Lamwo District Sets Up Measles Task Force
29 Sep 2022, 17:50 Comments 163 Views Northern Health InterviewThe Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI confirmed eight positive cases of measles in the district on Wednesday.
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Measles Outbreak Confirmed in Lamwo
29 Sep 2022, 10:43 Comments 259 Views Northern Health UpdatesGeoffrey Osborn Oceng, the RDC of Lamwo District, said the tests were necessitated by the outbreak of measles in neighboring South Sudan.
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Acholi Demand Secure Roads, More Personnel to Fight Karamojong in Agago
13 Sep 2022, 07:24 Comments 424 Views Northern Crime Security UpdatesThe concerns were voiced on Monday at Adilang Town Council, when Members of Parliament under the Acholi Parliamentary Group-APG visited the district to assess the security situation amid increasing attacks by Karamojong warriors on the community.
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Police Recovers Govt Grinding Machine Stolen by Pader District Officials
10 Sep 2022, 15:45 Comments 553 Views Northern Crime Agriculture UpdatesThe grinding machine was given to the community by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, through the National Agricultural Advisory Services-NAADS secretariat in August 2019, to assist them in promoting maize value chain development.
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10 Cases of Cervical Cancer Recorded Monthly at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Kitgum
10 Sep 2022, 11:35 Comments 504 Views Northern Health InterviewRanked top of all cancers that affect women in Uganda, cervical cancer is caused by a Human Papilloma Virus a common virus that can be passed from one person to another during sex. It is also caused by smoking, early sex, having given birth to three or more children, using birth control pills for five or more years, and having several sexual partners.
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Agago Residents Struggle to Access Water As 300 Boreholes Remain Non-Functional
8 Sep 2022, 17:06 Comments 363 Views Northern Human rights Health UpdatesA report released by WASH SDG indicates that there are 1,372 domestic water points that were established to serve a total of 246,034 people.
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Armed Robbers Kill Two In Agago, Injure One
8 Sep 2022, 13:14 Comments 239 Views Northern Crime Security UpdatesAldo Odonkene, a resident of Abilnino parish narrated that the attackers, came in a Toyota Ipsum vehicle and parked at a distance before approaching a shop where they posed like regular clients, but put the shop owner under gunpoint after some clients had left, forcing other clients to flee.
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Rustlers Kill Two Soldiers in Agago
7 Sep 2022, 12:40 Comments 460 Views Northern Crime Security UpdatesRichard Ngomkura, the LC 3 of Paimol Sub-County, says that the kraal had over 2000 animals. He explains the raiders shot dead two soldiers and injured the Intelligence Officer while pursuing the animals. The raiders also shot a resident in the attack.
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Chairperson Wants Karamojong Migrants in Agago Returned to Their Homes
6 Sep 2022, 20:10 Comments 465 Views Northern Crime Security UpdatesLeonard Ojok, the LC V chairperson of Agago, says that currently there are close to 700 women and children from Karamoja who are settled in his district. Ojok explains that the community is giving free accommodation and sharing food with them yet their husbands and brothers are killing innocent people in Agago cruelly.
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Acholi Chiefdom Seeks UGX 420 Million for Cultural Festival
5 Sep 2022, 07:59 Comments 254 Views Northern Agriculture Lifestyle InterviewDuring the first three editions of the gala, hundreds of people from within and outside the sub-region graced the occasions to savour the various Acoli dishes, admire their attire, entertain themselves with the more than 10 traditional dances, and pick the meanings behind their folklore and songs, showcased by the 54 clans.
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75 Percent of Kitgum Saccos Affected By Misuse of the PDM Funds
1 Sep 2022, 13:32 Comments 455 Views Northern Business and finance Local government UpdatesLast week, 15 staff of Kitgum District were arrested over alleged misappropriation of Parish Development Model funds.
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Livestock Farmers in Kitgum Agree to Keep Livestock in Community Kraals
1 Sep 2022, 11:13 Comments 326 Views Northern Business and finance Agriculture InterviewDistrict leaders in Kitgum have been advising livestock farmers to keep their animals in communal kraals to safeguard them from rustlers, with little success.
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