Pakwach, Uganda | URN | Kilak South Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya has challenged the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development over claims that vandalism caused the collapse of several electricity transmission towers along the Karuma–Olwiyo–Pakwach power line. The controversy follows statements by Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu and State Minister …
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GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Kilak South Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya has come out to clarify that the recent idea of cooperation between the opposition legislators from the Acholi Sub-region and the government didn’t originate from the legislators but rather was an idea of the government itself. Olanya’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from Acholi sub-region have tasked Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to summon the proprietor of Roblyn Coaches Ltd over an accident involving one of their buses that claimed the lives of 18 passengers. A least 21 other passengers sustained severe injuries following the accident that occurred …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of legislators from the Acholi sub-region have cautioned the government against providing further funding to Atiak Sugar Factory in Atiak sub county, Amuru district. This comes in the wake of the temporary closure of the sugar factory, barely two years after it commenced …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The appointment of Democratic Party President General Norbert Mao to serve as a minister in the government has stirred a wave of mixed reactions among leaders in the Acholi sub-region. Mao was appointed on Thursday by President Museveni as the Minister for Justice and Constitutional …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kilak South County Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya was on Tuesday involved in an accident along the Kampala-Gulu highway. The accident occurred at Kyamukonda village in Nakasongola district at around 8:30pm. Olanya was on the way to Kampala from Gulu at the time of …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Northern Uganda want massacre sites where the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebels killed civilians turned into tourist attraction centres. During the two decade long armed conflict in the region spanning from 1986-2006, the LRA and some government forces killed civilians whom they accused …
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Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah declared his intention to challenge Kadaga for Speaker of Parliament Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kilak South Member of parliament Gilbert Olanya has distanced himself from the recent decision by the Acholi Parliamentary Group-APG endorsing the Omoro county legislator Jacob Oulanyah for the speaker’s race, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has allowed individual members of parliament to present lists of missing people from their constituencies. She made the decision after the Internal Affairs Minister; Gen. Jeje Odongo failed to show up to present the list of people in state …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gilbert Olanya, the incumbent Kilak South Member of parliament, who is seeking re-election, is in fear following an attack on his close aide and personal driver, Patrick Opoka. Opoka is admitted at St Mary`s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City with a fractured skull and severe …
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