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By Sabir Musa Government has warned communities against encroachment on central forest reserves and other government lands.The State Minister for Northern Uganda, Grace Freedom Kwiyocwiny says this is the leading to the rampant deforestation. It comes following reports by the National Forestry Authority that forest cover in the region is […]

By Musa Sabir Arua City COVID-19 task force is facing a stock out of kits amidst growing public demand for COVID-19 testing.The team is currently giving priority to contacts of those who previously tested positive for the disease and are asymptomatic.The head of surveillance at Arua City COVID-19 task force […]

By Ronald Orachwun Pimer Joan, a mother of four and resident of Olyeko cell, Nebbi municipality awoke around 6 am one Friday morning to fetch firewood. She tied a few ropes round her waist, armed with a machete and filled her 5 litre jerry can with clean and safe water.That […]

By Sabir Musa Dressed in her blue soccer jersey branded with Fresh Dairy logo, Mercy Consolate Ariye 19, was on a street of Arua City around 5pm for the routine roadwork, a physical exercise.Mercy is a football player, she started playing football as early as primary 3 at Ushindi Primary […]

By Federick Dramadri Rhino Camp Health Center IV in Madi-Okollo district has received three oxygen cylinders as the facility grapples with management of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases.The three 47 litre capacity oxygen cylinders were donated by Gulu Agricultural Development Company to supplement government’s efforts in the management of COVID-19.The […]

By Dramadri Federick One person has been shot and injured by a Uganda Revenue Authority URA enforcement officer in Arua district in an operation to impound a motorcycle without license plates.The gunshot victim is identified as 21 year old Philliam Anguni, a resident of Nyio Parish Vurra Sub county Arua […]

By Gloria Lalam The bare and rocky ground is littered with a few hardy trees. Electricity poles demarcate the land which is divided into small plots of land — each about 20 by 30 meters. A few slow flowing taps are scattered in the area. Young children, most of them […]

By Pamela Atim Arua High court has dismissed with costs, a case challenging the election of Nebbi Municipality Member of Parliament over academic qualifications.Robert Onega of the Forum for Democratic Change FDC filed a petition challenging National Resistance Movement NRM’s Hashim Sulaiman’s academic qualifications, claiming that he lacked the minimum […]

By Federick Dramadri Government has donated a 1.3 billion shillings firefighting equipment to the regional Police Fire and Rescue Brigade Police in West Nile region to aid response to emergencies of fire outbreaks in the region. Mirko Mucuda, a technical engineer at Ziegler Company says this vehicle has unique features […]

By Federick Dramadri Terego district council has approved the upgrade of 12 health facilities as the district strives to improve quality of health services.Priority has been given to the upgrade of Omugo health center IV to a district hospital and Wandi health centre III to a health center IV status.Other […]