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    Four Challengers Eye Businge’s Masindi Municipality Seat

    Alan Mwesigwa | May 15, 2025
    Most of the challengers are affiliated with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and accuse Businge, who won the seat in 2021, of failing to deliver be...

    Bunyoro Opposition Urges Voters to Back Stronger Voices for Development

    Alan Mwesigwa | May 15, 2025
    They cite the 2021 general election as a turning point, when, for the first time in decades, three out of the region’s 28 parliamentary seats were won by Opposi...

    Tumwebaze Urges Youth to Embrace Agribusiness for Economic Liberation

    Alan Mwesigwa | May 15, 2025
    Tumwebaze appealed to the government to complement vocational and agricultural skilling efforts by investing in value addition.

    Judicial Officers Urged to Use Religious Leaders in Mediation of Cases

    Alan Mwesigwa | May 15, 2025

    Bunyoro Voters Urged to Back Opposition for Better Services

    Alan Mwesigwa | May 2, 2025
    Opposition leaders visiting Hoima have urged Bunyoro residents to abandon loyalty to the ruling NRM and vote for politicians who can demand better services, arg...

    Hoima Officials Kicked Out of PAC Meeting Over Forged Documents and Laxity

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 30, 2025
    Parliament's accountability committee throws out Hoima district and city officials after they present suspicious documents and fail to justify key government ex...

    Ntoroko Officials Who Claimed PDM Beneficiaries Fled to Congo Must be Investigated – PAC

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 30, 2025
    The committee has recommended that the Inspectorate of Government and the State House Anti-Corruption Unit take up the matter for a deeper probe into possible c...

    Parliament Wants Local Govt Heads of Department to Be Transferable

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 28, 2025

    Kagadi Leaders Turn To Moneylenders As Govt Delays Funds For Four Months

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 28, 2025
    The town council last received funds in December 2024. Since then, collections made in January, February, March, and April have been sent to the central treasur...

    Four Arrested Over Theft of PDM Funds in Kiryandongo

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 24, 2025
    The theft came to light after Mrs. Katusiime Oliva, a resident of Runyanya village, reported that her National Identification Card, SIM card, and photocopies we...

    Grazing Cows, Not Landing Gears, Make the Most of Masindi Airfield

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 24, 2025
    The airfield, located in in Kyamugwera village, Labbongo Sub-county, has been in operation since the 1970s, now serves as little more than a grazing ground for...

    Trainee at Masindi Police Training School Shoots Self Dead

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 24, 2025
    James Tembo took his life at about 2.30pm after allegedly picking up a firearm from his colleague, Francis Onek.

    UPDF Soldier Detained After Hawker is Fatally Shot in Masindi

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 19, 2025
    Police later arrested Corporal Aggrey Byamugisha, a UPDF soldier attached to Masindi Barracks, who was traced within Kijura town centre

    New Shs4.5bn Hoima Blood Bank Launched to Combat Maternal Deaths

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 16, 2025
    For years, patients in Hoima have depended on blood from far-off banks such as Fort Portal, often at the cost of lives in emergency situations.

    Kagadi Town Council Hands Over New Mambugu Market Stalls

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 16, 2025
    Local leaders described the market as a transformative project for the area.

    Teacher, 57, Killed in Domestic Dispute in Kagadi

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 7, 2025
    Charles Lwanga, a resident of Kyeicumu Village in Kyenzige Sub-county, reportedly got into a heated quarrel with his concubine, who struck him with a hand hoe l...

    Bunyoro Kingdom PM Hosts Genee Music Uganda, Urges Artists to Uphold Culture and Discipline

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 7, 2025
    Premier Andrew Byakutaga commended Genee Music for creating music that reflects the identity of the Bunyoro people and for promoting cultural heritage through t...

    Kakumiro Man Rescued After Attempted Suicide over Wife’s Alleged Adultery

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 3, 2025

    Kakumiro Residents Threaten 2026 Election Boycott over Delayed Hailstorm Relief

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 3, 2025
    The storm, which occurred in September, lasted for two hours and caused widespread destruction in villages such as Mumbali, Kyakasimbazi, Karokarungi, Karama, K...

