More than 15 people reportedly sustained injuries in the fracas pitting government forces against supporters of people power, a political pressure group led by Kyaddondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The group was in Arua to campaign for an independent candidate Kassiano Wadri, the eventual winner of the race.
Read more ...Brian Oponjuru, a maize farmer in the same area says he lost 2 acres of his maize to the floods. He says he invested his hard earned money in the garden through use of tractors and improved variety of the maize seeds but all have gone to waste.
Read more ...The Traditional Dance is a much loved traditional entertainment among the Alur people and it is also a social gathering which unites the local people to appreciate their Traditional Heritage.
Read more ...The Magistrate stated that if Zaake was under arrest, he should have been accompanied by a Police Form three to Arua Hospital, which was not the case. The magistrate also noted that details of the accused ought to have been captured in the police station diary and later the lock-up register, which was not the case.
Read more ...The woman, identified as Apio Justine was abducted in 1993 at the age of five, from South Sudan where she was residing with her maternal aunt. Apio says her parents were Apolonia Muding a South Sudan national and Julius Odongo, an officer of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces UPDF.
Read more ...The students on Wednesday stormed the District headquarters in a peaceful demonstration to express their dissatisfaction over the administration.They accuse the head teacher Fred Ojara of exercising dictatorship, promoting tribalism, failing to account for entertainment funds for last term and cancelling the visitation Day.
Read more ...Over 150 delegates from the three districts expressed bitterness over failure by the party to appoint people from W. Nile on CEC since the party was formed in 2001.
Read more ...Winfred Aol Opio, an entomologist at NARO says that the worms become resistant to a single pesticide when used for two or more consecutive seasons in the same garden. She says more mature worms become more resistant when the same chemical is applied over time.
Read more ...Richard Mugolo, an engineer at Kark Technical services says construction materials including culverts, paving stones, furniture and batteries worth 7 million shillings have been stolen by residents in Kanyinyi Upper village Pakwach Sub County.
Read more ...Yusuf Andabati, the West Nile Province Fans Spokesperson, says there has been massive mobilization of fans throughout the nine districts to moral boost the team.
Read more ...Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the EC chairman, says no candidate will be allowed to organize any activity aimed at soliciting money from potential voters as it is tantamount to bribery contrary to Section 147(1) of the Local Government Act.
Read more ...Jacob Ampaire, a Public Relations Officer with the Ministry of Health told journalists in Arua today that all markets along Uganda border with the Democratic Republic of Congo have been recommended for a temporary closure in order to control the movement of people from one country to the other.
Read more ...Andrew Ahumuza, the Pakwach National Water and Sewerage Corporation NWSC engineer attributes the problem on the breakdown of treatment plant. He, however, says that the plant is under repairs.
Read more ...Speaking during his farewell tour of Madi West Nile Diocese, Arch Bishop Ntagali noted that cases of GBV and Teenage Pregnancies have continued to increase and called on Christians, the Church and political to collectively fight the vice.
Read more ...In December last year, Dr. Henry Mwebesa the Director General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health put all districts bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo on red alert on the Ebola hemorrhagic fever following an outbreak of the deadly disease there, with a case being reported a few kilometers to the Ugandan side in Ntoroko district.
Read more ...45-year-old Acirocan Pepetwa, a maize farmer in Kothungola village, Nebbi district says she has lost close to 3 acres of maize, which has been destroyed by fall armyworms.
Read more ...Charles Draecabo, the President West Nile Education Trust Fund during in a press briefing in Arua town on Saturday said in addition to addressing the educational needs of the needy, the foundation will also address the root causes of poor performance of children in the region.
Read more ...The leaders note that they have never received any salary payment ever since they were elected into office in July last year.
Read more ...The pilot project being undertaken by the Physical Planning Department is expected to cost more than 50 Million shillings under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) Program.
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