Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is high in Moroto district following a decision by Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema, the head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit to pitch camp in Karamoja. Information about Nakalema’s visit to Karamoja region started trickling in last week. Tension was already high by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines has cancelled the gold mining license for Jan Mangal Uganda Ltd, in Moroto district. This is the second mining lease to be cancelled in Moroto district in less than three years. Jan Mangal, a subsidiary of an Indian …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Numerous changes have occurred at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation- UBC radio in Moroto after one of the workers openly complained to President, Yoweri Museveni about the sorry state of radio. Jehoshaphat Jones Opong, a staff at UBC radio Moroto took advantage of the press …
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Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a somber mood in Moroto town following the death of Edward Athiyo, an elder and renown leader in Karamoja Sub region. Athiyo was pronounced dead on Friday morning at Seguku Hospital after succumbing to cardiac attack. The family says Athiyo has been battling …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The unreliability of the Uganda Broadcasting Cooperation- UBC radio station in Moroto district has surprised President Yoweri Museveni. Jones Othieno alias DJ Jones, a staff at the station told the president at Morulinga State Lodge on Moroto last night that the station, which serves Karamoja …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto District Council has maintained education and administration sectors as top priorities in their budget estimates for the 2019/2020 financial year. The 20.2 billion Shillings budget was approved by council on Wednesday. The education sector received an additional 500 million Shillings from the 5.2 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,700 people who registered for National Identity Cards-Ids in Moroto have not received them to questionable bio data their provided during the enrollment exercise. They include 623 children and 1,164 adults. The most affected are people from Rupa, Katikekile and Tapac Sub …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Ken Lochap, the Resident District Commissioner, Moroto has threatened to close all non- functional Non- Governmental Organizations-NGOs in the district. Lochap is concerned that while the district has registered about 80 NGOs, only a few are visible. He notes that a number of NGOs …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto District Local government has offered more than 228.1 hectares of land for the establishment of a cement factory amidst contests from the community. The decision to allocate the land to Uganda Development Cooperation-UDC and its partners TSAVO Engineers and Savanna Mines was reached during …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was charged with treason Friday at a court in the north-eastern Karamoja region where he was taken after his latest arrest, his lawyers said. Besigye has disputed President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in February’s election and has been under house arrest …
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