ARUA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Preparations are underway in Arua to welcome former Member of Parliament for Arua District and Ayivu County, as well as former Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Zoe Bakoko Bakoru, back home after more than 15 years of self-exile in the United States. …
Read More »Arua welcomes new Airtel network sites aimed at accelerating digital transformation in the West Nile region
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda has today reinforced its commitment to providing superior network connectivity by commissioning seven new network sites in Arua Municipality. This expansion is part of Airtel’s continued investment in enhancing network coverage and ensuring a brilliant digital experience for its customers in the …
Read More »Arua city allocates shs100 million for abattoir land
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua City Council has allocated UGX 100 million to acquire additional land for the construction of a modern abattoir. The project will be funded under the Uganda City and Municipal Infrastructure Development Program (UCMID) through the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. The planned …
Read More »Arua City struggling with low toilet coverage, 25% practice open defecation
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 25 percent of the households in Arua City still practice open defecation, putting the lives of many at risk of contracting poor sanitation-related infections. Alfred Amandu, the Acting Principal Health Officer in charge of environmental health, revealed this on Monday as the country …
Read More »Arua City registers 6 more cases of Mpox
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua City plans to increase sensitization in areas along the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after six more positive cases of Mpox were reported, barely a week after eight cases were reported on March 11th. Alias Mahmud, the Health …
Read More »Farmers in Arua gear up for mid-March rains
ARUA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | For the past three weeks, John Angupale has been going to his one-acre garden to plough and collect crop residues inanticipation of the mid-March rains. Angupale argues that for small-scale farmers like him, the onset of the rainy season is both a blessing and …
Read More »2 dead, 16 injured in fuso truck accident in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two family members died on the spot, while 16 others are still fighting for their lives at Arua Regional Referral Hospital after the Fuso truck they were traveling in overturned in Arua District on Friday. The accident involved a white Mitsubishi Fuso Canter truck, registration …
Read More »FDC founding member Tiko Ondoga asks Museveni to pardon Besigye
ARUA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Martha Tiko Ondoga, a founding member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has pleaded with President Yoweri Museveni to intervene and pardon him. Besigye, along with his co-accused Hajji Obeid Lutale, are in Luzira Prison since November last year. They are accused of …
Read More »West Nile LRA war victims raise new demands for compensation
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lord Resistance Army (LRA) war victims in West Nile have renewed their demand for compensation. The 1,102 members under their umbrella organization West Nile Kony War Victims Association lost money, merchandise and motor vehicles among other property between 1992 and 1997 during the …
Read More »‘Prosper Women’ making difference out of vegetable growing in Arua City
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wonder still hovers over friends and neighbors of Charity Kayomirwoth, 31, and her colleagues Margaret Atimango and Gladys Piyic after they successfully turned a bushy, grove-inhabited area along the banks of River Enyau in Arua City into a money-making space. In January 2003, the …
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