According to Pius Wakabi, the Bughaya County MP the land grabbers especially those with connections with top government officials have started threatening lives of area leaders who are fighting for the rights of the local people.
Joseline Nyangoma, the Hoima District Natural Resources Officer, says that her office and that of the RDC were compelled to conduct the operation following the massive destruction of wetlands in the district.
The call comes a day after the Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in Mubende district, an area that shares a common border with Kakumiro district in Bunyoro region. The latest outbreak follows six suspicious deaths in Mubende district so far this month. Eight suspected cases are receiving care in a health facility.
Built in 2012, with funding from the World Bank and National Environment Management Authority-NEMA, the garbage recycling plant has remained nonfunctional due to the lack of electricity and running water.
The armed men reportedly struck at around 11 pm on Sunday night and placed Loyi Okwaimungu,22, a fisherman from Kaiso landing site in Kabaale sub county at gunpoint.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson says that security personnel were compelled to launch an operation following a public outcry about the rampant cases of cattle thefts.
Yolamu Nsamba, the former Principal Private Secretary to the Omukama says that although it is hard to erase history, despite reigning for more than 70 years, Queen Elizabeth died without the courtesy to apologize to the people of Bunyoro for the plunder of kingdom resources.
The money accrued from a court suit filed by Simon Karamagi, a former applicant for the position of principal treasurer of the then Hoima Municipal council challenging the rejection of his appointment as the principal treasurer after the district service commission recommended him.
Nabbanja says under the PDM, Ugandans will be able to get money at an interest rate of 6 percent. She tasked leaders in the region and the country at large to own the PDM project and be transparent in order for the people to benefit from the program.
Ronald Ahimbisibwe, the head of small and medium enterprises at UNBS explains that they have embarked on a campaign on ensuring that agro-processors meet the required standards so that they produce quality food which is suitable for human consumption.
The councilors accuse the members of the board of allegedly conniving with land grabbers by issuing land titles, which they use to evict people from their ancestral land.
Mayor Fort Portal Asaba Ruyonga explains that the decision by the affected property owners not to cooperate with the municipality is a threat to the multi-billion infrastructural development,
Hoima District currently manages 540 kilometres of roads. But it received only 40 out of the budgeted 140 million Shillings from the Uganda Road Fund to construct, manage and rehabilitate roads last year.
The heavy downpour with strong wind on Sunday night at Rwentale landing site in Tonya parish destroyed a lot of property. The heavy downpour that started at around 10pm lasted for over three hours.
