Stories :: Category: Northern :: Accepted date: January 2023

Updated: 28 Jan, 22:4222:42

• Women Activists in Arua Demand for GBV-Survivor Shelters

  28 Jan 2023, 12:43 Comments 208 Views Arua City, Arua, Uganda Human rights Crime Northern Updates

  According to statistics from the child and family protection unit at Arua central police station, at least 544 case of violence against women and girls was recorded last year, which is higher than 377 cases of violence recorded in 2021. Of the 544 cases recorded by the police last year, 112 are defilement cases, 418 case of domestic violence and 14 case of rape.

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• Kitgum Prepares First St. Janani Luwum Memorial Lecture

  28 Jan 2023, 09:19 Comments 142 Views Northern Religion Local government Updates

  Canon Gladys Oyat, the local organizing committee chairperson, says the inaugural St. Janani Luwum memorial lecture will provide people with adequate information about the saint and inform others about the values he exhibited, his service to society, courage, and leadership so that people can draw lessons.

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• Alik HC III Receives UGX 168M for Staff House Construction

  28 Jan 2023, 08:29 Comments 197 Views Lira, Uganda Health Business and finance Northern Updates

  The self-contained house meant to accommodate two staff will have a 5000-liter water harvesting tank and another 1000-liter tank to supply water to the inside facilities. Alik HCIII, which was recently upgraded from health center II has eleven staff.

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• Leaders Demand Fresh Elections for Ayivu Chief

  27 Jan 2023, 17:04 Comments 211 Views Arua City, Arua, Uganda Election Lifestyle Northern Updates

  According to the leaders, the elections which were organized by the Institution early last year in which Manase Yuma was controversially elected to replace Mike Agondua were not inclusive and contravened the constitution of the Ayivu.

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• Nwoya District Yet to Recover Swindled PDM Funds

  26 Jan 2023, 15:58 Comments 272 Views Nwoya District, Uganda Business and finance Local government Northern Updates

  145 million Shillings has so far been recovered from six civil servants implicated in the misappropriation of the fund since the intervention of Jovrine Kalisa, the Deputy National Coordinator of PDM.

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• Lamwo Leaders Seize Over 80 Animals Belonging To Pastoralists

  26 Jan 2023, 08:34 Comments 183 Views Northern Crime Agriculture Interview

  James Ochola, the LC V councilor of Nyimur Sub-County, says that the leaders and community are frustrated because even after the presidential directive to evict the pastoralists, every dry season they sneak back and let their animals destroy crops and gardens.

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• Moyo Hospital Stuck With Dysfunctional X-ray Machines

  26 Jan 2023, 07:47 Comments 202 Views Moyo Hospital, Moyo, Uganda Health Northern Updates

  Benard Bessi, the senior Administrator of Moyo general Referral Hospital says that the breakdown of the machines has greatly affected their operations since they cannot now carry out key diagnostic investigations.

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• Nine Truckloads of Cattle Intercepted in Nwoya

  25 Jan 2023, 18:30 Comments 288 Views Nwoya District, Uganda Security Business and finance Northern Updates

  The cattle mostly from the long-horned Ankole breed were intercepted following a tip-off while being transported at night, according to security officials in the district.

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• Gulu Market Vendors Complain Over Irregularities in Election of Leaders

  25 Jan 2023, 18:05 Comments 203 Views Gulu, Uganda Local government Business and finance Northern Updates

  Janani Loum, the Chairperson of Ready Made Vendors says the process of the election hasn’t been followed citing the failure of the electoral officers to validate the registry, display registered members and establishment of a complaint desk.

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• Bovine Pleuropneumonia Kills 300 Cattle in Agago

  25 Jan 2023, 15:28 Comments 390 Views Northern Business and finance Agriculture Interview

  The disease has been confirmed in three sub-counties; Paimol, Laimuto, and Omiya Pachwa, where the majority of farmers were advised to keep their animals in communal kraals, to protect them against Karamojong cattle rustlers.

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• Kitgum Clerics Want Annual Trade Show Reviewed or Stopped

  25 Jan 2023, 10:11 Comments 285 Views Northern Business and finance Religion Updates

  Pr. Alfred Komagum, the Provincial Overseer of NFBPC in East Acholi said their number one concern is that the trade show deviated from its theme of digitizing the economy and is instead focusing on entertainment and the negative acts that come with it.

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• Gulu City Council Moots Plan to Construct Modern Museum

  25 Jan 2023, 07:55 Comments 275 Views Gulu, Uganda Tourism Business and finance Northern Updates

  Gulu City Council Mayor Alfred Okwonga says that the museum will be the first of its kind in the Acholi Sub-region once established.

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• Chief Avutia Was an Icon of Peace-West Nile leaders

  25 Jan 2023, 07:48 Comments 200 Views Emmanuel Cathedral, Arua, Uganda Profiles Lifestyle Northern Updates

  Ismail Tuku, the Prime Minister of the Lugbara Cultural Institution, says that Avutia will be remembered for brokering the deal that persuaded the former soldiers hailing from the West Nile region to abandon their plans to launch a rebellion against the NRA in 1986.

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• Lamwo Leaders Demand For District Hospital

  24 Jan 2023, 16:47 Comments 134 Views Northern Health Interview

  Sisto Ocen Oyet, the LCV Chairperson Lamwo, said the health facility is already serving as a district hospital because of the large population it is serving.

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• Counterfeit Seeds, Poor Management Affecting Farmer’s Cooperatives

  24 Jan 2023, 11:39 Comments 230 Views Lira, Uganda Agriculture Business and finance Northern Updates

  Denis Ogwok, the Secretary Manager for Wiodyek Oil Seed Farmers’ Area Cooperative Enterprise argued that the problem of counterfeit seeds must be addressed if the cooperatives are to develop and maximize profits.

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• Madi Citizens Decry Delayed Construction of Laropi Bridge on River Nile

  24 Jan 2023, 11:36 Comments 353 Views Laropi Town Council Head Quarters, Laropi, Uganda Human rights Business and finance Northern Updates

  The development of the Laropi bridge was identified under the National Development Plan III as required infrastructure to facilitate connectivity across the River Nile in order to enhance improved household incomes and quality of life in the region.

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• Oyam Teachers Sleep, Bathe in Classrooms as Schools' Performance Declines

  24 Jan 2023, 10:38 Comments 307 Views Oyam, Uganda Education Human rights Northern Updates

  David Adea, the Senior Education Officer Oyam confirmed the challenge saying there are schools without a single staff house. However, he promises that the district will start constructing houses especially in schools without any.

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• ICC Prosecution to Add More Charges Against Joseph Kony

  24 Jan 2023, 07:56 Comments 331 Views Gulu, Uganda Media Human rights Northern Updates

  Dahirou Sant-Anna, the International Cooperation Adviser in the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC says they intend to add more charges to the charges already in Kony’s arrest warrant once a confirmation charge hearing is granted.

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• Lugbara Paramount Chief Dead

  24 Jan 2023, 07:21 Comments 342 Views Arua City, Arua, Uganda Lifestyle Northern Breaking news

  Ismail Tuku, the prime minister of the Lugbara Chiefdom confirmed the news of the death to Uganda Radio Network noting that the burial arrangements are underway.

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• Lamwo Barley Farmers Groan Under Transport Costs but Buyer is Unmoved

  23 Jan 2023, 17:33 Comments 367 Views Northern Business and finance Agriculture Interview

  Dactus Ogiki, the Lamwo District Commercial Officer, who climbed Agoro hills to see the farms, said the price per kilogram is unfair, given the hardship they endure to transport the produce.

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