Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people were on Thursday evening knocked dead by a police truck in Nwoya district. The incident happened at Agung village, Anaka sub–county along the Packwach–Karuma highway when a motorcycle registration number UEV 202X on which they were riding joined the highway and collided with …
Read More »Delayed electric fencing of Murchison Falls National Park fueling human-wildlife conflict
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed electric fencing of Murchison Falls National Park has increased human-wildlife conflict in Nwoya district. Last year in October, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) announced that it would install 30 kilometers of low voltage electric fencing in major human-wildlife conflict hotspots in Murchison Falls …
Read More »Five police officers charged for siphoning fuel in Nwoya
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aswa river region police has arrested and charged five of its officers attached to Integrated Highway Outpost in Nwoya district for discreditable conduct. They include No 31093 Sergeant Brian Okello Sadik; No 56398 Corporal Caesar Dragudu, No 37359 Constable Albert Oven, No 50449 Constable Christopher …
Read More »Gov’t earmarks UGX 19 Bn to construct fruit processing factory in Nwoya
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services – NAADS has earmarked UGX 19 billion to construct a fruit processing factory in Nwoya district. The project whose main objective is to add value to the abundant fruits in the district and the entire region is …
Read More »Mediterranean fruit flies ravage citrus gardens in Nwoya
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The mediterranean fruit flies, have ravaged citrus gardens in Nwoya district. The flies cause the fruits to turn yellow and drop early. Among the affected sub-counties are Lungulu; Kochgoma, Lii, Alero, Purongo and Anaka – which has left a section of farmers counting losses. …
Read More »Kingdom Rice to help fill Uganda’s 200,000 tonnes deficit
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called upon Ugandans to adapt commercial agriculture. Speaking at the commissioning of the FOL Rice Farm in Lamoki village, Anaka Sub- County, Nwoya district in Acholi Sub-Region on Saturday, the President said that Ugandans needed to understand the difference between …
Read More »Oil and gas boom in 2017
Setting up an oil refinery remains a big headache for the country’s oil and gas resources Optimism is the mood as the countdown to Uganda’s first oil continues and pressure mounts on the government to put in place critical infrastructure necessary for oil production in four years. “The government should …
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