Kiiza, the head pastor at United Miracle Church was picked up by police detectives last evening on accusations of assaulting Katalina Nyangoma, a resident of Kiboni village in Kicwamba ward, Mparo Division.
The water at the springs is always boiling at 100 degrees and is often used by locals to boil eggs and food like potatoes, cassava and green bananas. It has also been found to contain varying amounts of minerals and chemicals with medicinal value, among them, Sodium chloride, potassium chloride, Lithium Sulphate, calcium sulphate, calcium phosphate, and magnesium chloride.
Hoima Municipal Mayor Mary Grace Mugasa accused the district leadership of frustrating the project, well knowing that possession of the land title is a precondition by the World Bank, before the implementation of the Project, which is funded under phase three of the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure (USMID) program.
The fishermen only identified as Okello, Jawia, Onen and Osaga were abducted on 31 October 2019. They had gone out to fish on Lake Albert when they were attacked by suspected militiamen who then crossed with them to the DR Congo together with their fishing gear including a boat, engine and 16 sets of fishing nets.
The militiamen staged two different attacks near Sebigoro landing site in Kabwoya Sub County and Runga landing site Kigorobya Sub County, in Kikuube and Hoima Districts respectively, on Sunday night.
There is heavy deployment of Marine Police and UPDF Marine operatives on the lake doing patrols and arresting boat transporters with excess passengers and those transporting passengers without life jackets.
The police spokesperson for the Albertine region, Julis Allan Hakiza, in an interview with URN, explains that police would arrest drivers and cyclists who will be found in violation of stipulated traffic regulations.
The World Bank funded project whose overall objective is to raise on-farm productivity, production, and marketable volumes of selected agricultural commodities (maize, beans, rice, cassava and coffee) will benefit the districts of Hoima, Kikuube, Kiryandongo, Kakumiro, Kibaale and Masindi.
The districts with heightened security surveillance include Buliisa,Hoima, Kikuube and Kagadi that always experience a surge in attacks by suspected armed Congolese militiamen.
Joan Karungi, a resident of Kigorobya Sub County says that if beef prices continue to rise, several people may decide to forego eating meat during Christmas
Patients and locals seeking health services at the facility are faulting the hospital staff of harassment, late coming and gross absenteeism from duty. They want immediate disciplinary action taken against the errant staff.
The families were evicted from their ancestral land measuring 438 hectares on February 13, 2019 when a joint security team comprising of the army and police raided the village under the guise of tracking down people involved in subversive activities.
According to the Health ministry structure, the facility is expected to have four enrolled nurses but none is available. Only one of the four required midwives is available at the facility. The position of clinical officer is also vacant.
They want the government to improve the education and health services in the area since it will be for the benefit of the residents to prepare themselves to tap up opportunities in the oil and gas sector.
Apollo Rwamparo, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in Bunyoro Kitara kingdom, says it is rude and unacceptable for government to give away Murchison falls for the construction of a power station yet it is a bio-cultural site.
Robert Owagonza, the Kingdom minister for Finance and Planning read the budget before the Parliament at the Kingdom’s Rukurato Hall[Parliament] in Hoima town on Saturday afternoon.
Eng. Edward Kaweesi Ndawula, the CAA Board Chairperson who led his board members on a field visit to the construction site on Tuesday, said they are impressed by the speed of the works, level of integrity and professionalism exhibited by the contractors.
