By Isaac Okeng In December 2021, Uganda’s Parliament approved a supplementary budget of Shs 39.948 billion with the objective of promoting peace and improving livelihoods in Karamoja sub-region, historically challenged by insecurity and poverty. Within this allocation, Shs 25 billion was designated…
By Bondry Kilenga Kotido Municipal Town Clerk Emmanuel Okaja in coat and other Kotido municipality staff at Kotido central police station on Friday. (Courtesy Photo) Four senior officials of Kotido Municipal Council who were arrested on Friday by the State House Anti-Corruption…
By Jennifer Acheng Aerial view of Abim hospital compound (Credit: Courtesy photo) HEALTH ABIM: At Abim Hospital, established in 1969 during Milton Obote’s regime to be a cornerstone of of public health in the Karamoja Sub-region, a quiet but profound burden is…
Admin The LCV Chairperson of Kapelebyong District, Francis Akorikin, has given the security forces a 10-day ultimatum to evict the Balaalo herdsmen from the district. In a letter dated August 14, 2025, addressed to the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Akorikin accused the…
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Kenya Police Service, Eliud Kipkoech Lagat, has formally stepped aside from his role as investigations intensify into the controversial death of blogger Albert Ojwang’, whose arrest followed a defamation complaint allegedly filed by the senior officer.…
The education and health have beeen named as the most corrupt sectors, according to the latest bi-annual performance report by the Inspectorate General of Government (IGG). The July to December report presented to Parliament examined and assessed “the extent and cost of…
By Stanley Ebele A palpable sense of frustration and despair is growing among residents in Kotido district as they implore the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to accelerate adjudication of long-pending human rights cases, emphasizing the urgent need for justice within their…
Former members of UK Special Forces have broken years of silence to give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged war crimes committed by colleagues in Iraq and Afghanistan. Giving their accounts publicly for the first time, the veterans described seeing members of…