Tag Archives: Rubanda

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 57-year-old man who has been on the run for hacking his biological mother to death in Rubanda district has been found dead. Reuben Ruhamire’s lifeless body was found floating on Lake Bunyonyi on Wednesday following his disappearance on Saturday after hacking his 80-year-old mother, Grace …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opening of the maternity ward at Ruhija health centre II in Rubanda district has excited residents. Construction of the 80 million shillings maternity wing was funded by the Joint Medical Stores-JMS to eliminate infant mortality in the area. The development comes at a time when …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rapid increase of HIV/AIDs among the Batwa community in Muko and Bufundi sub counties of Rubanda district is a result of trading sex-for-food, URN has learnt. An HIV testing and counselling camp organised by Kabale District Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living with HIV/AIDs –KADOLHA, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM officials in Rubanda district have clashed over attempts to compel them to support to Henry Ariganyira Musasizi, Rubanda County East parliamentary candidate. The officials clashed at a meeting convened at Bubaare sub-county primary school playground in Rubanda district on Friday by Musasizi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-two people have tested positive for hepatitis B in Rubanda and Kabale districts during the ongoing Hepatitis B screening and vaccination exercise. 26 of the cases are from Rubanda district while the remaining 6 are from Kabale. The Hepatitis B screening and vaccination exercise …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Rubanda district have impounded a bus belonging to Kwizera Executive Bus Company for carrying excess passengers contrary to the guidelines issued by government. The Kigezi region police spokesman Elly Maate identifies the bus as registration number UBE 978Z. According to Maate, while …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kabale municipality and Rubanda district have raised concerns about the pinning of campaign posters on road signs. The signs help to regulate, warn and guide road users for efficient movement of traffic. This is common along the Kabale-Rubanda-Kisoro road in Kabale municipality …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale municipal leaders have questioned the annexation of Bubare sub county and three parishes of Nyamweru sub county to Kabale Municipality. Last week, Rubanda district council approved Bubare sub county and the parishes of Nangara, Bigungiro and Bwayu in Nyamweru sub county to be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy deployment of police and Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) in Rubanda town council where the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) is conducting party primaries. Rubanda is among the 55 districts that are conducting party elections to fill gaps in new administrative units. …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The high cost of land in Rubanda district is scaring away investors. According to authorities, the cost of land in Rubanda shot up when it became an independent district in July 2016 after being curved from Kabale. Some of the areas where the cost of …