Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly installed Paramount Chief of Iteso, Paul Sande Emolot Etomeileng, has implored the Iteso to unite and embrace education for the development of Teso. Emolot was enthroned at Soroti Mayor’s Garden on Saturday to replace the former Emorimor, Augustine Osuban Lemukol who succumbed to …
Read More »Pastoralists stranded with over 10,000 cattle in Napak
Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The scuffle between the Karamojong and Iteso communities has left several pastoralists stranded with over 10,000 heads of cattle without pasture and water. The affected community is the Bokora from Napak, who have been grazing their animals in the areas of Teso. But amidst raids …
Read More »Iteso cultural leader laid to rest
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Iteso Paramount Chief, Emorimor Augustine Osuban Lemukol was on Saturday laid to rest at his ancestral home in Abilayep, Serere district. Osuban who died on February 5, at Mulago National Referral Hospital has been at the helm of Iteso cultural leadership since April 2000, …
Read More »Iteso in mourning, reflect on their role in Emorimor reign
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is more than a week since the Iteso lost their cultural leader, Augustine Lemukol Osuban, Adugala Emorimor. He died in Mulago National Referral Hospital where he was admitted for close to two weeks after spending nine days in the Soroti COVID-19 treatment unit. …
Read More »Ugandans mourn Iteso cultural leader
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Iteso from all walks of life have expressed sadness over the demise of their cultural leader, Augustine Osuban Lemukol Adugala Emorimor. President Yoweri Museveni has also sent out a condolence message. “I join the people of Teso, and the entire country to mourn the …
Read More »Deputy Speaker Oulanyah urges Iteso to stop lamenting, unite
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has urged the people of Teso to unite and work hard to elevate their area. He was speaking during the 3rd annual Teso Convention 2019 held at Soroti Hotel over the weekend. He said it is time …
Read More »Colonial boundaries no solution to Tororo District split controversy
Kampala, Uganda | J OLOKA-ONYANGO | Recent newspaper reports about the issue of Tororo state that President Yoweri Museveni has directed that the matter be resolved using the “colonial boundaries” in order to determine where the municipality should be located in the event of a split of the district. Such …
Read More »VIDEO: Tororo District in panic over leaflets
VIDEO: Tororo District in panic over circulating leaflets Residents of Tororo district are in panic over a letter that was dropped in the town centre purportedly giving Itesots a one week ultimatum to leave the district The unsigned letter is purported to have come from the Japadholas. The letter purportedly threatens …
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