Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Radio listeners in eastern Uganda will today get an early Christmas gift, when Tororo’s RockCity Radio 98.4FM sends out its first live broadcast at 3pm today. The cultural leader of the Jopadhola, HRH Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor, will be the first voice on the new …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo police have shot dead 26-year-old Godfrey Odoi for allegedly attacking and injuring a police officer. Odoi, a resident of Poti cell in Iyolwa town council, Tororo district, was involved in a confrontation with Francis Musamali, the officer in charge of Iyolwa police post …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo’s RockCity Radio 98.4FM is set for its first official live broadcast on December 11, 2023 just two weeks after the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) gave it a green light to start. The cultural leader of the Jopadhola, HRH Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor will be …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sylvia Damalie Owori, the Deputy Director of Operation Wealth Creation-OWC is embroiled in several land disputes with more than 15 families in Tororo municipality. The families accuse Owori of using her security connections in her attempt to displace them from their homes. One of …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two individuals were killed, and another injured critically in an accident along the Tororo-Mbale highway on Tuesday evening. The dead have been identified as 40-year-old Margret Adeke from Ginnery village in Molo Sub County, Tororo district, and her 5-year-old granddaughter, Zipola Achengi while the …
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COMMENT | Jackson Oboth | Your Excellency, I will start by congratulating you upon winning yet another battle – the battle against COVID- 19. I am the age mate of your son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba (Gen.MK) so for that matter, I qualify to be in the bracket of your children, not …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | The Nathan & Christine Were Foundation has donated 200 mosquito nets to help at-risk mothers and children struggling against the spread of malaria in Tororo district. They have also offered 1 A Level scholarship to a needy but bright girl, from the same district. “As a foundation, we …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Oxfam International has launched a three-year project called “Fair Recovery – Strengthened Civil Society and Media for Fiscal Justice” with the aim of improving tax collection in Tororo district. The project will be implemented by Osukuru United Women Network in Tororo and will be funded …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A security guard has been arrested and detained at Tororo Central Police Station for reportedly killing his colleague with a Gun. Moses Kedi, a guard attached to Saracen Uganda Limited, was arrested this morning, near the home of the Quarry Manager Tororo Cement in …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four leaders of Tororo West division in Tororo Municipality were arrested on Monday for protesting the poor state of some roads in the area. The suspects were apprehended while staging a demonstration at the Municipal Council offices, carrying placards with inscriptions such as “West division …
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