Rukungiri: Rukungiri Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Bron Kikanshemeza has approved the repair works on defects and shoddy construction at Mitooma Primary School in Nyakagyeme Sub-County, Rukungiri District. This follows a directive by the Minister of Security and Rujumbura County Member of Parliament, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi, and RDC Kikanshemeza, who... Read More
Rukungiri: The Rukungiri Resident District Commissioner, Bron Kikanshemeza, has interdicted Nyabiteete Parish Chief in Bugangari Subcounty, Onesimus Tukekwasa, for six months over allegations of soliciting money from residents seeking to access Parish Development Model (PDM) funds. Tukekwasa, who previously served as the Burombe Parish Chief in Ruhinda Subcounty, was interdicted... Read More
Rukungiri: Rukungiri Resident District Commissioner Bron Kikanshemeza has directed the NRM Registrar for Western Division, Rukungiri Municipality, Aban Muhumuza, to stop conducting NRM electoral activities following allegations of irregularities in the election of NRM flag bearers for the Women’s Council. According to RDC Kikanshemeza, the elections were scheduled to take... Read More
Rukungiri: NRM mobilizers in Rukungiri District are demanding payment for 15 days they spent campaigning for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and other NRM flag bearers during the January 15 general elections. The angry mobilizers, ranging from parish to district level, gathered on May 13, at Merphie Hotel in Eastern Division,... Read More
Rukungiri: The offices of the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) and the District Internal Security Officer (DISO) in Rukungiri District will start paying rent to the district local government beginning in the 2026/2027 financial year. The resolution was passed during the recent district council meeting held to approve the 2026/2027 financial... Read More
Rukungiri: Rukungiri District authorities have launched the physical demarcation of Lake Kimbungu boundaries by installing concrete markstones and pillars to clearly define the protected buffer zone around the lake. The exercise was carried out at Lake Kimbungu in Kimbungu Cell, Kiganga Parish, Nyarushanje Sub-county, as part of efforts to protect... Read More
Rukungiri: The Rukungiri Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Bron Kikanshemeza, has started implementing a presidential directive to regulate the number of boats at landing sites. At Rwenshama Landing Site on the shores of Lake Edward in Bwambara Sub-county, the number of licensed boats has been reduced from 100 to 33. The... Read More
Rukungiri: The Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Rukungiri, Bron Kikanshemeza, says that Rukungiri LC5 chairperson aspirant Angello Twinomuhangi is recovering at Karoli Lwanga Hospital Nyakibale after he was allegedly attacked, tied up, and dumped near River Mineera by unknown assailants on Tuesday night. Addressing the press this morning January 7,... Read More
Rukungiri: As Rukungiri District prepares to host President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday, November 26, local leaders are raising concern over several pledges the President made in 2008 and 2016 that remain unfulfilled. According to the Rukungiri District LC5 Chairperson, Geoffrey Kyomukama, the President made a number of commitments during... Read More
Rukungiri: Authorities in Rukungiri District have recovered UGX 1,570,000 that had been embezzled from Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiaries in Kafunjo Parish, Nyakishenyi Sub County. The money was reportedly misappropriated by members of the Kafunjo Parish PDM committee, led by the Parish Chief, Elias Agaba, and the Parish SACCO Chairperson,... Read More