Tag Archives: Agago

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of residents in Agago district are struggling with water shortage following the breakdown of several boreholes. A report released by SDG WASH indicates that there are 1,372 domestic water points that were established to serve a total of 246,034 people. However, data collected from …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district plans to start using the Lt. Gen. Paul Lokech Memorial Stadium in December 2022, authorities have revealed. In March 2022, Agago District Local Government launched the construction of the Lt. Gen. Paul Lokech Memorial Stadium. The development followed a 2018 council resolution that …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district has rejected 200 bee hives on grounds that they were procured in disregard of the formal procurement process.  The beehives were reportedly dumped at the district headquarters two weeks ago by the supplier without the knowledge and approval of the receiving committee …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Geregere sub county in Agago district are appealing for fast-maturing seedlings to plant during this rainy period. Agago district lies in the northern and northeastern parts of the country which experienced severe drought in the first season, resulting in mass crop failures and …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 acres of crops in Agago district have been destroyed by marauding elephants. The group of more than 10 elephants invaded the area last week and destroyed acres of crop gardens in the villages of Morulem, Kicok and Lamica in Lojim parish, Omiya Pachwa …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lillian Abalo Ongom, the president of the Mother’s Union in East Acholi has earned herself an eight month’s jail term in Patongo prison in Agago district for criminal trespass. She appeared Wednesday before the Grade One Magistrate in Patongo, Emmanuel Drajole where she was charged with …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The territorial police of Agago district are investigating an incident involving a primary five pupil of Patongo school who committed suicide after being punished by her elder brother. The deceased identified as Grace Adokorach, 16, a resident of Lukula village in Lira Kato sub county …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district council has approved new fines for people dealing in charcoal and firewood. The resolution comes at a time the district is witnessing heightened destruction of trees for charcoal amid the failure of by-laws and ban on trading in charcoal and forest products. In …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Agago district is investigating the demolition of a Catholic Church building in Onudapet Village, Kotomor Sub County, by unknown people. St. Thomas Chapel sat on a one-acre piece of land donated by a faithful, Martin Odur in the 1990s, for the construction …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district leadership has rejected 282 bags of cassava cuttings supplied by the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) for distribution to farmers under the Acholibur Parish Project (APP). APP is an initiative of the Gulu Archbishop, John Baptist Odama, which started in 2017 with the …