Peace Kagurusi, one of the concerned residents, says that because of the stench, they are forced to eat food behind closed doors so that they don’t throw up. Kagurusi says that they get breathing challenges owing to the heavy stench.
Read more ...The refugees entered the country on Monday following fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers in Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province.
Read more ...The officials had visited the mining site to investigate complaints from the community that the company was discharging contaminated water directly into a nearby stream, a tributary to river Kiruruma, which flows through Kabale town to Kyanamira and Maziba sub-county up to Rwanda.
Read more ...According to Kitentera, they spend about Shillings 40 million monthly to empty the toilets. She says that the situation is worsened due to the lack of cesspool emptier in the entire Kisoro district, which forces them to hire one from Kabale, about 73kilometers away.
Read more ...According accuses Kabushenga of detracting the parents’ interest in benefiting from education services under the organization. He adds that in case Kabushenga keeps a deaf ear he will drag him to court.
Read more ...The committee was at the border to assess its operations following its re-opening by Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
Read more ...Sam Kyomukama, an officer in charge of the police protection unit for the Kigezi region says that he has already visited the area and confirmed that the company is directly draining contaminated water and mud into the stream, a tributary to river Kiruruma.
Read more ...Amos Hakizimana, the Kisoro District Speaker, says that when PAC implicated Ngabo for having misused the money and recommended that he should refund it, they felt happy knowing that corruption is being fought in the district.
Read more ...Ndjike says that the suspects include some Rwanda nationals. He says that the rebels are temporarily being detained by the army while waiting to direct them either towards the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) process to parade them before the court. DDR is a program implemented by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO to handle all Armed Groups there.
Read more ...The convicts are Kyanza Mabimbi and Pelekini Kambale, all residents of Beni territory. Major Kalambayi Mufungayi presided over the military tribunal, which tried the dou that was arrested from the Ruwenzori sector in Beni last year and charged with collaborating and providing information to the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
Read more ...Tom Tibyangye, a special hire driver, says that while using the space, he saw UNRA trucks pouring soil while tractors dug holes in the remaining part. Tibyangye says that they were never given prior notice to vacate the space and reasons why UNRA no longer wants them to use it.
Read more ...Last week, Samuel Kambale Muluko, the President of Civil Society in Kyavinyonge, a locality in the chiefdom of Bashu, Beni territory, North Kivu province admitted that the population of fish on the Congo side of the lake has reduced heavily.
Read more ...While in Bunagana town council, the refugees camped in schools, churches, and public markets. As a result, school furniture was damaged as refugees turned desks and benches into firewood for cooking.
Read more ...Douglas Asiimwe, Uganda’s Acting Commissioner for Refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister, says that 17,336 refugees are currently camped at the Nyakabande reception centre, while 3,064 refugees have been transferred from Nyakabande to Nakivale Refugee Camp in Isingiro district.
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