Patrick Olany, the Director Acholi Scrap Dealers told URN that they collected the skips, wheelbarrows and sidewalk bins last week upon payment of the money in Gulu City Council bank account.
Read more ...Kelen Amanya, the Ntusi Sub County councilor, says they are surprised by the level of destruction caused by the rains. She says the destruction has raised fears of food security since several plantations have destroyed.
Read more ...In the songs, the officer applies a touch of talent, passion and responsibility to reach people’s hearts with key messages about provisions of the law and their role in community policing.
Read more ...Penninah Atweo, a resident of Agologolo Village in Bugondo Sub County says the condition of the road has affected their livelihoods as costs of transport have more than doubled. Atweo, who sells vegetables says that she spends 16,000 shillings on the transport alone instead of 4,000 she used to pay before the roads were submerged.
Read more ...Umar Tusiime a local in the area says the hippo has been roaming the area since June this year.
Read more ...According to the residents, the toilet is dilapidated and filled to capacity since the sewage line is broken and produces a heavy stench in the area, which has being going on for two months.
Read more ...Vincent Kataate, the senior environment officer said eight of the 50 wetlands across the district have been completely destroyed while the rest are slowly being encroached on.
Read more ...The contest emerged after the creation of Kitagwenda district in 2019, a result of which, the new leadership demarcated the 450-hectare quarry as part of Kanara Sub County, rejecting an earlier report which placed the quarry in Nkongoro parish which is part of Kamwenge district.
Read more ...More than 200 people in Luwalinga and Lamdogi cells in Central Division, parts of Pandwong and Pager Divisions were affected by the Wednesday night floods. They comprised of illegal settlers in the gazetted wetland along the river banks and those outside the wetland boundaries according to reports from local leaders.
Read more ...Cecilia Asiimwe, 80, is one of those who lost all their house hold property to the floods. Asiimwe who returned to her empty house in Busunga town, which borders R. Lamiya, says the family doesn’t have any food.
Read more ...Stephen Mudomo, a butcher along Kumi road says the stench and flies from the garbage have chased away his customer.
Read more ...The area leaders say that the government needs to resettle the victims and provide a permanent solution to the problem. Resettlement would involve the relocation to safer areas and providing support for them to establish infrastructure and sources of livelihood, away from the deplorable conditions they are currently living in.
Read more ...Andrew Peter Asaya, the Tororo District Engineer says that in the previous financial year, the district budgeted for 1.14 billion shillings for the roads but the government only released 800 million which was inadequate to work on even one road.
Read more ...Allan Obbo, the founder of the project says it has demonstrated that littered plastic bottles can be an alternative building material as well cleaning the environment.
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