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27 February 2026, 6:43 pm
Kitgum District Commissions 26km Access Road in Namokora
By Otim Moses Kitgum District has commissioned a 26.98-kilometre rehabilitated community access road under the National Oil Seed Project. The Ogul–Pii–Peke Abunai road in Namokora North Sub-county, valued at 2.1 billion shillings, was completed last November by Abayo Foundation Stores…
27 February 2026, 6:34 pm
Kitgum Council Defers Decision on Service Commission Term Extension
By Otim Moses Kitgum District Council has deferred a decision on extending the term of the District Service Commission to May, following a heated debate among councilors. During his State of the District Address, Chairperson Mr. Arwai Christopher Obol said…
27 February 2026, 6:24 pm
Kitgum RDC Warns Community against Selling Ancestral Land
By Otim Moses The Office of the Resident District Commissioner has called on residents of Kitgum District to desist from selling land for short-term financial gain. Speaking during the commissioning of the rehabilitated Ogul–Pii–Peke Abunai Community Access Road in Namokora…
27 February 2026, 6:16 pm
Pader Court Sets March 2 Hearing in Aruu Election Cost Dispute
By Otim Moses The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Pader has scheduled March 2nd for a taxation hearing in a post-election legal dispute involving the Aruu Constituency parliamentary race. The case was filed by independent candidate Samuel Odonga Otto, who sought…
27 February 2026, 6:03 pm
Kitgum Cracks Down on Teachers Riding Boda Bodas
By Otim Moses Kitgum District Council has banned primary school teachers from engaging in commercial boda boda riding during school hours, citing its impact on learners’ academic performance. Pager Division Councilor Charles Otto Odera says investigations revealed that nearly 70…
27 February 2026, 5:53 pm
PDM Secretary Released on Bond after Misusing Family Funds
By Otim Moses The Parish Development Model (PDM) Secretary of Lukwor Parish in Labongo Amida Sub-county, Kitgum District, has been released on police bond after admitting to misusing funds belonging to his own family members under the government poverty alleviation…
25 February 2026, 10:57 am
Climate Variability Disrupts Planting Season in Lamwo District
By Otim Moses Changing weather patterns linked to climate variability are beginning to disrupt the traditional planting calendar in Lamwo District, as prolonged dry conditions persist across Northern and Eastern Uganda. Local leaders say the delayed onset of steady rains…
20 February 2026, 6:43 pm
Jimmy Akena Foundation to rehabilitate cattle dips in Kitgum
By Otim Moses The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) Party President, Jimmy Akena, has announced plans by the Jimmy Akena Foundation to rehabilitate a cattle dip site in Ogwapoke Village, Pobech Parish, Mucwini East Sub county, Kitgum District. The cattle dip,…
19 February 2026, 2:21 pm
Kitgum pauses enforcement of new taxes as traders protest
By Otim Moses More than 80 traders in Kitgum staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday morning over what they describe as excessive taxes under a new trading licence regime introduced by Kitgum Municipal Council. Shop owners from the Central Division…
19 February 2026, 1:27 pm
Six arrested over illegal charcoal trade along Lamwo border
By Otim Moses Security agencies in Lamwo District on Saturday, 15 February 2026, arrested six suspects in connection with illegal charcoal burning and trade along the Lamwo border corridor. Lamwo Resident District Commissioner, William Komakech, confirmed the arrests, stating that…