Gulu Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of passengers and several drivers are stranded in Gulu district due to the COVID-19 lockdown that started this morning. Gulu district coronavirus taskforce headed by Major Santos Okot Lapolo, the Gulu Resident District Commissioner on Wednesday morning announced a lockdown and equally blocked …
Read More »MPs Odonga Otto, Gilbert Olanya released on bond
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aruu North MP Odonga Otto and his Kilak South counterpart Gilbert Olyanya have been released on police bond. They were arrested on Monday for inciting violence and negligent acts likely to cause the spread of infectious diseases. They were allegedly mobilizing people to cause …
Read More »MPs Odonga Otto, Gilbert Olanya charged with incitement of violence
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hon. Odonga Otto and Hon. Gilbert Olyanya have been charged with incitement of violence and negligent acts likely to cause the spread of infectious diseases. The Members of Parliament for Aruu County and Kilak South respectively were charged alongside two other suspects identified as …
Read More »MPs Odonga Otto, Gilbert Olanya arrested in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested the Kilak South MP, Gilbert Olanya and Aruu South MP Samuel Odonga Otto for demonstrating against the continuous movement of trucks to and from Elegu border post in Amuru. Olanya and Otto were intercepted at Cereleno market in Gulu town. They …
Read More »Acholi MPs want Elegu town put under quarantine for 21 days
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from Acholi want the Government to put Elegu Town Council in Amuru district under quarantine for 21 days. According to the MPs following the emergence of several cases of truck drivers testing positive at the Elegu border post between Uganda and South Sudan, …
Read More »Police blocks MP Olanya’s consultative meeting on COVID-19 money
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Amuru has blocked a consultative meeting organized by Kilak South Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya to discuss how to use the 20 million Shillings COVID-19 facilitation from Parliament. The meeting which was taking place in a hall at Lacor Catholic Parish in Lamogi Sub …
Read More »Foreign affairs minister summoned to explain fate of Ugandans stranded abroad
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa to present government’s position on the status of Ugandan students and workers stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kadaga made reference to several letters from Ugandans outside the country …
Read More »Acholi leaders protest, COVID-19 truck driver transferred to Kampala
Gulu, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | A truck driver, who was heading to South Sudan and was confirmed to be COVID-19 positive, has been transferred to Kampala from Kamdini. Ministry of Health officials picked him from Kamdini, and decided to take him to Kampala and not near by Gulu Regional Referral Hospital …
Read More »Shock in parliament as security gets more money for corona virus fight
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has proposed to allocate the security sector more money compared to the Health Sector as it seeks Shillings 284 billion in supplementary funding to deal with the Corona virus pandemic. Although the Finance Ministry is seeking Shillings 284 billion to mitigate the corona virus …
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 …
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