Kalongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A light aircraft carrying UPDF soldiers has crash landed in Kalongo Town Council, Agago District. The incident happened on Friday at around 11:30 am at Bardege Cell, near Kalongo Airstrip runaway. Elijah Olaa LCIII Chairperson Kalongo Town Council said that the Aircraft Skyvan category …
Read More »Gen. Muhoozi donates 274 cattle to Agago residents
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The advisor of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Special Operations Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has donated 274 animals to livestock owners in Agago as compensation for the animals they lost to suspected Karamojong raiders. Muhooozi made the pledge in March during his visit to Coodong Village, …
Read More »Karamojong attacks affecting NGO activities in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and Development Partners operating in Agago district have reported that continuous attacks by Karamojong warriors are adversely affecting the implementation of their activities. Over the past year, the Karamojong have carried out several raids on livestock and attacks on locals, prompting many …
Read More »Agago livestock farmers flee to Pader in fear of Karamojong cattle raids
Agago , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of livestock farmers in Agago District have been forced to migrate to Pader following persistent cross-border attacks by suspected armed Karamojong cattle rustlers. Robert Okidi, the LCIII Chairperson of Ajali Sub-County in Agago district, said the livestock farmers have in the last …
Read More »AGAGO: UPDF verifies owners of recovered animals
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF 5th Division in Agago district is still verifying locals who turned up to claim more than 3,000 animals they recently recovered. The animals which include 2,799 cattle, 360 goats and sheep, and 27 donkeys were recovered during operations conducted from November …
Read More »AGAGO: Three arrested for killing UPDF soldiers
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three suspects have been arrested in connection to the death of four soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF in Agago district. The soldiers were killed in two separate attacks last month, from Paimol and Omiya Pachwa sub-counties in Agago district, by suspected cattle rustlers from …
Read More »Farmers given two months to vacate wetlands in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Agago have been given two months to stop farming in wetlands. The ultimatum was issued by the deputy RDC of Agago District, Susan Akot, after more than 20 farmers in Patongo Sub-County complained to her that their crops were being destroyed by roaming animals. …
Read More »Karamojong warriors shot one dead in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Agago district have launched an investigation into the shooting of a farmer by suspected Karamojong warriors. Peter Ochieng, 24, was shot dead in his home in Lamwor village, Lapyem parish, Adilang town council on Sunday night. Bernard Adamson Olanya who reported the …
Read More »Agago district bans livestock mov’t over Foot and Mouth Disease
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Agago district have imposed a ban on the movement of cattle due to a suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD. The affected areas are; Lapono, Lukole, Ajali and Parabongo sub-counties, where the disease has been reported and dozens of cattle have died. …
Read More »MTN bicycle race held as fight against teenage pregancies in Acholi stepped up
Aruu MP Christopher Komakech, clan leaders join to fight teenage pregnancies as MTN sponsored- bicycle races are held in Pader, Agago districts Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda-sponsored Acholi Heritage Bicycle Races were over the weekend held in Pader and Agago districts as the Acholi Chiefdom seeks to eliminate …
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