Julius Ochieng
Eastern Uganda Correspondent · Field reporting desk
Julius Ochieng reports from Busia and Namayingo on community development agreements, clinic and borehole projects, and relations between licensed operators and host parishes.
Based in Busia, Uganda
Areas of expertise
- Community development agreements
- Busia district
- Local infrastructure
Reporting by Julius Ochieng
- Safety · July 19, 2026
Namayingo gold pit collapse: police search for buried miners
Several miners are feared dead after a closed gold mine pit collapsed on July 18, 2026 in Mabuka Village, Bugana Parish, Bukana Sub-county, Namayingo District, prompting a police-led search for people trapped underground.
- Infrastructure · June 3, 2026
Namayingo opens clinic funded by mining royalties
A new maternal and child health clinic in Namayingo, built with the district's share of national mining royalties, is the clearest local example yet of the Mining and Minerals Act 2022's revenue-sharing formula translating into visible community infrastructure.