Tumwesigye petitioned the court challenging Arinaitwe’s victory on grounds that there was non-compliance with the provisions of the electoral laws and the failure to conduct the elections per the law affected the outcome of the results.
Read more ...In the ruling read by the acting Deputy Registrar Mbarara High Court, Samuel Twakire, Justice Moses Kazibwe Kawumi dismissed the petition because it was not supported with a valid affidavit.
Read more ...Mbarara City received Ugx 224.8 Million shillings as covid-19 relief funds which were approved by the council.
Read more ...Stephen Bebwa, the Ishongorero Sub-county chairperson several gardens of cassava, beans, maize, peas and banana plantations were destroyed. He says they have started compiling a report on the extent are the damages to seek the intervention of the government.
Read more ...In one of the latest attacks, a woman from Ibanda district was killed by men who were travelling in a Wish motor vehicle which was disguised as a taxi. It is suspects that the occupants of the motor vehicle trailed her after withdrawing money from a SACCO and later dumped her body in Kakoba, Mbarara.
Read more ...Isingiro District Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Martin Yiga says that the district is struggling to attract personnel in this medical discipline to run theatres in Nyamuyanja and Rugaga Health centre IV.
Read more ...Despite the increase of HIV and AIDs prevalence in Mbarara City and Kalangala district Uganda has registered a tremendous improvement in the fight against the HIV and AIDS epidemic leading to a reduction in the number of new HIV infections.
Read more ...According to Kasasiira, preliminary police investigations show that arsonists locked the family in their house and torched it using petrol. He says that by the time the rescue team arrived at the scene, the four has burnt beyond recognition.
Read more ...Annah Nkabuzaranwa, a farmer from Nyakakoni says that the cranes eat leaves of beans and millet as they grow above the ground. She says the crested cranes have become a problem following the destruction of their habitat in the wetlands.
Read more ...The affected residents were forcefully evicted from the land by prominent businessman Robert Rutebemberwa the director of Birya United Agencies in 2019 and deployed private security after he fenced it off after he allegedly said that he had bought it.
Read more ...Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson says the gun was discovered in Mbaguta cell, Mbarara City by a casual labourer Agnes Namugumya. The gun was hidden in the banana plantations.
Read more ...The government in 1995 established a revenue-sharing scheme through which 20 per cent of the park’s revenue is shared with communities adjacent to the park, and it is this that Rwengyeru Ward allocated for the construction of the road this year.
Read more ...Alice Tuhiriirwe, a VHT from Kicwamba village in Katerera, says that they were promised Shillings 150,000 but they sent them Shillings 50,000 without any explanation.
Read more ...Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Police Spokesperson says that Agaba who was on patrol fell into an ambush of thugs who were armed with a gun and a panga.
Read more ...James Mwesigye, Mbarara Resident City Commissioner, who also doubles as the Chairperson of City Security Committee, says the operation was conducted in collaboration with sister forces like the army since intelligence reports indicated the suspects were using pangas.
Read more ...State Prosecutor James Kawuka, told the court that he had received complaints from witnesses against Ssentamu.
Read more ...Nuwagira says Ibanda district has lost to encroachers several wetlands measuring about 1,500 hectares that include Rwanyabihuka in Kijongo Sub County, Ndoragi, Kemitozo and Ntungamo in Nyabuhikye Sub County, Kabobo, Mpunda and Katembe in Rukiri Sub County and Rushango in Nyamarebe sub county.
Read more ...Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson says that Ssebutinde and Kamugisha have recorded statements with the police.
Read more ...Justice Kawumi noted that if the failure to acquire ten names and signatures of persons supporting a candidate’s nomination would not affect the nomination, the legislature should have stated so in the parliamentary elections Act.
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