Maria Kamara Mabinti, the ICC Outreach Officer for Uganda says that the Access to Justice Project has been extended for another two years to ensure that the communities understand and be part of the court proceedings against Dominic Ongwen at The Hague.
Read more ...Joyce Aryemo Latigo, the Gulu District Environment Officer, says they receive deaths from highly placed people and their relatives as they strive to investigate and halt wetland encroachment.
Read more ...Apparently, government pays 120,000 shillings to village council chairperson as their annual ex-gratia; translating to into 10,000 shillings per month. However, George William Mutabaazi, the Lwengo district chairperson says this money is too little to keep village chairpersons effectively perform their responsibilities, hence many of them being demotivated.
Read more ...Richard Jomeo, a rights’ activist, says it is under such a tragic context that Acholi who lived in Internally Displaced People camps became incapacitated to use their land productively exposing it to grabbing.
Read more ...Francis Okongo, the Cancer Registrar of Gulu Cancer Registry told URN in an interview that Cancer Registries should be established in all the regions so that the regional variations in cancer incidents can be taken care of.
Read more ...The money will be used for the purchase of a waste sorting plant that will operate in Laroo Division as the municipality to gears for a city status. Francis Barabanawe, the Gulu Town Clerk, says the project is expected to be ready by 2020.
Read more ...Dr. Venice Omona, the Head of Paediatric Department at Lacor Hospital told URN in an interview that his department is the most affected by the blood shortage in the Hospital, something that has led to the deaths of other children.
Read more ...Aswa river region police Spokesperson Jimmy Patrick Okema however, admitted that police hierarchies discovered numerous gaps and weaknesses depicted by Amuru police personnel during the community policing program.
Read more ...Dr Louis Kasekende, the Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor, says that the Central Bank has not been monitoring loans transactions on mobile money platforms because the Telecoms had also not been given licenses to offer products to clients.
Read more ...Francis Barabanawe, the Gulu Municipal Town Clerk says that they secured funding from KfW, a German state-owned development bank, to undertake review of the structural plan.
Read more ...Martin Otto, a farmer in Paicho Sub County, says the fall army worm infestation has devastated his two acres of maize gardens, saying he expects a very low maize yield.
Read more ...According to Okema, Oryema, who hailed from Kinene village in Pakwelo parish in Unyama sub-county allegedly met his death when he tried to jump off a Kitgum bound lorry carrying football fans and crushed his head on the tarmac.
Read more ...Michael Lakony the Amuru LCV Chairperson disclosed that the project will see water dams constructed in Opara, Pabbo, Patiko and Attiak sub counties.
Read more ...The awareness creation will include among others importance of community participation in urban planning, available investment opportunities, city structural plan, attitude change as well as human rights and democratic governance.
Read more ...Joachim Loduk, the Nabilatuk Sub county LC III chairperson who is currently caretaking the Town Council, says he doesn’t even know how much money was allocated to the town council this financial year.
Read more ...The Hospital management guidelines issued by the Health Ministry in 2003 provide for a Board of Governors. The board that is mandated with among other responsibilities to; provide a strategic vision and direction for the Hospital on behalf of the Health Ministry within the framework of the national health policy.
Read more ...Paul Lokale Aleper, the interim Nabilatuk district chairperson, says some of the politicians threatened the technical staff on the recruitment, restricting them to advertise only junior positions.
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