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1 May 2025, 4:39 pm
One arrested for forgery, 185 recruited into police from Kitgum
By Otim Moses One person was arrested and detained at Kitgum Central Police Station for presenting false documents during the police recruitment exercise on Tuesday, 29 April 2025. The candidate, identified as Nyekorach Philip, was charged with forgery under Kitgum…
1 May 2025, 4:31 pm
Acholi farmers urged to grow coffee instead of selling land
By Otim Moses Farmers in the Acholi sub-region have been urged to grow coffee instead of selling their land cheaply to for unproductive use. The call was made by Rtd. Brig. Gen. John Charles Anywar, the Operation Wealth Creation Director…
1 May 2025, 2:22 pm
Mob lynches notorious thief in Lamwo district
By Otim Moses A suspected thief was killed by a mob in Paloga central village, Paloga subcounty, Lamwo district, on Wednesday night. According to the Aswa East Regional Police Commander, IP Joe Oloya, the deceased, Okwera Denish, 30, had joined…
25 April 2025, 2:44 pm
Kitgum district records 3 additional suspected cholera cases
By Otim Moses The Kitgum District Health Department on Wednesday reported three additional suspected cases of cholera in Lobene East village, Lugwar parish, Labongo Akwang subcounty. The three new suspected cases are from the same polygamous family, headed by a…
25 April 2025, 2:39 pm
Boda boda rider dies in Lamwo road accident
By Otim Moses A 22-year-old boda boda rider, a resident of Abuka village in Palabek Gem sub-county, Lamwo District, has died in a road accident. The deceased has been identified as Rwotomia Innocent, aged 22. It is alleged that on…
23 April 2025, 1:49 pm
38-year-old teacher murdered in Lamwo on Easter Day
A 30-year-old man and a resident of Itiba village in Bunga Parish, Paloga sub-county, Lamwo district, was found dead at his home on Monday, April 21, 2025, immediately after picking a fight with a colleague in a drinking joint. According…
23 April 2025, 1:40 pm
UWA to fence corridors, protect crops in Kidepo region
By Otim Moses The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has assured residents of reduced incidents of wildlife destroying crops in the six districts bordering Kidepo Valley National Park. This assurance was made by Mr. Martin Oryem, the Assistant Community Warden for…
23 April 2025, 1:32 pm
Kitgum leaders reject sport hunting initiative
By Otim Moses Leaders in Kitgum district have rejected a sport hunting initiative introduced by KKAKKA on behalf of the government that aims to provide hunters with an avenue to manage wild animals that are reportedly terrorising local communities. Ocan…
16 April 2025, 10:38 am
Kitgum municipality approves relocation of bus park to airfield
By Otim Moses Kitgum Municipal Council and the Kitgum Taxi Owners and Drivers Association (KITODA) have unanimously agreed to temporarily relocate the taxi park to Kitgum Airfield before 1st July 2025. During a stakeholder engagement held in the municipal boardroom…
9 April 2025, 6:46 pm
38-year-old drunk mother suffocates one-month-old baby in Orom
By Otim Moses A 38-year-old woman in Ladit Oywe village, Lolia parish, Orom subcounty, Chua East constituency in Kitgum district, is expected to live with a pricking conscience after reportedly suffocating her one-and-a-half-month-old baby to death on Tuesday night. The…