Tag Archives: Kitgum

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Namokora Sub County in Kitgum district are battling a spike in waterborne diseases such as bilharzia, diarrhea, typhoid, and dysentery due to the shortage of clean water in the area. The more than 1,300 residents in Nyapea ‘’B’’ and Luguruc villages say …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William Komakech has ordered the closure of Petro City filling station in Kitgum municipality for hiking fuel prices. The station was selling a litre of petrol at 12,000 Shillings by end of business on Monday, while the cost remained between 4900 and …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of residents in Kiteny sub county, Kitgum district are struggling to access clean water as dozens of boreholes run dry. There are 21 functional boreholes out of the 31 in the area but all of them dried up during the dry season. All the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district health department is targeting to vaccinate more than 40,000 children aged below five years during the first phase of the polio vaccination exercise on Friday. The Acting District Health Officer, Dr. Henry Okello Otto says the vaccination is part of a nationwide campaign …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 24 farmers have embraced coffee growing in Kitgum since the cash crop was introduced in the district in 2015. Beatrice Alela, the Regional Coffee Extension Officer with Uganda Coffee Development Authority, UCDA, attributes the limited interest by farmers in growing the crop to their …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alune Primary School in Labongo Akwang sub county, Kitgum district is struggling with dozens of learners suffering from nodding syndrome, a neurologic disorder characterized by seizure-like activity, such as convulsions and staring spells. The school, located in an area densely populated by children suffering from …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers in a cross-section of schools in Kitgum district have said they will promote learners to the next class depending on their mental state and if they were engaged in home-based learning during the lockdown. The decision is in contrast to a directive for the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | St. Mary Catholic Church in Kitgum district is in the final stages of setting up a care center for children suffering from the nodding syndrome. Through the Archbishop John Baptist Odama Care Center Kitgum, the church intends to start by taking care of at least …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only an estimated 20 percent of perennial crops distributed under the Operation Wealth Creation program in Kitgum district survive, because of rampant burning of bushes by the community every year. Operation Wealth Creation-OWC is a government program purposed to improve the livelihood of the community …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum District Security Committee headed by the Resident District Commissioner, William Komakech, has issued a one-week ultimatum to pastoralists to vacate the area. The order was issued on December 3, in implementation of an earlier order issued by President Yoweri Museveni on November 20, …