Friday , March 29 2024
Home / Tag Archives: Betty Aol Ocan

Tag Archives: Betty Aol Ocan

Acholi MPs condemn brutality against journalists

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) have condemned the repeated brutality against media practitioners by state agencies and security personnel.   The MPs say that journalists and media practitioners are key in sharing information, awareness creation and speaking for the voiceless, something which makes them …

Read More »

Acholi MPs blundered endorsing Oulanyah for speakership -LOP

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Leader of Opposition in Parliament -LOP, Betty Aol Ocan has distanced herself from the Acholi Parliamentary Group -APG’s endorsement of Jacob Oulanyah for Speakership of the eleventh parliament. Aol told URN during an interview on Sunday from Gulu City that it was not right …

Read More »

FDC posters defaced in Gulu city ahead of Museveni`s campaign

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Hundreds of campaign posters of the Forum For Democratic Change-FDC candidates in Gulu City have been defaced ahead of the National Resistance Movement-NRM Presidential candidate, Yoweri Museveni’s campaigns. Museveni is expected to hold his campaign rally at Watoto Church open grounds in Layibi-Bardege Division Gulu …

Read More »

It’s either the ballot or plan B- Amuriat

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC Presidential Candidate, Patrick Amuriat Oboi has said that persons pushing for regime change in Uganda should focus on two folds; the Ballot and Plan B, whose details she did not divulge.  Amuriat made the appeal from Soroti, where …

Read More »

Rampant murders worry Acholi leaders

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Acholi Sub Region are concerned with the increasing number of murder cases being registered. In the past three weeks, at least 8 murder cases have been registered in the region. The latest is of one Kenneth Ogwang who Police say axed his wife …

Read More »

FDC struggles to identify candidates in Acholi

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party is finding a hard time to decide on the party candidates for various elective positions in Acholi sub-region ahead of the forthcoming general elections. This stems from the failure by the aspirants to compromise on who should carry …

Read More »

Street children blamed for destructive fire in Gulu

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Gulu have blamed street children for the devastating fire that razed over 10 huts in Kanyagoga Parish in Gulu City West Division, on Wednesday. Preliminary findings recorded in a general inquiry file at Gulu Central Police Station indicate that 11 huts were burnt …

Read More »