Residents Decry Poor Garbage Disposal in Kabundaire
By Christine Residents of Kabundaire in Fort Portal City are decrying poor garbage disposal, saying the situation has turned the area into an environmental and health hazard. The residents say garbage, including leftover food, polythene bags and plastic bottles, is being dumped in water channels and open spaces. They say the waste blocks drainage channels […]
Continue ReadingOrukurato Rw’Ensanju Tooro Kingdom Supreme Council Endorses Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Nyabongo as Next King Orukurato Rw’Ensanju Tooro Kingdom Supreme Council Endorses Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Nyabongo as Next King
Kaboha Members of Tooro Kingdom Supreme Council best known as Orukurato Rukuru Rwensanju have endorsed the selection of Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanagoma as the next King after the demise of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi the IV The confirmation happened at the Rukurato Hall in Mucwa Fortportal City on Tuesday afternoon, where the Babiito […]
Continue ReadingLow Turnup of Learners As Schools Reopen for Third Term
By Christine Schools across Fort Portal City have reopened for the third term of the 2026 academic year, but a number of schools are reporting a low turnout of learners on the first day. The third term officially began today, Monday, September 14th, and is scheduled to run until December 4th, according to the Ministry […]
Continue ReadingReligious and Cultural Leaders Pledge to Strengthen Peacebuilding in Rwenzori Region
Religious and cultural leaders in the Rwenzori sub-region have pledged to strengthen their efforts in promoting peace, reconciliation and peaceful coexistence among communities. The commitment was made today during a Regional Transitional Justice Convention that yesterday brought together religious and cultural leaders, civil society organisations and other transitional justice actors at New Fort View Hotel […]
Continue ReadingFort Portal City Education Authorities are set to Train Teachers to Improve Candidates’ Performance
Alice As schools across the country begin the third term, Fort Portal City education authorities have organized a special training for teachers handling candidate classes as one of the measures to improve learners’ performance in the forthcoming final examinations. The training is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday next week and will bring together teachers and […]
Continue ReadingBunyangabu: Police Recovers Stolen Sign Posts
Lucky Patrick The territorial police for Bunyangabu district are investigating the incident of theft that involved the cutting of sign posts in Nkimbiri cell in Kibiito town council Bunyangabu district along fortPortal-Kasese. According to the community liaison officer for Bunyangabu district , Head Constable Dancan Magezi said that, the incident occurred at round midnight where […]
Continue ReadingPut Tooro First- Kabaka Mutebi Urges Unity
The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, has called upon the people of Tooro to remain calm and united as they bid farewell to the late Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru IV. The Kabaka’s condolence message was read by his younger brother, Prince David Wasajja, who represented the Kingdom of Buganda at King Oyo’s […]
Continue ReadingQueen Mother Best Kemigisa Mourns Oyo, a Peacemaker Who Left Tooro Development Agenda Unfinished
The Queen Mother Best Kemigisa has described her son, the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, as a peacemaker whose ambitious development agenda for Tooro Kingdom remained unfinished at the time of his death, in a speech read on her behalf at his burial by Tooro Head of Protocol Guma Komwiswa. The Queen […]
Continue ReadingThousands Converge at Karambi Royal Cemetery For the Final Send Off of Ikingura Oyo Nyimba
By Sylvia Thousands of mourners from several denominations yesterday turned up in Karambi royal cemetery for the final send off of the late king Oyo Nyimba Rukidi IV. The mourners came from as far as Kampala, Busoga, Kasese and outside countries like Kenya, Congo USA among others. The body of the king was first taken […]
Continue ReadingTooro Names Prince Kiijanangoma as Successor to Late King Oyo
Editorial The Chief Prince of Tooro Kingdom, Charles Kamurasi Kayondo Mpuga has announced that the kingdom has a new King following the death of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Addressing mourners yesterday at St. John’s Cathedral as Tooro bids farewell to King Oyo, Musuuga Kamurasi said the kingdom’s supreme council of the Babiito […]
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