By Stanly Ebele KOTIDO: At least 814 candidates are sitting for Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in Kotido district with half of the number being girls. In Kotido Municipality alone, there are 440 candidates, with 219 of them being girls, sitting at the…
By Moses Lokeris UNEB: A 17-year-old at Acherer Primary School in Moroto district on Monday gave birth to a bouncing baby boy weighing 3kgs during her first Primary leaving Examination (PLE) mathematics paper. Teddy Flavia Awili, the head teacher said that the…
P.7 candidates during briefing held on Friday October 31, 2025 (Credit: Moses Lokeris) Moses Lokeris MOROTO: At least 935 registered candidates are sitting for this year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in Moroto District and Municipality with girls constituting the highest number of…
By Alexander Okori Police in Napak district are holding two men suspected to be part of the racket stealing motorcycles and alter their number plates before selling them to unsuspecting customers. The two suspects whose names have been withheld were arrested at…
DODOMA, Tanzania — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the country’s disputed elections with more than 97 percent of the vote, according to official results announced early Saturday, in a rare landslide victory in the region. The results is likely to amplify…
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…
President Yoweri Museveni has intervened in a longstanding dispute between pastoralists and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) over grazing rights in the Pian Upe game reserve, permitting communities to graze their livestock in the reserve temporarily. The conflict, which escalated in September after…
By Stanley Ebele Aerial view of Lokatap rock in Rengen Sub-county, home to over 1,000 wild hyraxes (Credit: Stanley Ebele) KOTIDO, UGANDA: Nestled amidst the rugged rocks of Rengen Sub-county in Kotido district, the ordinary village of Lokatap, with an estimated population…