By Jennifer Acheng The UPDF 3rd Division Court Martial at Moroto army barracks, has sentenced a 34 years old soldier, Private Echom Richard, to 30 years in prison for attempted murder of his girlfriend Atim Daphine. Pte Echom, who joined the UPDF…
By Jennifer Acheng &Raphael Acheboi Livestock farmers in Kotido district, are protesting a move by government requiring them to pay for the Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD vaccine doses under the new vaccine policy. Last week, government through the agricultural ministry, announced a…
By Jennifer Acheng The territorial Police in Amudat district, say they have launched investigations into the tragic death of a casual labourer who was on Monday morning found dead inside a conveyor machine at a gold mining site Baker Magomu, a 30…
By Jennifer Acheng The bishop of Kotido catholic diocese, the Rt. Rev Dominic Eibu Lokut, has cautioned farmers against selling off their harvest. Currently, farmers are harvesting crops like groundnuts, millet, maize, sorghum among others, but a number of them are reportedly…
By Jennifer Acheng Local leaders in Kotido district have described the former Kotido resident district commissioner Ambrose Onoria as a fatherly figure who acted as a unifying factor in the district. The leaders were speaking during the poorly attended official handover and…
By Joshua Imalingat Children of school going age in Karamoja sub region will soon be required to compulsorily attend school if a motion mooted by the Karamoja Members of Parliament is adopted in the forthcoming regional parliamentary sitting in Gulu. Parliament is…
By Jennifer Acheng Abim elders through the district elder’s council are seeking a meeting with president, Yoweri Museveni over a number of pertinent issues affecting the district. The elders say the district has registered a number of unresolved issues ranging from compensation…
By Jennifer Acheng The construction of a multi-million mega dam in Kanu parish, Abim sub-county, Abim district is hanging in balance, following a land dispute that has since affected the works. The dam project implemented by the ministry of agriculture, animal industries…