By Jennifer Acheng and Mike Ogwang One person has been confirmed dead and others left in bad shape, following a fatal alcohol drinking competition in Kiru town council Abim district. The deceased has been identified as a 25-year-old Moses Pogba Obonyo, a…
By Bondry Kilenga Kotido district Local government has received 164 million shillings for recruitment of staff in the newly elevated Kamor Health center 2 in Kamor sub county. Courtesy photo The development was revealed by Oola Donato Olam the Kotido district Chief…
By Mathew Abekson The minister of education and sports Janet Kataha Museveni has challenged districts in the Karamoja sub region to ensure that all water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools are properly maintained. Joyce Moriku Kaducu minister primary education with minister…
By Bondry Kilenga The Kotido district resident commissioner- RDC Ambrose Onoria has said that locals in the district will soon be required to show proof of their vaccination against yellow fever before benefiting from any government program or service. Ambrose Onoria the…
By Joshua Imalingat A section of prospective artisanal and small-scale miners in Abim district has initiated a process to formalize their readmission to the newly discovered Okemer gold mining site. Gold mining pits left behind by miners at Okemer gold mining site…
By Jennifer Acheng Abim district security committee has sealed off the newly discovered Okemer gold mining site in Kathipus parish, chamkok sub-county and evicted all the miners. Abandoned gold mining site at Okemer Abim district Discovered about a month ago, the gold…
By Joseph Logola Ten people are nursing serious injuries at Kotido general Hospital and Panyangara HCIII following a fight between two rival clans over a murram pit in a disputed land. Some of the victims of the fight at Kotido general hospital…
By Jennifer Acheng The former Abim district Hospital medical superintendent, Dr Edison Atwine has been arrested for negligence of duty. Dr Atwine was reportedly picked up by the joint security forces in the wee hours of Saturday night from his hospital quarters,…