Tag Archives: Soroti

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There’s a somber mood in Soroti magisterial area over the demise of the Chief Magistrate, Margret Aanyu. Aanyu died in Kampala on Sunday where she was rushed after she was found unconscious in her home in Soroti on Friday. Aanyu, 54, was mother to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty four students of Midland High School in Kaberamaido District are admitted at Soroti Hospital following an accident on Thursday. Two students identified as Susan Alwedo and Peterson Ekimu died on the spot. The Senior Four and Six students were going to Jinja for …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-two residents of Soroti City have been sentenced to one week of community service or face six months of imprisonment for causing a public nuisance. The Soroti Grade One Magistrate, Nause Tumuhimbise, convicted the accused individuals on Tuesday based on their own guilty pleas. …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic was paralysed along the busy Lira-Soroti highway this morning after a fuel tanker overturned and caught fire. The fuel Tanker registration number SSD 321V/ SSD 320V carrying an unspecified quantity of fuel belonging to Narus Company Ltd in Kenya was traveling from Eldoret …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two vendors of herbal medicine and food supplements from Beifa Business firm are in trouble after being apprehended at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. The suspects, identified as Frank Agaba, 23, from Kiruhura district, and Anastus Twesimire, 27, from Kakumiro district, were arrested for attempting …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The poor garbage management in Soroti City has attracted the attention of the Church of Uganda Archbishop, The Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kazimba Mugalu. The Archbishop who is on his pastoral visit to Soroti Diocese made the comments while delivering a sermon at St. …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti Regional Referral Hospital newly acquired aComputed Tomography Scan (CT Scan) machine is now in use. The machine that was delivered in April was installed in one of the new buildings near the main theatre. Prior to the installation of the machine, patients have …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Amidst the glimmer of hope and unwavering determination, the Teso war victims continue to resolutely fight for their rights to property ownership and protection. Since 2006, these claimants have been seeking justice through the legal system, sacrificing their hard-earned resources for transportation, meals, accommodation, …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPNDENT | In a crackdown by the Inspectorate of Government (IG), two senior officers in Soroti District Local Government have been arrested. The arrested individuals are James Oede, the District Education Officer (DEO), and Alex Oriekot, the acting District Engineer. The arrests came following an impromptu …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty-two students from Nabilatuk district were involved in a motor accident in Gweri Sub County, Soroti District, on Wednesday evening. The students were returning from different schools in Nabilatuk district in the Karamoja sub-region when the Fuso lorry they were traveling in overturned at …