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List of 2019 school fires in Uganda

It is every parent’s dream to know that their children are safe and sound wherever they are, and news of a school fire can be very devastating.  In 2019, Uganda registered a total of 12 school fires across the country with 10 occurring in the Central region alone. Let’s break down these scenarios in order […]

Goods worth millions perish as fire guts Byangire building in Hoima

Goods worth millions perish as fire guts Byangire building in Hoima

Goods worth millions perish as fire guts Byangire building along Old Tooro in Hoima town. About 11 shops including an Airtel franchise have been burnt down. sad news Posted by Acurobwe Robert Akiki on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Police are investigation the cause of a fire that gutted a commercial building in Hoima town.Merchandise worthy […]

Why fuel trucks in Uganda have history of catching fire?

  Fuel trucks in Uganda have history of catching fire. When you Google Uganda fuel trucks catching fine, you will not fail to get news that fuel trucks caught fire in Jinja, Kampala, Jinja road, Mukono and Masaka road… For example a Kampala-bound fuel truck on Friday morning caught fire after it lost control and […]

Muruli Mukasa assures Barnabas Tinkasiimire over burnt house

Muruli Mukasa assures Barnabas Tinkasiimire over burnt house

Security minister Muruli Mukasa has condemned the suspected arson attack on the house of Member of Parliament for Buyaga county Barnabus Tinkasimire. Tinkasimire’s house was last night gutted by a fire whose cause is yet to be established. The house is located in Kitete C, Ham Mukasa Zone, Mukono Central Division. The fire seriously injured […]

Fire outbreak at MP Barnabas Tinkasiimire’s home.

  Member of parliament for Buyaga West county Barnabas Tinkasiimire’s home in Ham Mukasa village in Mukono Municipality  was set on fire by arsonists.Two people were seriously injured including the  minister’s wife Agnes Tinkasiimire and their maid Christine Awino. They were rushed to Namirembe Health Center IV in Mukono where they received first aid from […]

UPDF and Amson under fire from Al Shabaab

The UPDF and AMSON have come under direct firing from Al Shabaab Fighters in Somalia. This happened on Sunday 12th, August 2012 when the suspected Al Shabaab fighters reportedly gunned down threeUganda attack jet fighters that were destined toSomalia to demolish the Al Shabaab territories. Even though the UPDF spokesperson, Lt. Col. Felix Kulayigye argues […]

Thugs burn Kabaka’s shrine

  One of the Kabaka of Buganda’s shrines, called BWANIKA -NAGALABI BUGANDA HOUSE was touched to ashes last night on, 7/08/2012 by unidentified persons. Bwanika -Nagalabi House is where KABAKA OF BUGANDA Traditional Coronation Rituals are carried out. Like the BURNING OF KASUBI royal TOMBS, also Bwanika -Nagalabi House was deliberately torched to hurt and […]

Why many schools are burnt in Uganda?

Wails, panic, and confusion sweeps Ugandans almost every month as suspected arsonists set fire on schools properties worth million of shillings including children’s lives perish. The incidents and causes of schools fires puzzle the Police, NGO’s and all the people of Uganda at large up to this moment.  A total of over 50 pupils have […]

Kasubi tombs fire report leaks

Kasubi tombs fire report has now leaked to the press. Many groups of people and institutions like Buganda Kingdom have been demanding that the Uganda government releases the report on the Kasubi fire. The fire gutted Kasubi tombs in March 2009. The report whose details have leaked to the press was completed in March 16, […]