Armed assailants, believed to be the ADF rebels, have launched an attack on tourists who were on a trek with Gorillas Wildlife Safari company in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kasese District. According to reports, the rebels whose number is yet to be known killed two foreign tourists, their driver and set two cars on fire.…
The June 16 attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, Kasese, at the border with DRC, was a tragedy waiting to happen. This is despite the great assurances that Ugandans generally enjoy in terms of peace, tranquillity and security. In the military, they say that when there is peace, that’s when you train harder so…
The National Wildlife Anti-Crime Coordination Task Force-NWCCTF is calling for community support in the fight against wildlife trafficking and poaching. The task force was initiated in 2018 and launched in 2020 to promote cooperation and coordination among law enforcement agencies to combat wildlife crime in Uganda. It followed increasing cases of wildlife trafficking and poaching…
The High Court in Kasese district has rejected the bail application of five National Unity Platform-NUP supporters facing treason charges and remanded further until next week. The five members are; Bryan Basisa, the NUP Kasese district chairperson, Geoffrey Bwambale, the NUP coordinator for Bundibugyo, Atanazio Isande from Ntoroko district, Isaac Mumbere, the former NUP candidate…
Farmers in the Mubuku irrigation scheme in Kasese district are counting losses after a strange pest attacked their tomato gardens. According to Farmers, the pest mines new fruits leaving holes. The larva feeds voraciously on the tomato fruits, plants, producing large galleys in leaves. They add that the new pest is resistant to all the…
Ex-combatants in Rwenzori region want the government to support them to enroll on adult learning programs. They say that most of them are illiterate, which has affected their day-to-day implementation of government-supported economical activities. The groups put out the call in their meeting with officials from the Amnesty Commission Uganda and the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC…
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has pledged to support those affected by the floods in Kasese, by providing them with land in Muhokya sub county, so they can move out of harm’s way. The Premier has also rejected part of the non-food relief items that were sent to flood victims in Kasese District. In Company of…
Authorities in the western Uganda district of Kasese are in a needle search of a boy that is accused of mercilessly bonking and impregnating up to 12 girls in one sub-county of Maliba. According to the O/C of the Police Child and Family Protection Unit in the district, Mr. Sebiya Kimugha, the boy was aimlessly…
Opposition for Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) says security officers on Wednesday raided its Kasese town based offices and took their property. Milikiodi Bwambale, the office attendant, told journalists that operatives stormed and searched the offices located on Alexander Street at about 12:30pm. The operatives arrived when the party’s district chairperson, Saulo Maate, was being…
By Aaron Asiimwe Kasese: Following a heavy downpour that damaged the Katunguru Bridge which connects Kasese and Rubirizi Districts, the Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) has closed Katunguru Bridge to avoid accidents and loss of lives. In a statement issued yesterday, Unra said traffic, especially of buses and trucks, would be diverted to allow repairs…
