Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Agago District Executive committee has resolved to introduce hefty fines to be levied on businessmen involved in commercial production and sale of charcoal. The resolution comes at a time the district is witnessing increased commercial charcoal production despite a ban on illicit charcoal trade …
Read More »43 villages in Agago declared open defecation free
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 43 villages in two sub-counties, Agago district have been declared free of open defecation. The declaration follows a community-led sanitation baseline survey conducted in 100 villages in the sub-counties of Arum and Omot between April 2020 and July this year. The survey that targeted some …
Read More »Suspected Karimojong rustlers fleeing disarmament enter Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is panic among livestock farmers and residents of Agago district in areas bordering the Karamoja region over the fresh influx of suspected cattle rustlers. According to local leaders, the suspected rustlers began entering the border areas two weeks ago while fleeing from the ongoing …
Read More »Agago district struggles to provide mental health services
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district is struggling to provide mental health services. This is due to the lack of psychiatrists and adequate funding. The district receives all mental health services from the Catholic-owned Dr Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital Kalongo. The hospital has consecutively for the past five financial years …
Read More »Agago acting DPC accused of selling impounded motorcycles
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The acting Agago District Police Commander Yunus Sebirumbi is under the spotlight on allegations of selling off motorcycles impounded during the enforcement of presidential directives on COVID-19. Sebirumbi is accused together with the Officer in Charge of Criminal Investigations at Agago police station only identified …
Read More »Stray bullet hits student in Agago as police battles demonstrators
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior four student in Agago district has been hit by a stray bullet fired by police officers on Tuesday morning. Lawrence Kidega, a student of Gombe Secondary School in Butambala district was reportedly hit on the left arm while washing clothes in their home …
Read More »NUSAF III beneficiaries move to auction property to recover UGX16M
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Oporot tree planting group in Patongo town council in Agago district that benefited from the NUSAF III project have resolved to sell off properties of their executive members to recover 16 million shillings they allegedly swindled. The decision follows the failure by the …
Read More »Race for booze leaves man dead in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has died in Agago district as a result of participating in a bizarre race for alcohol competition in which the winner was to get two litres of a local potent gin. The Kuywee sub county LC III chairman, Moses Ben Ocan has confirmed …
Read More »Two arrested for inciting mob against Covid-19 patient
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Agago district has arrested two suspects for allegedly leading a mob to attack a covid-19 patient. The incident happened on Thursday at Tee Kato trading centre in Lira Kato parish, Agago district. It is alleged that the patient, a resident of Lagar …
Read More »Uganda Baati builds ward at Agago Health Centre III
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati Limited (UBL) officially handed over its first CSR project of 2021, a renovated health center ward in Agago a district in the northern part of Uganda 500Kms away from the capital city, Kampala. The project was handed over by the Business Head, George …
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