Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The on-going process to ascertain the extent of forest degradation has unearthed 450 illegal land titles in different forest reserves, the Executive Directive National Forestry Authority-NFA Tom Okello has revealed. He disclosed this in a meeting with the European Union (EU) delegation at the Bugoma …
Read More »Police constable arrested for hiring out gun to civilian in Kole
Kole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kole district have arrested one of their own for hiring out his gun to a civilian. The officer has been identified as Police Constable William Alunyu, attached to Aboke Police station. The civilian who was hiring the gun is Geoffrey Okecha, aged 21 …
Read More »Cattle traders decry losses as army intensifies operations in Karamoja
Kapelebyong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cattle traders in Kapelebyong are decrying losses resulting from the operations by the Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF in Karamoja region. The traders say that they have lost more than 200 million Shillings over the last three months as the army intensified its operations in …
Read More »NFA to plant 400,000 trees in Karamoja
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Forestry Authority, NFA has revealed plans to plant more than 400,000 seedlings of different species in Karamoja. So far, each district of Moroto, Abim and Kaabong has raised 139,400 seedlings in nursery beds, ready for distribution. Tom Okello, the Executive Director of …
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