Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo Chigamoyi has cautioned Members of Parliament and Acholi elites against inciting violence in Apaa Township. Owiny Dollo warned that everyone should desist from preaching and inciting violence among the people in a move to avenge rights violence and …
Read More »Acholi MPs disagree over planned nude protests in Apaa
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from the Acholi sub region have disagreed over a proposal by Apaa Township residents to undress in protest over the conflict in Apaa. Gilbert Olanya, the Kilak South Member of Parliament proposed that the solution to the armed conflicts and violence …
Read More »Speak up against impunity, LOP tells Acholi
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Mathias Mpuuga has challenged cultural and religious leaders to speak up against human rights violations in the country. Mpuuga started off his outreach programme on Friday, 22 October 2021, with meetings with religious leaders under the Acholi …
Read More »Acholi leaders issue ultimatum to nomadic Balalo roaming the region
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Acholi have issued a 14 days ultimatum to nomadic Balalo grazing livestock in the region without requisite authorization to register their presence with local leaders or face expulsion. The latest move by the leaders aims at reaffirming a rigid standpoint in a bid …
Read More »Ghosts infiltrate Acholi war debt claimant’s compensation list
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Acholi sub-region are puzzled by hundreds of ghost names that have infiltrated the Attorney General’s registers for war claimants. The ghost claimants are part of the names that have been verified by the government through the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs due …
Read More »Gov’t to compensate Acholi war claimants UGX 1million for each animal
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi war debt claimants will be compensated one million up from 600,000 Shillings for each head of cattle lost in a revised rate pronounced by the Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi on Wednesday. Government has so far verified a total of 16,946 claimants in Acholi. …
Read More »Ministry of Education directs Gulu College of Health Sciences to reopen
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu College of Health Sciences will reopen next week, two weeks after it was closed following a strike. On September 9, more than 300 students of the College protested against the new fees structure levied by Management. According to the structure, Diploma certificate private-sponsored …
Read More »Acholi region registers 2,006 maternal deaths in 18 months
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in the Acholi Sub Region have asked parents to support pregnant teenage girls to attend all cycles of antenatal care to avoid deaths and birth complications. According to records obtained from the different health facilities across the region; 2,006 maternal deaths …
Read More »New cotton price excites farmers in Acholi sub region
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cotton farmers in the Acholi sub-region are excited with the new price of cotton that has hit 2,000 Shillings. Recently, the Cotton Development Organization-CDO announced an indicative price of shillings 2,000 for a kilogram of cotton. The indicative price helps to regulate the price at …
Read More »Two killed as Acholi fight Madi over land in Apaa
Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been killed in renewed tribal clashes between the Acholi community in Apaa township and Madi people from neighboring Adjumani district. Local authorities say an unspecified number of Madi assailants armed with machetes crossed Juka river into Goro B on Sunday with an …
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