Tag: Uganda
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Armed men attack presiding officer, tick over 200 ballots in Oyam
Several cases of violence have been reported in the ongoing Oyam North by-election. Unidentified armed men are said to have stormed Wang Lobo polling station in Otwal sub-county in Oyam district and put Mr. Walter Wacho, a presiding officer at gunpoint before forcefully ticking some ballot papers. These are said to have ticked 5 booklets…
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Ugandans sue Total Energies in France for reparations
Twenty-six Ugandans on Tuesday sued French oil giant, TotalEnergies in Paris, France, for reparations over alleged human rights violations at its massive megaprojects in Uganda, as climate protesters targeted its UK headquarters. Joined by five Ugandan and French aid groups, people from the affected communities say the energy firm caused “serious harm,” especially to their…
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Hoima MPs amplify land management problems at Lake Albert Bunyoro
Members of Parliament (MPs) called on the Minister of the Presidency, Hon. Milly Babalanda to draw the President’s attention to the land issue in the Bunyoro region. They also said that complaints against the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) soldiers for alleged harassment also required a great deal of attention and investigation. Both challenges are crippling…
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3 killed by elephants in Buliisa sub-county alone – leaders’ report
Buliisa sub-county leaders have listed the names of three people who have been killed by elephants since February last year. The cases involving a 15-year-old boy and a 67-year-old man occurred in Buliisa district alone at the height of the historic conflict between man and wildlife over the past 60 years in Buliisa. The third…
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Fishermen cry, seek help as Uganda destroys fishing gears
As the government reports tremendous success in its operation to eradicate illegal fishing methods under the current laws of Uganda, fisher communities cry foul over inability to acquire the recommended gears. From Dei landing site in Pakwach district to Ntoroko on Lake Albert, communities have the same chorus of crying over their dying traditional source…
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Man beaten and shot for marrying a soldier’s ex-wife in Nia Nia a Mambasa
On the night of June 21 to 22, 2023, a man in his late forties was beaten and shot in the left foot at the Nia-Nia trading center, 190 km west of Mambasa on the RN4, Ituri province. According to the victim’s testimony, a FARDC element, not identified, burst into his plot of land and…
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Relief after all motorcycles impounded between boda boda riders of Uganda and DRC have been returned
Relief after Authorities in Ugandan- and DRC returned all motorcycles impounded by boda boda riders of both the two sister countries to the rightful owners in an event held at boarder point between Dei and Kolokoto popularly called No man’s Land Seven Motorcycles for Uganda riders were returned to the right full owners as well…
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Buliisa police hunt suspects of Walukuba mob justice and murder
Police in Buliisa District are investigating the murder by mob of a woman in her 30s for alleged theft. The last Wednesday night incident happened at Kisinja village, Walukuba landing site in Butyaba sub-county. It is not yet clear what she was suspected to have stolen. The Kisinja Village Chairman, Mr Richard Onen, told reporters…
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New sub-county gives no relevance to health services in Hoima
The inhabitants of Bombo sub-county in Hoima district are unhappy with their leaders who have failed to establish a health center throughout the sub-county despite the promise that its creation by Mother Kigorobya would improve health services. Mrs. Doreen Giramiya, one of the residents, says that they were promised a health center among other services…
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Prophet” Kintu’s case dismissed by Hoima court
Prophet” Denis Kintu of the Empowerment City Church (ECC) in Kyesiiga, Hoima, is now a free man after the Hoima Magistrate’s Court dismissed charges against him and his communications director, Brian Isimbe. The court presided over by Hoima’s chief magistrate, His Honor Elijah Iradukunda, said all charges against the duo had been dropped due to…