Tag Archives: Jimmy Patrick Okema

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 7 traders were killed and scores others injured in an accident in Agali sub-county, Lira district on Monday evening. The seven were killed when a Fuso truck registration number UBJ 354G they were traveling in with over 50 other market vendors and their …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An angry mob in Lira has killed a man for butchering his wife. The mob hunted 53-year-old Denis Alal and killed him for slaughtering his estranged wife, Christine Akello on Monday evening. It all started after Alal while at Anai Ober Cell, Lira City West …

Kole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kole police are holding a man accused of killing his father over Shillings 5,000. The suspect is 23 year old James Olugu, a resident of Bargri cell, Eastern ward in Aboke town council. He was arrested on Sunday evening shortly after striking his father Alex …

Alebtong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A a flash of lightning has claimed the lives of five family members in Alebtong district. The dead are Peter Owaa, Vicky Odongo and Desmond Owaa, both adults. The others are Raphael Elem and Silver Acur, all children below ten years of age. With the …

Apac, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF soldier attached to NARO army detach in Akokoro sub-county in Apac district has shot dead a 20-year-old woman before taking his own life. The soldier is 45-year-old Samuel Ojara, while his victim is Sharon Akello. Ojara reportedly followed Akello to …

Alebtong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Alebtong district is on the run-in connection to the gruesome murder of his mother and disposing off her body in the family pit latrine. The suspect is Bryan Ongom, a resident of Agwit village, Alanyi Parish, Abako sub county in Alebtong district. …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira police are holding a middle-aged man accused of strangling his wife to death for allegedly denying him conjugal rights. The suspect is Sam Obongo, a resident of Alyec B village, Alwala parish in Ogur sub county in Lira district. The deceased is 22-year-old Jillian …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Lango are worried over the increasing number of murder cases in the sub-region. Records from North Kyoga police region which covers the entire Lango sub-region show that 92 murder cases were reported between January and May this year. In January alone, police registered …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The COVID-19 risk and communication committee is seeking 186 Million Shillings funding to intensify public sensitization campaigns against the epidemic in the wake of the infections surge. A survey conducted by the committee reveals that only 15 per cent of Gulu’s 500,000 population put on …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Gulu and Amuru districts have raised concerns about new methods being used by illegal charcoal dealers and loggers to gain access to forest reserves and cut down trees. In Paibona sub county in Gulu district, Richard Watmon, the LC 3 chairperson says that more …