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Uganda lost Sh25 billion to vandalism, power theft in 2020

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Government through the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited -UEDCL made a loss of sh25.5billion in 2019/2020 financial year due to vandalism and power theft.  UEDCL operates various businesses like leasing out electricity distribution infrastructure to UMEME, electricity pole plant operations and electricity distribution in eight …

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Suspected African Swine fever kills over 30 pigs in Gulu

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected African swine fever has killed over 30 pigs in Gulu district. The most affected are the farmers of Pagik parish in Paicho sub–county. Geoffrey Okot, a piggery farmer at Pagik parish says that the disease was first detected in late February but has since …

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UPDF to accord former Gulu RDC Lapolo gun salute

The army will accord the deceased RDC a gun salute at his memorial service on March 13, 2021 at his ancestral home Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF is to accord the former Gulu Resident District Commissioner, Major Santos Okot Lapolo a gun salute almost two months …

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Schools in Gulu struggle to operate as parents fail to pay fees

Schools are struggling to operate effectively with pending fees arrears from students and parents Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in Gulu city have decried financial difficulties due to uncollected fees from students sitting the Uganda Certificate of Education – UCE exams. In 2019, the First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni …

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Mentally impaired man kills mother in Gulu

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A mentally impaired man has killed his mother in Gulu district. Michael Tolit, a resident of Bardege Parish, Bardege –Layibi division in Gulu city reportedly stubbed Roselyn Acan, 48, three times using a knife on Thursday night at around 11:30 pm. Patrick Lumumba Oola, the …

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38 motorcycles stolen in Gulu city in two months

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-eight motorcycles have been stolen in Gulu city in the last two months according to Gulu City Boda Boda Motorcycle Association. George Teka-kwo, the Head of Enforcement under Gulu City Boda Boda Motorcycle Association says some of the riders lost the motorcycles to robbers …

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UCE candidates in Gulu bothered by failure to complete syllabus

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) candidates in Gulu district are bothered by the failure to complete the O’level syllabus before the start of their final examinations this week. The learners were disrupted when schools were closed in March 2020, as coronavirus disease paralysed the world …

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Gulu city gets 41 billion shillings for road works

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has allocated 41 billion shillings to Gulu city for road construction under the Uganda Support for Municipal Infrastructural Development- USMID project. Edward Kiwanuka, the Gulu city town clerk says that the fund will construct more than 7 roads in the city totaling 7.788 …

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