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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 10 foreign nationals were on Thursday charged with illegal entry into the country after they were rounded up in an operation carried out in Gulu city. The suspects are among the 48 street hawkers arrested by a joint team of police and …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Gulu city have arrested 48 street hawkers suspected to be criminals operating in the city. The suspects were picked from various locations within Gulu city center by the police and the army during a two-day swoop that commenced on Tuesday night. David …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The inadequate number of town agents is hindering the local revenue collection in Pece-Laroo division in Gulu city. The division has six agents instead of the required 19. According to the division’s revenue performance report for the first quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year, only …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pece-Laroo division authorities in Gulu city have okayed the reopening of Cereleno market amidst protests from city vendors. Cereleno market situated along the Gulu-Kampala highway is one of Gulu’s largest markets with a population of over 3,000 vendors. However last year, it was closed …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu city officials are under investigation for mismanaging the operations and revenue collection of Gulu main market whose construction was completed in 2015 under the Market and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme Project (MATIP). The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) sitting on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has closed over 20 maize mills in Gulu city citing non-compliance to the required standards. The affected maize mills are found in Industrial area, Forgod parish, Lacor centre and Kabedopong, all in Bardege-Layibi division. The closure of the maize mills …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Gulu city are holding a 30 year old suspected witch for being a public nuisance after she was nabbed casting a spell at Kaunda grounds in Gulu city at night. Stella Auma, a resident of Koch-Goma sub county in Nwoya district was arrested …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu city authorities have banned transporters from loading passengers and cargo along the streets in the city. The ban stems from congestion and lawlessness along Keyo, Andrea, Sir Samuel Baker roads as well as Gulu-Kampala highway where taxis, buses, trucks, and other public vehicles have been …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu city is still unable to repair all the broken solar street lights following the delay in the release of the second quarter of Uganda Road Fund. There are a total of 1,365 solar street lights installed along major roads within Gulu city, but 200 out …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu city security committee has ordered vendors to vacate the roadside over security threats and accidents. There are hundreds of roadside vendors operating along different roads in Gulu city. They are mainly congested along the Gulu-Kampala highway, Main street, around Stanbic bank, and Andrea Olal …