Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kitgum district have arrested a 54-year-old man for allegedly battering her own daughter to death. Geoffrey Okot, a resident of Ocubu Latara village in Koch Parish, Labongo Amida sub-county reportedly killed her daughter on Sunday evening from his home in the …
Read More »Tailors tap profits from homemade cloth masks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local tailors in Kitgum Municipality are reaping big from selling reusable homemade cloth masks thanks to recent government directives on mass use of masks. President Yoweri Museveni during his recent address recommended that everyone should wear a mask as a way of controlling the spread …
Read More »Installation of CCTV cameras starts in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have commenced the installation of closed-circuit cameras in Kitgum municipality. The project which was halted due to the Covid-19 commenced over the weekend. It is part of the countrywide plan to install surveillance cameras to curb rates of urban crimes. Kitgum Resident …
Read More »LDUs in Kitgum unhappy over delayed salary payment
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local defense Unit (LDU) personnel in Kitgum district are unhappy about delayed payment of their salaries, security officials in the district have revealed. More than 100 LDUs currently stationed at Kitgum Central police station are providing security to aid the smooth enforcement of directives by …
Read More »Vegetable farmers in Kitgum cash in amidst Covid-19 lockdown
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vegetable farmers in Kitgum district have remained relevant in business despite the COVID-19 lockdown. The government declared a national lockdown nearly a month ago as one of the measures to curb the spread of the virus. In Manwoko village, Labongo Amida sub-county, more than …
Read More »Cross border truck drivers banned from stopovers in Kitgum
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district COVID-19 taskforce has resolved to ban all cross-border truck drivers from making stopovers in the district. The resolution made during a weekly task-force meeting on Friday aims at curbing truck drivers from neighbouring East African countries from spreading the virus. This was in …
Read More »Large swarms of desert locusts causing havoc Northern Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Large swarms of immature adult desert locusts have invaded the three districts of Kitgum, Agago and Pader all in East Acholi. The destructive locusts reportedly entered the region from the neighbouring Abim district in Karamoja region on Tuesday morning. The Kitgum Resident District Commissioner …
Read More »Kitgum Hospital runs out of protective gear
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum General Hospital in northern Uganda has run out of protective equipment (PPE) for health workers. Dr Geoffrey Okello, Kitgum General Hospital acting Medical Superintendent says protective equipment especially masks delivered by government in the fourth quarter have run out. He made the revelation …
Read More »Locals fear that COVID-19 control measures could drive them into poverty
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Locals in rural and urban communities in Kitgum district are worried that the outbreak of coronavirus in the country and its resultant negative effects on the economy may see them into abject poverty. Their fears have been compounded by stringent directives by the government …
Read More »Patients in Kitgum shun health facilities
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Major health facilities in Kitgum municipality have reported a decline in the number of patients in the wake of the coronavirus disease outbreak in the country. Dr Geoffrey Okello, the Kitgum General Hospital acting medical superintendent says the numbers have reduced significantly following reports …
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