Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 50 residents of Bamutakudde in Kyampisi Sub County, Mukono district have accused a Chinese firm of blasting rocks in the area in disregard of their safety. The stone quarry in the area belongs to China Communications Company. The company sells the blasted stones …
Read More »Residents raise concern over lack of toilet at newly constructed health centre
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A row has emerged between residents, councillors and Luweero health department over the lack of a toilet at a newly constructed health centre. Last year the Ministry of Health with funding from World Bank contracted P&D Traders and Contractors to construct a new building to …
Read More »Kyenjojo residents struggling to access clean water
Kyenjojo, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kyenjojo district are struggling to access clean water. According to the Kyenjojo Chief Administrative Officer – CAO, Samuel Kaija, access to water in the district stands at 69 per cent, but most of these water sources are shallow wells that are prone …
Read More »Buyiga island residents stuck with COVID-19 patient
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Buyiga Island in Nkozi Sub County, Mpigi district are stuck with a COVID0-19 patient, a day after he was confirmed positive. The victim received a phone call from the Health Ministry on Wednesday instructing him to isolate from his family, community and wear …
Read More »Shortage of clean water in Palaro sub county worries residents
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Palaro Sub County in Gulu are worried about the shortage of clean water in the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). David Ngole, the Palaro Sub County Chairperson says that locals in the area are drawing water from open springs to …
Read More »Hoima residents abandon hand washing
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Hoima Municipality are abandoning hand washing. Frequent hand washing is being implemented world over as a basic protective measure against the new coronavirus disease. According to the World Health Organisation, washing hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses …
Read More »Namayingo district residents complain over poor state of roads
Namaying, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Buswale sub-county have complained about the poor state of the roads in Namayingo and Busia. The 24-kilometer road which connects the two districts of Namayingo and Busia through Bumoli-Lumboka in Buswale sub-county to Bukobe in Masafu sub-county in Busia district is …
Read More »Hungry Mukono residents block LC 5 chairperson demanding food relief
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mukono Local Council-LC 5 Chairperson, Andrew Ssenyonga was rescued from angry residents on Thursday who surrounded his vehicle demanding for food relief. Ssenyonga had gone with a team of Uganda Red Cross Society-URCS officials to deliver food relief to commercial sex workers at Ggulu …
Read More »Covid-19: Bweyogerere residents complain about free movement of truck drivers
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bweyogerere in Kira Municipality in Wakiso district have raised fears of contracting Corona virus from cargo truck drivers who leave Namboole Stadium to buy drinks and food in the neighborhood. Namboole stadium is one of the designated parking areas for transit cargo trucks. …
Read More »Covid19 Lockdown: Tisai island residents on lake Bisina starving
Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Tisai Island in Ongino Sub County in Kumi district are struggling to find food and other essential items due to the Covid-19 lock down. The Island, which hosts more than five thousand people of different tribes, is found on Lake Bisina. Residents of …
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