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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 […]

By Agnes Aromo The new directive by government to ban hawking and roadside vending is taking a toll on people living with HIV/AIDS in Gulu City.In July this year, government issued new directives banning; praying in open spaces, not wearing masks, hawking, street vending and selling nonfood items, which will […]

By Pamela Atim Former Arua City mayoral candidate in this year’s elections Afeku Isa Kato has withdrawn his election petition challenging the victory of Wadri Sam Nyakua.He cited irregularities and accused the Electoral commission of ballot staffing and alledged that results from at least 28 polling stations were not tallied.Kato, […]

By Felix Ogenrwoth Two more frontline health workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nebbi district. The two are being managed under the home based care.The two fresh cases bring the total to 19, the cumulative number of health workers who have so far tested positive for the disease in […]

By Pamela Atim Government has decried the low response to birth and death registration among residents in West Nile despite the available enabling legislation.Arua district registration officer Christine Ajok says a number of people do not attach value to the documents. She says there are deliberate efforts needed to compel […]

By Musa Sabir A section of Ayivu division councilors in Arua city are protesting the move by government to levy a tax on their allowances.The councilors are entitled to 250,000 shillings per council sitting, with a 30 percent deduction to run council business for the 2021/2022 fiscal year.This, according to […]