Oil Palm seedlings take 18 months before they can be ready to plant, and the bank can confidently confirm that within two years 896 farmers have been able to benefit from these funds, so far totaling sh1.2bn. The Ugandan government, through a credit facility managed by Equity Bank, has disbursed sh1.2bn to support 896 palm […]
Consequently, Muleterwa directed police commanders in East Busoga to mount operations specifically targeting perpetrators of these crimes. Munna NUP Kyembuga Florence K’abala ku Munna NRM Haji Ssemakula Kaliibwa! Lazaro Bidugo the chairman for Iganga Bodaboda Operators reported that in the last month alone, eight of their members were killed, seven of them in Mayuge district […]
Kafayo said that the incident occurred at around 2:30am on Saturday when lightning struck Awori’s house, causing a fire that severely burnt her upper body. Sad! Senior Midwife Sarah Katumba is Dead!!! Fear on Saturday gripped the residents of Waigala village in Bukatube sub-county, Mayuge District when lightning stuck dead a 30-year-old woman. Busoga East […]
A Bamasaba ‘Imbalu’ circumciser identified as Martin Sangula narrowly survived death at the wrath of angry Bamasaaba residents of Bumwena ‘B’ zone, Malongo sub-county in Mayuge district, when he accidentally sliced off the penis of his client, a 17-year-old Peter Munghala, son of the village chairperson Fred Mudenyi. “Imbalu” is a Bugishu cultural circumcision of male […]
“The dead included a five-month-old female baby, three women and five men, all passengers in the taxi, its driver inclusive. The bodies were taken to Iganga Hospital mortuary pending post-mortem,” Traffic Police spokesperson, Micheal Kananura said. Nine people including a five months old baby were on Saturday confirmed dead following a fatal accident that occurred […]
The Flying Squad Unit in coordination with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) enforcement and Jinja police carried out an operation in Jinja City, leading to recovery of a fuel tank. According to Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said the recovered fuel tanker is registration number UBH 904U (head trailer) and trailer registration number UAT 093W, loaded with […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also the Commander In Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on Saturday commissioned a Marine Pier at the Sustainable Base in Ntokoro, Mayuge District. “I congratulate the Commandant of the Marine Brigade for building this Brigade, which started as a small force and is now growing. I […]
The Prime Minister of Uganda, Robinah Nabbanja has asked the people of Busoga sub-region especially in Mayuge district to embrace government programmes aimed at improving household incomes. Nabbanja noted that all wealth creation programmes in Uganda are designed to ensure that people get out of poverty and that in the same vein, the people of […]