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 […]
Continue ReadingOver 20 couples United in Holy Matrimony at CANA Week Mass Weddings
Claire N Couples from the CANA Movement, a Catholic family-based initiative in the Fort Portal Diocese, have successfully completed their week-long annual workshop across the Virika, Kamwenge, and Katoosa Deaneries. The CANA Week concluded on Saturday January 11 2025, with Mass weddings held in the respective deaneries, where over 20 couples were united in Holy […]
Continue ReadingKamwenge Residents Encouraged to Embrace Commercial Agriculture for Economic Growth
Clare Residents of Kamwenge have been encouraged to invest in high-value productive cash crops, such as coffee, to succeed in economic agriculture and improve their income for family sustainability. The call was yesterday made by Bishop Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese on Friday during his visit to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee […]
Continue Reading
Fort Portal Diocese Gears Up for Historic Re-Dedication of Virika Cathedral
Claire Preparatory meetings have begun in the Diocese of Fort Portal in anticipation of the official re-opening and re-dedication of the newly renovated Our Lady of Snows Virika Cathedral. Msgr. Isaiah Mayombo Adyeri, Chairperson of the Organizing Committee and Vicar General of the Diocese, stated that the re-dedication of the Virika Cathedral on March 2, […]
Continue Reading
Fort Portal Diocese Kicks Off Jubilee Year of Hope Amid Family Reflections
Clare The Bishop of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki, has inaugurated the Jubilee Year of Hope with a solemn ceremony that included the opening of the Holy Door at Bukwali Parish in Fort Portal City. The Holy Door The decision to hold the event at Bukwali Parish, was influenced by […]
Continue ReadingBishop Muhiirwa to Inaugurate Jubilee Year in Fort Portal with Special Mass at Bukwali Parish
Clare The Bishop of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert K. Muhiirwa Akiiki, is set to officially open the Jubilee Year in the Diocese tomorrow, December 29, 2024, at Bukwali Parish in Fort Portal City. In his address yesterday at Bishop’s Day, Bishop Muhiirwa explained that following Pope Francis’s historic opening of […]
Continue ReadingCentral Division Secretary Resigns Over Corruption Allegations
By Sylvia The Secretary for Community Development, Production, and Environment in Central Division, Kengonzi Elizabeth, has resigned from her position yesterday, citing alleged corruption scandals and a lack of independence among division leaders. According to Kirungi, she was appointed to the executive to discuss important matters affecting the electorate, but was surprised to find that […]
Continue ReadingRwenzori West Police Investigates Armed Robbery of 3.3M from Mobile Money Agent in Fort Portal
By Sylvia Rwenzori West Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the robbery of 3.3 million shillings from a mobile money agent in Kasusu A, Kasusu Ward, Central Division, Fort Portal Tourism City. The identity of the victim has been withheld for security reasons. According to Twesige Vincent, the Rwenzori West police spokesperson, the armed robbers […]
Continue ReadingFort Portal : Street Workers Protest Unpaid Arrears, Demand Action
By Alice K Street parking attendants, loaders, and offloaders in Fort Portal have yesterday laid down their tools and held a peaceful demonstration over unpaid arrears from their contractor. According to Shafic Kyaligonza, they began working with Zwitch Arimah Uganda Limited, the company responsible for street parking collection, in March this year. However, they have […]
Continue Reading