UWA established guidelines for motorists, allowing entry into the park until 6 PM daily, with strict speed limits enforced to protect wildlife and ensure visitor safety.
On April 9, 2024, nine individuals were arrested in connection with ongoing cattle thefts at a state farm in Gomba. This operation was initiated after five cows were reported missing on March 29, 2024, leading to an investigation that uncovered a network of cattle dealers and farm workers involved in the thefts. Among those arrested was a veterinary officer who allegedly conspired with the dealers.
On December 5, 2020, Sgt. Emmanuel Matsipa, a ranger with the Uganda Wildlife Authority was killed by armed poachers. Matsipa and his five colleagues were ambushed by approximately five poachers while on duty, and during the exchange of fire, one poacher was killed, and he too lost his life.
Putting in mind the above scenarios with undisputed data from reliable sources and the voices of the coffee farmers who they claim to be fighting for, after meeting Katikiro Charles Peter Mayiga, they shared that UCDA has not been of help to them as coffee farmers and that they should be left to embrace the president’s decision of rationalization.
In Uganda, between 2007 and 2011, lightning killed 191 people and injured 727, and these incidences are more common in districts like Gulu, Lira, Hoima, Jinja, Kalangala, and Kisoro.
Kiplagat, a renowned athlete and a silver medalist at the 2008 World Junior Championships and Rio Olympics, was hacked to death upon returning home on December 31, 2023. Those who witnessed Cpl. Kiplagat’s car heard screams and witnessed the vehicle swerving before it finally stopped.
This is the second time fire gutting down houses in this same place with the first one occurring in 2021 leaving three people dead and destroying people's properties.
On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, a fuel tanker that was traveling from Kampala to Gulu overturned and caught fire, claiming the lives of over 15 people in Kigogwa town along Bombo Road.