Vincent Twesige, the Rwenzori West Police Spokesperson identified the dead as Moses Kakooko 52, who was a teacher at Nyakasura School in Fort Portal, and Simon Baker.
Read more ...The President has also vowed to take tough action against school proprietors who have unnecessarily increased school fees both in private and public institutions of learning saying it is uncalled for. He says his government will expeditiously reign over errant education institutions increasing school fees for their personal gains.
Read more ...Moses Olang, the District Police Commander of Soroti says the Police are hunting for the said witch doctor on charges of murder. He says that the suspect was paid two million shillings by Emoru to try to rescue the lives of the deceased but in vain.
Read more ...145 million Shillings has so far been recovered from six civil servants implicated in the misappropriation of the fund since the intervention of Jovrine Kalisa, the Deputy National Coordinator of PDM.
Read more ...Clostridia disease that includes Tetanus, Blackleg, pulpy Kidney, and Black disease is caused by bacteria of the genus Clostridium called anaerobic and spreads widely in the environment, particularly in soil, fecal matter, and are common during the dry season.
Read more ...Abdu Mugisha, a senior agro-business officer in the MAAIF and a technical person in the FIEFOC-2 project, said they are creating awareness among farmers on where they can access different services, and the district production department will be the coordinating center for these market linkages.
Read more ...Enanga said that based on the DPP approval of charging utility vandalism suspects with terrorism, five people have already been arraigned in courts of law and they are not charged with malicious damage but terrorism.
Read more ...George William Namutegera, the Mateete sub-county LC III Chairperson and a Member of Misojjo-Lwazi Primary school Management Committee, says that they are currently stuck on how to proceed with the school reopening for the new academic year.
Read more ...Addressing Tooro Kingdom officials in Muchwa Fort Portal city on Wednesday, Dr. Bitekyerezo cited an example of Kibaale Forest, which he said is home to a variety of different medicinal trees and herbs that are being cut down for timber and charcoal. He adds that this has forced NDA to work with the kingdom to ensure that these trees that have medical properties are preserved.
Read more ...“The rigs used in exploration are small and are meant to extract small volumes of crude for testing purposes, they can easily be dismantled and moved from well to well,” says Gloria Sebikari, Manager of Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda.
Read more ...According to Dr. Bruce Kirenga, the Executive Director of Makerere Lung Institute, the antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections such as the widely used Azithromycin and erythromycin are not supposed to be used.
Read more ...Some of the affected Universal Primary schools are Wakatayi, Kalere, Nalinnya Lwantale Girls, St Mugagga Kikungo, Bajjo Community, Bukimu, Bukasa, and Kasaala Primary school.
Read more ...The bridge that used to connect Ntunda and Kasawo sub-counties and as well as acting as a shortcut linking Kayunga and Mukono districts was washed away by heavy rains in 2019, paralyzing transport between the districts. Engineer William Kabiiho, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of National Roads and Bridges in the Ministry of Works says reconstructing of the bridge will cost 2.139 billion Shillings.
Read more ...Joel Sebikali, the deputy chairperson the health committee of parliament said that committee will recommend the ministry of health to reactive the drug supply line for the facility as they discuss the re-establishment of another fully functional hospital in the area.
Read more ...In her ruling on Wednesday, the Kanungu Grade One Magistrate, Asanansio Mukobi, said that despite being served, Kyarikunda failed to file her defense. Mukobi says that since the marriage promise was not fulfilled, Tumwiine is entitled to the reimbursement of the Shillings 9,439,100 he spent on her.
Read more ...It is alleged that while conducting patrol on Tuesday night together with Noah Nabugere, Mukwana found Juma Ndozereho washing his Toyota Wish registration number UAZ 381G Toyota at Kikwite swamp in Hoima City East division along the Hoima-Kampala road around 8 pm. Upon seeing the police constables, Ndozereho reportedly entered his car and sped off at a terrible speed.
Read more ...Currently, Kasese district has no government ambulance after the only one that was serving Bwera General Hospital caught fire while transporting a patient to Fort-Portal regional referral hospital last year.
Read more ...Court presided over by the Kasangati grade one magistrate, Beatrice Kayinza heard that the suspects together with others still at large, while in Wakiso district between November 8th and 9th, 2022 were found in possession of the electronic examination paper material and information. The suspects pleaded not guilty.
Read more ...Benard Bessi, the senior Administrator of Moyo general Referral Hospital says that the breakdown of the machines has greatly affected their operations since they cannot now carry out key diagnostic investigations.
Read more ...The prosecution alleges that between 2016 and 2022, Mugisha recruited, harbored, received, maintained, and transported the now 17-year-old girl by means of deception or position of vulnerability for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
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