Tag: Kyotera

UWA Chief Urges Suppliers to Uphold Quality and Integrity

The forum comes as UWA continues to strengthen partnerships and procurement systems to support conservation. The authority is mandated to conserve and sustainably manage Uganda’s wildlife and protected areas.

U.S Pushes Private Investment in Luzon Economic Corridor as $60 Million Energy Deal is Signed

Business

Dan Petrie, the Acting Chief of Staff of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said MCC had signed a $60 million Energy Threshold Program hours earlier. The programme aims to lower high electricity costs and improve reliability by modernising the Energy Regulatory Commission, strengthening electric cooperatives, piloting smart-grid technologies and unlocking domestic capital for power infrastructure.

National News

Gov’t to Double Skilling Hubs, Upgrade Roads and Build...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced plans to double Presidential Zonal Skilling Hubs from 19 to 39, upgrade key...

National News

Thieves Break into Church, Steal Offertory, Property in Kyotera

On April 9, 2024, thieves broke into the Misojjo Sub Parish Church in Katimba Parish, Sembabule District, stealing a new public address system, generator, sound system, and choir uniforms.

Crime

Armed Gangs Target Travelers on Masaka-Kyotera-Mutukula Road

On August 24, 2024, Pulinali Semanda, a businessman in Kalisizo, was ambushed and robbed of UGX 150 million shortly after withdrawing cash from Centenary Bank. The robbery was executed by armed men who held Semanda at gunpoint with an AK-47 rifle while one of the suspects took the money from his car. Following extensive investigations, police arrested several suspects involved in this robbery on September 6, 2024.

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