Tag Archives: Amuru

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 1,970 desks in various schools in Amuru district have been destroyed by vandals and termites. This is part of the findings by the district education and technical departments. The magnitude of destruction includes damaged covers, seats and stands, which require replacement. The assessments …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over a dozen Uganda People’s Defence Forces soldiers under the 71st Battalion in Okidi detach, Atiak sub county, Amuru district are homeless after a devastating fire razed down their huts. The fire reportedly began on Friday last week from a sugarcane plantation in Atiak sugar …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has destroyed an estimated 200 hectares of sugarcane under Atiak sugar factory, which belongs to Horyal Investments Company Limited in Amuru district. The fire believed to have been set by unknown people was first reported to the local authorities on Friday 10th. It escalated …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 3,200 girls in Amuru are not sure they will return to school due to teenage pregnancies and early marriages in the past year. The girls aged between 15 and 19 years were impregnated, eloped, or married off due to the nearly two years of …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has banned the movement of livestock in Amuru district. The Minister of State for Animal Industry, Lt. Col. Bright Rwamirama says that the directive follows complaints of illegal entry of livestock and invasion of the non-native herdsmen commonly known as balalo in the …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi leaders have threatened to pitch camp in the contested Apaa township between Adjumani and Amuru districts until the government finds a lasting solution to the land dispute in the area. The resolution was arrived at on Monday during a joint consultative meeting of the …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents want Apaa township turned into a semi-autonomous sub county to curb conflicts over ownership of the area. Ancestral ownership of Apaa township which borders Amuru and Adjumani districts measures approximately 42 square kilometres and is highly contested between the Madi of Adjumani and Acholi …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district authorities are demanding for the creation of a special security unit to curb trans boundary crimes across Uganda – South Sudan border. Michael Lakony, the Amuru district LC V chairperson says there is an escalation of organized crimes such as livestock and motor …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of banking services continues to frustrate the growth of businesses in Elegu township, the main point of entry to South Sudan through Amuru district. The town council has a population of 17,000 people with more than 500 of them engaged in cross-border trade. …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elegu port health in Amuru district has recorded a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 positive cases among travelers being tested at the Uganda South Sudan border. Last month, out of the 2,594 samples tested by the health team, 92 people mostly travelers and …