Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district leaders are demanding for a health centre III in Elegu town council at the one stop border point. An estimated 10,000 people who are residents in Elegu depend on Biabia health III which is 11 kilometres away or Atiak health cente IV …
Read More »Gunmen abduct three, raid 40 cows from Amuru district
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown gunmen have abducted three people and stolen 40 heads of cattle in Amuru district. The gunmen are said to have conducted separate raids in Oforo, Kampala landing site and Atoro villages in Amuru sub county over the past week. Denis Tookema, a resident …
Read More »Over 22,000 students miss learning materials in Amuru
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 22, 240 learners in Amuru district have missed learning materials being distributed by the Ministry of Education. The materials were distributed by the Ministry of Education and sports in order to maintain learning even as schools remain closed as a result …
Read More »Scabies outbreak confirmed in Amuru district
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a reported outbreak of scabies in Lamogi and Pabo Sub counties in Amuru district. Scabies is a contagious skin disease which presents with itching and small raised red spots caused by the itch mite. Jessica Adokorach, a resident of Okojo in Labala Parish …
Read More »Congestion of trucks in Elegu worries Amuru leaders
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district leaders are concerned about the increasing number of trucks at the Elegu border post. Joseph Ebalo, the Amuru district Internal Security Officer (ISO) says currently there are over 600 trucks parked inside and outside the designated parking yard. He says the genesis …
Read More »Amuru district seeks UGX 200M to repair broken boreholes
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district water department is hunting for Shillings 200 million to repair broken boreholes. Records from the Water department show that 150 of the 540 boreholes in the district broke down last year. Robinson Payolem, the Amuru District Water Officer says the most affected is …
Read More »Ghost beneficiaries cited in gov’t restocking programme in Amuru
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 21 ghost beneficiaries in Amuru district have received cattle distributed under the Peace Recovery and Development Programme (PRDP). The 96 animals that were delivered in March by the Office of the Prime Minister under restocking programme were to benefit orphans, widows, people …
Read More »Eight contacts of COVID-19 positive truck driver quarantined at Paboo SS
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight contacts of the Kenyan truck driver who tested positive to COVID-19 are being quarantined at Paboo Secondary School classrooms in Amuru district. The suspects have been padlocked at the facility gazetted as an isolation centre to control them from escaping. Paboo SS is …
Read More »MP Olanya pledges UGX 3.2 million weekly contingency fund to combat coronavirus
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kilak South County Member of Parliament, Gilbert Olanya has pledged to provide Shillings 3.2 million weekly basis to fight the coronavirus pandemic in his constituency. Olanya told URN this morning that he will provide Shillings 2.2 each week for the purchase of hand …
Read More »Illegal entry by South Sudan nationals into Uganda worries authorities in Amuru
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Amuru district are worried over the illegal entry and exit of South Sudanese in Uganda at the Elegu border post. Amuru district authorities last week blocked entry of people from South Sudan and exit into South Sudan through the Elegu border post …
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