Two Chinese contractors arrested in Kanungu over aiding fuel theft
July 4, 2021 The contractors were arrested over alleged fuel theft
Two Chinese nationals attached to China Henan International Cooperation Group Ltd (CHICO), which is constructing Rukungiri-Kanungu road have been arrested over alleged fuel theft.
The suspects, who have only been identified as site the manager and supervisor are currently being held at Kihihi town police in Kanungu district. They were arrested after they were found seated near their trucks while a boda boda cyclist siphoned fuel.
Gad Ahimbisibwe Rugaju, the Kanungu deputy resident district commissioner, says that he found the boda boda rider siphoning fuel in a jerrycan from one of the trucks as the Chinese contractors simply looked on.
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Daily Monitor
Wednesday May 19 2021
Farmers take notes as they learn new skills in fish farming. In Kanungu, however, Mr Gad Ahimbisibwe Rugaju, the district deputy Resident Commissioner, said the fish project has been left to go to waste yet its objective was to transform the livelihood of youth in Kanungu. PHOTO | FILE
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A Shs850m fish farming project, which was meant to improve the livelihood of youth in Kanungu District, has been abandoned by those responsible for it, Daily Monitor has established.
The project was proposed by Kanungu Youth Development Association (KAYODEA) in 2017, in a bid to fight unemployment among the youth in the district.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday April 28 2021
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The loans have been invested in transmission lines, the Karuma and Isimba hydropower projects, oil roads, Kabaale International Airport, expansion of Entebbe International Airport and Irrigation schemes, among others, which government says has translated into economic growth.
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Twenty years after Uganda benefited from a $656 million (Shs2.3 trillion) debt relief in 2000, the government today finds itself in a deeper hole of debts, struggling to pay creditors in the midst of a pandemic, emerging spending pressures and contracted domestic revenues.
Kanungu District lifts ban on sand mining
Friday April 23 2021
Sand mining in Kanungu district was months ago halted after people died in the vicinity of mining centres. PHOTO/COURTESY
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Kanungu Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Hajji Shafique Ssekandi has ordered for the reopening of sand mines which were closed in the district, early April, following the death of two people.
The reopening was agreed upon during a series of security meetings between a security team and the sand miners- purposed to issue new regulations to guide site owners, truck drivers, sand miners and loaders.
RDC Ssekandi who presided over the meetings at Kiruruma in Kihihi and Kabyamisinga in Katete Sub County- was meant to pave way for preventing further deaths incidents in the district.