Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Amuru are hunting for ringleaders of yet another youth group accused of terrorizing residents in the district. Code-named ‘Mac Wangi’, an Acholi phrase that loosely translates as ‘Fire Burns You’, the errant youth have been waylaying residents, raping girls and breaking into …
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Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of the contested Apaa want the government to revoke their annexation to Adjumani district. Apaa is now considered part of Adjumani district after a map drawn by the British imperialists in 1911 found the contested area that is home to over 10,000 residents part …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district security committee has launched an operation against unlawful roadblocks being operated by local leaders along major roads. This follows rampant complaints of extortion the police have recorded from the business community dealing in produce, livestock and charcoal among others of local leaders impersonating …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents have vandalized Buffalo Camp, a local tourism site around Amuru hotspring in Amuru district belonging to the former Aruu South legislator Samuel Odonga Otto. Close to 150 residents stormed Buffalo Camp that is found in Amuru town council on Tuesday this week and uprooted 500 …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru sub county in Amuru district has registered 170 cases of teenage pregnancies within 35 days of the second lockdown. This was established in a survey conducted by the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Uganda, a non-governmental organization in partnership with Amuru sub county …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An elderly couple in Amuru district has lost one million six hundred and fifteen thousand shillings after being damaged by termites. Seventy-five-year-old Bicentina Alal and her 80-year-old husband Tito Okema have been saving money in a metallic case for over three years. The couple lives …
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Amuru RDC Geoffrey Oceng Osborn has banned feeding mourners at funerals saying they become uncontrollable during meals thus increasing risks of infection Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district taskforce has with immediate effect banned music systems and feeding of mourners at funerals as one of the measures to curb the …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district Covid-19 taskforce has stopped all medical workers who skipped vaccination against coronavirus from accessing health facilities. The Covid-19 taskforce arrived at the decision on Tuesday and will start enforcing it on Friday this week. The Resident District Commissioner, Geoffrey Osborn Ocheng, who also …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district health department has resorted to door to door delivery of the life-prolonging Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to people living with HIV following the suspension of public transport. The door to door campaign will benefit more than 3,000 people living with HIV in hard to …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Amuru district have arrested three suspected criminal gang members for allegedly attacking the Amuru Resident District Commissioner. The suspects are Bitek Okot, 20, Denise Onen,19, and Lawrence Onencan Owachi,18, all residents of Torokal village, Amuru sub county in Amuru district. They allegedly …
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