Tag Archives: Lango

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of volunteers in Lango and beyond have started collecting money to bail out 12 people who were arrested for violating the Covid-19 preventive guidelines. The 12 are part of 49 people who were arrested on April 9th, 2020 for breaching the nationwide curfew. …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plan International has diverted over Shillings 598 million from its planned activities to provide Personal Protective equipment-PPEs to districts in Lango region. The organisation has procured and distributed PPEs to Dokolo, Otuke, Lira, Alebtong, Kole, Kwania and Apac districts. The procured PPEs include 160 …

Lango, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 12 police officers have been arrested in Lango sub-region for allegedly torturing and extorting money from civilians during the implementation of the curfew. Three officers arrested from Otuke district include the OC Station Ogwete Police outpost Julius Ocen, Patrick Ameny and constable Boniface Owiny. …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of children born in captivity during Lords Resistant Army insurgency in Lango and Acholi have accused their clan heads of denying them access to customary land ownership. Some of them say their relatives show up during their traditional marriages claiming that they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Force- UPDF recruitment team in Lira has cautioned the political and public leaders in Lango against interfering with the ongoing recruitment process. The UPDF fourth division spokesperson Major Caesar Olweny says that a number of political leaders in the the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | About 130 farmers in Lango sub region who lost their crops and recorded poor harvest in the first season of 2019 have been compensated. The crops were affected by inconsistent rains and prolonged drought between the months of March and June. The affected farmers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has finally fulfilled some of his key pledges to the people in Lango sub region that he made about two years ago while touring the region. Some of the notable pledges that were delivered by Museveni on Friday this week include …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Human Rights Commission – UHRC has noted with concern the appalling conditions of children imprisoned alongside their mothers in prison facilities across districts in Acholi and Lango sub regions. The Commission cites awful conditions that the children are enduring including congestion in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Farmers in Lango sub-region have taken advantage of the early rains to plant crops. Previously planting season would begin with first rain in late January and continues until October when the rain would reduce before ushering dry season. But in the recent years, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 former Lord’s Resistance Army -LRA abductees in Lango sub-region are demanding for compensation from the government. The group under their umbrella, Lango Former LRA Captives and Returnees Association notes that most of them are in dire need for help, yet government …