Rukungiri: Rukungiri District registered a low voter turnout during the LC5 chairperson general elections, with more than half of the registered voters failing to participate. According to official statistics, Rukungiri District has 206,266 registered voters. Out of these, only 78,894 voters (38.2%) turned up to cast their ballots, while 127,372... Read More
Rukungiri: Centenary Bank Rukungiri Branch has donated a motorcycle, registration number UEQ 399C, to Rukungiri District Local Government. The handover ceremony was held on February 2, at the Rukungiri District headquarters and was witnessed by district leaders, heads of departments, and technical staff. Speaking during the event, the Centenary Bank... Read More
Rukungiri: The son of a man who sells bread on a motorcycle in Rukungiri District has scored 4 aggregates in the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). The pupil has been identified as Given Nasasira, a student of Rubanga Parent’s Primary School, located in Nshungyenzi Trading Centre, Rubanga Parish, Buyanja Sub-County,... Read More
Rukungiri: The public has been encouraged to secure marriage certificates and land titles in order to avoid land wrangles and family conflicts. The call was made by legal expert Barnabas Tugumisirize during a legal sensitisation training held on January 29, at Riverside Hotel in Rukungiri Municipality, Rukungiri District. The training... Read More
Rukungiri: The Rukungiri District Commercial Officer, Grace Tayebwa, has urged board members of Rubabo Emyooga SACCOs to support their institutions by saving regularly and buying more shares to boost their growth and development. Tayebwa made the remarks on January 28 during a training session for five leaders from 18 Emyooga... Read More
Rukungiri: The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has ended a 30-year opposition leadership spell in Rukungiri Municipality after its candidate, Boaz Kansiime Matiita, was declared the duly elected mayor. According to the Rukungiri District Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Namara K. Abas, Matiita won the mayoral race after polling 5,759 votes,... Read More
Rukungiri: Biometric Voter Verification Kits(BVVKs) machines have been used for the first time in Rukungiri District during today’s January 27, ongoing municipal mayoral and municipal councillor elections. According to observations by our news reporter across several polling stations in Rukungiri Municipality, all stations visited were using BVVK machines. This is... Read More
Rukungiri: The Rukungiri Assistant Resident District Commissioner (A/RDC), Mabel Mirembe Karazarwe, has expressed her gratitude to the people of Rukungiri District for voting out the opposition and overwhelmingly supporting the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. Karazarwe noted that the NRM won all the four parliamentary seats in the district... Read More
Country Radio brings you the full list of elected Rukungiri District councillors, covering directly elected councillors, women councillors, and special interest group representatives across sub-counties, town councils, and municipal divisions. Municipal Division Results In Southern Division, Generous Annah Kembabazi (NRM) won the directly elected councillor seat with 1,144 votes, defeating... Read More
Rukungiri: Charles Andrewson Katebire has been officially declared the newly elected LC5 Chairperson for Rukungiri District following the conclusion of the district tallying process. The announcement was made this morning January 23 by the Rukungiri District Returning Officer, Abas K. Namara, at the district tally centre held at the Rukungiri... Read More