Tag Archives: Acholi

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Government Assurance and Implementation Committee have resolved to investigate irregularities surrounding livestock compensation. It follows queries over the ongoing livestock verification process, and methods of compensation which were presented to the Committee by Jackson Kafuuzi, the Deputy Attorney General. According …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Charcoal prices are fast rising in the Acholi sub-region with environmentalists warning that the trend could persist amidst the declining tree population. Ordinarily, charcoal has been relatively low in the region over the years with a sack previously selling between 15,000 to 25,000 Shillings. However …

🔴 Quarter Final – First Leg Acholi Province 2-1 Buganda Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Acholi Province Football team “Kodi Pa Lyeci” are through to the semi final stage of the on-going 2022 FUFA Drum Football tournament. The Acholi Province team defeated Buganda Province 2-1 in the first quarter final played …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has distributed 75 tons of sunflower and 500 tons of Soya beans to 22 cooperative societies in Lango and Acholi sub region. The oil seeds were distributed to cooperative societies from Lango sub region including Alito Joint Multipurpose Cooperative in …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of legislators from the Acholi sub-region have cautioned the government against providing further funding to Atiak Sugar Factory in Atiak sub county, Amuru district. This comes in the wake of the temporary closure of the sugar factory, barely two years after it commenced …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The appointment of Democratic Party President General Norbert Mao to serve as a minister in the government has stirred a wave of mixed reactions among leaders in the Acholi sub-region. Mao was appointed on Thursday by President Museveni as the Minister for Justice and Constitutional …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Acholi cultural chiefs has petitioned President Yoweri Museveni demanding monthly emoluments. The chiefs under Ker Kwaro Acholi alias the Acholi Cultural Institution, say that whereas other cultural heads are getting monthly payments from the government, they have been neglected yet they …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from Acholi sub-region have asked the government to support their people with relief aid as the region grapples with famine. The leaders say that while the government specifically plans to support the Karamoja region with relief aid, the region is also in dire need …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police has launched a motor vehicle maintenance workshop in the Acholi sub-region. Construction of the multi-million workshop by the police department of Logistics and Engineering lasted eight months. It becomes the third facility in the country after the one in Soroti and Mbarara cities. …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi cultural leaders are discouraging their subjects from fundraising for traditional marriage, saying it is behind the increasing cases of divorce in the sub-region. In the past in the Acholi tradition, a man was dependent on the leaders and elders of his lineage for marriage …