government is struggling to contain rampant cases of teenage pregnancies and high school dropout rates. Steven Ssemutono, the Rakai District Inspector of Schools indicates that besides the obvious social problems that arise from teenage parenting, the district can hardly find enough native …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and children rights activists in Rakai and Kyotera districts have decried the increasing domestic disputes among communities affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. They say that families are breaking up and children neglected as parents remain incapable …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A pig in Rakai district has mauled a one and a half-year-old baby. The incident occurred at Kateera village in Ddwaniro sub-county on Friday. The baby’s mother, Peace Tukwasibwe was in the kitchen preparing breakfast while the minor was sleeping on the mattress in the …

Rakai polling officials struggle to master Biometric Voter Verification System Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With just hours to the elections, several polling officials from different sub-counties in Rakai District say they didn’t fully understand how to use the Biometric Voter Verification System (BVVS) after a two-day’s training session they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police was called to rescue Sarah Nabukeera, the acting Rakai Electoral Commission registrar from a rowdy group of polling officials that wanted to beat her up over unpaid training allowances and use of inappropriate language. The group of 502 polling officials including presiding officers, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP leaders in Rakai district have turned against their Kooki County parliamentary candidate Henry Ndinayiwe. They have decided to rally support behind David Mpuuga, an independent candidate accusing Ndinayiwe of disappearing and absconding from the joint campaigns. URN has established that party leaders …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five Tanzanian nationals have been arrested in Rakai district for sneaking into Uganda despite the closure of borders to human traffic. The borders were closed as one of the measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease. Only long distance trucks are allowed to cross, …

Rakai, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party-DP members in Rakai district have decided to defy the directives of the National Executive Committee-NEC on the procedures of conducting grassroots elections. On Friday last week, the DP National Executive Committee convened an extra-ordinary meeting, which resolved to suspend the National Organizing …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students at St Benards Mannya Secondary school in Kifamba sub county Rakai district have been instructed to return home following the inferno that razed down the boys dormitory last night. The fire left nine students dead. The decision to close the school has been …

  Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine Senior Three students of St Bernard’s Mannya Secondary School, in Kifamba Sub County Rakai district have died after a fire that gutted a students’ dormitory last night. Deputy Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango confirmed the incident saying arson was suspected and a warden …