By Bondry Kilenga Kotido District Council on Monday, March 23, 2026, laid Shs24 billion budget estimates for the 2026/2027 fiscal year, with health and education sector taking a lion share. The budget was tabled before council by Mathew Lochoto Akerosky, the Secretary…
By Moses Lokeris Kotido RDC, Charles Ichogor flagging off road rehabilitation works recently (Credit: Moses Lokeris) Kotido Municipality continues to grapple with glaring gaps in the road sector due to lack of road equipment, 10 years after its operationalisation. When Kotido Municipality…
By Alexander Mackey Okori Michael Odong, an independent candidate has been declared the winner of the residual elections for Lotukei Sub county LCIII Chairperson in Abim District. In the Local Council III chairperson elections held nationwide on February 4, 2026, Odongo and Michael…
By Prosper Gibolo Peter Lonya Jupitex, chairperson of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party for Kotido Municipality, is highly confident that the party’s candidates will win all LCI, LCII, and Women Council positions in the upcoming elections. In February 2026, the…
By Alexander Mackey Okori Moroto Municipal Council has issued a two-week ultimatum to traders operating kiosks in unauthorized areas, including roads, walkways and other non gazetted areas to relocate to Moroto main market or face enforcement. The directive announced in a public notice…
By Bondry Kilenga Kotido Municipality is currently grappling with understaffing challenges, which are weighing down on effective service delivery. According to the handover report authored by the former town clerk, Emmanuel Okaja, Kotido Municipality has only three substantive heads of department out…
By Bondry Kilenga Tension is high in Kotido Municipality as the State House Anti-Corruption Unit launches investigations into various corruption allegations against Municipal Council officials. Pressure started mounting among the municipal official on Monday morning when official communication came in indicating that…
By Alexander Mackey Okori There was a lot of excitement among locals when Maaru Sub-County was curved from Rengen Sub-County and operationalised on July 1, 2020. The excitement among the locals of the young administrative unit was that its creation and operationalisation…