Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 36-year-old poacher who went missing inside Murchison Falls National Park in Nwoya district has been found dead. Geoffrey Ongwech disappeared on Friday last week inside the National Park in Purongo sub county, where he had illegally entered with a colleague to check snares they …
Read More »Suspected foot and mouth outbreak being investigated in Nwoya
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Veterinary officials in Nwoya district are investigating the suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD. Suspected cases of the highly viral animal disease were reportedly registered at a livestock farm in Nyamokino parish, Lungulu sub-county, according to local officials. Alfred Kilama, the Nwoya District Agricultural Officer …
Read More »Nwoya recovers UGX 100 Million missing PDM funds
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nwoya district has so far recovered 101 million Shillings from technical staff accused of diverting funds for the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM). The recovery of the funds follows an ultimatum issued late last month by Joveline Kalisa, the Deputy National Coordinator for …
Read More »GULU: Survivors speak on accident that claimed lives of 4 traders
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Survivors of a nasty motor vehicle accident that claimed four lives and left 32 people injured in Gulu City on Monday evening have started recounting their recollections of the fatal crash. The accident involved a Canter truck registration number UBF 743B which overturned with …
Read More »Nwoya district officials given one week ultimatum to refund PDM funds
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six staff of Nwoya district Local Government have been given an ultimatum of one week to refund 170 million Shillings they diverted for the implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM. The officials were implicated early last month following an internal audit that revealed 170 million …
Read More »Sh208 million for Parish Development Model ‘missing’ in Nwoya
Anti-corruption Unit Investigates Missing UGX 208M PDM Fund In Nwoya Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit is investigating how Sh208 million that was meant for the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM) in Nwoya district was diverted to other activities. This is part of …
Read More »Nwoya district struggles to recover PDM funds diverted by civil servants
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nwoya district is struggling to recover millions of shillings under the Parish Development Model (PDM) that were diverted by civil servants. According to an investigation conducted last month, 208 million shillings was found to have been diverted by civil servants in the district for other activities …
Read More »UPDF soldier, land broker wanted over forceful eviction of Nwoya residents
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Nwoya district are hunting for a Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF soldier and a land broker over allegations of violently evicting dozens of locals from a contested land in Lungulu sub-county. It is reported that the suspects masterminded the violent eviction of a …
Read More »Prisons commander collapses, dies in Nwoya lodge
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Nwoya district are probing the sudden death of Charles Ochakacon, the Division Prisons Commander attached to Amuru and Nwoya districts. The 54-year-old officer reportedly collapsed and died moments later on Thursday evening at Continental bar and lodge in Purongo town council, Nwoya district. …
Read More »UEGCL commissions new facilities in Nwoya, Kiryandongo districts
| THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd (UEGCL) has commissioned the newly constructed school facilities at Purongo Primary School and Diima Primary school in Nwoya and Kiryandongo Districts respectively. Nwoya and Kiryandongo are among the three districts besides Oyam hosting 600MW Karuma Hydropower Dam on River Nile. The …
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