The markets that have been closed includes: Sofia market located at no man's land, Nangwe market located along Nangwe road, Equator market which is at Jinja road and Mawero market locate along Busia-Tororo road.
One of the affected students told URN that she started feeling cold and lost strength in her knees before collapsing on Saturday and her situation has not changed to date.
The trio was arrested on the orders of Busia Resident District Commissioner, Michael Kibwika to help police investigations into the missing funds. According to Kibwika, the suspects failed to give proper accountability on how the money was spent.
John Sande, a resident of Buwembe village in Buyanga Subcounty, said that they are tired of the sorry state of the road. He says that they decided to dig up the road to express their dissatisfaction with the poor service delivery by the leaders.
He is accused together with the town clerk, Devis Wanyama of misusing part of the Shillings 50 million disbursed by the government to the town council as a startup fund.
Henry Mayende, a resident of Sikuda village, says that a stray dog bit his 28-year-old sibling while returning from the nearby trading center leading to his death. He explains that his brother only opened up about the dog bit when his situation deteriorated.
Annah Omollo, the leader of the Kenyan pilgrims told URN that they started their journey on May 13th, 2022 at Yala diocese and they expect to arrive at Namugongo on June 2nd, 2022.
Emma Eduki Egesa, the LC 3 Chairperson of Buteba Sub-county, says that the roads were misused by Wagagai Gold Company because they dump the soil that they dig from underground tunnels on the roadside.
Moses Obale, the Buteba sub-county LC V councillor, says that he has severally tried to plead with the district engineer to work on the roads in vain because of the deep gold pits on the roadside.
Emma Eduki Egesa, the Buteba sub-county LC 3 chairperson, says that they noticed poor service delivery at the health facility because some of the health workers who were demanding their fieldwork allowances had laid down tools.
Suleiman Barasa, a resident of Bulumbi village, says that they were digging a spring well and landed on gold cores. He explains that using his experience as an artisanal miner for the last ten years, they crushed the gold core and found two points of gold.
According to preliminary police findings, the thugs accessed the bank by cutting the windows behind the bank premises. Moses Johnson Mugwe, the Bukedi South police spokesperson, says that the thugs vandalized both the closed-circuit television- cameras-CCTV and some office doors as they searched for the keys to the strong room.
Moses Johnson Mugwe, the Bukedi South Police spokesperson says that they recieved a tip off about Apio's death from one the patrons who had gone to drink in the bar. He however, says that by the time officers arrived at the scene Mukama and his employees had already fled into hiding.
Inmates found the deceased's lying in a septic tank behind Masafu prison offices on Sunday. The late Lubega hailed from Kiralamba village in Nakasongola district.
The suspects have been identified as Edrine Sifuna and Musana Walusimbi, both residents of Busia Municipality. They were arrested on Thursday evening in an operation conducted by both the flying squad and field force unit- FFU police force in Sofia village, Eastern division.
Rosemary Amukuche, a resident from Salama village, says that they have opted to cross to neighbouring Kenya to look for water since the borehole that was drilled in their village in 2018 has dried up.
The victim's father, Stephen Wafula, the LC 2 chairperson of Buhatuba parish, says that he heard someone calling his daughter’s name around 9:00 PM and she vanished from home shortly after supper, which prompted him to start searching for her.
