Arua, Uganda | URN | Arua City Council is seeking to address its growing waste management challenges with a new plan that proposes regulating garbage generation, collection, transportation, treatment, disposal, and recycling. The proposed Solid Waste Management Plan 2026 comes amid complaints over uncollected garbage along some city streets, including …
Read More »PS tells Health Minister to follow the law, quashes ‘suspension’ of Dr Candia
Minister Bypassed Due Process in Attempt to Suspend Doctor for Pocketing -MOH Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health has clarified that Dr Robert Candia, a doctor at Arua Regional Referral Hospital who was allegedly suspended by the State Minister for Health, Anifa Bangirana Kawooya, remains …
Read More »Arua child mothers say lack of parental guidance left them vulnerable
Arua, Uganda | URN | When Ayikoru Edith, not her real name, was growing up, she expected the adults around her to prepare her for the challenges of becoming a young woman. But the 16-year-old says that guidance never came. In 2023, while preparing to sit her Primary Leaving Examinations, Ayikoru …
Read More »Arua Inclusive Education Programme targets learners with disabilities
Arua , Uganda | URN | A one-year programme aimed at improving inclusive education, economic empowerment and awareness of the rights of children and youths with disabilities has been launched in Arua City. The Community-Driven Inclusive Education Programme (COPED), implemented by Action for Transformation of Youths with Disability (ACT-YOD), is …
Read More »Boda Boda rider defeats incumbent NRM LC 1 candidate in Arua City
Arua, Uganda | URN | A 39-year-old Boda Boda rider in Arua City has defeated NRM flagbearer and incumbent Jane Japyem, now in her sixties, to win the LC 1 seat for Ezoova Cell, Driwala Ward, Ayivu Division, Arua City. In what the security team described as the most hotly …
Read More »PDM changes lives in Arua, but farmers still struggle to find markets
Arua, Uganda | URN | A 34-year-old single mother of four who once struggled to raise even one hundred thousand shillings has transformed a Parish Development Model (PDM) loan into a thriving farming enterprise, emerging as one of Arua City’s latest PDM success stories. Florence Amviko, a resident of Lini …
Read More »AfDB backs $180 million Arua Airport upgrade in West Nile sub-region
Arua is currently Uganda’s second-busiest airport after Entebbe and sits at the centre of a region rich in agricultural, tourism and mineral resources Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda secured €155.99 million (Shs 677.4 billion) in financing from the African Development Bank Group to transform Arua Airport into …
Read More »When Every School Day is a Journey: The story of Geria Cosmos
Arua, Uganda | URN | In Awika Village, Omoo Parish in Arivu Sub-county, Arua District, five-year-old Geria Cosmos begins each school day long before lessons start. For Geria, a Top Class pupil at Amazu Nursery School, going to school is not as simple as walking out of the door. Born with …
Read More »SUIDAC program boosts Arua City’s refugee integration initiative
Arua, Uganda | URN | Rising pressure on urban public services in Arua City, driven by increasing numbers of self-settled refugees and other displacement-affected communities, has exposed major gaps in infrastructure, education, and health delivery. City authorities say thousands of refugees are already accessing schools, health centres, and markets—despite not …
Read More »IGG warns officials on non-compliance to Wealth Declaration
Arua, Uganda | URN | The Deputy Inspector General of Government (IGG), Dr Patricia Okiria, has warned that public officers and leaders who fail to declare their wealth by the end of April will be dragged to the Leadership Code Tribunal to answer a case of violating the Leadership Code …
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