Tag Archives: Moroto

  Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 55 groups from Moroto district have been cleared to access financial support under Emyooga program. The groups which received about 1.9 Billion Shillings in May have not been able to access the resources due to failure by the district to organize capacity …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top police management has suspended the Moroto District Criminal Investigations Officer Robert Byayo, on allegations of defying lawful orders. Byayo’s suspension letter arrived in Moroto on Sunday evening shortly after his release on police bond. Trouble for Byayo started when he released 496 bags …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buying more than 5 chapatis in Moroto district could land someone in trouble. Both the police and sister agencies have decided to arrest and interrogate anyone found buying more than five chapatis as they intensify their hunt for cattle rustlers in the ongoing disarmament exercise. …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 195 warriors have been arrested for illegal possession of firearms across Karamoja sub-region since the second forceful disarmament exercise began on July 19th, 2021. The suspects are locked at the 3rd Division UPDF headquarters in Moroto town pending trial in the Court Martial. The …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have stormed a storage facility at Kosiroi in Moroto district along the Uganda-Kenya border where a businessman has been repackaging Ugandan sugar in paper bags labelled Kenyan sugar. They impounded 250 bags packaged under Kabaras Sugar Factory, a Kenyan based sugar factory. The …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Moroto municipality are excited after receiving food relief from the government amidst the nationwide lockdown and crop failure caused by prolonged drought. The area Member of Parliament Francis Adome Lorika delivered the food relief to assist food-insecure households in the municipality. The Office …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ring leader in Moroto prison break has been captured. A joint disarmament operation conducted by the UPDF and police captured the wanted convict yesterday in Kotido district. Lokolikau Lochu, a resident of Katap village in Meriria parish, Kotido North division was arrested with an …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Moroto and Kotido districts are struggling to contain COVID-19 patients who test positive but are out roaming in the streets of the towns. The problem according to experts is caused by the fact that most facilities in the region do not have isolation …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The continuous death of hundreds of fish in Kobebe multi billion dam in Moroto district has thrown many pastoralists in the region in panic. Hundreds of fish which the Ministry of Agriculture in conjunction with National Agriculture Research Organisation -NARO put in the dam to …

The Moroto District Police Commander Abel Barugahare has linked the killing of Napeyok to the arrest of Moru Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The communities in Moroto continue to live in fear as gunmen continue raiding villages in the town, killing people in what appears to be targeted killings. On …