Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district has registered a total of 1,972 teenage pregnancies within a period of 15 months. Agago District Probation Office records show that people who visited different health centres to access antenatal services last year included 1,339 adolescent girls aged between 12 and 19. Another …
Read More »Three children injured in ordnance explosion
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three children in Agago district are nursing injuries they sustained in an explosion from an ordnance they were playing with. The incident happened on Tuesday at around 2pm in Admii village, Alwee parish, Agengo sub county. The sub county LC III chairperson, Simon Oromakecha identifies …
Read More »Heavy rains wreak havoc in Agago district
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy rains have displaced several families and left trails of destruction in Agago district. At least 20 households in Adilang sub county in Agago district have been left homeless after their houses collapsed while several hectares of farmlands remain submerged in floodwaters. Mohammed Okwir, the Adilang …
Read More »Lightning strikes mother and daughter dead in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lightning has killed a mother and her daughter in Agago district. Local authorities identified the deceased as Sharon Angwech, 28, and her six-month-old daughter Loyce Adyero. The lightning victims were reportedly struck dead at about 5pm on Monday evening during a heavy downpour, at their …
Read More »Agago introduces hefty fines for illegal charcoal dealers
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Agago District Executive committee has resolved to introduce hefty fines to be levied on businessmen involved in commercial production and sale of charcoal. The resolution comes at a time the district is witnessing increased commercial charcoal production despite a ban on illicit charcoal trade …
Read More »43 villages in Agago declared open defecation free
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 43 villages in two sub-counties, Agago district have been declared free of open defecation. The declaration follows a community-led sanitation baseline survey conducted in 100 villages in the sub-counties of Arum and Omot between April 2020 and July this year. The survey that targeted some …
Read More »Suspected Karimojong rustlers fleeing disarmament enter Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is panic among livestock farmers and residents of Agago district in areas bordering the Karamoja region over the fresh influx of suspected cattle rustlers. According to local leaders, the suspected rustlers began entering the border areas two weeks ago while fleeing from the ongoing …
Read More »Agago district struggles to provide mental health services
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district is struggling to provide mental health services. This is due to the lack of psychiatrists and adequate funding. The district receives all mental health services from the Catholic-owned Dr Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital Kalongo. The hospital has consecutively for the past five financial years …
Read More »Agago acting DPC accused of selling impounded motorcycles
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 …
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