By Richard Akandwanaho Apearlnews.com A 12-year-old boy was on Wednesday killed by floods which resulted from the heavy rains that hit most parts of Nyabushenyi Sub County in Ntungamo district. The deceased has been identified as a 12-year-old Rodgers Agaba who was staying with a relative with his relative Kirabo Magambo, a resident of Nyakisa […]
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10 children killed by lighting
PRESS STATEMENT – August 28,2020.In Arua, police has confirmed an incident where 10 male juveniles between the ages of 11-16 years hailing from the villages of Gbuluku and Nyaute were killed by lightning at a football pitch near Odramacaku trading centre Ayivu division Arua City. This incident happened at about 1800hours in the evening of […]
Floods hit Kasese,Bundibugyo again. 1 killed
Hundreds of people displaced after 2 rivers in Kasese; Nyamwamba,Mubuku and River Lamia in neighboring Bundibugyo burst their banks,flooding surrounding areas.Property worth millions of shillings, including a church,swept away today morning. A 3-yr-old girl confirmed dead in Bundibugyo. Bundibugyo received heavy rainfall yesterday.
UN Resident Coordinator Rosa Malango in western Uganda, Mbarara district chairman calls for a new policy on refugees
Mbarara district L C 5 chairman, Rtd. Capt. J B Tumusiime Bamuturaki has asked the government to introduce and pass a policy that all refugees become urban refugees for betterment of the relationship between them and citizens. While speaking in a meeting with Ms. Rosa Malango,the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator for the Republic of […]
GEP President donates face masks to Rubanda residents.
By Richard Akandwanaho apearlnews.com As a way to fight the spread of COVID- 19 in Uganda, the founder, and President of Green environment Promotion (GEP) Evelyne Ninsiima Kikafunda has today donated at least 200 face masks to a section of residents in Kiyebe parish Ruhija Sub County Rubanda district. Green Environment Promotion is a charity […]
Tour Operators Call for Action After Gorilla is Killed
By Anthony Kushaba Kabale Tour operators in the Kigezi sub region are calling for tougher measures to reduce poaching on wildlife after a mountain Gorrilla was killed by poachers. A gorilla known as Rafiki belonging to Silverback family from Nkuringo group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Kisoro district was reportedly killed on the 1st […]
RDC Issues Ultimatum to Rwampara Wetland Encroachers
By Jonan Beinomugisha Mbarara The Rwampara Acting Resident District Commissioner Emmy Kateera Turyabagyenyi has given a one-month ultimatum to wetland encroachers to vacate or else they face forceful evictions. Kateera who was yesterday on monitoring of the ongoing food relief distribution to locals who were affected by hailstorm, said climatic changes have been brought by […]
Encroachment and Illegal Construction spark protest in Mbarara
A section of residents of Kiyanja cell in Kamukuzi division Mbarara municipality have protested the continued encroachment on the water channel and a swamp which pours its waters in Lakeview dam. According to the locals, some people have started planting Eucalyptus trees and construction, which locals say will attract flooding in the area and destruction of their […]
Is Nature annoyed!
Kasese residents and others from different districts in western Uganda including Isingiro,Rwampara,Ntungamo,Kabale,Rukiga,Bundibugyo are crying out for help after heavy rains that caused floods and mudslides in recent days. In Kasese,River Nyamwamba burst its banks on Wednesday night causing floods and mudslides in Kilembe hospital and town. In Kisoro,More than 25 houses and several acres of […]
Ndorwa East Legislator Appeals for Assistance as Heavy Rains Ravage the Area
By Anthony Kushaba Ndorwa county East legislator Wilfred Niwagaba has appealed for assistance from the ministry of disaster preparedness following heavy rains that hit the area. In a letter written to Minister for disaster preparedness and refugees dated 5th May and received by the ministry today, the legislator calls on the ministry to move in […]