Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel stations in Arua are crying foul over the increasing number of fuel vendors on the streets of the city, something they say is affecting their sales. They argue that their businesses are on the verge of collapse due to the rise in the number …
Read More »Arua district registers 1,000 defilement cases in six months
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua district is grappling with a surge in defilement cases. Over 1,000 cases were reported between January and June this year. Records from the district probation and social welfare department show that at least 1,008 young girls between 3 and 17 years of age were defiled …
Read More »HIV patients cautioned against abandoning treatment
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in greater Arua have been urged to stick to treatment despite the soaring food and other commodity prices. Currently, there are over 400 registered HIV positive patients in Arua city and over 600 in Arua district, who are struggling to survive. …
Read More »LDP recruitment team in Arua overwhelmed by numbers
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of applicants have turned up at Arua Police grounds during the launch of recruitment exercise for Local Defense Personnel (LDPs) in West Nile sub region. The exercise for the Sub region which commenced this morning at Arua police grounds seeks to get at …
Read More »Arua farmers get 74,000 fish fingerlings boost
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fish farmers in Arua district have received 74,255 fingerlings through the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program and the National Agricultural Advisory Services-NAADs, to boost production. These include 43,000 tilapia fingerlings and 31,255 fingerlings for the African cat fish. The fingerlings were distributed to over 20 fish farmers …
Read More »Arua district registers low revenue collections
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua district has recorded a significant reduction in local revenue collections, one month to the end of the financial year. The district had planned to collect 426 Million Shillings but they managed to collect only 185 Million Shillings. Solomon Anguzu, the Secretary of Finance and …
Read More »Asian driver survives lynching for knocking dead late Abiriga’s driver
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man of Indian origin survived being lynched by angry residents in Arua city after he knocked dead a pedestrian last night. The deceased, Ismail Uriama, was a former driver of late Ibrahim Abiriga, the former member of parliament for Arua Municipality who was assassinated …
Read More »West Nile grappling with high unmet family planning needs
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is still a huge gap in unmet family planning needs among married women in the West Nile region, a new survey about the uptake of family planning services in the region has revealed. Unmet family planning needs point to the gap between women’s …
Read More »Motorcycle company vanishes with millions in West Nile
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 people mainly Boda Boda cyclists in West Nile sub region are in shock after failing to get motorcycles for which they made hefty deposits. Officials of Sky Motors Limited, the company they say they deposited money to get motorcycles, has vanished …
Read More »West Nile LRA victims give Govt 2 weeks notice
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,200 victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA insurgency in West Nile have given the government an ultimatum of 15 days to compensate them or they return to court. They argue that the government has continued to turn a deaf ear to their demands …
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