Tag Archives: Kitgum

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum authorities are concerned about the rising number of pregnancies among underage girls. The media has been awash with news of teenage pregnancy across the country in the last two years fueled by the lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. When schools reopened, many thought …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of learners suffering from nodding syndrome have abandoned classes due to hunger. A report from Alune Primary School in Kitgum district indicates that the thirty learners with nodding syndrome who had enrolled in the school have all abandoned studies in the past months. The school …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 13 people are nursing serious injuries following a road accident in Ayul cell, Pager division in Kitgum municipality. The Sunday evening accident involved a Toyota Premio vehicle registration number UAM 825S, that reportedly lost control, swerved off the road and rammed into a …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A nodding syndrome care centre initially valued at 150 million Shillings in Kitgum district continues to waste without use, six years after it was commissioned. Located in Tumangu parish, Labongo Akwang sub-county, the centre sits on a 2-acre piece of land donated by two families, …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo Resident District Commissioner, Geoffrey Osborn Oceng, has expressed concern over civil servants who still commute from Kitgum district. Lamwo District started operating on July 1st, 2009 but 13 years later, the civil servants still commute daily from Kitgum, which is approximately 66 kilometers away. …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District Local Government has increased its budget for the financial year 2022/2023. The district council on Thursday approved a draft budget of 36.9 Billion shillings, an increment of 1.007 billion shillings up from the 35.9 billion shillings in the financial year 2021/2022. The draft …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district has reported five new cases of nodding syndrome, a decade after the last cases were registered. Joe Otoo, the coordinator of nodding syndrome in Labongo Akwang sub-county, says the cases were registered in Abudere and Labworormor villages in Pajimo parish, Labongo Akwang sub-county, …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Kitgum are puzzled by the underrepresentation in the 2021 annual police crime report on the number of cattle stolen in the district last year. The police crime report compiled by the Criminal Investigations Directorate issued on Wednesday shows that only 13 cases …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Kitgum Government Hospital increasingly struggles with emergency cases due to the ongoing industrial action by a section of health workers, health administrators have retrieved their stethoscopes and white coats to practice what they were originally trained to do – saving lives. The Allied …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of farmers in Kitgum district have abandoned farming and oxen ploughing due to attacks by suspected rustlers. The affected areas include the sub-counties of Kiteny, Orom, Orom East, Namokora, and Namokora town council. Its population greatly depends on agriculture for food and economical purposes. According …