Stories :: User: Edward Eninu :: Accepted date: September 2021

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• Councilors Fail to Conduct Business as Clerk Goes for Workshop

  24 Sep 2021, 19:20 Comments 227 Views Kaberamaido, Uganda Local government Updates

  The council meeting was pushed to Wednesday, next week after it emerged that Rogers Ejotu, the Clerk to Council in Kaberamaido didn't do his job of preparing documents and reports for councilors to deliberate on during the meeting. Ejotu is reported to have travelled to Soroti for a workshop, according his boss, John Stephen Kasada, the Chief Administrative Officer- CAO of Kaberamaido.

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• Couple Murdered in Katakwi

  22 Sep 2021, 11:04 Comments 311 Views Katakwi, Uganda Crime Security Updates

  The bodies of Emmanuel Ojirot and his wife, Teddy Achodet were discovered on Tuesday by residents after realizing that the house had remained closed through out the day.

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• Selection of New Kumi Diocese Bishop Starts

  21 Sep 2021, 10:42 Comments 197 Views Kumi, Uganda Religion Updates

  Bishop Odurkami on Monday said that the process had started with the election of church council members from the parish level that will form the diocesan synod.

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• Muyenga Murder: Asio Onebe Laid to Rest in Kaberamaido

  19 Sep 2021, 08:52 Comments 551 Views Kaberamaido, Uganda Crime Security Updates

  Asio’s body was discovered in a septic tank on September 9, 2021 at her matrimonial home in Muyenga, Kampala. She went missing on January 6, 2021 and the search for her whereabouts continued by the police and relatives until September.

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• Motorists Protest Poor State of Roads in Teso

  17 Sep 2021, 11:42 Comments 338 Views Kumi, Uganda Local government Human rights Updates

  The roads troubling motorists include Soroti-Amuria-Kapelebyong, Soroti-Serere-Kagwara, Old Mbale Road, Ngora Road, Kalaki- Kaberamaido Roads, Lwala-Kaberamaido Road, Bukedea-Kolir Road, Kumi- Ongino-Malera Road and Mukongora-Ngora Road.

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• Police Heightens Enforcement of SOPs As COVID-19 Cases Surge in Teso

  16 Sep 2021, 14:06 Comments 242 Views Soroti, Uganda Health Security Updates

  The Soroti Resident City Commissioner, Peter Pex Paak says that the enforcement especially in Soroti City will be heightened to reduce the spread of the deadly virus.

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• Government Allocates Six Valley Tanks to Teso Sub-Region

  16 Sep 2021, 07:39 Comments 187 Views Katakwi, Uganda Environment Updates

  Rogers Masaba, the Assistant Manager Water for Production in Eastern region said that dams have allocated to three districts of northern Teso. They include one valley tank to Amuria District, two for Kapelebyong District and three for Katakwi District.

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• Operation on Illegal Power Connections Paralyzes Business in Kumi

  15 Sep 2021, 18:45 Comments 232 Views Kumi, Uganda Business and finance Security Updates

  During the operation, more than 100 business premises were closed as the owners fled on seeing UMEMEM staff accompanied by the police. At

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• Court Dismisses Soroti City West Election Petition

  15 Sep 2021, 15:55 Comments 215 Views Soroti, Uganda Court Election Updates

  The petition was filed by Anne Ameco and another on grounds that the election was not conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the provisions of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, the Parliamentary Act, as amended and the Electoral Commission Act.

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• Court Rejects 25 Affidavits in Ngora County Election Petition

  14 Sep 2021, 17:48 Comments 228 Views Soroti, Uganda Court Election Updates

  The affidavits were rejected by Achayo’s lawyers on grounds that the witnesses presented varying signatures and that they lacked certificate of translation. The lawyers also argued that while the witnesses claimed to be illiterate, some were able to read and write and also comprehend English, which is the official language of court.

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• Nakatunya Prison Closed after Surge in COVID-19 Infections

  13 Sep 2021, 19:41 Comments 417 Views Soroti, Uganda Health Updates

  The facility was closed last week to allow fumigation and treatment of the affected inmates and staff. According to the Resident District Commissioner of Soroti, Patrick Okumu, the decision was taken to allow the COVID-19 team and management of prison to streamline on some issues he declined to mention.

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• Lawyers Reject 26 Affidavits in Ngora County Petition

  13 Sep 2021, 18:41 Comments 278 Views Soroti, Uganda Court Updates

  Achayo, a candidate for the ruling National Resistance Movement- NRM party was declared winner of the January polls by the Electoral Commission in Kampala, with 9,517 against 9,226 votes polled by her rival David Abala, yet earlier Ngora District Returning Officer Peter Toddu had announced Abala as the winner with 8,317 against 7,828.

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• Complacency Failing COVID-19 Fight in Teso- Medics

  13 Sep 2021, 14:55 Comments 223 Views Soroti, Uganda Health Updates

  According to Dr. Adakun, 33 percent of the COVID-19 patients are the elderly with severe disease. He revealed that the region had 8,433 COVID-19 contacts as of Friday, September 10, 2021.

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• Two Grenades Recovered in Ngora

  12 Sep 2021, 11:56 Comments 205 Views Ngora, Uganda Security Updates

  Oscar Gregg Ageca, the East Kyoga Regional Police Spokesman says the hand grenades are suspected to have been abandoned during the insurgency in the Teso sub-region in the 1980s and the 1990s.

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• Soroti Councilors Resolve on Location of District Headquarters

  10 Sep 2021, 10:30 Comments 210 Views Soroti, Uganda Local government Updates

  Out of the 27 councilors, 19 voted in favour of Katine Sub County hosting the District headquarters.

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• Gov't Airlifts 53 Gas Cylinders to Soroti Hospital

  10 Sep 2021, 09:14 Comments 232 Views Soroti, Uganda Health Updates

  The intervention at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital is part of the timely emergency response and delivery of medicines and medical supplies to all government health facilities, according the Ministry of Health. The Hospital has been relying on vehicles for delivery of oxygen but the demand in hospital has recently overwhelmed the facility. The vehicles sometimes take two days to return with the oxygen.

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• Lawyers Cite Bribery, Multiple Voting in Matheniko County Petition

  7 Sep 2021, 12:37 Comments 335 Views Soroti, Uganda Court Updates

  Oloo ran to court on grounds that there was impersonation of polling agents and falsification of results, non-compliance of electoral laws that allegedly affected the outcome of the results.

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• Court Dismisses Toroma County Petition with Costs

  6 Sep 2021, 19:15 Comments 292 Views Soroti, Uganda Court Updates

  Ossiya attempted to unseat Koluo through the just-concluded parliamentary election. However, he lost the race with 8,013 votes against 9,179 votes by the victor and challenged the outcome on grounds that the election was not conducted in accordance with the principles and provisions of the electoral laws and allegedly affected the results in a substantial manner.

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• Police Retools Commanders to Redeem Image Top story

  4 Sep 2021, 10:06 Comments 460 Views Katakwi, Uganda Security Updates

  On Friday, the Director of Human Resource Development at UPF, Godfrey Goloba passed out 170 District Police Commanders- DPCs drawn from across the country after undergoing a refresher three months course at Olilim Counter-Terrorism Police Training School in Katakwi District.

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• Court Rejects Affidavits by Matheniko County Election Officials

  3 Sep 2021, 11:34 Comments 619 Views Soroti, Uganda Court Updates

  Eight of the affidavits to support his petition were sworn by the Presiding Officers, Polling Assistants, biometric Voter Verification Officers and others in Acerer, Naregae, Arengkeju and Lopur Polling Stations among others.

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