Tag Archives: West Nile

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new centre to facilitate online applications for students seeking government loans, to study in higher institutions of learning has been unveiled in the West Nile region. The Higher Education Financing Scheme was started in 2014, with funding from the government of Uganda to support …

Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the West Nile region have asked the government to make adjustments and address the gaps in the implementation of the Emyooga program. The Emyooga programme was launched in July last year to target Ugandans in the informal sector clustered in 18 groups that …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Arua district and the entire West Nile have been warned against seeking treatment for animal bites from witchcraft practitioners. According to records from greater Arua district Veterinary department, one person dies of rabies every two months with Logiri sub county in Arua district …

Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The department of Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID in four districts of West Nile has been boosted with new motorcycles to detect and fight crime in hard to reach areas. The bajaj motorcycles with private number plates supplied by the police headquarters were handed over to the …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Districts in the West Nile region are struggling to manage the Covid-19 pandemic due to lack of ambulances. Following the resurgence of the second wave of the coronavirus, some of the districts require referral of patients to Arua and Mulago national referral hospital. In the …

  Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan Refugees living in urban areas in the West Nile region are unable to access their monthly relief food due to the ban on public transport and inter-district movement. Several refugees after being registered in the refugee settlement camps prefer to stay in …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from West Nile are demanding for immediate action to recover the ambulance which went missing in March. The ambulance belonging to Arua Regional Referral Hospital went missing from the hospital parking yard. The hospital authorities realized that the Toyota Land Cruiser ambulance registration number …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council-LC 5 chairpersons in West Nile have asked the central government to urgently intervene and resolve boundary conflicts in the region. The chairpersons from the twelve districts, two municipalities and one city under their umbrella organization West Nile Development Association-WENDA made the call during …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than three-thousand girls got pregnant in the greater West Nile region during the Covid-19 lockdown according to statistics from the Education department of the Lugbara Cultural institution. Suzan Ezatia, the Minister of Education in Lugbara Kari says that their findings indicate that some of …

West Nile CSOs say naming and shaming corrupt individuals will reduce the vice Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations-CSOs in West Nile have vowed to name and shame individuals and organizations that are implicated in corrupt practices in the region. The CSOs decision comes after a report from …