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…
By Alexander Mackey Okori Kotido and Karenga are among the four districts that have been sanctioned by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) due to failure to pay civil servants salaries for December. Other districts where civil servants have…
In a move to ensure uniformity in government buildings, the Local Government Ministry has announced plans to have standard building procedures for all headquarters of Districts, Cities, Municipalities, Town Councils, and Sub-Counties The development was announced by Paul Okot Okello, the Commissioner…
By Moses Lokeris Moroto leaders attending district budget conference for 2026/2027 fiscal year (Credit: Moses Lokeris) The Moroto LCIII chairpersons boycotted the District Budget Conference for the fiscal year 2026/2027 on Tuesday, alleging that they had not been invited. The budget conference…
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…