Tag Archives: Zombo

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people admitted at Mubende Referral Hospital suspected of suffering from Ebola has increased from 21 to 30. Health workers at Mubende hospital said that the patients were brought to the hospital from Madudu Sub County in Mubende District and Kyaka Refugee …

Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zombo district authorities have registered 57 cases of obstetric fistula, especially among young mothers below 20 years over the past two years. The leaders blame the obstetric fistula cases on the high rate of teenage pregnancies registered in the past two years resulting from the …

Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Paidha Grade One Magistrates court has remanded two residents of Paidha town council in Zombo district for allegedly kidnapping for ransom, a seven year old Congolese child. The suspects identified as Derrick Kagwa and Jeremy Ofoyrwoth, believed to be in their late 20s, reportedly kidnapped …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 61 suspects who were arrested for attacks on the Uganda People’s Defense Forces barracks in Zombo district have been charged and remanded to Kitalya government prison. The suspects, some of whom have been in detention since 2020, are charged with the deaths of five soldiers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Charges of murder have been preferred against the 59 suspects who were arrested following the recent attacks on the Uganda People’s Defense Forces barracks located in Zombo district. The suspects, some of whom have been in detention since 2020, are charged with the deaths of …

Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zombo district registered a total of 5,890 cases of teenage pregnancies within seventeen months. Statistics from the district probation officer, Collins Pireri indicate that the cases were recorded between the period January 2020 and May 2021. Pireri disclosed that the victims include girls between 14 …

Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two top police bosses in Zombo district and two of their juniors are in trouble for allegedly aiding the escape of a notorious suspect from lawful custody. A team of officers from Arua Central Police station picked up the acting Zombo District Police Commander, Assistant …

Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six people and a Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF soldier have been killed in an attack on an army detach in Zeu sub-county, Zombo district. The detach located in Zeu forest was attacked by unknown gunmen on Friday morning at around 6:00 am. According to the …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A leader of a rebel group that attacked UPDF detach in Zombo last year has been evacuated to Kampala after contracting COVID-19. Colonel Malik Atocho, the alleged commander of the attack on the UPDF barracks in Zombo in March 2020 that left four Soldiers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defence Force-UPDF soldier has been arrested for shooting dead a civilian in Zombo district. Private John Tumushabe, 29 years attached to Gamba Army detach in Alangi sub county Zombo district on Thursday allegedly shot Francisco Ongeyowun, 28 years, a resident of Logo …