Stories :: User: Dominic Ochola :: Accepted date: September 2020

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• Five Districts in Northern Uganda Operating Without Substantive Vet Officers

  21 Sep 2020, 11:31 Comments 204 Views Northern Business and finance Agriculture Updates

  Dr. Rogers Kalanda, the Northern Uganda Veterinary Inspector under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries revealed that the personnel in the affected districts have been acting for more than five years. District Veterinary Officers are typically responsible for organizing and operating animal health and protection services.

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• USAID Volunteer Researcher Feared Kidnapped in Kiryandongo

  20 Sep 2020, 22:24 Comments 635 Views Gulu, Uganda Security Human rights Crime Report

  The victim, Irene Achom, 25, reportedly disappeared on Friday shortly after she had left Gulu to travel to Mbarara City in Western Uganda where she reportedly was invited to attend a job interview.

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• Braking System Defect Caused Parliament Bus Fire- Police

  18 Sep 2020, 17:58 Comments 308 Views Northern Human rights Health Updates

  The Linglong bus registration number UG-0391H, attached to the Ministry of Health was evacuating 25 patients from Kitgum District to the national treatment centres in Kampala. The patients were on Monday turned away from Gulu Regional Referral Hospital due to space constraints.

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• COVID-19 Patients Aboard Burnt Parliament Bus Admitted in Gulu

  18 Sep 2020, 05:57 Comments 317 Views Security Human rights Health Updates

  The patients from Kitgum District had been denied admission at the referral treatment unit on Monday due to space limitations. On Thursday, they travelled to Gulu from where the Ministry of Health had sent a bus to transport them to treatment facilities in Kampala.

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• Parliament Bus Evacuating Covid-19 Patients Catches Fire

  17 Sep 2020, 16:53 Comments 381 Views Security Parliament Health Breaking news

  The Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson, Patrick Jimmy Okema couldn’t tell whether any of the people on the bus sustained injuries.

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• Gulu COVID-19 Treatment Unit Runs Out of Space, Drugs

  15 Sep 2020, 05:43 Comments 422 Views Security Human rights Health Updates

  The government expanded the Tuberculosis ward at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital to a 74 bed-capacity COVID-19 treatment unit. But currently, the facility is treating an excess of 123 patients. The treatment facility admits at least five patients every day who are mainly evacuated from the districts of Pader, Gulu, Amuru, Omoro, Lamwo, Kitgum, Nwoya and Agago.

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• Kanyamunyu Set for Acholi Cleansing Ritual After Akena Family Pardon Top story

  14 Sep 2020, 18:51 Comments 942 Views Gulu, Uganda Court Human rights Crime Updates

  The two antagonists then kneel down opposite each other with their arms folded at their backs and they bend without touching the ground to drink a bitter solution made from Oput tree in a calabash. The drinking of the bitter herb, mixed with a lamb's blood, means that the two conflicting parties accept "the bitterness of the past and promise never to taste such bitterness again."

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• Three People Arrested for Vandalizing Bridge in Nwoya

  14 Sep 2020, 12:09 Comments 189 Views Local government Crime Court Updates

  He says Turumwomme Bridge was a menace to the community for several years and was constructed in 2019 at the cost of Shillings eight million.

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• Gulu's Wakadogo School Selected for Global Education Week

  13 Sep 2020, 14:21 Comments 347 Views Northern Human rights Education Report

  Wakadogo is among the 100 hand-picked schools selected for the world’s largest grassroots online education conference, in support of Sustainable Development Goals on eliminating extreme poverty, reducing inequalities and combating the threat of climate change.

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• FRONASA Fraternity in Acholi Disowns Billy Graham Olanya

  13 Sep 2020, 12:04 Comments 290 Views Crime Politics Northern Interview

  Last week, Olanya was pictured at the main entrance of State House in Entebbe Municipality trying to seek an audience with President Yoweri Museveni over unfulfilled pledges for members of FRONASA. He later told journalists that he, on behalf of Acholi people, was following up on the 900 million Shillings’ pledge made by the President to FRONASA Cooperative Union.

