Tonny Ondoga, the Katakwi District Police Commander, confirmed the arrest of the LC I Chairperson for alleged arson. He noted that four houses belonging to Ongorok were torched on Wednesday night prompting police to swing into action.
Read more ...Majid Busiito, the the Bubyangu Sub county LCIII chairperson told URN that he has written severally to the district informing them about the sorry state of the road but nothing has been done.
Read more ...Mathias Maruti, the General Secretary Bulambuli Primary School Head teachers’ Association who had earlier presented a memo on behalf of the head teachers requesting government to consider constructing class room blocks in Bunambutye resettlement site and also asked government to increase the teacher’s salaries.
Read more ...The Marine Vessel had been taken to Kisumu, Kenya in April for an overhaul, part of the routine maintenance program aimed at checking vessel's viability to transport people and cargo to and from the Island District.
Read more ...Patrick Okello Oyrema, the Nwoya LCV Chairperson says that drilling of each of the 21 deep boreholes is estimated to cost 21 million shillings and work is expected to start in two months time.
Read more ...The farmers have also dragged their cooperative administrators and Atiak Sugar Factory, a subsidiary of Horyal Investment Holdings Company to the district labor office seeking justice.
Read more ...The 4-kilometre road was opened last month in Bushuro parish, Kitumba Sub County to ease transportation of Iron ore deposits from Nyamarogo in Kihumuro hills. The residents want the district to compensate them for trespassing on their land.
Read more ...The Kitgum Municipal acting Town Clerk Patrick Ocan Ocitti says the airfield land is currently redundant and unutilized yet it’s in a prime location.
Read more ...According to the vendors, about two weeks back, Fort Portal Municipal Council imposed fresh taxes on various foodstuffs and fruits like watermelons, tomatoes, onions and others without consulting them.
Read more ...Kikola halted the allocation of the land to private developers during a community meeting on Wednesday.
Read more ...The contested land measures about 100 acres. Some of the residents, who claim to have occupied the contested land for the more than 50 years, say Kabagambe showed with armed police officers and asked them to vacate the land or risk forceful eviction.
Read more ...The leaders say the road has not been maintained since the year begun and has become impassable for vehicles due to heavy rains currently being experienced in the district.
Read more ...On Wednesday, the town council authorities led by Ampeire started opening roads. A junior worker told URN on condition of anonymity that Kazooba and Ampeire panicked and rushed to start works on the roads after being exposed in the media.
Read more ...The Entebbe Municipal Mayor, Vincent Kayanja, says the misallocation of local revenue funds has affected their operations. Local revenue is expected to finance priorities that are not funded by the central government and donors.
Read more ...Filda Naabirye, the Kalungu Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), says they have battling the challenge of office space, which cuts across departments.
Read more ...Bernard Wandega, a resident of Mbaya Parish, says the absence of a single secondary school in Butandiga Sub-county is affecting their children. He explains that their children risk their lives climbing mountains on wooden ladders to access school in Buluganya Sub County
Read more ...According to the residents, in the 2016/2017 financial year, the town council released Shillings 39.2M for upgrading the three kilometer Ryakarimira-Kibuga road stretch in Rukore ward to improve the transport network.
Read more ...Kigozi explained that reports from the Finance Committee show a huge decline in the collection of trading license fees and property tax because of the chairperson’s directive to traders not to pay taxes for unknown reason.
Read more ...Buyinza claims that Matovu showed in 2015 claiming to be the new landlord and ordered her to surrender half of her land measuring two acres or risk forceful eviction on grounds that she had taken many years without paying ground rent.
Read more ...The four administrative units were created in the last financial year and were expected to start operating at the start of the 2019/2010 financial year. Their operations were however deferred until this new financial year of 2019/2020 but it has not started.
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