Tag Archives: Gulu

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sign language interpreters from Gulu City and Amuru District have been equipped with skills to debunk misinformation and fake news circulated on social media spaces. Willy Chowoo, the Head of Training and Digital Content at Content Tech Media (CT Media) in Gulu city says …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has started operating a computerized tomography (CT) scan, nearly eight months after its installation at the facility. The Health Ministry delivered the machine in November last year but has been idle due to a lack of a specialist radiologist to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) through its HIV Prevention and Care Committee on June 12th at the office of the RSA Gulu, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Candlelight Memorial Day in commemoration of all lives lost …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Aruu County member of Parliament Samuel Odonga Otto has voluntarily handed himself to the Police. Otto walked to the Aswa River Region Police Headquarters in Gulu City Monday morning where police received him. This comes five days after the Police launched a manhunt …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Student leaders in higher learning institutions in Gulu have called on the private sector to invest in hostel facilities to address the shortage of accommodations for students from distant places. The newly elected Guild President of the East African Institute for Management Science, Stephen …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The China Road and Bridge Corporation, CRBC, has signed a contract with the government to rehabilitate the Tororo to Gulu section of the meter gauge railway line. This comes days after the company completed the rehabilitation of the Malaba-Tororo stretch which is now operational. …

Gulu , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Police in Gulu City have arrested the Kilak South Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya for allegedly inciting locals to loot charcoal. Olanya was arrested Tuesday from For-God Parish in Bardege-Layibi Division, outside Gulu City center. Police fired teargas during the arrest to …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to put an end to deforestation and fraudulent sale of land in the Northern Region, the elders and the UPDF, headed by Brigadier General Bonny, have teamed up to launch an initiative to sensitize the community on the dangers of environmental destruction and …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu health workers are suggesting a change in medicines that are being delivered for the treatment of HIV and Sexually transmitted infections (STIs). They say the government continues to supply Ciprofloxacin, an antibacterial prescription which was found to be less effective as a first-line treatment for …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit have arrested the Gulu City Council Principal Commercial Officer over alleged abuse of the Parish Development Model (PDM) fund. Nixon Atemo was reportedly picked up by Police on Thursday afternoon, hours after being grilled by detectives from the …