2025 Polls: Fort Portal Returning Officers Warned Against Corruption
Alice K As Uganda approaches the 2025/2026 general elections, Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, has condemned the corrupt practices of some Returning Officers. In a message delivered by Mucunguzi Julius, the Electoral Commission’s Public Relations Officer, during the Mid-West Region stakeholders’ workshop in Fort Portal City, Byabakama accused certain Returning […]
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MEPA Pilgrimage 2024: Bishop Muhiirwa Calls for Courage in Confronting Injustices
Clare The Mbarara Ecclesiastical Province Association (MEPA) has yesterday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the canonization of the Uganda Martyrs with its annual pilgrimage to the Catholic Shrine at Namugongo. The Pilgrimage The 2024 MEPA pilgrimage, which drew over 5,000 pilgrims, was led by the Diocese of Fort Portal and attended by four bishops from […]
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Ministry of Tourism Assumes Responsibility for Martyr’s Day Namugongo Celebrations
Clare The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities has announced that starting June 3rd, the activities at both the Catholic and Anglican Shrines in Namugongo will be officially under its sight. Why Namugongo Every year on June 3rd, Ugandans throng Namugongo to commemorate the 45 Catholic and Anglican converts to Christianity who were executed under […]
Continue ReadingTeachers in Uganda Grappling With Stress and Poor Living Conditions
By Sylvia On Saturday, October 5, teachers in Uganda joined their counterparts worldwide to highlight a growing crisis: between 2021 and 2023, at least 1,278 teachers have died due to stress. Gaki Stephen, coordinator of the Rwenzori Albertine Head Teachers Association and chairperson of the Fort Portal Primary Head Teachers Association, reported that in 2021, […]
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Court orders Bunyoro King to be airlifted for specialized treatment
Editorial The Hoima High Court Judge Jesse Byaruhanga has ruled that the King of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Agutamba Rukirabasiija Iguru be taken for specialized treatment in India. The ruling was a result of an application filed in 2014 by Prince Apolo Kisoro, the former Bunyoro Kingdom Minister for Tourism and Personal Assistant […]
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Inter-Religious Council Fort Portal Brings Hope and Aid to Rwamwanja Refugees
Clare N A significant number of refugees at the Rwamwanja settlement in Kamwenge District found solace following a successful charity and spiritual visit by the Inter-Religious Council Fort Portal chapter yesterday. The team, led by IRCU Fort Portal Chairperson Bishop Reuben Kisembo and including Bishop Sanyu Joseph, Sheikh Swaib Tibenda, Fr. Gerald Akugizibwe, Pastor […]
Continue ReadingFort Portal: Stake Holders Appeal for Civic Education Ahead of 2016 Polls
Stakeholders in Fort Portal have emphasized the need for civic education ahead of the 2026 elections. These, attribute election conflicts and violence to issues such as Election Day irregularities, security interference, and the actions of individuals who use money to promote hate speech and propaganda. Tumwine Joshua Ruhandika, the Deputy Speaker of the […]
Continue ReadingFort Portal: Bishop Muhiirwa Receives Diocesan Golden Jubilee Memorial House from Engineers
By Sylvia and Ronny The Fort Portal Diocese has officially received the 3.5 billion Golden Jubilee Memorial House, currently occupied by Centenary Bank as the main tenant. The building was handed over by the project engineers. The handover ceremony, was attended by the Bishop of Fort Portal Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki, the […]
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