The group is protesting against what they called illegal and unlawful seizing of over 15 boats and stopping them from fishing activities for reasons they claim are not clearly communicated to them.
There was a heated contest between the incumbent, John Katura Musana and his sole rival Tom Maate Wa’bukombi. The election was characterised by heavy security deployment in the town council because of the high tension between supporters of the rival camp.
The LC1 Jimmy Baluku, the Banyangera cell says bearing in mind of the post-election violence in 2016 that started off from the area, there was expected high deployment of the forces.
Mugenyi has been contesting against the incumbent Hima Town Council LCIII Chairperson, John Katura Musana and Tom Maate Wabukombi. He, however, announced his withdrawal from the race on Tuesday evening a few hours to the polls.
On Tuesday, the District Disaster Technical Committee noted that it is paramount to relocate at least 917 people who have pitched camp at Kanyangeya and Cremson primary schools to safer grounds.
On Tuesday, a joint operation conducted by the Police and Crime Preventers followed a tip-off from the locals that a group of unknown people were seen on Monday night travelling on numberless motorcycles in Kalongoyire Trading Centre.
They accuse the Hima town council registrar Bernadette Nabukenya together with other persons within the office of adding ghost members to the register ahead of the forthcoming primary elections.
Kasese District suffered two waves of flash floods on May 7 and on May 10 after rivers Nyamwamba, Mubuku, Nyamughasana and Lubhiliha bursting their banks and water spilled into communities sweeping among others Kilembe hospital, and Kilembe mines.
The chairperson attributes Baluku’s death to land wrangles that have been brewing between the deceased’s family and peopel who have been farming on the land.
Kasese Resident District, Lt. Joe Walusimbi, who also heads the Covid-19 Task Force, says they received a directive from the Health Minister to close the Kilembe based factory for 14 days.
Isaiah Thembo, the Kitooro Village LCI chairperson, says that they decided to mobilise themselves after witnessing volumes of water rising in the river that is still silted. He, however, says they have only managed to desilt a few sections of the river and still need support from the government.
The structure, whose construction started two years ago, was facilitated by the government of Uganda with funding from the African Development Bank (ADB) under the Markets and Agricultural Improvement Project (MATIP).
The market, which will accommodate about 800 vendors, will house food stalls, restaurants, banks, clinics, salons, fruit and vegetable stands, butcheries and a daycare centre. It consists of 467 stalls and 311 lockup shops.
The accident occurred around 8:30 pm on Wednesday evening when a driver of the Toyata Corolla Registration Number UAJ 769 K failed to negotiate a sharp corner eventually running up into the river.
According to Bishop Nzerebende, he is proud of designing strategies meant for the implementation of a 15-year development plan that is ending with his tenure
