Tag Archives: Arua

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private land ownership during implementation of public projects is frustrating plans to adopt physical development plans for Gulu and Arua City. Government working with Global Green Growth Institute-GGGI developed plans for the two cities in a bid to promote organized development and avoid challenges …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several patients seeking health services at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in the West Nile Region are being denied treatment due to lack of smartphones. The most affected patients are those seeking radiology services like X-ray and computerized tomography CT scan at the Out-Patients Department (OPD). …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A mob on Wednesday lynched two suspected armed thugs at Alikua trading center in Ajia sub-county, Arua District. It is alleged that the two yet-to-be-identified men who were dressed in a UPDF uniform and armed with an AK 47 rifle robbed a motorcycle from …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Arua Regional Referral hospital are concerned about increasing cases of acute malnutrition among children. Acute malnutrition is a form of under nutrition caused by a decrease in food consumption or illness that results in sudden weight loss. Often children with acute malnutrition …

Arua, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT l Arua City Council plans to establish a plastic waste recycling plant. The plant is part of the one-year inclusive climate action project funded by the Global Cities Fund (GCF) for Migrants and Refugees, under the Mayor’s Migration Council (MMC), a mayor-led advisory and advocacy organization. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) to investigate irregularities in the allocation of lockups and stalls at Arua central Market. While addressing a public rally at the West Nile golf ground in Arua City on Wednesday, Museveni said …

Arua , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Arua City have booed Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development over the delayed connection of the West Nile region to the national grid. Speaking at a function on Tuesday to welcome the President at the start of his …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Political and opinion leaders in Arua want Parliament to revisit the criteria for creating new cities arguing that the current method is promoting divisions and tribal conflicts. This was during a meeting with the Opposition Members of Parliament led by the Leader of Opposition, …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Arua city are holding a woman on murder charges after she allegedly hit her husband to death using a saucepan in domestic brawl. Mary Asianzu Racheal, 30, allegedly murdered her husband identified as Rogers Mundua aged 35 years and a resident a …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   Arua Central Division Council has proposed to levy an annual fee of 12,000 Shillings on Boda Boda operators. This is part of the local revenue enhancement measures for the next financial year. The new tax proposal is contained in the draft budget estimates of …