45-Year-Old Survives Lynching

By Peter Abanabasazi A 45-year-old man from Kiryateete West in Hoima West division in Hoima City on Monday afternoon survived lynching by an angry mob on accusations of practicing witch craft. The... Read more »

Bunyoro Maize Farmers Urged to Grow Alternative Crops

By Peter Abanabasazi Farmers in Bunyoro region have been advised to find alternative crops to grow other than maize. Dr. Patrick Musinguzi, the principal investigator for Makerere University Research Innovation fund project... Read more »

Recruitment of LDUs Ends in Hoima, 289 Apply

By Flavia Ajok The recruitment of Local Defense Unit (LDU) personnel in Hoima City and district has ended successfully on Monday with 289 persons applying to fill the vacant positions. Of the... Read more »

Minister Mugasa withdraws election petition against Hoima mayor

By Flavia Ajok Public Service State Minister, Grace Mary Mugasa has withdrawn an election petition she filed against Brian Kaboyo the Mayor for Hoima City and the Electoral Commission (EC). Ms Mugasa... Read more »

Masindi RDC Faults Leaders for Environmental Degradation

By Agencies The Masindi Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Ms Rose Kirabira, has blamed leaders for the current rampant environmental destruction in Bunyoro sub-region. Speaking during a meeting she organised for Bwijanga Sub-county... Read more »

Fisheries Protection Unit Burns Over 200 Illegal Boats

By Leilah Bbaale The Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU has set ablaze more than 215 illegal fishing boats and 300 monofilament nets impounded from Lake Albert. The boats were destroyed in an operation conducted... Read more »

22-Year-Old Arrested for Using Forged Academic Papers to Join LDU

By URN A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly presenting fake academic documents at the ongoing recruitment exercise of Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel in Kagadi district. The suspect has been... Read more »

Bunyoro University to Help Boost Social-Economic Transformation of Bunyoro, Says Bishop KiraboB

By John Bosco Tugume The Bishop of Hoima Catholic diocese Rt. Rev. Vincent Kirabo Amooti has appreciated Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, parliamentarians from Bunyoro and all leaders that have worked together in lobbying... Read more »

Child Labour on the Rise in Kagadi

By Peter Abanabasazi Following the closure of schools by government to contain the spread of covid-19, many children aged between 6 to 16 years have resorted to hawking food items on the... Read more »

Government suspends operations of 54 NGOs

By Agencies The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO Bureau) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs has halted the operation of 54 NGOs over non-compliance of set regulations under the NGO act... Read more »