Category: Local News

Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA is investigating the Friday last week collapse of Kabale-Katuna road at Kyonyo, three kilometers to Katuna border, leaving hundreds of motorists stranded. Currently, all heavy trucks heading to and from Rwanda are using Ntungamo-Mirama Hills-Kagitumba road as UNRA struggles to fix the damaged road. Reuben Byaruhanga Tumwebaze, the Director Roads Infrastructure Protection under UNRA, says they are highly suspicious that Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) and SBI International Holdings, which built the road, did a shoddy job. Related content: Kabale-Katuna road cut off at Kyonyo, traffic unable…

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KABALE: Uganda Police Force has issued a traffic warning after part of the road at Kyonyo in Katuna Town Council Kabale District, along Kabale-Katuna road was heavily cracked at around 1am today. In a tweet, the police said part of the road has been affected by heavy landslides, adding that warning signs to direct light traffic have been placed and urged road users to use the newly completed Ntungamo-Mirama Hills road to connect to Rwanda. Traffic Update : Part of the road at Kyonyo along Kabale-Katuna road has been affected…

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The Kabale District Chairman, Patrick Besigye Keihwa has launched an operation aimed at cracking down on indolence and late-coming by district workers. Yesterday,  Keihwa camped at the main entrance to the District Headquarters on Makanga hill and sent away all workers who arrived after 8:00am. Some officers were seen giving excuses on why they were late, but he sent them all away. Keihwa said that he had observed that most staff came to office late, which interrupted government business and hampered public service for which they are paid. According to…

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The Bishop of Busoga Diocese, Rt. Rev. Paul Moses Samson Naimanhye has challenged members of the public to remove their hope from worldly pleasures and trust in Jesus Christ who gives everlasting joy. Bishop Naimanhye made the call on Wednesday (9th May) evening while opening the 5th Annual “Healing for the Nations International Convention” at World Shine Foundation Primary School in Rwentobo Ntungamo District. The convention ends on Sunday 13th May. Bishop Naimanhye said that the world is full of things, including politics, sports, travel and adventure, cultures and entertainments,…

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KISORO Muhabuura diocese has lost a case in which it had sued the Vietnamese Consular in Uganda, King Caesar Augustus Mulenga and former Bufumbira South aspirant Engineer Alex Niyonsaba Seruganda for fueling conflicts in the diocese. Late last year, the Diocesan Registered Trustees led by Bishop Cranmer Mugisha sued Mulenga and Niyonsaba through Isaac Sendegeya of Sendegeya and company advocates and Rev. Ezra Bikangiso of Bikangiso and company advocates for donating 650 iron sheets towards the roofing of Muganza Church of Uganda in Seseme Archdeaconry in November 2017. The applicants…

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KAMPALA: Opposition politician Kizza Besigye on Tuesday used commemorations to mark Labour Day to demand that government establish a minimum wage to protect Ugandan workers from exploitation. In a statement, Dr Besigye proposed a minimum salary of Shs650,000 for primary school teachers. He said President Museveni’s policies on labour have led to insufficient employment skills that have created an army of jobless youth. “The same policies have created untold poverty and hopelessness that many families have been forced to send their children to abusive child labour in mines, in quarries,…

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee- UNHCR has so far verified 92,000 refugees living in three major refugee settlements in Uganda. Currently, UNHCR and the office of the Prime Minister are verifying the number of refugees in the country after it emerged that the figures had been grossly inflated. The verification exercise which begun last month is being conducted at Imvepi refugees’ settlement in Moyo district, Bidi-Bidi in Adjumani district and Nakivaale refugees’ settlement in Isingiro district. The Spokesperson of UNHCR in Uganda Duniya Aslam Khan says the exercise…

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The Bishop of the Diocese of Kigezi, Rt. Rev. George Bagamuhunda has warned that there could be more disasters that may arise from continued environmental degradation and the subsequent failure by members of the public to restrain the ruins. Bishop Bagamuhunda, who was accompanied by among others, the emeritus Bishop George Katwesigye and wife Laura, sounded the warning yesterday 29 April, while presiding over the belated Feast of Saint Mark Celebrations and Confirmation of 95 Christians, at St. Mark Runoni Church of Uganda in Kyabuhangwa Parish Kamwezi Sub County in…

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