    Kakumiro Authorities Warn of Home Closures Over Poor Hygiene in Kisiita

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 2, 2025

    Kigumba Young Triumphs in Inaugural TTK Kiryandongo Cup

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 2, 2025
    The tournament, which attracted teams from 13 sub-counties, concluded with a thrilling final at Elshadai Playground in Kigumba Town Council, where the home side...

    Masindi Police Investigating Child Torture

    Alan Mwesigwa | Apr 2, 2025

    NUP Accuses Security Forces, NRM Cadres of Intimidation Ahead of Elections In Hoima

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 31, 2025

    Masindi Muslims Celebrate Eid with Joy, Unity, and Acts of Kindness

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 31, 2025

    Govt Begins Construction of Shs 1.5 Billion Masindi Hospital Staff Quarters

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 28, 2025

    Woman Kidnaps Co-Wife's Child Over Missing Money

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 28, 2025

    Kibaale Farmer Earning Shs100m Lauds Museveni’s Wealth Creation Drive

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 27, 2025

    Oil 'Fuelling HIV Prevalence' in Bunyoro

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 27, 2025
    The Uganda Aids Commission has raised serious concerns over the rising HIV prevalence in Bunyoro sub-region, with Hoima City topping the charts at 9.6%, followe...

    Kakumiro Man Battling for Life After He is Hacked Over Adultery

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 27, 2025

    Bishop Kirabo Decries Rising Cases of Road Sign Theft In Hoima

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 26, 2025

    Museveni Pledges Funding for Skilled Youth in Saccos

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 21, 2025

    Learners at Risk as Masindi Schools Operate in Condemned Structures

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 16, 2025
    At Biizi Primary School in Biizi Cell, Kikwana Ward, Nyangahya Division, 390 pupils attend classes in structures deemed unfit by engineers due to their deterior...

    Bunyoro NUP Leaders Give Govt Two-Day Ultimatum to Produce Kidnapped Vianey Bashabe

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 12, 2025

    Leaders Concerned as Congo Refugee Influx Overwhelms Kyangwali Settlement

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 12, 2025

    Hoima District Chairman Highlights Nine Priority Roads for Maintenance

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 11, 2025

    Hoima Woman MP Calls for Gender Equality on International Women's Day

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 11, 2025

    Traffic Police Impound Motorcycles Violating Rules in Hoima City Centre

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 4, 2025

    Hoima’s Parajwoki Primary School Crumbling as Authorities Struggle for Funds

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 4, 2025
    Built in 1928 by the Catholic Church, the school has never undergone significant renovation. The eight-classroom block has developed deep cracks, with broken wi...

    Top Masindi UCE Candidate Appeals for Support to Advance Studies

    Alan Mwesigwa | Mar 3, 2025

    IGG Investigates Rampant Corruption Allegations in Greater Kibaale Districts

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 27, 2025

    Police Political Commissar Bamunoba Urges Vigilance in Albertine Region Amid Oil Exploration

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 27, 2025

    Nabbanja Orders Withdrawal of Police from Masindi Weighbridges

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 27, 2025
    The directive comes after Trade minister Francis Mwebesa ordered the closure of two private weighbridges in Masindi, citing increased cases of sugarcane theft a...

    Bunyoro Stakeholders Call for Revisions to East African Cross-Border Trade Rules

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 26, 2025

    Masindi Cane Truck Drivers Accused of Reckless Driving

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 25, 2025
    Masindi, the leading sugarcane-growing district in the Bunyoro sub-region, supplies cane to Kinyara Sugar Factory, Kyenjojo Sugar Factory, and Hoima Sugar Facto...

    Hoima Nursing School Gets Shs2.2bn Hostel as Officials Urge Expansion

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 25, 2025
    State Minister for Primary Education Joyce Moriku Kaducu urged the school’s management to ensure proper maintenance and encouraged students to remain focused on...

    One dead, two injured as Fuso truck rams into house in Hoima

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 22, 2025

    Bunyoro prepares to host Rwenzori province in FUFA Drum today

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 22, 2025

    Buliisa Chairman Fred Lukumu Urges Learners to Look Beyond Government Jobs

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 21, 2025

    Kagadi health officials in drive to sensistise locals against Mpox, Ebola

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 21, 2025

    EC Rules Out Extension of Voter Update Exercise

    Alan Mwesigwa | Feb 20, 2025
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