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• Social Stigma Prompts Discreet Discharge of COVID-19 Patients in Gulu

  13 Sep 2020, 09:06 Comments 251 Views Lifestyle Human rights Health Updates

  Initially, hospitals were holding public send-off events for people who have recovered from COVID-19. But according to medics, many of the people were labelled, stereotyped, discriminated against and experienced loss of status because of the apparent link with the disease which negatively affected their relationship with caregivers, family, friends and communities.

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• Kanyamunyu to Pay 10 Cows, 3 Goats for Killing Akena Top story

  12 Sep 2020, 21:49 Comments 1093 Views Lifestyle Human rights Court Report

  Dr John Baptist Odama, the Gulu Archbishop backed by Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Paramount Chief of Acholi persuaded Akena’s family who in turn opened up to the negotiations. The reconcilers summoned the two families for the first meeting that was held today in Gulu.

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• Gulu NRM Party Registrar Attacked by Irate Mob

  12 Sep 2020, 17:15 Comments 333 Views Election Politics Security Report

  According to results submitted for tallying at the TAKS Centre on Friday, up to 2,000 people allegedly cast their votes for the four candidates who were vying for the party’s flag. They included Walter Opiyo Magamaga, David Baka Akuru, Francis Oketayo and Stephen Odokorach.

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• Zombo Task Force Stuck with 16 COVID-19 Patients

  11 Sep 2020, 08:17 Comments 335 Views Local government Health Lifestyle Report

  Dr. Mark Boney Bralima, the Zombo District Health Officer (DHO) says they are stuck with 16 people who tested positive for the virus disease three days ago.

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• FDC Supporters in Gulu Arrested for Flouting COVID-19 Guidelines

  11 Sep 2020, 07:14 Comments 346 Views Politics Crime Security Updates

  Patrick Jimmy Okema, the Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson told URN that the suspects were arrested by anti-riot personnel after they instigated an illegal procession to celebrate the victory of their candidates in contravention of Section 171 of the Penal Code Act.

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• Lakang Land Owners in Amuru Demand Fresh Verification of Claimants

  10 Sep 2020, 16:28 Comments 190 Views Local government Human rights Agriculture Updates

  Bernard Oboyo, an aggrieved claimant told URN that his 300 acres of land in Lujoro village was fraudulently surveyed and 161 million shillings’ partial compensation was paid to a different person who does not own land in the area.

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• Nwoya Approves New Members of District Service Commission

  9 Sep 2020, 11:14 Comments 251 Views Northern Politics Local government Report

  The new team will be chaired by Alexis Billy Ocitti Olum, a retired teacher from Anaka Sub-County representing Persons with Disabilities – PWDs, Vinansio Okidi also a retired secondary school headteacher from Pain-Yai Sub-County and Monica Okot, a veteran journalist.

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• Gulu District Chairperson, 12 Others Test Positive for COVID-19

  8 Sep 2020, 21:50 Comments 717 Views Local government Health Lifestyle Report

  Seven among the 13, were community members from Obiya West Village in the West Division of Gulu City and five staff of Amuru District Local Government. The Chairman has now been evacuated from his residence in Obiya West village, For God Parish in the West Division of Gulu City and taken to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital treatment unit for management.

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• COVID-19 Patient Escape Stirs Panic in Gulu

  8 Sep 2020, 18:52 Comments 328 Views Crime Security Health Updates

  Dr Paska Apiyo, a Physician and the Head of Case Management at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital says that the escapees have exploited the lax security at the facility to sneak out. She added that the escape is also aided by special hire drivers within the precincts of the hospital, who often drive them swiftly without being noticed.

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• Stray Hippos Destroy Gardens in Amuru

  8 Sep 2020, 17:32 Comments 276 Views Security Human rights Tourism Updates

  The Hippos numbering three are believed to have wandered from Murchison Falls National Park from neighbouring Nwoya District. They have already grazed on 12 acres of rice and millet fields belonging to over 10 households.

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