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By Pamela Atim Arua High court has dismissed with costs, a case challenging the election of Nebbi Municipality Member of Parliament over academic qualifications.Robert Onega of the Forum for Democratic Change FDC filed a petition challenging National Resistanc
Read storyBy Pamela Atim Former Arua City mayoral candidate in this year’s elections Afeku Isa Kato has withdrawn his election petition challenging the victory of Wadri Sam Nyakua.He cited irregularities and accused the Electoral commission of ballot staffing and alledg
Read storyBy Felix Ogenrwoth Two more frontline health workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nebbi district. The two are being managed under the home based care.The two fresh cases bring the total to 19, the cumulative number of health workers who have so far tes
Read storyBy Federick Dramadri A planned move by Arua district council to visit the two proposed sites for the district’s headquarter came to a standstill just after residents in the surrounding villages of Tilevu and Alio laid road blocks to prevent the councilors sayi
Read storyBy Chris Woo Nwoya district has vaccinated close to 4,600 herds of cattle as the district grapples with a fresh outbreak of the foot and mouth disease FMD. The vaccination exercise majorly covered Anaka, Purongo and Lungulu Sub Counties that were largely affec
Read storyBy Musa Sabir A section of Ayivu division councilors in Arua city are protesting the move by government to levy a tax on their allowances.The councilors are entitled to 250,000 shillings per council sitting, with a 30 percent deduction to run council business
Read storyBy Pamela Atim Government has decried the low response to birth and death registration among residents in West Nile despite the available enabling legislation.Arua district registration officer Christine Ajok says a number of people do not attach value to the
Read storyBy Sabir Musa For many years now, 17-year-old Mahmoud Olekua has been in the circle of different sports activities including football, athletics and boxing. Of all these, boxing is the field he is passionate about and hopes to build his talent around it. Oleku
Read storyBy Federick Dramadri At least three people have died while 135 others have been hospitalized with rabies in West Nile region. This comes as several districts in the region continue to silently grapple with stray dogs.Cases have been detected in the districts o
Read storyBy Federick Dramadri Terego District leadership has petitioned the ministry of Local government over the alleged failure by Arua District to account for 22.4 billion shs meant to kick start the administrative unit last year. It is alleged that On October 2020,
Read storyBy Ronald Orachwun Rt. Rev Fr. Raphael P’Mony Wokorach has been consecrated and installed as the 4th bishop of Nebbi Catholic Diocese.The consecration was scheduled for June 26, 2021 but was postponed as the country was still under the 42-day nationwide lockdo
Read storyBy Judith Atizoyo The business community in Arua City are up in arms with authorities over the continuous accumulation of garbage in some major streets.Some of the affected areas are; Iddi Amin road, Dukalane and Lemerijoa roads.The garbage has caused a heavy
Read storyOjok Robert Mone Orom graphite mines is located in Kitgum district northern Uganda approximately 187 km north-east of Gulu city.Orom-Cross graphite is a world class graphite project both by size and end-product quality, with a high component of more valuable l
Read storyBy Ronald Orachwun Preparations are in high gear for the episcopal consecration and installation of Rev. Fr. Raphael P’Mony Wokorach as the Bishop of Nebbi Catholic diocese.Preparations for the event was announced by Fr. Isaiah Milton Bicanduwun, the Diocesan
Read storyBy Chris Woo Black flies and tsetse flies have invaded Nwoya district causing panic among residents and the farming households. Tsetse flies that cause sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock are a common sight and are currently breeding in at leas
Read storyBy Rosemary Anena Authorities in Gulu city have halted the construction of a filling station, saying its establishment is illegal and encroaches on a wetland.Mid last month, Oil Energy Company started transporting hardcore construction material to the site, lo
Read storyBy John Dibaba Government has been faulted for failing to fulfill its pledge for the completion of a classroom block at Arivu Secondary School in Arua district.In 1993, President Yoweri Museveni laid the foundation stone for the construction of a fully-fledged
Read storyBy Sabir Musa West Nile region’s best candidate in the recently released 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations has attributed the success to his focus and determination and the joint support received from parents and school administration. Th
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