Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in the Aswa River Region have blamed the persistent incursion of suspected Karimojong rustlers in Acholi Sub-region on the limited numbers of Anti Stock Theft Unit personnel manning the porous areas. The region has lately witnessed repeated attacks from suspected armed Karimojong …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Cultural Institution and Members of Parliament under their umbrella body, the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) have sued the government over allegations of illegal extension of Aswa Ranch boundaries. The plaintiffs led by the APG secretary for lands, investment, and infrastructure also Nwoya County …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Angagura, Ajan, and Laguti Sub Counties in Pader district are protesting the opening of the original boundaries of Aswa Ranch by the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC & DB). Last week, residents arrested two surveyors for illegally planting …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing Aruu Member of Parliament Samuel Odonga Otto is set to be charged in two courts in one day, after being subjected to a mental test to confirm his mental stability. Odonga was on Tuesday 23rd arrested from Bomah Hotel in Gulu City over …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Aswa region have warned the public against tampering with voting materials, saying it has issued orders to its officers to shoot on the spot anyone involved in any related malpractice. Addressing journalists from Northern Uganda at the Media Club, ASP Jimmy Patrick Okema, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five senior police officers from the Aswa river region police headquarters have been reshuffled. The officers are from the ranks of Superintendent of Police, Assistant Inspector of Police and Assistant Superintendent of Police. Some of them were recalled to the police headquarters while others were …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joy Kafura Kabatsi, the Animal State Minister wants all private titles issued on government farms cancelled. The Minister made the comment while appearing before the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters in regards to Njeru Stock Farm in Buikwe district whose land has been encroached on. …
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