Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Catholic priest in Gulu city has petitioned President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni protesting the persistently high cost of commodities and living in the country. Reverend Father Justine Uma Erick, the Parish Priest of Holy Rosary Church is demanding an urgent intervention from the President to …
Read More »Acholi MPs condemn brutality against journalists
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) have condemned the repeated brutality against media practitioners by state agencies and security personnel. The MPs say that journalists and media practitioners are key in sharing information, awareness creation and speaking for the voiceless, something which makes them …
Read More »Intimidation, violent campaign forced Gulu voters to shun January polls
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Intimidation and violence have been cited as some of the reasons why voters in Gulu shunned the just concluded general election. According to the Electoral Commission millions of Ugandans did not participate in the elections to vote for a President, Members of Parliament and District Local …
Read More »Acholi MPs blundered endorsing Oulanyah for speakership -LOP
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament -LOP, Betty Aol Ocan has distanced herself from the Acholi Parliamentary Group -APG’s endorsement of Jacob Oulanyah for Speakership of the eleventh parliament. Aol told URN during an interview on Sunday from Gulu City that it was not right …
Read More »FDC posters defaced in Gulu city ahead of Museveni`s campaign
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of campaign posters of the Forum For Democratic Change-FDC candidates in Gulu City have been defaced ahead of the National Resistance Movement-NRM Presidential candidate, Yoweri Museveni’s campaigns. Museveni is expected to hold his campaign rally at Watoto Church open grounds in Layibi-Bardege Division Gulu …
Read More »It’s either the ballot or plan B- Amuriat
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC Presidential Candidate, Patrick Amuriat Oboi has said that persons pushing for regime change in Uganda should focus on two folds; the Ballot and Plan B, whose details she did not divulge. Amuriat made the appeal from Soroti, where …
Read More »Rampant murders worry Acholi leaders
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Acholi Sub Region are concerned with the increasing number of murder cases being registered. In the past three weeks, at least 8 murder cases have been registered in the region. The latest is of one Kenneth Ogwang who Police say axed his wife …
Read More »LOP appeals for expeditious restoration of Makerere University’s Ivory Tower
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government should expedite the restoration of the burnt main building at Makerere University, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Betty Aol Ocan has said. The LOP who visited the University on Tuesday, 22 September 2020, said the main building popularly known …
Read More »FDC struggles to identify candidates in Acholi
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party is finding a hard time to decide on the party candidates for various elective positions in Acholi sub-region ahead of the forthcoming general elections. This stems from the failure by the aspirants to compromise on who should carry …
Read More »Street children blamed for destructive fire in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Gulu have blamed street children for the devastating fire that razed over 10 huts in Kanyagoga Parish in Gulu City West Division, on Wednesday. Preliminary findings recorded in a general inquiry file at Gulu Central Police Station indicate that 11 huts were burnt …
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