Tag Archives: West Nile

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral commission (EC) has embarked on the construction of the first-ever custom-built Regional Election Office to serve all the 12 districts and Arua city in the West Nile.. The construction works for the Regional Election Centre located on Plot 2, Municipal By-pass in Arua central …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has donated 13 tractors and over 150 hand-held tractors and other agricultural implements to the West Nile sub region. The tractors are among the 326 hand-held single axle 16 HorsePower (HP) …

  Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Inspector of Police (IP) Thomas Otim, the head of the West Nile Region Professional Standards Unit, has been arrested, after a colleague accused him of aggravated defilement of his young daughter. Otim was detained on Tuesday and as guidance from the Directorate of Public …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The West Nile Policing Region will soon have a fully-fledged juvenile and Gender Based Violence (GBV) reception centre thanks to an intervention by Save the Children, a humanitarian service organisation that champions the rights and interests of children worldwide. The facility worth over 190 million …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Financial institutions in West Nile have been tasked to embrace green financing in order to tackle the significant effects of climate change in the region. Green financing, also known as sustainable finance refers to services and products that support ecologically-friendly businesses and projects. It broadens …

How Hello World and Partners Drive Digital Education for Youth as the world marks World Youth Skills Day Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hello World, a charity organisation providing solar-powered, internet-enabled education hubs in Uganda has announced completion of 10 new Hello Hubs in the West Nile Region. The new …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in the West Nile region have registered 171 defilement cases within the first five months of this year. June had the highest number of defilement cases with 45 girls falling victim. It was followed by March with 29 cases, May with 28, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | FUFA Drum Defending Champions West Nile Province has appointed Caesar Samson Okhuti as their new head coach ahead of the kick-off of the 2023 FUFA Drum tournament. Okhuti replaces Bosco Dudu, the former head coach of the province who guided the white rhinos to their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has embarked on undertaking feasibility study on the three proposed industrial parks in the West Nile region. The feasibility study comes nearly two years after three districts in the region offered acres of land for establishment of industrial …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT l President Museveni went on a campaign tour of West Nile region promoting the ideology of the NRM as one that is pro-business. Museveni met members of the business community and urged them to invest in commercial agriculture. He met investors in hospitality, manufacturing, transportation, value …