Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The acting Agago District Police Commander Yunus Sebirumbi is under the spotlight on allegations of selling off motorcycles impounded during the enforcement of presidential directives on COVID-19. Sebirumbi is accused together with the Officer in Charge of Criminal Investigations at Agago police station only identified …
Read More »Stray bullet hits student in Agago as police battles demonstrators
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior four student in Agago district has been hit by a stray bullet fired by police officers on Tuesday morning. Lawrence Kidega, a student of Gombe Secondary School in Butambala district was reportedly hit on the left arm while washing clothes in their home …
Read More »NUSAF III beneficiaries move to auction property to recover UGX16M
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Oporot tree planting group in Patongo town council in Agago district that benefited from the NUSAF III project have resolved to sell off properties of their executive members to recover 16 million shillings they allegedly swindled. The decision follows the failure by the …
Read More »Race for booze leaves man dead in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died in Agago district as a result of participating in a bizarre race for alcohol competition in which the winner was to get two litres of a local potent gin. The Kuywee sub county LC III chairman, Moses Ben Ocan has confirmed …
Read More »Two arrested for inciting mob against Covid-19 patient
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Agago district has arrested two suspects for allegedly leading a mob to attack a covid-19 patient. The incident happened on Thursday at Tee Kato trading centre in Lira Kato parish, Agago district. It is alleged that the patient, a resident of Lagar …
Read More »Uganda Baati builds ward at Agago Health Centre III
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati Limited (UBL) officially handed over its first CSR project of 2021, a renovated health center ward in Agago a district in the northern part of Uganda 500Kms away from the capital city, Kampala. The project was handed over by the Business Head, George …
Read More »Negligence aiding cattle thefts in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rampant cases of cattle theft in Agago district have been blamed on negligence by livestock farmers. Local leaders in the district reveal that unspecified heads of cattle have been stolen in recent months in several sub-counties bordering the Karamoja region from farmers who normally leave …
Read More »Night movement of livestock banned in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Agago district have imposed a ban on night movements with livestock following rampant theft. Leonard Opiyo Ojok, the Agago LC V chairperson says that the decision was reached jointly last week by members of the security and local leaders in the district. The decision …
Read More »Man arrested over murder of his 71 year old mother
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Agago district have arrested a 32-year-old man over the death of his 71-year-old mother. The suspect is Daniel Odera, a resident of Bunga village in Atut Parish in Kuywee sub-county. It’s reported that Odera kicked his mother identified as Theresa Amony in …
Read More »Two health workers arrested in Agago over alleged theft of drugs
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Agago district have arrested two health workers of Kuywee Health Center III in Kuywee sub-county over alleged theft of essential drugs. The suspects are Alice Akidi, the health center in charge and Jane Aguti, a nurse. Their arrest followed a tip-off by …
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