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6 May 2024, 10:34 am
Transport fares surge as UNRA diverts traffic from faulty Karuma Bridge
By Denish Ongora Lira City Transport fares have increased drastically after the Uganda National Road Authority-UNRA suspended the use of Karuma Bridge by heavy vehicles due to a fault cited on the bridge. UNRA last week announced suspension on the…
16 May 2023, 7:10 pm
Lira CAO remanded to Luzira Prison
Lira district CAO, Ben Ogwete Otim (in suit) arriving at the Anti-Corruption Court By Denis Okello (denis.okello@vol.co.ug) Kampala. The Anti-Corruption Court has charged the embattled Lira District Chief Administrative Officer Ben Paul Ogwete Otim and remanded him to Luzira prison until…
3 April 2023, 9:21 am
Former Lira deputy town clerk arrested over illegal sale of Lira mayors’ garde…
By Denis Okello (denis.okello@vol.co.ug) The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has arrested the town clerk of Nebbi Municipality also the former deputy town clerk of Lira city council Patrick Ogweng over the sale of part of Lira mayors’ garden. The arrest…
31 March 2023, 1:46 pm
27 locals arrested over cultivation of contested Adero Quarantine land in Alebto…
By Isaac Okello (isaac.okello@vol.co.ug) Alebtong Security in Alebtong District has arrested 27 locals for cultivating the contested Adero Quarantine land in Awei Sub County that was offered by government to Uganda Prison services for farming. Alebtong District, Resident District Commissioner,…
23 March 2023, 8:29 pm
Court remands 17 year old girl who buried child alive
By Denis Okello (denis.okello@vol.co.ug) Otuke The grade one magistrates’ court of Otuke has remanded a 17 year old girl, a local of Ogwete Sub County in Otuke district who is accused of burying her new born baby boy alive. On…
17 March 2023, 3:07 pm
Gov’t to establish magistrates’ court in Bala Sub County Kole district
By Denish Ongora (denish.ongora@vol.co.ug) Lira Principal Judge Dr. Flavian Zeija has cautioned the public against offering bribes to fraudsters who sit around court premises with promise of helping them win court cases. Speaking at the Court Open Day held at…
6 March 2023, 7:45 pm
Three inmates escape from Alebtong government prison
By Denis Okello (denis.okello@vol.co.ug) Alebtong The Uganda prisons service has launched a hunt for three inmates who escaped from Alebtong Central government Prison. The Uganda prisons service spokesperson Frank Baine told Voice of Lango FM that a search for the…
27 February 2023, 7:38 pm
Court orders All Saints University, to pay Shs718 million to former staffs
By Isaac Okello The Industrial Court sitting in Lira city has ordered All Saints University, Lango to pay 718 million shillings to the university former staffs. The follows a case filed by 16 former staffs of All Saints University, Lango…