Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five government officials in Arua district spent the night in police cells on charges of causing financial loss of close to Sh99 million. The suspects are Israel Echoku, the Arua district Principal Human Resource Officer, Natal Opima, a senior Accounts Assistant, and three retired …
Read More »Police recover stolen gun in Arua City
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua City have recovered a gun which was stolen from a security guard last month. The gun UG PSO 56S4100025-13238 was stolen from a night security guard deployed at Stabex Fuel Station in Awindiri Ward, by unknown people. Josephine Angucia, the West …
Read More »‘Private land ownership frustrating public projects’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private land ownership during implementation of public projects is frustrating plans to adopt physical development plans for Gulu and Arua City. Government working with Global Green Growth Institute-GGGI developed plans for the two cities in a bid to promote organized development and avoid challenges …
Read More »Patients denied treatment in Arua hospital over lack of smartphones
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several patients seeking health services at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in the West Nile Region are being denied treatment due to lack of smartphones. The most affected patients are those seeking radiology services like X-ray and computerized tomography CT scan at the Out-Patients Department (OPD). …
Read More »Mob lynches suspected armed boda boda robbers in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A mob on Wednesday lynched two suspected armed thugs at Alikua trading center in Ajia sub-county, Arua District. It is alleged that the two yet-to-be-identified men who were dressed in a UPDF uniform and armed with an AK 47 rifle robbed a motorcycle from …
Read More »Arua hospital medics alarmed by high acute malnutrition cases
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Arua Regional Referral hospital are concerned about increasing cases of acute malnutrition among children. Acute malnutrition is a form of under nutrition caused by a decrease in food consumption or illness that results in sudden weight loss. Often children with acute malnutrition …
Read More »ARUA: City plans for a recycling plant to tackle plastic waste
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT l Arua City Council plans to establish a plastic waste recycling plant. The plant is part of the one-year inclusive climate action project funded by the Global Cities Fund (GCF) for Migrants and Refugees, under the Mayor’s Migration Council (MMC), a mayor-led advisory and advocacy organization. …
Read More »ARUA: Museveni orders probe into market lockup allocation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) to investigate irregularities in the allocation of lockups and stalls at Arua central Market. While addressing a public rally at the West Nile golf ground in Arua City on Wednesday, Museveni said …
Read More »Residents boo Nankabirwa over delayed extension of power to West Nile
Arua , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Arua City have booed Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development over the delayed connection of the West Nile region to the national grid. Speaking at a function on Tuesday to welcome the President at the start of his …
Read More »Review criteria for creation of new cities – West Nile leaders
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political and opinion leaders in Arua want Parliament to revisit the criteria for creating new cities arguing that the current method is promoting divisions and tribal conflicts. This was during a meeting with the Opposition Members of Parliament led by the Leader of Opposition, …
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