Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A landlord in Kitgum municipality has returned the money paid by the National Unity Platform-NUP to establish an office on his premises citing intimidation from security. NUP reportedly paid Shillings 400,000 in August as two month’s rent to Bosco Oloya Oboni, a businessman in …
Read More »Kitgum quarantine centers closed over lack of funds
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district taskforce has closed down all coronavirus quarantine centers over lack of funds. The quarantine centers are Pandwong health center III and St Joseph’s Hospital all in Kitgum municipality which hasve been closed for the past two weeks and one month respectively. They were …
Read More »Kitgum gets back its Shs 8.1 billion from treasury for infrastructure
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum municipal council has received back 8.1 billion shillings for the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructural Development programme [USMID] fund that it had returned to the treasury in June this year. The money is part of 11.5 billion shillings World Bank funded USMID cash the …
Read More »Kitgum vegetable farmers counting losses
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vegetable farmers in Manwoko village in Labongo Amida sub county in Kitgum district are counting losses due to persistent floods, pests and disease outbreaks. At least 90 farmers drawn from 15 different groups are involved in vegetable growing using Akworo small scale irrigation scheme …
Read More »Kitgum taskforce to regulate movement of prison staff due to Covid-19
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district COVID-19 taskforce committee is seeking to regulate the movement of all prison officials in the community over increasing cases of COVID-19 in prison facilities. This follows test results released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday indicating a total of 76 inmates at …
Read More »Hundreds of Kitgum voters miss NRM primary elections
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of registered National Resistance Movement-NRM party members in Kitgum district have missed participating in today’s primary elections. In polling stations within and outside the municipality, a number of those who were supposed to vote after verifying their names earlier missed the exercise while others …
Read More »Kitgum restricts access to district headquarters as four staff test positive for Covid-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district local government has imposed restrictions on public access to the district headquarters due to increased cases of COVID-19 among civil servants. The Chief Administrative Officer Martin Jacan Gwokto says that the restriction will help to curb the spread of the virus amidst …
Read More »Maternity home closed after eight staff test positive for COVID-19
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district COVID-19 taskforce has ordered for the immediate closure of Kitgum maternity home, a private health facility in central division after eight of its health workers tested positive for COVID-19. The health workers are part of 17 people who tested positive for …
Read More »Security committee halts relief food distribution to teachers in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district security committee has stopped the distribution of food relief to private school teachers in the district by a group named Food for Teachers. The group had launched a fundraising drive to support teachers in 30 private schools and tertiary institutions in Kitgum …
Read More »Oryem, Anywar face competition from youth for Chua East, Kitgum municipality seats
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Youthful politicians in Kitgum district have sprung up to vie for political offices against old guards in the Chua East and Kitgum municipality in the 2021 general elections. Chua East county is currently represented by Foreign Affairs State Minister Henry Okello Oryem while the Kitgum …
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