Tag Archives: Omoro

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The father of a nineteen year old is seeking answers from police in Omoro for allegedly battering his son while in custody. Patrick Chard Kitara, a resident of Orapwoyo sub county in Omoro district accused police of Omoro central police station of battering Innocent Ojok …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliamentary candidates in Omoro district have focused their campaigns on addressing the plights of children with nodding syndrome in the area. Many cases of nodding disease have been reported in Odek sub county. According to records, there are more than 200 children affected by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Omoro and neighbouring Oyam district are counting losses following price fluctuations of beans and maize grains. It follows the bumper harvest of the crops and the rush by farmers to make quick cash ahead of the festive season. Barbara Piloya, a farmer in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has fulfilled a pledge to support sub county NRM chairpersons and youth groups in Gulu and Omoro districts. The President had pledged 10 million Shillings, a pair of oxen and an ox-plough to each of the NRM sub-county chairpersons in the districts. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition and Gulu Woman MP Betty Aol Ochan has this morning been involved in an accident in Bobi town, Omoro district. Aol was traveling in her official LOP vehicle registration number UG0346H from Gulu to Kampala in the company of her …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has handed over 20 million Shillings to Omoro district task force for coronavirus (COVID-19). The money was part of the controversial 10 billion government supplementary budget allocated to Parliament as facilitation to the lawmakers to conduct public …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Omoro district is seeking for shillings 1.9 billion for the repair of 203 nonfunctional boreholes. The broken boreholes are mainly in Koro, Lakwana, Odek, Lalogi, Orapwoyo and Tochi sub counties among others. The district officials say some of them broke down four years ago and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Koro sub county in Omoro district are in panic following the delayed response by security personnel to remove two bombs discovered in the area. The two bombs include mortar explosive shells that are suspected to have been left behind by fighters of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A muti-million Nodding disease care centre built in 2012 in Omoro district is deserted. The center that was built for treating and rehabilitating nodding disease victims has been left in the care of two guards, who have gone several months without pay. Found in …