Tag Archives: Lira

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Soroti and Lira have expressed mixed reactions to the immediate operationalization of both cities. In April, Parliament approved the creation of 15 cities which would start operations in a phased manner. The cities that would take effect July 1 are Fort Portal, Masaka, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at Lira central police station have charged two men on allegations of assaulting two traffic police officers. The two reportedly beat up the traffic officers Emmanuel Tumuhibise and Thomas Kamusiime who were carrying out their duties on Saturday in Ngetta along Kigtum-Lira road. …

  Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng is in the spotlight on social media after several posts showed her in a gathering of people without a face mask. Nearly all the people she was interacting with, did not have masks on. Criticism of …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira municipal council has threatened to halt tarmacking of boundary road after a section of residents threatened to sue the municipal authorities for allegedly trespassing on their land. The road which stretches from Lango College in Adyel division to Ngetta road in Railways division …

  Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira district COVID-19 taskforce is seeking for 97 million shillings to fence the gazetted parking space for truck drivers. In April, the Minister of Trade and Cooperatives put in place stopover centres for truck drivers in a move aimed at fighting the spread …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ICT and National Guidance State Minister Peter Ogwang wants the increasing number of South Sudanese nationals in Lira during the lockdown investigated. He issued the directives while meeting members of the Lira district Covid-19 taskforce in Lira on Monday. During the meeting, the Lira …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Adwila Primary School in Lira district has set tough conditions for the District Covid-19 Task Force to utilize the school playground as a parking area for transit truck drivers. It comes after the Lira district Covid-19 Task Force gazetted Adwila Primary School …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of people on Tuesday morning flocked markets in Lira town to purchase food after President Museveni ordered a two-week nationwide lockdown in a bid to combat further spread of the deadly coronavirus. By 9 am, both village and town dwellers were seen in …

  Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Tuberculosis Day celebrations slated for March 24th in Lira district have been postponed. Government and health experts at Lira district health department decided the celebrations are postponed after President Yoweri  Kaguta Museveni last week banned all public gatherings to avoid the …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lira Diocese Catholic Bishop has suspended fasting among the congregation on grounds that the body immunity has to be built so they remain strong to fight the COVID_ 19 disease. Rt. Rev. Sanctus Lino Wanok, the Bishop of Lira Diocese made the pronouncement …