Tag Archives: Kitgum

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Environment Beatrice Anywar faces a stiff challenge to retain the Kitgum municipality parliamentary seat. Four candidates will contest against Anywar for the seat. They are Henry Kissinger Oryem, who was narrowly defeated by Anywar in the NRM primary elections now contesting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district council has passed the charcoal control and management ordinance aimed at regulating the production, transportation and marketing of charcoal. The bill was passed on Friday in honour of the former Kitgum district vice chairperson Billy Graham Odongkara who died in September. Odongkara was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 550 primary seven candidates have failed to report back to school in Kitgum district. According to data obtained by the district education department, 292 are boys while 234 are girls. The Kitgum District Inspector of Schools Bitek Okot says the statistics were obtained …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Access to clean water sources within rural communities in Kitgum district has continued to persist. This is revealed in a recent report on Water and Sanitation from the district local government indicating some 17,913 people in 62 villages across the district are living without safe …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM party supporters in Lamwo and Kitgum districts have asked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to consider fulfilling his past pledges to the sub region. This is part of the demands in the memorandum endorsed by NRM chairpersons from various districts in the region …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district council sectoral committee on production has drafted an ordinance to regulate the production, transportation and marketing of charcoal. The draft is in line with the resolution of the Joint Acholi Sub-Region Leader’s Forum-JASLF, which drafted the Acholi Sustainable Charcoal Production and Marketing Bill …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have declined to grant the National Unity Platform-NUP party presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi permission to campaign in Kitgum Municipality. Kyagulanyi’s agents had booked Christ the King playgrounds for their campaigns and informed security as required. He was scheduled to campaign in Kitgum Municipality …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district has halted the Emyooga program in the sub-counties of Orom, Namokora, Omiya Anyima and Mucwini all in Chua East constituency. Early this week, the office of the Resident District Commissioner and the District Commercial officer commenced the process of electing executives for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district local government has allocated 325 Million Shillings for provision of clean water in the nine sub-counties. The money from the sector development grant is expected to be used for sinking and constructing ten new deep boreholes and rehabilitation of ten other broken …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district has received 15,352 face masks from the Ministry of Health for candidates and finalists in primary, secondary schools and tertiary institutions. The face masks were delivered in fulfillment of a pledge made by the Ministry of Education to aid learners as classes …