The petition, signed by 2,000 people, follows a resolution made during the district council’s ordinary meeting on February 27, 2025, to create a private wing at the hospital Residents of Masindi ...

Members of Parliament have raised concerns over reports that the Uganda Police Force is downsizing its newly recruited constables.

Masindi’s overall safe water access is 70%, with a stark rural-urban divide. While 94% of rural residents have access to clean water, only 20% of urban dwellers enjoy the same.

Authorities at Masindi Government Prison are investigating an incident of inmate-on-inmate violence that led to the death of a convicted prisoner on the morning of August 3, 2025.