Tag Archives: Gulu

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district has received 4,000 Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine doses. Jackson Lakor, the Gulu District Production Officer says that the vaccines from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries will target cattle in the most affected areas in Palaro and Awach sub counties. …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For fear of delayed justice and reproach from tormentors, several torture victims in Acholi are silently enduring painful life experiences that resulted from encounters with cruel security personnel. Many of them are victims of the high rate of crime, land evictions that involve …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A sh1.5 Billion hatchery centre in Northern Uganda is yet to be used twelve years after it was established. The centre located in Laliya parish in Bardege-Laroo division in Gulu City was established in 2008 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu city is yet to utilize the 201.2 million shillings Covid-19 supplementary budget. The budget was approved on July 14 by councilors. According to the breakdown, 51.2 million shillings was allocated to the 128 village Covid-19 taskforces, 90 million shillings for travels, surveillance and data …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu has registered up to 4,477 cases of teenage pregnancies within a period of eighteen months. Statistics from Gulu city and district probation departments indicate that the cases were registered between January 2020 and June 2021. The victims are from the twelve sub-counties constituting Gulu …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City residents of Congolese origin are struggling to access services due to the lack of Uganda’s National Identity cards. There are more than one hundred Congolese who have for the last twenty-years settled in the different parts of Gulu with the majority in Bardege-Layibi …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hailstorm has destroyed more than 10,000 acres of crops and several houses in Gulu district. The destruction followed the heavy downpour on Wednesday accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms. The most affected are Lukome, Lukodi, Lagot Icol, Panyikworo, Nen Ki Tyena, Laco Anga and Ayom …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu District Local Government leaders have decried the narrow local revenue that is affecting service delivery following the start of the new financial year 2021/2022. After Gulu municipality attained a city status on July 1st 2020, Gulu District Local Government shifted its base to Awach …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University has said that they are ready to conduct clinical trials for Covilyce-1, a herbal medicine. A clinical trial is a stage where experiments are conducted to obtain sufficient evidence that a drug can be considered effective as a medical treatment. Three weeks ago, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some families in Acholi are still hopeful they will see their loved ones who are still missing from the two-decade-long armed conflict in Northern Uganda 15 years ago. Between 1986 and 2006, it is estimated that the LRA rebels led by Joseph Kony abducted …