Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of teachers and support staff from learning institutions are flocking selected vaccination sites in Kitgum district as mandatory COVID-19 vaccination commences. The vaccination is in line with the health ministry’s directives to pave way for a full reopening of schools, and is being …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district has registered up to 4,767 cases of teenage pregnancies within a period of two and half years. According to statistics from the district probation office, the majority of the cases were registered in 2019 before the government instituted the first lockdown following the …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first phase of construction of roads in Kitgum municipality has been commissioned, thanks to the World Bank-funded Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development programme (USMID). The work valued at 16.1 billion Shillings covers a total of seven roads crossing through 2.89 kilometers in the …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A ten year urban physical development plan for Kitgum municipality is in the final phase of approval at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development according to municipal officials. Kitgum municipality with three divisions of Pager, Central and Pandwong last developed it’s physical development …
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Kitgum , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Locals in Namokora, Orom and Mucwini sub-county have been told to evacuate the areas around Palokok forest as armed men from South Sudan have reportedly invaded the area and are beating and abducting people. Francis Okello, a resident of Namokora sub-county says that the beating and abductions …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herds of elephants have strayed from Kidepo Valley National park into community farmlands in Orom sub-county, Kitgum district. The elephants reportedly invaded three parishes of Gule, Lungayura and Lolwa in early June according to reports from local authorities. Orom sub-county chairperson Johnson Todera Acellam says …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Environment Beatrice Atim Anywar has donated five million Shillings to the Kitgum district COVID-19 taskforce to facilitate payment of risk allowances for health workers. Anywar says the intervention follows concerns by the district COVID-19 taskforce and health workers who had gone for …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anxiety has gripped residents of the four villages of Manwoko North, Manwoko South, Gang-Lela and Addis-Ababa in Labongo Amida sub county, Kitgum district following an invasion of crocodiles in their community valley dam. The Labongo Amida sub county LCIII chairperson Geoffrey Komakech Alulu confirms the …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security in Kitgum district has launched a crackdown against owners of pick-up trucks and cargo vehicles violating the restrictions instituted to curb the further spread of the coronavirus in the country. Kitgum Resident District Commissioner, William Komakech says the move follows reports that some cargo …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Municipal Council has signed a contract with a Chinese firm, China Railway 18 Bureau Group Co Ltd for the construction of seven roads stretching 2.8 kilometres within the municipality. The 12-month contract valued at 16.6 Billion Shillings was signed on Thursday last week and …
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